New Playstation 3 Release First to Support BD Live
by Liam Bailey
2008-03-21 18:47:32 **news**
Sony have announced that the next release of their Playstation 3 games console will be the first Blu-ray disc player to support for the new BD Live technology. BD live allows users to connect to the internet and engage in online gaming, social networking, and downloading games and ringtones etc. Even Sony line of products built around the new technology isn't due out till June.
The first titles to take advantage of the new capabilities; Walk Hard, the Dewey Cox Story and The 6th Day, both of which will be released April 8, though it is unclear which features of BD live they will support.
The latest Playstation 3 will have a host of other features, like the capability to transfer stored playlists to Sony's handheld Playstation, the PSP (Playstation Portable). In the new release the PSP can also be used as a remote control, allowing you to play music on your PS3 without having to turn on your TV.
You can also now play long (up to 2GB) DivX and .wmv files. There is also a new resume feature, allowing users to resume play of a disc where they left off, even if another disc has been inserted in between uses. Apparently web pages load faster in the new PS3, and you can save files locally or to external storage.
