An open note to Sony

[talisantia.livejournal.com]

Will you PLEASE put a great big orange sticker on the Playstation 3, or a brightly colored flyer in the packaging, or SOMETHING which is difficult to miss that indicates clearly that you must connect it with A/V cables and go into the menu to enable the HDMI connector before you hook it to your TV with HDMI?

I am getting very, very tired of getting calls from people who think their TV is broken because you bury that vital little tidbit in small print in the back of your manual. I don't work for Sony, it's not my job to tell people how to operate your retarded product, especially when a minimal effort on your part would eliminate the confusion.

Thanks.

Comments

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Wait...you mean that there are people out there actually buying the PlayStation 3? Come on, I wouldn't shell out for a PlayStation that couldn't play Guitar Hero.

[talisantia.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't bother with one myself, either. *shrug* I'll wait and see how the hardware failures and game population settles out before I invest in a new console, thanks.

>_> Besides, I'm too busy playing WoW and trying to train up a character to gank my boss.

[brownizs.livejournal.com]

From what I have seen, it is a more stable platform then the 360. It is more of the end user not following the directions, then anything.

[raveneyes.livejournal.com]

um...i dont know what crack people have been smoking, but it'll autoenable hdmi if it detects it. at least mine did

~b

[talisantia.livejournal.com]

The majority of them don't, or at least it seems so from my perspective. Every single call I've had on this issue, the second they go into the menus and enable it, BAM, it works. I've even read complaints on the web from professional hardware reviewers that they had to go in and manually enable it.

Then again, everything from Sony seems to be pretty hit-or-miss when it comes to compatibility with anything that's not a Sony product.

[canray.livejournal.com]

How to use a PS3:

1. Box it back up.

2. Bring it back to the store and get a Wii or X-Box 360 (Or both, the two come to the same price as the PS3 at some stores!)

3. Wait until Sony wises up and puts out a revised version of the PS3 that is worth money.

(I'm sorry, I heard there were HOUSE FIRES from PS3s running too hot. At least a Wii will only kill a TV or Window.).

[talisantia.livejournal.com]

I've taken those calls, too. As a matter of fact, one of my first posts in this community was about a Wiimote accident. *snicker*

All in all, though, I agree. In this industry, I see too many OTHER screwups from Sony to recommend buying any of their hardware. Blu-Ray is doomed, Sony's digging themselves into a hole with broken copy protection that makes standard DVD players lock up, and if the PS3 is indeed supposed to autodetect HDMI, it sure isn't doing so.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Blu-Ray is going to fail for the same reason Beta did.

Lack of Pr0n! ;-P

Sony Movies are also screwing things up majorly, as well. Like not doing a new RoboCop now that Frank Miller is back to allowing movies to be made off of his writing again.

[spooforbrains.livejournal.com]

I love my PSP. That's mainly because of the homebrew scene, though, to be honest. If it weren't for that I'd still just be using it as a glorified MP3 player, and (very) occasionally, as a portable video player.

As for the PS3 thing ... that is many different kinds of shtoopid. *sigh*