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PS3 Targets Still On Track Says Sony; Sales Numbers On PS3 And Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD External Drive.
 |  Dec 14, 2006  |  0 comments

The Associated Press has reported that Sony is sticking with its target of having six million PlayStation3 game consoles shipped to retailers by March, the end of the fiscal year. Further, Sony claims it will also meet its goal of having two million PS3s shipped by the end of this calendar year.

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PS3 This Year, Stand-Alone Player Next Year
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2008  |  0 comments
Nearly twenty million consumers are so eager to jump on the high-definition disc bandwagon this year that they can't be bothered to wait for a bargain. Even though a Sony executive all but promised that the price of Blu-ray players won't drop to...
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PS3 to Decode DTS-HD
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 10, 2008  |  0 comments

PlayStation 3 owners rejoice! Today, Sony announced that the next system-software update for the PS3 (version 2.30), scheduled for release next week, will add the ability to decode DTS-HD Master Audio and High Resolution in their entirety. Up to now, the PS3 has only been able to extract the "core" DTS data from these formats, eliminating the benefit offered by their higher resolution.

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PS3 to Get 3D Upgrade
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 15, 2010  |  0 comments
A forthcoming upgrade to the Sony PS3 gaming console will make it more 3D-friendly.
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PS3 To Go BD-Live
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 21, 2008  |  0 comments

Sony announced on Thursday that the next firmware update for the PlayStation 3 (v. 2.20) will add BD-Live capabilities, sometimes called Profile 2.0, to the game console that also happens to be a Blu-ray player. Scheduled for release in late March, this update will make the PS3 the first BD-Live device to become available since the format launched over a year ago.

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PS3 Update Adds DVD Upconversion, 24p Output
 |  May 24, 2007  |  0 comments

By chance last night I downloaded firmware version 1.8 for the Sony PlayStation3 and took some time to see if any new significant video features were added (a gamer I'm not). Lo and behold, two very significant updates were indeed found in the menus: the PS3 can now upconvert DVDs, and it offers 24p output.

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PS3's Blu-ray Player Upgrades with Downloads
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2008  |  0 comments
If Sony's PlayStation 3 didn't already look like a great deal to people shopping for a Blu-ray player (it costs about $20 more than several other players but comes with an entire gaming system attached), its value proposition versus the competition...
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PSB announces CS1000 indoor/outdoor speakers
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2010  |  0 comments
PSB has kicked off CEDIA 2010 by unveiling the CS1000, the newest addition to its CustomSound speaker series. The CS1000 is a remarkably flexible speaker, built for both indoor and outdoor use with a mounting bracket that enables placement almost...
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PSB Brings Flagship Tech to Popular Imagine Series
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 18, 2023  |  1 comments
The pursuit of sonic perfection at reasonable prices endures at Canadian speaker stalwart, PSB, which today announced the latest edition of the popular Imagine Series that received immediate acclaim when it was introduced a decade-and-a-half ago.
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PSB Expands Alpha Series with New Affordable Subs
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2019  |  0 comments
Canadian speaker specialist PSB Speakers has announced that it is adding two subwoofers to its popular Alpha Series of speakers in October.
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PSB Focuses on Eliminating Resonances in New High-Performance Subwoofer
SV Staff  |  Jan 24, 2024  |  1 comments
PSB Speakers today unveiled a high-performance subwoofer designed to all but eliminate distortion and unwanted resonances.
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PSB Image Series Loudspeakers Offer Mix/Match Possibilities
HT Staff  |  Mar 16, 2001  |  0 comments
Loudspeaker designer Paul Barton of Canada's PSB Loudspeakers has been at his craft a long time. In his more than 25 years of research, a good part of it at the National Research Center, l he has reached some compelling conclusions about what sounds good. His latest creations, the Image Series, offer a solution for almost every home theater---from those created in old libraries with shelving on all the walls, to those custom-built from the ground up. No matter what size your room, some combination of Image loudspeakers is likely to work for you.
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PSB Image: pretty speakers at plunging prices
SV Staff  |  Jul 22, 2009  |  0 comments
During the last two years, PSB has been overhauling the look of its speakers—but only for customers with big bucks to spend. The company's latest line brings its newly winning industrial design down to much more practical price points. The...
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PSB's Imagine: "Affordable High-End" Speakers
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Canadian speaker manufacturer PSB has released a new line of speakers designed to be affordable, while maintaining an extremely high quality sound and construction. The new speaker line, if you can imagine it, is called "Imagine." ...
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PSB's Less Costly Flagship Subwoofer
SV Staff  |  Jan 02, 2009  |  0 comments
Nothing catches my eye more than a headline about a "less costly, better performing" subwoofer. Who doesn't love a good subwoofer? From Canadian manufacturer PSB, the new SubSeries 500 is a 12-inch design, smaller and more affordable...
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