Re: 3 Questions for you pros :-)

... Is you're Vacuum cleaner Web-Enabled?

Thanks for the info guys. Skyhawk, are you saying I should put it on PCM then or leave it bitstream as long as I'm not running two streams at the same time. On the install deal thats the first time I've heard of a game system doing that when you have a disc. Maybe it makes the game more lag free if it has some scenes of intense action going on.

PCM sounds damn fine to me, when you switch bewteen it and DTS or anything else and have the PS3 display on, you can see the MBPS shoot up to anywhere between 3-5, and you can hear it easily.


EDIT: btw, I have never had a PS3 game take more than a cpl minutes to install anything, and it takes up MINIMAL space, I have 36 gig left on my 40gb AND I have some DivX and music installed on the HDD.

[Post edited by Blu_Bawla on Feb 16, 2008]

Skyhawk said:

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...but that Shakira video did take over 15 minutes for me to download. Of course this was wifi, and I think the vacuum cleaner was being operated at the same time

I just gotta ask it: Exactly what were you doing with the vacuum and the Shakira video at the same time?? Sounds painful.
(What? I know you were thinking it too!)

[Post edited by MikesAFan on Feb 16, 2008]

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I hear Devil May Cry 4 has an ungodly long install time. So much that Capcom issued a statement saying to "Make a sandwich while you wait for it to install."

QFT

In all seriousness though. Yes every PS3 Game installs itself before you play. This can be short, 3-5 mins, up to 20 mins or so. This is the true with demos you download also. Weirdly you can play the demo for the same game on the 360 without installing it but on the ps3 it has to install. I assume this is due to the way the system is set up.

There should be no concerns about filling up your hard drive though. Unlike the 360 you can upgrade the Ps3's hard drive with any notebook drive you wish. I just purchased a new 360 for this reason along with the new HDMI output. The 20gb on my old one was full to the brim. (yes I know you can buy a new hard drive seperate but I had to have the HDMI!).

[Post edited by markleville01 on Feb 16, 2008]

It works sort of like a PC with an OS like Windows uses a page/swap file.

Access times from the hard drive and/or RAM are far more faster than the read time from the CD/DVD/BD Optical Drive.

To keep the load times within reason, a large portion of the game pre-loads to the hard disk and into memory, to prevent 5 minute pauses to load the next scene/level/racetrack/map...ect

plus the blu disc speed/access time is not that fast. so some stuff needs to intall