I'll tell you why Alpha, well. This is purely my opinion but eh.

But what I value, in news. Is the time it's published. This was published first, and whilst admittedly had some issues, with some areas being incorrect. It was the first to inform me about two new features, which I am grateful for.

In this, I also understand that you need to 'rush' the process of aquiring this information, so slip ups are forgivable, edits were made quickly to retract previously false statements on the article. Fair enough.

The Article was informative, and the first to be published of it's kind. I was happy with it.

Chrono, when I see something posted as news I expect it to be accurate. This is the same stuff that goes on with these sits on N4G that send stuff in without any sort of peer-editing or proper research. This isn't breaking news, so there is no reason to be so urgent to report it. The writer should have taken the time to fact-check.

Yeah I can see it from your perspective too. Personally I may be a little biased since this news was exactly what I came on N4G, looking for, at that time. So naturally I was quite content, regardless of accuracy.

But frankly, there's a lot worse on N4G, like the constant opinion pieces about the same crap over and over. *sigh*

i think ppl are hating at alpha because he has alot of bubbles

Talk about making a big deal over nothing!!! So what there's some old news in there, or features listed that they just didn't notice before? That happens on every single hidden firmware feature list like this that comes out. EVERY ONE, has had listed a feature that was already there. But hey, they got a few right, and new features are cool. I can't believe they listed trimming though, lol. I've had my PS3 since launch and I don't remember that ever NOT being there.

But the fact is, I can't believe this guy is going crazy over such a small thing. I have literally seen reviews with lies, and many other outright lies about important things linked to on this site.....no one cares about those, but this fellow makes a big deal over someone not noticing some old features on PS3?.......outrageous. Gaming journalism as a whole has become a joke of lies and dis-information, and THIS is what upsets you?! Chose your battles. Save your internet rage for the people who deserve it.

I've already come across a couple new things in the firmware as well. Well, actually they aren't new, they are fixes of things that got screwed up last firmare with the web browser. 1. Certain things on youtube were no longer working, like the search button and commenting. Those are now working again. And 2. it's remembering cookies again after exiting the browser (THANK THE GAMING GODS!!). This may not matter to most people, as most use a PC for browsing the web anyway. But to people like myself who use PS3 for web browsing for one reason or another (mine being my PC broke like 2.5 years ago and I don't really care to fix it since I only used it for web browsing anyway), this is pretty huge. It was a real hastle it not remembering cookies.

Trimming was definitely there prior the update.

and Alpha is right they have just completely rushed this out for hits, no quality control or research etc done beforehand, makes them look amateur.

Anyway, this update is even more poor than I thought when reading it's contents!

There is absolutely not ONE single feature in the update I like or will use (except the Trophy Level...which looks out of place at the top right why not have it next to the name?! and it takes a second to load for every name, might as well load their gamercard.)

difference now it lets you save both copys

i also found under sound settings you can now have dual sound output im fairly sure this is new

Nope - dual sound output was added last update, I think. Old.

@Alpha

Well stated.

This website suffers because of the "first post" syndrome. I think all this could really be fixed by a rating system as opposed to the current system which I guess works off of hits.

For the record, I would rather read intelligent opinion pieces than the same news 50 times in a row.

Once again, we're supposed to reject news stories that are duplicates but look at the hottest topics now? Are there not duplicate stories?

So once again the idea of "first post" is promoted. In all cases the rules of this website were ignored. No duplicate stories and no false information.

Everybody loses.

Alpha Man is a wise wise fella. What he speaks is the truth. There was a time when N4G stood for NEWS for Gamers. Now its just Nil for Gamers and just self promotion for sites that care more about page views than quality content

Alpha is right. News articles are supposed to give accurate information. Giving false information is not only annoying to read, it makes you look like amateurs. The amount of times i've read "news" on this site and thought to myself, "i could have written a better article". At least I would have got the facts right. You guys are supposed to be the voice for the games industry, so your supposed to be on top of your game. And its ridiculous when most normal gamers who comment on n4g know more about the subject then the people who write the article. That's why I don't even bother reading articles most of the time, I just read the comments on n4g. Because the people here usually know more then the people who write the articles. And I've seen that happen enough times to know its true. So give accurate information and be more professional unless you want your site to be considered an amateur's blog

Clearly Dinosaurs didn't have a PS3, otherwise they wouldn't be extinct.

Kudos snoogins for having the decency to admit your wrong.

Deep Color is an HDMI 1.3x protocol option to work with 10 bit displays...Sony calls it 'deep color', others usually refer to it as x.v. color iirc...

whats interesting is that some of you are noticing differences on older displays...but older displays will not support it...as it takes a 10 bit display panel to show the differences...I haven't read up on it in a while, so I could be wrong...but its a feature just now being implemented into certain blu ray movies...and currently no other format utilizes it...other than the xmb possibly (its a feature most likely not for games)...

like some of you mentioned...this is different than RGB full range...an HDMI feature designed to mimic what used to only be done with component cables (early HDMI connections, usually a bridge in a receiver for example, did not have the bandwidth to have full color range like component did...the option was simply to decrease bandwidth so older connection devices could handle it)...but any modern HDMI equipped TV can handle full color range now...

so like some of you said...deep color is new...but I would like to know how some of you are seeing differences, especially if you don't have a 10 bit display (referring to the person that says they notice a difference on an older 1080i HDTV)...not calling you out, just wondering what it does as I am still waiting on my popped 60gb to return...the feature showed up on high end 2008 HDTV's...some VERY high end 2007 models may have had it...but anything before that most likely does not support it...anything 2009 or newer would support it though most likely...

EDIT: so its still hard to define...apparently deep color and x.v. color are two different things...but have similar effects to a viewer...but your display is the end of the equation, like i said...older HDTV's, with 8 bit panels, do not support the feature...its also a feature that depends on the media...its not that the PS3 will turn everything into 'deep color'...it has to be mastered into a BD disc, and now I guess some HD camcorders can do it...

Deep Color wasn't supported by HDMI until version 1.3.

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

Hulst is a disaster......