PS3 Firmware 2.50

I think it should be faster because they can set several SPUs to decode multiple keyframes ahead of your search (instead of fastforwarding sequentially). Have you tried the PSP version ?

EDIT: Hurray ! ThreeSpeech confirmed Flash 9 in Firmware 2.50 -- http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/10/new-info-on-the-firmware-updates-for-ps3-and-psp/

I can't believe Sony went through the trouble. Still a little nervous. Let's hope Sony doesn't pull a "David Reeve".

 

About time. This is a godsend when considering the fact that external harddrives can only hold 4GB max and most hi definition movies need to be broken down if thats your method of storage.

 

There are some additional tidbits on the PSP firmware update on the threespeech page as well ... particularly for 2k owners this is interesting:

 

If 2.50 is needed for the PS3 Official Bluetooth Headset then the update should be out in the next day or so with SOCOM coming out tomorrow. Tonight maybe?

 

Yeah, they're usually on Tuesday, but tomorrow seems likely this time.

 

If the Flash 9 support is comprehensive, other developers will be able to write applications for PS3.
What's missing now is RSS, which would allow us direct access to web applications/pages from XMB.

 

Flash 9 is muy importante, but the machines still a far cry from fabulous. The browser is clunky and ugly, rendering rext lowres and upscaling to a blocky, blurry mess. It's all great advancement of the system though. Will be nice to watch GT trailers and the like.

 

I thought that too, but I recently upgraded my TV to a full HD one (from 720p) and the text is perfectly clear at all times.

 

Why is the browser ugly ? It looks fine on my screen.

I agree it's clunky mainly due to the annoying security dialog. Once 2.5 is out, I'd like to see if it has other browser fixes (e.g., more refined keyboard support ?).

 

I was viewing on a 40" 1080p native on the weekend, and zoomed it was a poor texture. At home on my 1680x1050 letterboxed monitor, it's just a blur. Presumably that's 720p upscaling, but why render at 720p when there's 1080p support? I'll try disabling 720p support in the monitor settings and see if it looks any better. But even with that fixed, the browser is far from great. Slow, lots of warnings, and general a poor performer next to every other browser out there. There's no priority to offer better though, and it's not an important aspect at the moment. Flash 9 on the other hand could be used in other applications, such as in the PSN Store or in Home.

 

Strange. I use a 720p monitor at work for my PS3. It's as clear as my PC and Mac output. 1080p should be even better since they use a different font and editing is in-place.

Speed is slower than PC browsers but still acceptable.

My gripes with the PS3 web browser are HTML standard compliance, clunky input and the stateless security dialog box. Look has been great for me so far. I use the PS3 browser from time to time (when my PC and Mac were busy).

[Typing this from PS3 just to double check the browser speed]

 

According to the Playstation 3 forum community leader, ETA of latest firmware is tomorrow (October 15th):
http://community.eu.playstation.com...read.id=1025773&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

The firmware is needed for the official PS3 headset (shipped today). So it sounds about right.

 

Huh. Who'd a thunk such newfangled features were even possible!

 

Flash 9 on the PS3 is nice

 

Yeah the browser could do with some improvements, like being speeded up too, but I guess thats down to Netscape or whoever it is that developed it?

Still, you have to look at what the machine does already. Media streaming and Linux are an excellent bonus in the scheme of things, file support has been increased (albeit even more can be done in this area) and VC1 decoding is a godsend (for techies anyway).

I'd quite like it if Youtube videos could be moved straight across to XMB. Sony and Google are quite matey, so who knows...

 

2.5 is a very promising update. good times!

 

Just a guess, but does the PS3 browser perhaps downsize images when a webpage is too big to fit in memory? In other words, as memory gets low, it goes back to already loaded images, scales them down, and discards the original.

 

It is more than Flash content. For the longest time, we could not view some video sites on the PS3 (e.g. The official PS blog). The player UI was written in Flash 9. You can now enjoy them on a PS3.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/14/firmware-50-demo-playstation-store-on-psp/

 

Flash support is big for me. Hulu here I come....just as long I don't get memory errors from the browser.

 

2.50 is ready for download via system update.