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Guide: Playing MKV HD Video on PS3


Some people have their PS3 at home, they only use it for games and Bluray movie. But have you think of you are capable of playing HD video via the PS3? I have plenty of MKV format video in my computer (don’t ask me how do I obtain them), but then I only watch it on my PC. Now I realised that PS3 is a actually a media player too but unfortunately, it doesn’t support MKV file format. That’s the suckest thing to me.

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Though, things don’t come to an end so fast. I have actually found guide on the net on how to watch MKV video on PS3. It’s pretty simple, convert it to a PS3 compatible format then transfer it to the PS3 then you are ready to go.

Some people are worried of video quality would be downgraded during the conversion but if you use the right software, it won’t. So the software is called mkv2vob, it’s a freeware, download it, convert it, transfer it.

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Browse for your MKV file and select your destination directory which is also the output folder.

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If your PS3 doesn’t connect to a amplifier via S/PDIF digital cable, you may not hear DTS surround sound, so you have to CHECK “Always Transcode DTS”.

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On the other hand, if you want to transfer your file via a flash drive or portable HDD, you need to split your file. Sucks right? It’s because that PS3 only recognizes FAT32 format and the problem is you can’t transfer any file larger than 4GB into a FAT32 formatted HDD.

Unless that you have your PS3 connected into your network, you need not split it, you can just stream directly or just copy from your network.

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As for me, my PS3 is not connected into my home network, my house runs wireless and it’s not capable for HD streaming. My method of watching MKV video without splitting is by burning the converted video into a dual layer 8.5GB DVD+/-R.

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Astro is Delivering HD Content Next Month


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Oh my god! This is too good to be true, but don’t be happy yet until the real thing is out, at least on their website first. I read the news today and it’s about Astro CEO talking about the HD content for Astro, the satelite TV in Malaysia. I felt bullshiting after reading the news, because she should had said all these 2 years back. What’s the time now? It’s almost 2010 and Hong Kong and Singapore are so ahead from us on HD content. Not good to be mad though because we have to accept the fact.

So, Astro will launching their high-definition content next month (it’s from the news) and will releasing a new PVR (Personal Video Recorder) next year, hopefully it’s something on par with the Tivo or better.

According to Astro, the HD set-top box will be available by year-end, and an external HDD for PVR can be added optionally, meaning that they will not be releasing a HD PVR set-top box by year end.

I personally think that HD content is good, I would definitely switch to it, but somehow I don’t really watch HD sports because I am not into sports, documentary in HD maybe cool etc. National Geographic HD, and I wouldn’t want to watch delayed American series because I am following what’s showing in the US, downloaded directly from the net, so guess if the HD is here, I would probably watching Hong Kong’s TVB drama in HD. That’s all.

Interested in HD, or not?

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Macbook to HDTV


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How do I connect a White Macbook to the Samsung 32″ HDTV without DVI cable but HDMI cable?

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It’s all done with 3 things. The Display Port to DVI adapter, then the DVI to HDMI cable and in the end the Belkin HDMI cable which connect straight to the TV’s HDMI input.

It’s running like a charm without any setting. There’s no need any setting with the Macbook. One of the good of the Mac is it detect external display automatically and no need to change the display setting. I now watches high def MKV movie with VLC Player on via the Mac on my TV, running at 1368×768 resolution. Pretty!

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Video: Samsung OmniaHD


The video about the new Samsung OmniaHD phone is cool. The Samsung Omnia HD featured a few great featured like the huge 3.7″ AMOLED screen, HD video recording and 8 megapixels camera.

I think…

If the OS and software is fast, then it’s a good phone. I just can’t stand with slow phone like my Nokia N95 has software lags. Another thing is the price, I assume it would be expensive when it releases in the market and you are recommended to have a unlimited data plan for your mobile because mobile Internet is getting more and more popular nowadays.

By the way, watch the video is HQ.

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Widescreen viewing on Astro On Demand


It’s the fact that Astro is still far away from the current television technology. DirectTV in United States which uses satellite signal has already provide high def content but not Astro in Malaysia.

Anyway, let’s wait and see when will Astro jump in to high definition. So sad that TVB drama shows in Hong Kong is actually high def but when it comes to Malaysia on Astro On Demand channel, it turns into standard definition.

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Sometimes, you may notice 2 black bar when watching some show on Astro On Demand channel, (chn 901-950). It’s actually a widescreen show and originally shown as 16:9 in high definition in Hong Kong, but it turns into a letterbox standard definition in Malaysia.

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I am a fan of high definition and widescreen pictures. So I don’t really mind changing the setup when I saw there’s a letterbox on the television screen. Just pick up your remote control and press the zoom key or picture size to zoom in to remove the letterbox.

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The what you see is in widescreen but a little bit lousy quality because of low resolution.

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