Ocelot
11-27-2006, 06:37 PM
My new systems are collecting dust....I Sh*T you not. But over the weekend I've had some time to screw around with the settings and memory systems of both the Wii and PS3. As well as a few other little details. (MP3, Video, CD ripping)
Wii: Ok Gadfly. I threw in a GC memstick into the Wii and attempted to copy save files over the internal memory but when I selected Copy and Move....I got a message saying there was no other memory card present. There was no option for me to transfer it to the flash-mem.
I checked the Save game Icons as-well. I can select Wii/GC memory from the lower bottom screen and go into the menu. Nothing Special here. They resemble GC saves.
The one thing I noticed about the Wii Menu is that every thing is set up like little TV screens (Game, Wii Pictures, Internet etc.) You use the pointer to navigate through everything. When selecting "Game" you see 2 discs (Wii and GC) if you have a Wii game then the Wii Disc will enter into a little black slot and vice versa.
PS3:
I grabbed my RCA Lyra (Containing) several tracks within and hooked it up to my PS3....and to my dismay...no tracks were apparent. So I grabbed some MP3s on the PS3 HD and copied them to the Lyra. I noticed that it created this new folder and then had the tracks within that folder. I think I need to transfer my existing MP3's on the lyra into that folder and then they will become visible.
I popped in a copied CD, Celldweller into my PS3 and ripped it onto the drive. Then I selected the tracks and put them onto my Lyra player. I like this idea too becuase now I can rip whatever I want from friends without booting up my PC. Then later if I want to burn the tracks....I just need to trasfer them either over the wireless lan or using the MP3 player as a storage medium.
Another thing I noticed is that the PS3 will attempt to find the track names and artist name via the web....similar to Real Player and Itunes.
When Playing Music. I can flip on a visual player that looks pretty trippy (Now where's my fat bag of...oh....found it)
I've tried Several DVD's and one Blue Ray movie So far and they look sick. DVD's are much like last gen games...they look good on standard TVs but hooked up to a hi-def they just look jaggy at times.
To Be perfectly honest. A DVD on a standard screen Seems to look just as clear as a Blue Ray running in 720p on my new TV. DVD's only show their faults when displayed on the big screens.
I'm still trying to figure out how to take jpegs and use them as a background....I hope they enable this feature soon with a firmware update.
I have a few days off work and some time to rent some more games.....I'll keep you posted on the details. I'll be happy to answer anymore questions.
L8r
Wii: Ok Gadfly. I threw in a GC memstick into the Wii and attempted to copy save files over the internal memory but when I selected Copy and Move....I got a message saying there was no other memory card present. There was no option for me to transfer it to the flash-mem.
I checked the Save game Icons as-well. I can select Wii/GC memory from the lower bottom screen and go into the menu. Nothing Special here. They resemble GC saves.
The one thing I noticed about the Wii Menu is that every thing is set up like little TV screens (Game, Wii Pictures, Internet etc.) You use the pointer to navigate through everything. When selecting "Game" you see 2 discs (Wii and GC) if you have a Wii game then the Wii Disc will enter into a little black slot and vice versa.
PS3:
I grabbed my RCA Lyra (Containing) several tracks within and hooked it up to my PS3....and to my dismay...no tracks were apparent. So I grabbed some MP3s on the PS3 HD and copied them to the Lyra. I noticed that it created this new folder and then had the tracks within that folder. I think I need to transfer my existing MP3's on the lyra into that folder and then they will become visible.
I popped in a copied CD, Celldweller into my PS3 and ripped it onto the drive. Then I selected the tracks and put them onto my Lyra player. I like this idea too becuase now I can rip whatever I want from friends without booting up my PC. Then later if I want to burn the tracks....I just need to trasfer them either over the wireless lan or using the MP3 player as a storage medium.
Another thing I noticed is that the PS3 will attempt to find the track names and artist name via the web....similar to Real Player and Itunes.
When Playing Music. I can flip on a visual player that looks pretty trippy (Now where's my fat bag of...oh....found it)
I've tried Several DVD's and one Blue Ray movie So far and they look sick. DVD's are much like last gen games...they look good on standard TVs but hooked up to a hi-def they just look jaggy at times.
To Be perfectly honest. A DVD on a standard screen Seems to look just as clear as a Blue Ray running in 720p on my new TV. DVD's only show their faults when displayed on the big screens.
I'm still trying to figure out how to take jpegs and use them as a background....I hope they enable this feature soon with a firmware update.
I have a few days off work and some time to rent some more games.....I'll keep you posted on the details. I'll be happy to answer anymore questions.
L8r