Arkham Asylum used an older, inferior 3D display mode that is compatible with any standard display. That 3D mode is known as anaglyph 3D, and it uses color tinting to create the illusion of 3D. The left and right views are separately tinted, and then merged back into a single frame before ever being sent to your display. The eyewear worn to complete the effect are color tinted, "passive" eyeglasses.

The PS3 is capable of sending out the individual left and right views for the new 3D in a sequential or "packed" format (two separate views in one frame, either stacked or side-by-side). No color tinting is used, but a 3D TV is required to display the packed frames correctly. Electronically shuttered, or "active", eyeglasses are also required.

There is another technique used in theaters that doesn't require electronic, active shuttered eyeglasses. RealD 3D and Digital Imax project packed frames using polarized light, and the eyewear used are passive, polarized eyeglasses. But this technique is not used in home displays yet, and it still requires a source of frame-packed 3D, not merged anaglyph.

This article explains why older TVs can't display the new sequential 3D correctly: http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Can-My-120-Hz-HDTV-Be-Upgraded-to-a-3D-TV.shtml .

Now in theory, they could program Killzone 3 to be viewed in the cheap anaglyph format compatible with any TV and colored cardboard and cellophane eyeglasses. But this is unlikely, Sony wants to impress people with their 3D capability, not just rehash an older, failed technique.

More info about 3D here:

http://www.ehow.com/about_6538615_anaglyph-vs_-shutter-glasses.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_image

DVDs will resume where you left off, but not all Blu-rays will do this. It depends on how the Blu-ray disc was authored.

Blu-rays that are written with BD-Java will show a loading icon before the main movie plays. Those discs tend to start playback from the beginning of the movie each time.

While Disney discs are also authored in BD-Java, the latest ones (Up, Toy Story) have also been programmed to ask you if you want to resume where you left off (after you choose the play option). So the ability to have a resume function depends on the Blu-ray disc publisher and not the player.

If you want to read more about the issue, see these articles and the discussion forums they link to at the end:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Joshua_Zyber/HD_Advisor/The_Whole_Nine_HD_Advisors/2643

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Joshua_Zyber/HD_Advisor/HD_Advisor_51_Surround/4444

Component cables have a resolution limit, HDMI cables do not. The highest resolutions you can get with component (if your TV or home theater receiver can also support them over component) are:

Video games: 1080p

Blu-ray movies: 1080i

DVDs: 480p (upconversion not allowed over component)

HDMI cables also allow uncompressed PCM surround audio, and HD Bitstream audio (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA), all master quality audio formats in 5.1 and 7.1. You could use an optical cable for audio with component video, but would be limited to the old Bitstream formats (Dolby Digital, DTS), which are good but still less than master quality. The red and white audio cables that some component connectors have are limited to 2.0 stereo, so not even 5.1 surround is allowed.

A PS3's internal hard drive will only work with the same PS3 that formatted it. If you want to move a drive from one PS3 to another, then you have to reformat the drive to access it on the new PS3, which erases all of the data.

Drives formatted for internal use also can not be removed and then connected externally to another PS3 or PC, because they are not formatted to allow that (I know, because I tried both connections when attempting to recover my game save data after my old PS3 stopped working).

NAT Type is based on which device you connect the PS3 to, and whether that device has a firewall enabled.

NAT Type 1: The PS3 is connected directly to a broadband modem.

NAT Type 2: The PS3 is connected to a network router that is connected to a broadband modem.

NAT Type 3: The PS3 is connected to a broadband modem or network router that has placed the PS3 behind a strict firewall, which can prevent in-game voice communication and disrupt some aspects of online gaming (such as game hosting).

Some people move their PS3 into a DMZ (using the router's configuration page) to get it out from behind a firewall, so that the PS3 can get a NAT Type 2. But if the modem also has a firewall, then it would also have to be disabled or the DMZ method will not help. You may need to contact your ISP or check their website if you want to alter a modem's firewall.

When I used component cable to try to manually set the ps3 to use hdmi, it just goes to black for 30 sec, then back to the component setting screen.tenchi3488

If the PS3 is connected by component, and then you tell it to use HDMI, it is going to send video out through HDMI only. So if you don't also switch your TV input to HDMI, then you aren't going to see the prompt to confirm the new video setting, and it will then reset back to the original setting (component output) after 30 seconds.

This is how you should set up the PS3 to use HDMI. Turn off the PS3. Connect it to your TV using an HDMI cable. Turn on the TV and switch the source to the same HDMI input that you plugged the PS3 into (HDMI1, HDMI2, etc.). Turn the PS3 on by holding the power button down until it beeps a second time (about 5 seconds). Follow the prompts to set the video to the highest supported resolution for your TV.

so if i buy a hard drive enclousure will i be able to put the old ps3 hard drive in it and hook up it to my pc and save them there?

MethodManFTW

The internal drive in a PS3 is formatted in a proprietary disc format (that Sony created and owns), so you can't put it into an enclosure and then connect it to another PS3 or PC using a USB cable, the drive will not be accessible. The PS3 can only access external drives when they are formatted in FAT32, and you can't reformat the internal drive to FAT32 without losing all existing data.

The drive will also only work internally with the PS3 that formatted it. So you can't pull the drive out and then install it in another PS3. It will ask you to reformat it when installing it in a new PS3 (so all data would get erased).

You can either choose to redownload the files from the store (up to five times at no additional cost), or you can get an external drive and use the backup feature of the PS3 to copy the internal drive data to the external drive. Then after you install a new drive in the PS3, you can use the backup feature to restore the data from the external drive to the new internal drive.

According to their website, they will repair it unless the serial number label has been tampered with.

So could I use the converter to get the video on my monitor, and then use the cables that come with the PS3 for audio? Because you can choose separate video and audio outputs on the PS3, right?

davaad

Yes, you can have one cable plugged into the HDMI output for video, and a Playstation AV cable plugged into the AV output for audio. You have to manually set the audio output in settings with this arrangement, because it may default to using the HDMI cable for audio at first.

Make sure you get the right type of HDMI to DVI adapter, there are five styles of DVI connectors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Types.svg .

Your modem may have it's own firewall, DSL modems tend to use them. Search the web to find out how you can verify if this is the case for your broadband service and modem model and disable the firewall if needed.