Comments on: My first Blu-ray experience

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:21:14 +0000

Hi, Any update on when we will be able to install Adobe Flash Player 9 or 10 on PS3? The lack of this feature currently does not allow a PS3 user to access various online TV shows on sites such as NBC, etc. Please help!

Thanks in advance!

[DR - You have to go to Sony to check on that one.]

By: TecNut

TecNut — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:08:18 +0000

Thanx for all the great info guys. I just took PS3 out box and i’m trying to get it all setup.

By: dwells

dwells — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:54:45 +0000

how do i install flash player for ps3?…

[DR - as far as I know, you don't. PS3 uses the flash player 7 which they licensed. On the other hand, you can install a Unix based operating system on the PS3 and then presumably you could install a newer version of the flash player.

Now with the open screen project from Adobe, we may see more flash player and the ability to update it on devices such as the PS3.]

By: MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:57:12 +0000

Welcome to PS3 land. Except that Adobe doesn’t seem to want to support Flash for PPC/cell processors, (hint, hint!) you’ll love it!

Honestly, if I could afford it, I’d have a Wii and a PS3!

Yes, it’s a very good price/performance Blu-Ray player. And it does a very good job with traditional DVDs as well. When I bought it I told my wife it was a BluRay player that came with a game console…. And no, she did not fall for that.

I just installed (yesterday, in fact) Yellow Dog Linux v 6.0 from http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/ … Nothing like a desktop in 1080i. It’s something to play with while I wait for my new PC to be delivered.

(Now I can’t play Flash content on two “sides” of the PS3… )

Also – get an external USB drive, and use Swissknife to rework as a FAT32 disk so you can backup your PS3 data.

[DR - Mark, a lot of what you have here is stuff I didn't know about and will surely check it out. Right now, I haven't had time to really even set it up the way I'd like. The big wish I had would be to allow Logitech universal remotes to control it. PS3 looks to be bluetooth which is kind of a hassle. Oh well, still enjoying it!]

By: Brook Sarver

Brook Sarver — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:56:11 +0000

I’ve been held back by the belief that “it can’t be that much better”…. Thanks for sharing your insights. All I can say is… “Honey, Come read this….”

[DR - Yes, honey - cut him some slack and let him buy his toy! Cheers...]

By: smick

smick — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:07:42 +0000

I’ve been looking into a PS3 because I think that it will do mostly what any media center PC will do (that people want to do) card reader, movies, USB, surfing. And I believe the PS3 is totally quiet, which is a real challenge for a media center pc build. Once you buy the quiet case and parts, you are gonna be out quite an amount of money above what the PS3 costs. I was interested in if you put linux on it, what happens, can you dual boot it or do you lose it’s normal capabilities.

[DR - thanks for the comments. I agree that the PS3 is quiet, all the more interesting as Sony developed something like three custom ASICs to create the PS3. The question about linux is beyond my understanding, but I did notice there was an option to install another OS. You might dig into that and see what you turn up.]

By: Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]

Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:27:51 +0000

The very interesting thing about the PS3′s capacity to play Blu-ray is that it has been consistently hailed as one of the best Blu-ray players on the market, compared with the stand-alone editions.

Combine that with the fact that it ^should^ have a great game library (I’m still waiting for MGS4, GTA4, the next FF, GT4) and the ability to act as a media extender (use TVersity as the server, there is a PC and should be a Mac version soon) and you really have a great piece of hardware.

[DR - Thanks for the comments Nicholas. I'll be looking into TVErsity myself to see what it's about.]