750gb PS3

I have to ask - why do you need such a big HDD? I've got a standard 250Gb and have barely made a dent in the capacity. Am I missing out on PS3 features that I wasn't aware of?
 
Cybergangster said:
I have to ask - why do you need such a big HDD? I've got a standard 250Gb and have barely made a dent in the capacity. Am I missing out on PS3 features that I wasn't aware of?
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Ive got a 40gb . . . .
To be fair, my films music etc are stored on my home server with 5tb.

OP: Pretty sure you are only limited by the FAT32 2TB limit . . . .
 
I think that 2GB (4GB?) limit only applies to an external hard drive connected to the PS3. I've had a 12GB video file on my PS3's internal hard drive and it played just fine.

Now if it only supported 4GB+ MKV files from an external hard drive :(
 
PhillyDee was referring to the addressable volume provided by FAT32 not the size of a single file - though the points moot as the PS3 uses its own file system internally...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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ps3ud0 said:
PhillyDee was referring to the addressable volume provided by FAT32 not the size of a single file - though the points moot as the PS3 uses its own file system internally...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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That doesnt make much sense either... I've formmatted a 1TB drive to FAT32 before, works fine - you're just limited to file sizes of 4GB is all.

OP: if the drives dimensions mean it will physically fit, then you'll be fine.

Alternatively you can get a SATA extension cable, and have a mahoosive 3.5" drive externally, connected as an internal drive.
 
I personally use a WD Passport drive for all my media. Makes it easy to copy stuff over from the PC to watch/play on there, and keeps the internal 250GB free for games etc.
 
again the 4GB file-size limit means thats a no goer for HD films - but using mkvtovob means you just split at 4GB doing the conversion anyway, so not insurmountable.
 
Pug said:
That doesnt make much sense either... I've formmatted a 1TB drive to FAT32 before, works fine - you're just limited to file sizes of 4GB is all.
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Why doesnt it? :confused:
PhillyDee said:
OP: Pretty sure you are only limited by the FAT32 2TB limit . . . .
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ps3ud0 said:
PhillyDee was referring to the addressable volume provided by FAT32 not the size of a single file - though the points moot as the PS3 uses its own file system internally...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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