Future firmware updates for ps3?

[Aristottle]

I know that many of you have been waiting for the 2.4 firware update to come.......but for someone like myself who is new to gaming and has no more than a few hours a week to kill playing a game....there is nothing in 2.4 that gets me excited. I have been playing the original Rainbow Six Vegas game for over a month now, and just finished the border town, and am now on the Vegas strip (way cool btw).....but I don't think I will be worring about trophies anytime soon.

So, my question is this.....anyone heard of any future features that might be added to the PS3 that someone like myself would appreciate? I loved the update that allowed for the playback of a bluray movie from the point where you left off. And I like the new online store set up much better than the old one.

[Sixfingered]

Well now you should be able to hit your PS button while playing a game and it will not make you quit. You will be able to access the XMB and start up your music if you wish. So you can listen to whatever music you want when playing. Thats kinda cool for me.

[holsty101]

2.4 includes upscaling of video files from your hd now (not just dvd), I think the music playback thing is game dependent, maybe games'll patch for trophies & custom soundtracks at the same time?

[Patsfan123]

I don't understand why its saying upscale from the hdd, because it always did that... In A/V options there is now 2 noise reduction settings but no upscale settings.

[holsty101]

Dunno, that was just something I saw on another forum, maybe it was wrong? It didn't used to upscale from hdd, cuz I remember being pissed about that 1st time a played a file from their (maybe it's changed recently, I have been ps3-less for about 5 months now )

[dominica]

2.40 Firmware Features:



http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=741

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* Displaying the XMB™ screen during gameplay
You can now access the XMB™ screen while playing PLAYSTATION®3 format software.
* Searching the Internet from the XMB™ screen
You can now perform an Internet search directly from the XMB™ screen.

Overall

* You can now see the system clock on the XMB™ screen. The date and time that were set under [Settings] > [Date and Time] are displayed.
* When using a keyboard, you can now clear the entire text entry field at once.
* The Users icon is now displayed when you press the PS button for an operation that cannot be performed.

Users

* You can now turn off the PS3™ system from the XMB™ screen using the [Turn Off System] option.

Settings

* You can now set the PS3™ system to turn off automatically after updating the system software.
* [Reassign Controllers] and [Controller Vibration Function] have been added as options under [Accessory Settings].

Photo

* You can now print images from a playlist.
* You can now sort items that are grouped in a folder by month or year using the
[Film Date date down] or [Film Date date up] options.

Music

* You can now use a mini-size control panel while playing music.
* You can now play music content encoded in MP3 Surround format.*
* MP3 Surround can only be used when playing music content in Linear PCM format.

Video

* You can now use the [Frame Noise Reduction] and [Block Noise Reduction] settings for video content that is saved on the hard disk or storage media.
* You can now play upscaled video content that is saved on the hard disk or storage media. When the video content is played, it is upscaled automatically to match the screen size.
* Upscaling of Blu-ray Disc (BDAV) video content is now supported.
* For DTS playback on DVD-Video and Blu-ray Disc media, DTS-ES and DTS 96/24 for DVD-Video and DTS-ES Matrix for Blu-ray Discs are now supported.*
* “DTS” is a trademark of DTS Inc.

Game

* The procedure for quitting PLAYSTATION®3 format software has been changed.
* You can now collect trophies in games that support the trophy feature.

Network

* [Search] has been added as an option in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser.

Friends

* The number of Friends who can be added to a Friends list has been increased from 50 to 100.
* The [Information] screen has been redesigned and renamed as [Profile].



More Info:

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Ron Jones on AVS:
- Support of DTS-ES Matrix and Discrete decoding to 7.1 PCM
- Support of DTS 96/24 decoding to PCM
- Correction of the "speaker remapping"-issue with certain problem DTS-HD 7.1 titles
- 1080i de-interlacing to 1080p
- New "Frame Noise Reduction" setting in the options menu while dvd playback
- Improved DVD-upscaling quality. "


2.40 includes hidden PSN Store upgrade

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/02/...store-upgrade/

[SolsticeZero]

Really it's hard to say what they'll do with future updates. I mean, it's almost limitless what they can do with this machine, so I guess we'll just have to wait and find out.

[junglalien]

its like X-mas everytime anew firmware comes out... like getting a whole new machine