Xbox 360 Accessories Guide
For any gaming console, there are two kinds of accessories: the ones you really need to get any joy out of the system, and the extras that are just for fun. With their usual marketing savvy, Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 with everything you needed to use the system available, and then over the last year, drip-fed the pure toys onto the market.
This year’s Christmas present for the Xbox fanatic is the Xbox Live Vision Camera. It’s available in two packages. The Standard Kit, at US$40, comes with a month’s Gold subscription to Xbox Live, a wired headset, and Uno and Totemball from the Xbox Live Arcade. The US$80 Gold Kit comes with all that, a year’s Gold subscription, 200 Microsoft points, and Robotron: 2084. A fully-functioning webcam, Xbox Live Vision allows video chat and personalised avatars. Games like World Series Poker use ‘digimask’ technology, that uses the camera to map the player’s actual facial expression onto their avatar. It also allows for gesture-based gaming, promising the ability to, say, direct troops with a few finger-points, just like in the movies. Continue reading
PSP Remote Play With PS3: A Starter Guide
One of the coolest little secrets to come out about the PS3 since its recent release is it’s ability to wirelessly share content with Sony’s handheld PSP unit via a function called “remote play”. Using remote play, your PSP becomes so much more powerful, as you can bring it anywhere in your house and have access to tons of music and video stored on your PS3 by synchronizing with the PS3′s Cross Media Bar.
The first thing to mention is that currently the remote play option is only available with the 60GB PS3 unit. This is because the feature realies on WiFi and only the 60GB PS3 comes with WiFi capabilities. Also, for the time being, you can only access your PS3 content from your PSP while you are in range of your unit’s WiFi signal. It gets even better though, as Sony is currently planning to allow IP access which would allow you to use your PSP to access your PS3 from anywhere. Continue reading
How To Transfer Your Video To PS3
With the PS3 shipping with the new blu-ray format as its choice of disc on which to store games and films, it has led to a new quality of transmission levels. However, this is not the only feature that the console has to offer – with a little bit of patience and the right software, you can convert your existing videos and DVD’s to run through your PS3.
The first thing you need is the actual software to enable this. There are various companies that offer this specialist software, and a quick search using an online search engine such as Google should give you a few options with regards to price and specific software. This software allows you to convert your existing video into the correct format needed for transferring the file.
NOTE: Try the DVD to PS3 Converter for your PS3 conversion needs!