Xbox 360 & PS3 at LCD monitor in correct aspect ratio, without black border

i just found a way to display xbox 360 / PS3 games without black borders and correct aspect ratio in 16:10 monitor.
this work on my BenQ G900WD 19" and my ViewSonic 17"

usefull for monitor without 1:1 pixel aspect ratio option.


- save THIS IMAGE (right click, save as) to USB FlashDisk
- turn on you xbox 360/ps3
- set x360/ps3 to 1920x1080 or 1280x720 or 1280x768 (x360)
- open that picture on xbox 360/PS3.
- press AUTO on your monitor

now wait and see. . . after It finish auto-adjusting, your monitor should display the image in correct aspect ratio and no black borders :)
the disadvantage is, the left and right is cropped a bit.

now you can play MGS4 without snake look skinny and stretched :D

maybe other monitor can use this trick too.

thanks

PS3 will support MKV?

the newly released DivX 7 add support for .MKV container, and as we already know PS3 is an DivX Certified device.
If sony include DivX7 update on the next Firmware update, PS3 will be able to play .MKV files.

not only .MKV with DivX codec but all MKV including h264 MKV.

bad news for Xbox 360 owner.
Xbox 360 is not DivX certified device. so it wont get DivX 7 update and wont be able to play .MKV.

and i only have xbox 360.... duh...
i hope M$ make x360 an DivX Certified device too >_<

Unlock Demo PS3

this will unlock Demo PS3 from DEMONSTRATION mode

from ps3hax.net

For those of our PAL friends that have a 1.50 Demo Unit PS3, good news for you! PS3HaX Member enclave123 has manually bruteforced his way through his PAL PS3 which was locked in demonstration mode, and successfully unlocked it.

Hold L1, R1, and select simultaneously when the security settings icon is selected in the XMB. Then it'll ask for you to input a code. In this case it's 8-6-0-4, This will unlock it from demonstration mode. (There is also the code 5-2-0-2 which is said to work on many NTSC Demo PS3's)


While this has only been tested on a PAL PS3, there have not been any tests on other region PS3's, try it out and let us know your results! Good job enclave132!

Gran Turismo 5 EDAN !!

Siang panas,
gw jalan jalan ke forum ini itu.
Wekz,
ada Perbandingan antara Gambar gran turismo 5 vs real-life.



Edan, GT5 prologue gambarnya bener bener real buanget!

Kalo ps3 harganya ga gila, pasti uda gw beli!

Rumble in SIXAXIS

SONY has scrapped rumble / force feedback from SIXAXIS PS3 gamepad.
But lately its seems that Sony will bring rumble back.


the problem is,

1. Do we must buy NEW SIXAXIS to get rumble?
if sony not relase somehing like extrnal rumnle pack, we will forced to buy new SIXAXIS

2. Battery life.
This should not e problem for new SIXAXIS with builtiin rumble, Sony probably will make the battery have higher capacity.
But if they released external SIXAXIS rumble pack, and we plug it on, im sure our SIXAXIS batt will die fast.

3. The price
current SIXAXIS is already expensive, and i really hate if i need to buy external rumble pack with high price.
and the NEW SIXAXIS maybe more expensive than the old on.

PS3GRID, Another F@H ?

PS3 doing folding@home giving a lot of contribution on F@H reserch.

apparently, now many non-gamer (researchers) love PS3 Cell processor.
They make PS3GRID,a similar project to Folding@Home.

PS3GRID is a volunteer computing project based on the PlayStation3 and BOINC for full-atom molecular dynamics simulations and other scientific applications specially optimized for the Cell processor. Your contribution is very important because our Cell MD molecular dynamics software runs over an order of magnitude faster on the PlayStation3 opening the way to innovative computational experiments.

the bad thing is, PS3GRID need to be installed under Linux, and many PS3 owner dont install linux


http://www.ps3grid.net/

RSX Data Dumped!

