The key to using the PS3 is the cross media bar or XMB, the new GUI that should be familiar to anyone who has used the PSP’s Interface. There are eight top level options to navigate—users, settings, photo, music, video, game, network and finally friends.
The user setting lets you manage all the account in the PlayStation 3 with one master profile and is many secondary ones as you like. Here you can set names, parental controls and wallet settings for online purchases. This way the faint hearted can locked out of violent titles and you can make sure none of your unscrupulous friends delete your 40-hour saved games.
Settings allows you to configure all the audio and video capabilities of the PS3 to your hearts of the tent. Twickers will delight with features that allow to swap Japanese and western controls, language settings, and even Bluetooth accessories.
The slide projector is dead, long-lived the new slide show with PS3’s photo display ability. Load up your photos and sort them in folders and view them in HD glory or watch various animated displays, all rendered in real time.
Get ready for visuals with the new Music Player as Sony has finally added real time graphics to match music play back. Drop your MP3 and other sound file into a nice folder structure or rip some CDs and start the light show.
The video setting is very impressive with all your HD MP4 videos represented as animated thumbnails. 10AP and the new status quo and it is no exception for video playback, loading almost instantly with all the navigation tools like fast forward you have been used to since the VCR.
The game folder is where all the fun sets. All of your demos, blue-ray games and downloadable games secured ready for you to watch. There are also two folders labeled—game data utility and save data utility. The latter hold saved games tied to your user account, while the data utility is were games can store vital information to cut down unloading from a disc, allowing expedited gaming.
Browse from your couch with the network menu which houses the web browser, this is also where you will find the Sony store to download demos, game trailers and purchase contents such as games. Sony is committed to games costing $15.00 or less. It would be safe to assume that this is where you will be able to purchase and download all PlayStation 1 games, keeping in mind that the PS3 is fully backwards compatible.
The other key feature is PSP remote play, it shifts control of your PS3 to the PSP where you are can stream all those photos, songs, and even videos in a real time to your PSP or jump on the web. And those PS1 games you downloaded, looks like you will be able to play those on your PSP as well.
Keeps tabs on your buddies with a Friend’s Menu, sent them massages, chatting and peeking in what games they are currently playing. This online service is completely free. This Friend’s panel will be replicated and skinned uniquely in various online games so trade-steel, weed or whatnot with your buddies in online games.
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