PS3 To Get Screensavers?
Finally a use for that dodgy Heavy Rain theme.Published 08/02/2010 at 13:00 by nofi
I quite like the PS3’s new(ish) Dynamic Themes, they’re clever, often pretty slick and a lovely backdrop to your XMB. However, that’s kind of the problem – with the XMB in the way you don’t really get the chance to see them in all their intended glory, instead having to peer through sometimes poorly designed icons.
However, we believe that this may change in the near future. Although nobody’s confirmed anything yet, we’re hoping that a future firmware update will allow the PS3 to use Dynamic Themes as a ‘proper’ screensaver, without the XMB icons and any other visual noise by virtue of a stand-alone mode.
We’re not sure whether this new mode will actually be labeled as a screensaver or whether it’ll be something the music playback feature uses as some kind of visualiser, but it’s interesting that Sony haven’t already offered this option – some of the themes, such as the Afrika one, really need to be seen without the XMB on top.
So, stock up on your Dynamic Themes and hopefully at some point we’ll be able to view them in their proverbial birthday suits, as nature intended.
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Apnomis | 09/02/2010 00:09
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Would make sense – many of the icons in the XMB fade out now, so why not have the option to set a timer for the whole XMB to fade out, with it coming back on when you move the controller.
Flash | 09/02/2010 00:39
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All Sony need to do is add a fade-out timer on the XMB. Have options like “after 2/5/10 minutes” etc.
Tw1sted | 09/02/2010 06:38
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I think it should fade out after 15 seconds of not using the XMB, sort of like how the files around the one that you are browsing fade away when you are not scrolling.
Would definately be very cool.
Chimpanzee | 12/02/2010 17:37
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I’d guess it would work something like
Screensaver >
>> Black screen
>> Hide XMB
in the menu