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Games, General

Sony's PS3 Gets a Michael Jackson 'This is It' Special Edition Package

The King of Pop is dead, but his legacy is live N kickin’, and it seems like it’d get even bigger as time goes by. One company that has recognized Jakson’s extremely attractive merchandising potential is Sony Japan that recently announced it would release a limited edition This is it! package of the king that suppose to include a slim PS3 console, boasting a 120GB storage and a nifty Blu-ray drive. This special pack – a result of the collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan – is set to go live on January 27, either in Black or White colors, priced at ¥33,500 (about $361), nothing a fan can’t afford these days.

sony-ps3-this-is-it-package

[via SCEJ]

Applications, Audio, Games, Video

PS3 Firmware Update 2.20 Enables Full Blu-ray 2.0 Capabilities

sony-ps3The upcoming PS3 firmware update, will bring some substantial improvements to the game console. According to Sony, version 2.20, which is just days from launch, will feature Blu-ray spec 2.0 and BD-Live capabilities that include online downloading of video content, ringtones and interactive movies or audio. In addition, you will be able to copy to your PSP photos and music playlists via USB connection. The update will also add movies bookmarking function, so you can return back to the exact point and resume play from where you left off. Furthermore, “Audio Output Device” function will enable the PSP console to serve as a remote control for music played through the PS3. Check the full details after the break.

Update: users will be able to copy Blu-Ray movies directly from the PS3 to the PSP.

Update 2: update one turns to be untrue.

[via gizmodo]

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Audio, Media Players, Video

DVICO Unveils The TViX HD M-6500A Multimedia Player With Advanced Features

DVICO introduces the TViX HD M-6500A, a next generation HD multimedia player with a Sigma SMP8635 processor and wireless HD streaming capabilities. This advanced Linux-based device features a Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 802.11 b/g, internal SATA HDD, housing 320GB to 1TB and Network Attached Storage. The box sports video outputs including component, composite, HDMI v1.3, S-VIDEO, and optical audio outputs, for maximum sound quality. The TViX HD M-6500A player can handle the latest audio formats, such as MP3, WMA, PCM, DTS, WMV9, AAC, Ogg, FLAC and video formats as WMV-HD, DIVX, XVid, H.264 (MPEG4) , HDV, MKV, ripped Blu-ray M2TS files and many more. The sleek and stylish black aluminum gives the TViX a state of the art chic that will cost you between $760 – $1170, respectively.

TViX HD M-6500A-front

[via aving]

Another picture after the break.

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