IIRC it doesn't -have- to be a Bravia to work with the Bravia Sync option, as long as the tv supports that hdmi 2 way interface (hdmi cec?) then the option should work, from what I've read elsewhere anyway ... Whether that's actually what the tv icon has to with I don't know.
PS3 Firmware 3.0
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IIRC it doesn't -have- to be a Bravia to work with the Bravia Sync option, as long as the tv supports that hdmi 2 way interface (hdmi cec?) then the option should work, from what I've read elsewhere anyway ... Whether that's actually what the tv icon has to with I don't know.
Does Nesh have a PS3 Slim ? HDMI CEC is only enabled there.
Geo-IP may work but it's not 100% accurate (Neither is registered account location but the user can change the account profile).
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353181&highlight=japanese+playstation+network
When I did it it was pretty simple, but there's a guide for you.
Patsu, I don't know, I don't remember a post saying he would ... So I guess not, which makes the case of the appearing icon all the more interesting ...
Joker, I noticed this guide at gaf a few weeks ago, it's from feb tho so maybe it's changed now?
Joker, I noticed this guide at gaf a few weeks ago, it's from feb tho so maybe it's changed now?
Thanks!Thanks, I grabbed it too, very nice theme.
One person on Gaf, everyone else who responded says theirs works fine. I'll try mine tonight.
Edit: I played a bit, seemed to work fine.
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Updated myself today. I hate it so much.
99% of the time I use my PS3 it's for media streaming. The new fonts are awful enough. But the worst part is how if you leave an item in the XMB menu the other options' text fade out after a few seconds? Who EVER thought this would be a good idea?? What's the point?
It drives me nuts. I'm in the middle of watching Battlestar Galactica and I'm looking at the Season 4 folder on the PS3 (via PS3 Media Server). I'm trying to remember which episode I'm on when all of the other choices fade out after a few seconds. I need to move the selection up and down constantly just to keep the frickin text there on the screen!
Sony REALLY needs to hire someone who could pass a freshman Human-Computer Interfaces course. This is just outrageous.
99% of the time I use my PS3 it's for media streaming. The new fonts are awful enough. But the worst part is how if you leave an item in the XMB menu the other options' text fade out after a few seconds? Who EVER thought this would be a good idea?? What's the point?
It drives me nuts. I'm in the middle of watching Battlestar Galactica and I'm looking at the Season 4 folder on the PS3 (via PS3 Media Server). I'm trying to remember which episode I'm on when all of the other choices fade out after a few seconds. I need to move the selection up and down constantly just to keep the frickin text there on the screen!
Sony REALLY needs to hire someone who could pass a freshman Human-Computer Interfaces course. This is just outrageous.
They talk about Chapter 6, I just finished playing through it, on a 60GB US PS3.
Mine worked. I finished the game while I waited for PSN to come back up ... the anime breast themes were not worth the wait.
Updated to 3.0 yesterday.
Other than the oversized font, I have nothing to complain compared to earlier firmware.
Love the new default sparkly wave theme, and the free Afrika theme. New themes should be cheaper than the LBP theme though, nearly $3 is really too much for a non-interactive background. $0.99 would be preferable. Hopefully there'll be more "minimalistic" animated themes, like the wave.
The friends list backgroung could also be less distracting, but I don't see as much problem there as in the font size.
Visually the new look is a mixed bag. I liked the old, clean look, but always thought it would be nice if there were more options for the default animated background and icons.
I kind of like the new "whats new" screens, they're not too distracting.
One thing that's always bugged me though; why can't the downloaded videos from PSN have an animated thumbnail ready. The default icon for new downloaded videos is kind of ugly, if there were ready thumbnails for videos, the XMB would always look more polished.
Also the file names could be presented more appealingly. I think in the beginning of PSN the videos actually had ready animated thumbnails, but I guess they just got lazy...
Really wonder how that new font size got through, it looks so out of place as the icons themselves are well enough designed to be informative. Give us choice for the font size, PLEASE!
Other than the oversized font, I have nothing to complain compared to earlier firmware.
Love the new default sparkly wave theme, and the free Afrika theme. New themes should be cheaper than the LBP theme though, nearly $3 is really too much for a non-interactive background. $0.99 would be preferable. Hopefully there'll be more "minimalistic" animated themes, like the wave.