Strontium Dog from PS3News has successfully dumped the PLAYSTATION 3 RSX data.

here what he said

I have released a dump of the PlayStation 3 Graphic Libraries for the RSX Hardware in the PS3, available in iRC EFNet #PS3News.

These are not machine readable, they are human readable.

They are being released because there is a wealth of information in there, and hacking NVidia GPU's is a specialist field. Hopefully the appropriate experts can take these files and provide necessary information to allow full RSX access from under linux. I am quite confident this is possible from my cursory scan of this data and the functions that exist in the PS3 Hypervisor. (Especially the undocumented RSX Register access functions).

In any event I will continue to work on this area.

Note, these files are from code that runs UNDER GameOS. Linux does not run under GameOS, it runs directly under the Hypervisor, so there are no Hypervisor calls in this data.

The data certainly reveals the structure of critical memory structures, register layout, etc.

hmm, if this "undocumented function" make us able to use RSX under Linux, this will be great

PS3 Backups now BOOTABLE

Yes, PS3 Backups now BOOTABLE !
hacked2123 booted ps3 backup. but the game still not run, only booted :D

Hacked2123 has recently thanks to the leaked SDK has confirmed the first XMB hole found!

Current hole information:

Only present in FMW 1.0-1.11
The backups only boot, not RUN.

I will keep this thread updated and report back with anymore information poured in!



Hacked2123's PS3 Back-up Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXNH6gnLETA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fps3news%2Ecom%2F


Keep visiting PS3 HaX Network for the latest update on new PS3 XMB Hole!

quoted from ps3hax.net

Akhirnya PS3 upscale PS1, PS2 dan DVD-Video

PlayStation 3 (PS3) 1.80 firmware update membuat PS3 mampu men-upscale game PlayStation 1 (PS1) dan PlayStation 2 (PS2), serta DVD-Video, menjadi 1080p (Full HD) pada layar HD.

Update ini juga menyertakan RemotePlay, fungsi yang mengijinkan pengguna PSP untuk mengakses PS3 mereka dari seluruh penjuru dunia (selama ada akses internet).

PS3 kini juga mampu secara langsung mencetak gambar pada beberapa printer Epson.

dan ini sedikit pejelasan mengenai upscaling oleh Ludikhris.

I did the update. On LCD screens this does some magic to PS2 games.

Hope this answers your questions......

WHAT UPSCALING DOES
Upscaling affects the resolution of the game, so the jagged marks that plague a picture not suited for a HiDef LCD and lessened. They also added a smoother for PS and PS2 games, this smear the textures a little to make them look better. I know the textures on FF12 looked pretty bad on my LCD but when I downloaded this between the upscaling and the smoothing I am pretty happy. Too bad I already finished the game.

WHAT UPSCALING DOES NOT DO
In short it does not create new data to fill in the resolution. I just bases what appears on what is around it. Due to the increase in resolution there is some serious alias and interlacing that needs to be done. When you watch the screen close enough the games that do not support Progressive formats have some interlacing issues. So because NEW textures are not created but more "borrowed" you are not seeing "true HD". In a bluray disc each pixel is its own, the textures are original so the picture appears perfect.

Think of it this way. With a high resolution you CAN represent awesome textures. However with the same resolution you can represent a two circle sections one white one red. Now the red and white circles will not look amazing, but they will look much closer to circles at 1080i/p than they would at 480i/p where you would noticeably see the jagged edges around the bends.

Many people confuse resolution with complex textures.
You can play Atari games in 1080p, they arent going to look like PS3 games though.

Overall, good update! Im turning a PC into a media server based on the new features!

[source : afterdawn]

Play PS2 Backups on PS3

pizzag on Afterdawn forum has posted a tutorial to boot ps2 backups on ps3.

