The new PS3 VC1 update is preety much useless..

[Mortuus]

Read this..

* DivX and VC-1 (WMV) have been added to the types of files that can be played. * (VC-1 2.0 audio track only)
* Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1 is now supported. **
* [BD Data Utility] has been added. ***

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- To play VC-1 (WMV) format files, you must go to Settings > [System Settings] and set [Enable WMA Playback].
- Copyright-protected files or files that were encoded by using DivX 3.11 cannot be played. - Files that are 2GB or more cannot be played.
** You may now be able to use several additional features such as playback of two videos at the same time with Profile 1.1-compatible Blu-ray Discs. The available features vary depending on the disc.
*** The management data that is used by the Blu-ray Disc is saved.

2.0 audio only and 2gb file size limit.. wtf are sony thinking ?

 

[theDreamer]

They are thinking this is one small step towards a bigger move in the future, but first they want to test the waters before diving into something they may not be ready for.

 

[erwos]

I dunno if it's _useless_. For transcoding TV shows, it could be quite handy.

 

[Martyr]

no, its completely useless. the cell processor is a video decoding/encoding machine. it thrives at this kind of work. there should be no trouble at all supporting nearly any format.

 

[fallguy]

Its not useless. What is useless.. is this topic though.

 

[Andrmgic]

If they allowed 5.1 or better decoding and larger than 2gb file sizes, what would be the incentive to buy blu-ray movies?

They want to allow more formats without cutting into their potential business.. makes perfect sense to me.