Logitech G51 Review - Surround Sound for Gamers
We just published our review of Logitech’s G51 Surround Sound Speakers. According to Logitech, the G51 system was developed from the ground up to be suitable for gamers. In our experience, it definitely shows! There are plenty of gamer-specific features, such as the ability to give your speakers a custom look with skins, as well [...]
Xvid on Playstation 3 firmware 2.10 works FINE
According to initial reports, the Playstation 2.10 firmware supported DivX but not XviD. We reported this when the firmware was first announced, because after all, the site that reported it actually had it and actually tested it.
Unfortunately, the person who tested it may not have their network running properly. As it turns out, Xvid plays [...]
PSP Media Manager now available for free
When the PSP first went head-to-head with the DS, many saw it as having a huge advantage of being a personal multimedia player, as well as a gaming device. Unfortunately, UMD movies were a total flop, and converting your own movies for most people was a total pain in the ass with free 3rd party [...]
PS3 Firmware 2.10 Tomorrow - Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 is here!
For all the doubters, turns out we were right ;)
Tomorrow, Sony will release the 2.10 firmware for PS3, which adds Profile 1.1. To find out more about what this means, please read our original post on the subject.
DivX support is also going to be added, along with VC-1 WMV support. However, there are rumors that [...]
XBOX 360 supports DivX AVI files!
When I wrote about the XBOX 360 vs. PS3, one of the PS3’s biggest advantages was its superior multimedia support. The 360 could play WMV files, some MPEG-4 files, and some MPEG-2 files with crappy containers, but that’s about it.
Well on December 4th, that is all about to change.
The XBOX MSDN blog has a [...]
Playstation 3 vs. XBOX 360 - One Year Later
It has been exactly 1 year to the day since we published our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 article, written for us by a friend of mine who is a lead programmer for a game company working on all three consoles (and PC).
His conclusion was a controversial one at the time. That the XBOX 360 [...]
Playstation 3 to support DivX & play AVI files
FINALLY! As good as the Playstation 3’s multimedia capabilities are, it’s mostly a waste of time if they don’t support the format used by 99.9% of people who record and watch video - DivX
DivX announced today that a future firmware update will add full DivX certification to the Playstation 3. This is a MAJOR [...]