OK, I wanted a fairly easy way to play my PS2 backups on my
PS3. I have read that you can do it by taking apart your PS3
and cutting a hole in the top and yadayada. Leaving the top
off of my PS3 to play PS2 backups didn't sound attractive to
me. So i searched around and found a forum for PS2 talking
about a tray switch for the fat PS2's back in the day. So i
did some brainstorming and figured it might work. I went to
Radio shack and purchased a 3 way toggle switch for $5. I
highly recommend 3 way. At radio shack it was called a middle
off switch. That way your drive motor is not constantly running.
I came home and soldered the wires to the switch.

A note before we start. This is a fairly easy process, the
most trouble i had was trying to figure out where to put the
switch. there is no room to work with. I ended up taking out
my card reader on my PS3 because i never use it and just mounted
the switch there. You could possibly let it hang out. It's up to
you. Just remember that if you plan to retain original
functionality as far as the drive sensor and automatic load/unload motor, you will need 2 additional small on/off switches.

for the complete tutorial, go to this thread on afterdawn forum.

if you have Blu-Ray Writer, please try copy a ps3 game, and try it. and please tell me is it work?

[source:afterdawn]

Akan ada PlayStation lagi !?

Uhuh, PS3 belum lama muncul, sudah ada kabar SONY akan mengeluarkan PS yang baru. Kabarnya sih PS yang baru ini akan sama persis dengan PlayStation 3 tapi dengan tambahan software home entertainment dan sedikit perubahan hardware.

Ini sepertinya sama dengan yang dilakukan SONY dengan PSX nya, PS2 tapi dilengkapi fitur home entertainment dan recording DVD. hmmm, apa di PS3X (atau PSX3 yah...) akan ada built-in Blu-ray writer? software editing video? hmmm

PS3 harga udah kelewat mahal, PS3X bakal dijual berapa tuh , seremmm

Ace Combat 6 for X360, confirmed!

Namco-Bandai dan ProjectAces akan membuat Ace Combat 6 untuk XBOX 360, bukan PLAYSTATION 3 !



Dengan dibuatnya AC6 untuk X360, AC6 sepertinya akan memiliki fitur multiplay yg bagus. Dan ada "sedikit" kemungkinan akan ada Ace Combat 6 versi PC :D



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thanks to Skyblade for the "Garuda"

[source : acecombatskies.com]

Play Backup Games on PS3 ! (PDX Exploit)

Penasaran saat liat NFO di ISO rilisan Paradox (PDX) ?
disana tertulis "playable"-kan

Akhirnya PDX memberitahu caranya ! :D

"Finally Paradox decided to release the PS3 exploit, and guess what, it's really easy to use! All you need is the PS3 controller and a secret button combination during PS3 boot which will disable the disc protection. You can load any backup after this!! To enable the exploit press the following buttons at the same time on the PS3 controller after power on; L1, L2, R1, R2, SELECT, START, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, press and hold while rotating both the analog sticks clockwise slowly then tap X distinctively once. It takes a while to get a hang of it, but it is worth the effort. Please note that some buttons might be hard to reach at the same time so get a friend to help or use your feet to aid."

Hanya dengan kombinasi tombol PS3 bisa baca game copy (bajakan), keren yah XD
apa mungkin ini easter egg dari insinyur yg bikin sistem nya PS3 ?

oh yah, utk PS3 locked in DEMONSTRATION MODE, bisa coba tombol diatas :D
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tapi apa ini cuman April Fools dari PDX atau eurasia O_o
cuman kalo diliat tanggal beritanya 1 april ya seharusnya bukan april fools

kan tahun ini april fools dipindah jadi tanggal 2. (kata Wikipedia)
itu juga kalo Wikipedia-nya kaga maen April Fools XD

[source : eurasia.nu]

PS3 True power terlihat di Folding@Home

Pada Firmware 1.6 update, PS3 dilengkapi feaure Folding@Home. dan berdasarkan statistik dari Stanford project, PS3 jauh didepan platform lain.

ini statistiknya


[source : afterdawn, fah-web.stanford.edu]