Sony PlayStation v1.8 hands-on

May 24 2007 by admin in Uncategorized |Comments Off

Filed under: Features, Gaming, Home Entertainment

So naturally the first thing we did this morning was to boot up our PlayStation 3 and download the v1.8 firmware update, which among other things enables DLNA media streaming support and 1080p video upscaling, even on DVDs. The media streaming is what we’ve all been waiting for though — that’s the biggest leg up the 360 has in terms of media, so we dove straight in there, testing our Vista media PC’s ability to stream to the PS3. Unfortunately, the results were less than impressive — but we really can’t totally fault Sony on it. Yes, they could have released some fricking documentation with v1.8, but Windows media sharing and DLNA support in Vista is already pretty half-baked, and although it was possible to play (and even copy) music back on the PS3 no problem, we had nothing but issues with video streaming. Read on and check out the gallery.

Gallery: Sony PlayStation v1.8 hands-on