Tuesday, April 15th 2008
Revamped PlayStation Store and PS3 Firmware 2.30 Available
Work on the revamped interface of the PlayStation Store for the PS3 has been completed and firmware 2.30 for PS3 is now available. The PlayStation Store is no longer HTML based and will allow faster access to the revamped system. To access the new PlayStation Store you'll need to first update to firmware 2.30 over the net or manually later when download links are active. Additionally firmware 2.30 adds DTS-HD Master Audio support for Blu-ray videos.
Source:
PlayStation.Blog
10 Comments on Revamped PlayStation Store and PS3 Firmware 2.30 Available
Edit: Ok, the new store is a little easier to navigate, but I do have quite a big problem. On my 32" CRT, even though the writing should be nice and big compared to most CRTs, I still can't read some of the smaller writing and can't find a way to zoom. Anyone else found a way to do so? On the browser you just press R3, but that doesn't seem to work here.
The new store looks amazing on 1080p. It's very streamlined and easy to find everything compared to the old store. Also this update brought DTS-HD (24.5bit blu ray, as compared to the 15bit supported by HD-DVD). I'm thinking it's time to update my receiver.
on my 5.1 setup with a marantz sr4002 receiver the dts-hd ma track averages between 3-5 Mbps watching the movie Sunshine. the lpcm track on the 5.1 setup watching 3:10 to Yuma sits at 6.1 Mbps. If only they could fit both the DTS-HD MA and LPCM tracks on 1 disc do that we could compare the difference! compressed 24bit/48khz versus uncompressed 16bit/48khz!!!!!! the audiophile in me is dieing.
btw, my receiver does not decode dts-hd ma but since the PS3 does and I use HDMI 1.3 to transfer the signal, all is well.