PS3 BD-Live Update Now Available

Sony launched Firmware Update v2.20 for the Playstation 3 Monday night, officially upgrading the game console to a BD-Live (aka Profile 2.0) Blu-ray player.

As we've previously reported, this latest PS3 update was announced by Sony last week, and earns the PS3 the distinction of being the first Blu-ray player in North America to include BD-Live, enabling users to experience interactive features via specially-encoded Blu-ray discs, including downloadable video content, ringtones, live "interactive movie-based" multi-player online gaming and more.

The full list of Firmware Update 2.20's announced features are as follows:

• BD-Live (Profile v2.0) Upgrade
  
• "Resume play" will enable PS3 system to start playing a Blu-ray disc and DVD at the point it was stopped, even if the disc had been removed (BD-J format not supported)
  
• "Audio Output Device" will be a new Remote Play setting, enabling PSP to serve as a remote control for music played through PS3
  
• PS3 system's Internet browser will be enhanced: Video files directly linked from a Web page will be able to be streamed, and the browser's view speed will be improved
  
• DivX and WMV format videos larger than 2GB will be playable
  
• "Mosquito Noise Reduction" will be added as an AV setting in the control panel of the DVD/BD player for improved movie playback (BDMV format not supported)
  

Sony's press release for the PlayStation 3 Firmware Upgrade Version 2.20 can be read in full here.

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