PlayStation 3 Firmware Update 2.20 Brings BD-Live

Posted on 20. Mar, 2008 by in Blu-Ray, News

Some great news, 2 updates in one month. It reminds me of when I first got my PS3, updates like every two weeks. Sony has confirmed that the new update will be out at the end of this month. The main feature for this update is the support for BD-LIVE allowing users experience interactive features such as downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and more. Still no XMB but its coming. Below are the features and some other features included in the update. News Source.

  • BD Profile 2.0 requires an Internet connection and at least 1GB of local storage. The following features have all been demonstrated as possibilities with BD-Live and will vary by movie title.
  • A variety of downloadable content can be offered, including bonus scenes, shorts, trailers, subtitles, ringtones that can be sent to mobile phones, images, and more.
  • Interactive movie-based games can pit players who are sitting in the same room, or are across the world and online, against each other.
  • “Resume play” will enable PS3 system to start playing a Blu-ray disc and DVD at the point it was stopped, even if the disc had been removed.(*1)
  • “Audio Output Device” will be a new Remote Play setting, enabling PSP to serve as a remote control for music played through PS3.
  • PS3 system’s Internet browser will be enhanced: Video files directly linked from a Web page will be able to be streamed, and the browser’s view speed will be improved.
  • DivX and WMV format videos that are larger than 2GB will be playable.
  • “Mosquito Noise Reduction” will be added as an AV setting in the control panel of the DVD/BD player for improved movie playback.(*2)

*1 BD-J format disc is not supported.
*2 BD discs recorded with BDMV format are not supported.

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