PLAYSTATION 3 System Software 2.4 released

It’s finally official. The latest system software version for the PLAYSTATION 3 - version 2.4 - was just released and it contains many major updates. It is now ready for download for your PLAYSTATION 3 console. Below are the details of what is included in this firmware.

Overall

• You can now access the XMB™ screen while playing PLAYSTATION®3 format software.
• You can now perform an Internet search directly from the XMB™ screen.
• You can now see the system clock on the XMB™ screen. The date and time that were set under [Settings] > [Date and Time] are displayed.
• When using a keyboard, you can now clear the entire text entry field at once.
• The icon is now displayed when you press the PS button for an operation that cannot be performed.

Users

• You can now turn off the PS3™ system from the XMB™ screen using the [Turn Off System] option.

Settings

• You can now set the PS3™ system to turn off automatically after updating the system software.
• [Reassign Controllers] and [Controller Vibration Function] have been added as options under [Accessory Settings].

Photo

• You can now print images from a playlist.
• You can now sort items that are grouped in a folder by month or year using the
  [Film Date ] or [Film Date ] options.

Music

• You can now use a mini-size control panel while playing music.
• You can now play music content encoded in MP3 Surround format.*
  * MP3 Surround can only be used when playing music content in Linear PCM format.

Video

• You can now use the [Frame Noise Reduction] and [Block Noise Reduction] settings for video content that is saved on the hard disk or storage media.
• You can now play upscaled video content that is saved on the hard disk or storage media. When the video content is played, it is upscaled automatically to match the screen size.
• Upscaling of Blu-ray Disc (BDAV) video content is now supported.
• For DTS playback on DVD-Video and Blu-ray Disc media, DTS-ES and DTS 96/24 for DVD-Video and DTS-ES Matrix for Blu-ray Discs are now supported.*
  * “DTS” is a trademark of DTS Inc.

Game

• The procedure for quitting PLAYSTATION®3 format software has been changed.
• You can now collect trophies in games that support the trophy feature.

Network

• [Search] has been added as an option in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser.

Friends

• The number of Friends who can be added to a Friends list has been increased from 50 to 100.
• The [Information] screen has been redesigned and renamed as [Profile].

Today, we’ve got an unfortunate update. The highly anticipated System Software version 2.4 update for the PLAYSTATION 3 has been taken off of the Sony servers. Version 2.4 was pulled due to many problems that were reported. The problems affected all models of the PS3 console and caused glitches ranging from microphones not working to games “freezing” before they loaded, such as Call of Duty 4.

The trophy system does really sound like a great feature, although ww’re not sure when Sony will finally re-release system software 2.4. With the recent Xbox 360 price drop, I would really hope that the PlayStation 3 gets a price cut too, becuase I would really love to see what it has to offer! Anyway, here’s the end of this post - don’t forget to be stay tuned for more video game news!

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