Latest PS3 firmware comes with new features

April 11th, 2008 | by admin |

Firmware update 2.30 for the PlayStation 3 will be offered as soon as Sony is done upgrading the PlayStation Store, which should be next week some time. The unofficial date is April 15 - as supplied by SCEJ, but nothing official from SCEE or SCEA - and according to GameSpot, update 2.30 brings along with it something special for Blu-Ray movies: DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Firmware update 2.30 for the PlayStation 3 will be offered as soon as Sony is done upgrading the PlayStation Store, which should be next week some time. The unofficial date is April 15 - as supplied by SCEJ, but nothing official from SCEE or SCEA - and according to GameSpot, update 2.30 brings along with it something special for Blu-Ray movies: DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Sony America has confirmed the two new features: DTS stands for Digital Theater System (a multichannel, digital surround-sound format), and the Master Audio (a “lossless codec that delivers sound to movie fans at 24.5 megabits per second.”) Not surprisingly, this feature is faster than standard DVD sound. This new option will be just that, an option- DTS-HD High Resolution audio can be enabled or disabled depending on the home theater setup. If you can use it, it will “stream explosions, speech, and everything else at a constant bit rate of 6.0 Mbps.”

Over 100 Blu-Ray movies already support these new features.

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  1. One Response to “Latest PS3 firmware comes with new features”

  2. By craigski on Apr 12, 2008 | Reply

    hi all, i wondered if any one knew how or if you couldwall mount a ps3? dont want the pesky kids pawing my new gizmo!

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