Life With PlayStation Updated
What's new in 1.2?Published 15/12/2009 at 12:30 by Watchful
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Life with PlayStation has today received an update to version 1.2. For those of us not in SCEA’s backyard there is little to excite as the update adds support to the application for video playback and photo slideshows. Video playback will likely be the first change you encounter as the United Village channel now has videos available.
Things are a little more interesting for our US-based readers as a new channel is now selectable, the PlayStation Network Game Trailers Channel. This channel lets you view trailers for games on the PlayStation Store and read additional information about them. You will also be able to purchase the games directly from the Store without leaving Life with PlayStation. The channel also has an auto playback mode which the stream the trailers one after the other.
If you have not looked at Life with PlayStation for a while or maybe have never used it, here is a list of the channels available:
- LIVE – provides dynamic content organized by city. The content provided includes news, live camera feeds, cloud data and weather.
- Folding@Home – provides the protein-folding simulation in real time.
- United Village – United Village is a project designed to provide an experience of sharing a sense of community and culture from locations around the world. The channel features a visual series of moments and aspects of life from various locations.
- World Heritage by α CLOCK – A showcase for Sony’s α DSLR cameras featuring photographs from World Heritage locations.
- PSN Game Trailers – (US only) View video trailers for game content available on the PSN Store with links to purchase direct from Life with PlayStation.
Other features of Life with PlayStation are that you can play music from your PS3’s HDD and assist with medical research and TSA’s team ranking by running Folding@Home in the background while viewing the channels.
Thanks Jas-n
Comments
Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.
Ed the Penguin | 15/12/2009 12:38
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342 TSA Points | Member since: Dec 2008
I think it’s good that they’re adding other content to keep people interested in this. The addition for music on HDD was always a good step forward in my opinion.
I think adding some extra visualisations would also help.
cam the man | 15/12/2009 12:46
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2071 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
I wonder how long we in Europe will have to wait for ‘PSN Game Trailers’.
deadwelsh | 15/12/2009 12:56
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321 TSA Points | Member since: Jun 2009
Haven’t used this for a while, too scared of getting another YLOD, may have to have another look over Xmas though and do m y bit for mankind
bajere | 15/12/2009 13:21
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1081 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2008
I have a launch model, so i haven’t used Folding in years, like yourself, i’m worried about the console going pop
ghost5 | 15/12/2009 16:20
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698 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2008
yep same here. Plus I got annoyed when Life keeps thinking my home city is Barcalona
cc_star | 15/12/2009 13:27
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7897 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
I think my PS3 welcomes its downtime and has a chance to cool down, it’s an absolute fact that the more it’s used – the greater chance there is of its ‘board’ becoming distorted by heat.
Jas-n | 15/12/2009 14:22
Folding With TSA Co-ordinator.
1230 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2008
aNOTHER CHEERY QUOTE FROM CC_STAR
Damn sql requiring caps
carlosfilippsen | 15/12/2009 14:35
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1316 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
Good stuff. I havnt used this since I got my playstation. So will have to try it out.
Dexter17 | 15/12/2009 16:35
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I know I really should use this, but never do.
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 15/12/2009 16:38
* Banned *
-1930 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
Nice update, will give me a reason to use this currently boring application.
djdustb | 15/12/2009 17:37
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1309 TSA Points | Member since: Nov 2008
I have used it a few times but it never has enough to keep me on it. Folding at home is a great idea, and I have signed up and started to use it, but I never leave my system on so I never finish a project, I have music on the HDD but that is mainly for in game, if I wanted to listen to music I would use my stereo as opposed to my power crazy PS3.
bunimomike | 15/12/2009 20:25
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Nice update although I use Folding when the machine’s doing nothing else. However, for the media lovers out there it’s quite a strong addition.
SYY2127 | 16/12/2009 00:12
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580 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
I watch game trailers a lot I would love to be able to watch like that.
AJ | 16/12/2009 03:11
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1492 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2008
Honestly, the new channel is garbage. I mean, sure it’s great that they’ve added the feature, but the buffer from the PlayStation Store is horrible. And no, it has nothing to do with MY connection.
There are a total of 39 ~1 minute videos which have gritty, pixelated quality, and load EXTREMELY slow.
You all aren’t missing anything.
tonycawley | 16/12/2009 15:56
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297 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
Folding = YLOD. Seriously, the launch PS3 is prone to breaking down just through playing games. No need to shorten it’s lifespan with a nonsense piece of software that no doubt hammers the hardware. I’d like to see figures on CPU usage % when this is running and how much data it sends and receives over the internet. Can’t be good for the poor PS3.