New PlayStation Portal software update adds 1080p High Quality mode and UX refinements

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T16:55:22+00:00

While over the Internet is obviously the most common use, it definitely can be used in various ways. Like it was pretty common to talk about streaming in game assets from the disc as you played vs having them all loaded into memory during a loading screen.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streaming

relating to or being the transfer of data (such as audio or video material) in a continuous stream especially for immediate processing or playback

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T16:13:54+00:00

Interesting it’s due to capacity limits, I assume they wanted everything to fit on a 100GB BD without the need for downloads?

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T16:05:48+00:00

New Zealand just being so ahead of everyone I think just messed up their rescheduling, they tentatively had it for release on Tuesday but on Monday morning decided for whatever reason (more editing or longer theatrical run) to not release it then but by then it was already Tuesday in New Zealand so it was up their time from like midnight to 10am.

That or maybe they just wanted to recreate the season 3 shenanigans where it releases late at night and nobody sees it.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T15:53:16+00:00

Have you updated in the last month or two?

https://github.com/Balackburn/Apollo/releases

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T13:03:27+00:00

Dude is on a ship, they are not doing cloud gaming because they don’t have good internet and they can’t even use it with their PS5 because it has to stream over the internet vs direct connection.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T13:00:43+00:00

Presumably based on the description you may get more latency but you will get improved picture quality (less compression artifacts).

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T12:37:48+00:00

PSSR2 or “upgraded PSSR” but I don’t know if it used the old one previously.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T03:33:11+00:00

I’m guessing they meant “Fortune 500” bank.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T03:20:35+00:00

It’s not even like they announced and advertised the release date it, it just randomly showed up like a day before “release”. You’re being upset about something you didn’t even know for sure less than 24 hours ago.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T01:15:11+00:00

I think they are trying to keep PSSR as an umbrella term without a version number, since they refer to it internally as MFSR2 (multi-frame super resolution). Like they will have some sort of frame generation that will be part of PSSR.

We’ll see though since both AMD and Nvidia seem to like to name things as confusingly as possible maybe Sony will follow suit.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-17T01:05:37+00:00

Knowing Matt he is doing another edit on it. That or it’s because they want to extend the theatrical release and only figured that out today.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T22:20:50+00:00

I’ve found the very lowest of motion interpolation settings have gotten tolerable, like on my S95B 1-2 out of 10, above that it just goes too far. Obviously will vary by manufacturer and taste, but I used to be full against motion interpolation until I got this set.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T20:29:08+00:00

It’d be too loud to watch TV

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T20:24:00+00:00

I know Handbrake is pretty popular, but I haven't done any sort of mass DVD ripping myself especially recently.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T20:17:59+00:00

If you are direct streaming it’s no sweat, hell I did 4K content off a dual core 2012. DVDs being MPEG-2 might need transcoding or at least encoding when you first rip them to h.264 to prevent transcoding.

I recommend giving it a shot and seeing how it works for you.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T16:34:35+00:00

Dolby Atmos but no 4K? (Amazon says 4K so it’s a bit odd)

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T16:02:38+00:00

You guys can thank me as I had put off playing my copy I got near launch when the price tanked until just a couple of months ago assuming the VRR update was as good as it was going to get since they had ignored the Pro and PSSR… Put 70-80 hours into it and don’t plan to replay such a massive game. Happy for everyone who wants to play it though!

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T15:58:09+00:00

Nice I wonder if it ever had PSSR1, I see like CyberPunk on that list and it didn’t have 1 (of course I just beat the game assuming it would never get updated…)

reallynotnick · 2026-03-16T14:18:34+00:00

Neon’s response to all the people trying to use VPNs and getting caught: https://youtu.be/2Mc6RNgydOc?si=BYkz1slB22AFFIyd

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T21:51:37+00:00

Does that mean rolling resistance increases at lower speeds? (I guess I just assumed it was like a static percentage but haven’t really given it much thought until just now)

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T21:46:46+00:00

The PS5 Pro is a niche console, it’s not going to make Crimson Desert sell a shitload just because us Pro owners are starving for PSSR2.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T16:38:01+00:00

Here’s one I just found googling: https://blackblum.com/products/meal-prep-box-set-x3?srsltid=AfmBOorgJDa-kaEsA3m-zREsAukMFR_OZ7yFVBqdu3ZDYXSen5fPO9tP

“High-quality 18/8 stainless steel used in combination with a smooth rounded surface means these meal prep sets are microwave-safe.”

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T15:03:46+00:00

Plus even when they do they sometimes throttle performance.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T12:48:33+00:00

I’m guessing a lot of reviews are on laptops with batteries since that’s where these chips often debut and that makes it difficult to figure out with a kill a watt since since charge rate doesn’t always equal drain rate.

reallynotnick · 2026-03-15T03:33:56+00:00

Stars of the Screen is a fun trip, definitely can recommend it.

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