The friends list backgroung could also be less distracting, but I don't see as much problem there as in the font size.
Visually the new look is a mixed bag. I liked the old, clean look, but always thought it would be nice if there were more options for the default animated background and icons.
I kind of like the new "whats new" screens, they're not too distracting.
One thing that's always bugged me though; why can't the downloaded videos from PSN have an animated thumbnail ready. The default icon for new downloaded videos is kind of ugly, if there were ready thumbnails for videos, the XMB would always look more polished.
Also the file names could be presented more appealingly. I think in the beginning of PSN the videos actually had ready animated thumbnails, but I guess they just got lazy...
Really wonder how that new font size got through, it looks so out of place as the icons themselves are well enough designed to be informative. Give us choice for the font size, PLEASE!
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The thing is, I'd much rather be disappointed by too few updates, than be shocked with things that are suddenly changed that offer no notable benefit and are forced upon me. In fact, I really wish we'd be moarning about too small updates - then at least, we'd still have that classy, stylish XMB.
The ticker is really a huge joke. Is that how they plan to make PSN more noticed? By effectivelly spamming the user with headlines that say absolutely nothing to the uninformed user? If you're lucky to catch "Visit the PlayStation store" headline (which comes on every few minutes or so), you might realize that the headlines up there have something to do with PSN... Why on earth do I have to read the same old headlines over and over again? Especially laughable since I already saw them on PSN, had no interest then, so spamming me with the headlines will not make it any more attractive.
If anything, they should find a way to inform people of the newest and latest when it's released on PSN and only then. Once you've read it or entered PSN at that point, the info-bulletin (or whatever you'd want to call it) should disappear. This would actually work and be informative while drawing the right attention to it. Having the same messages reapear for days is annoying and will be ignored/overlooked.
The thing that strikes me most about this update, is what seems to be sheer incompetence on Sony part. Getting an update out with new features to spark new interest is one thing - but getting a new update out in a half assed way with notable major flaws another. This update is actually pretty important, since it's effectivelly re-launching the PS3slim.
The grey bars might be a last-minute decision, but why make last-minute decisions? The PS3slim has been a planned entity for surely a few months now - everyone should know what's at stake. Rookie mistakes are inexusable.
The whole argument that the grey bars are simply placeholders is not worth much, if you consider that they should just do it when they're finished and then do it right. The whole firmware updates shouldn't be BETA material.
Same goes for the fonts which are absolutely unwarranted. As some others have noted, the disappearing of list items other than the selected one is just plain annoying. At least if it would only blend out to half the visability, it would be bearable. The way it is now, it's just plain annoying.
Why is the time still 15mins off?
The Afrika theme is cool. Hopefully users can make themes like this also. How can I change the font color? The Afrika theme make the font blend in with the background too much. Can't see shit cap'n!
The super sized font really looks out of place.
The Afrika theme is cool. Hopefully users can make themes like this also. How can I change the font color? The Afrika theme make the font blend in with the background too much. Can't see shit cap'n!
The super sized font really looks out of place.
I suspect they did that to avoid clutter. The larger font, ticker and animated theme may have made the entire screen too crowded and busy. If they reduce the font and minimize the use of the ticker (At least make it stop after a few seconds), then users will be less fatique after staring at XMB for some time. They don't have to hide the labels of unselected items as a result.
What 15 minutes off ? Is your time set manually or via Internet time servers ? My clock is accurate.
Amen !
This will work too but they need to provide a mechanism for people to revisit "old" news. I noticed that What's New has one fewer icon today (expired ?). It left a blank in the icon tiles. They should fill the empty slot with something.
You can set the brightness in the Theme menu. Set it to -3, and everything will be perfectly readable.
By the way, all sorts of media sites use IP to determine whether or not you're allowed to access it. The BBC iPlayer website for PC does the same. Hulu does the same. The U.S. Southpark website does the same ... So I don't think it's unlikely that the iPlayer integration (and the others that should follow shortly) are going to be the same also.
It appears that they don't fade out if you're on "Users", "Settings" or "Friends", but for everything else it's fading out unselected items. Anyone out there knows of a way to disabled the fading? I like the larger font size, but fading out unselected item is just plain wrong.
