Picking Up a PS3 40GB


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I just have a few questions....

Does it support Divx?

Is it hard to install Linux on it to play MKV files?

How is the Blue Ray player?

Please let me know asap! will be going in the next couple of hours.

Thanks

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divx yes

not sure about *nix and mkv, but pretty much anything *nix will do you can

blu-ray is probably the best on the market.

you will need a usb or bluetooth mouse and keyboard for linux

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Linux is not the way to play MKVs.

Check my guide.

You can play 720p/1080p MKV files from the XMB with a little work on your PC first.

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Not to hijack the OP thread, but anyone know if they will be having another 5 free blu-ray deal anytime soon? The one they recently had just expired. I'm considering picking one up myself.

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I got it and wow it looks great! only thing is that its not supporting 5.1 sound over HDMI for some reason only 2.1 anyone know why? I have optical from my TV to my Surround sound! but for some reason it wont output 5.1 out of it? =( and I hooked up my External Drive (Fat32) and non of the divx files are showing up =( any idea guys!

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Not to hijack the OP thread, but anyone know if they will be having another 5 free blu-ray deal anytime soon? The one they recently had just expired. I'm considering picking one up myself.

I don't believe so. :(

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I got it and wow it looks great! only thing is that its not supporting 5.1 sound over HDMI for some reason only 2.1 anyone know why? I have optical from my TV to my Surround sound! but for some reason it wont output 5.1 out of it? =( and I hooked up my External Drive (Fat32) and non of the divx files are showing up =( any idea guys!

Push triangle "show all" on your portable drive ;)

No idea why you have to do this, but I get the same thing.

If I don't, the PS3 just says "no files found".

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Push triangle "show all" on your portable drive ;)

No idea why you have to do this, but I get the same thing.

If I don't, the PS3 just says "no files found".

to get videos, photos and music to appear they have to be in folders named as such:

VIDEO

MUSIC

PHOTO

pain in the backside so I just use the diplay all thing

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I got the files showing doing the "Show All" and everything shows up. If i copy the divx to the PS3 everything works fine. Now could someone help me get 5.1 sound? I have my optical from TV to my Sony Surround sound receiver. Why wont the PS3 output 5.1 =(

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Just wanted to see if anyone knows how to get 5.1 sound because I only get 2 channel sound. Sounds good but 5.1 is way better! I have the PS3 connected through HDMI and my Tv to my Sony Receiver via Optical Cable. Please help!!

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I'm not sure, but it's probably something under sound settings on the XMB.

Change it to sound over optical?

Do you not need to connect your PS3 to your Sony Receiver to get 5.1 on your PS3?

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