PS3: unlimited video playback – “no multimedia restrictions”
“No multimedia restrictions.” That’s the phrase that’s starting to echo from one end of the gaming webs to another. According to IGN, for example, “The PS3 has no multimedia restrictions on even 1080p video. BitTorrent, ye shall be crashed!”
That BitTorrent comment. Funny. But really, it makes you think. You all know I’m a bit of an Xbox 360 fanboy (mostly because these are the games I’ve known for so long), but (don’t quote me on this) I’m willing to admit that there are some of us who aren’t exactly overjoyed with the video restrictions of the Xbox 360.
The PS3, on the other hand – is it because it’s new and its multimedia potential is unexplored? Or is it really just a multimedia powerhouse? IGN points out that the PS3 can only play certain formats (but any media player can only play certain formats so kicking and screaming won’t change that fact).
Here’s more about the “unrestrictedness”:
- 720p and 1080p from a Memory Stick (compressed AVC format)
- PSP-sized AVC and MP4 files play OK, as do MPEG1, MPEG2, standard-profile MP4 videos (no AVI, though – but you PSP people know that)
- odd-sized videos (we assume IGN meant dimensions and resolutions that aren’t really standard)
- you can’t reformat videos (i.e., you can’t recompress the video with another compression/codec), but you can copy them from one device to another – does this mean let the piracy commence?
Wow. Unrestricted video viewing and at HD quality. The good news just keeps on coming in (as you should have heard by now, Sony allows you to change the OS of your PS3). Can’t wait until I get my hands on the PS3 in a few more days!
Then I’ll get some of my QJ buddies together and try to see if we can hook one or two huge 3.5″ external SATA HDDs (or so [BOT]Bob and I are thinking) and start enjoying videos (innocent, clean “gaming” videos, of course – because we need all that hard drive space for, um, screenshots, yeah).
“No multimedia restrictions.” That’s the phrase that’s starting to echo from one end of the gaming webs to another. According to IGN, for example, “The PS3 has no multimedia restrictions on even 1080p video. BitTorrent, ye shall be crashed!”
That BitTorrent comment. Funny. But really, it makes you think. You all know I’m a bit of an Xbox 360 fanboy (mostly because these are the games I’ve known for so long), but (don’t quote me on this) I’m willing to admit that there are some of us who aren’t exactly overjoyed with the video restrictions of the Xbox 360.
The PS3, on the other hand – is it because it’s new and its multimedia potential is unexplored? Or is it really just a multimedia powerhouse? IGN points out that the PS3 can only play certain formats (but any media player can only play certain formats so kicking and screaming won’t change that fact).
Here’s more about the “unrestrictedness”:
- 720p and 1080p from a Memory Stick (compressed AVC format)
- PSP-sized AVC and MP4 files play OK, as do MPEG1, MPEG2, standard-profile MP4 videos (no AVI, though – but you PSP people know that)
- odd-sized videos (we assume IGN meant dimensions and resolutions that aren’t really standard)
- you can’t reformat videos (i.e., you can’t recompress the video with another compression/codec), but you can copy them from one device to another – does this mean let the piracy commence?
Wow. Unrestricted video viewing and at HD quality. The good news just keeps on coming in (as you should have heard by now, Sony allows you to change the OS of your PS3). Can’t wait until I get my hands on the PS3 in a few more days!
Then I’ll get some of my QJ buddies together and try to see if we can hook one or two huge 3.5″ external SATA HDDs (or so [BOT]Bob and I are thinking) and start enjoying videos (innocent, clean “gaming” videos, of course – because we need all that hard drive space for, um, screenshots, yeah).
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