PlayStation 4 Pro in-bound

iv-tecman · 16 Mar 2017 at 12:57

Amazon now has 20th as next lot of PS4 pro, oh well gives me time to find a decent 4K TV. I'm also considering the Samsung KS7000 but the Sony Bravia KD49XD7005 is just so much cheaper, and so far I'm not keeping a TV past two years. My 1080p panel I only got two years ago, my sweet spot for new TV's seems to be around £500 - £600 - anymore and I tend to hold back : - )

ic1male · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:00

Yeah, I'm thinking I might just skip the 10-bit panel requirement and just get 4K in the house first. The games won't be going anywhere, I can always replay them in 5 years or so when 10-bit are £250 in Aldi.

VincentHanna · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:02

HDR and wide colour is more impressive than the increased resolution IMO.

Zatoichi.uK · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:19

iv-tecman said:
Amazon now has 20th as next lot of PS4 pro, oh well gives me time to find a decent 4K TV. I'm also considering the Samsung KS7000 but the Sony Bravia KD49XD7005 is just so much cheaper, and so far I'm not keeping a TV past two years. My 1080p panel I only got two years ago, my sweet spot for new TV's seems to be around £500 - £600 - anymore and I tend to hold back : - )

There are better deals around for PS4 pro's than Amazon. Argos were doing a PS4 pro + Horizon Zero Dawn for £349 last week.

ic1male · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:22

Zatoichi.uK said:
There are better deals around for PS4 pro's than Amazon. Argos were doing a PS4 pro + Horizon Zero Dawn for £349 last week.

That expired on 12 March. They've got alternatives like The Division for £10 more but nothing as good as the Horizon one.

iv-tecman · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:25

ic1male said:
That expired on 12 March. They've got alternatives like The Division for £10 more but nothing as good as the Horizon one.

I was just looking myself.. Its no cheaper then Amazon right now.

Zatoichi.uK · 16 Mar 2017 at 13:27

Just saying it's probably worth a wait. Sainsburys were doing the same deal as Argos as in store pickup only. Pretty sure it's still running. If not another will be along soon.

ic1male · 16 Mar 2017 at 18:05

I wonder if my 2TB Samsung Spinpoint drive is packing in. Last two nights it's done a high-pitched chirp at a random time and today the system software crashed (which I've never seen before in three years). Games seem to run fine though. I guess I better get everything backed up on to my external drive.

Thesnipergecko · 17 Mar 2017 at 08:15

ic1male said:
I wonder if my 2TB Samsung Spinpoint drive is packing in. Last two nights it's done a high-pitched chirp at a random time and today the system software crashed (which I've never seen before in three years). Games seem to run fine though. I guess I better get everything backed up on to my external drive.

Mine's been doing that for the last 12 months. It even does it while it's in standby.

Spit · 18 Mar 2017 at 11:54

Has anyone noticed the graphics being sharper on a 4k TV on BF1 after patch 1.07? Maybe I'm just dreaming it.

Flubble · 18 Mar 2017 at 13:34

Thesnipergecko said:
Mine's been doing that for the last 12 months. It even does it while it's in standby.

think i remember the chirping is when the read/write heads are parking, i had some in my pc that done that

Thesnipergecko · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:49

Flubble said:
think i remember the chirping is when the read/write heads are parking, i had some in my pc that done that

So it's normal then?

Noxia · 19 Mar 2017 at 10:21

Yep same on mine. Got rid of it and stuck with the 1tb in the pro which suits me anyways.

ic1male · 19 Mar 2017 at 11:18

The strange thing is it never did it once in the 16 months that it was in the base PS4. It's been in the Pro for a week now and chirps once a day.

Flubble · 19 Mar 2017 at 11:21

Thesnipergecko said:
So it's normal then?

yeah, it's not a nice noise but it didn't happen often (2 or 3 times a day) and mine still functioned normally in my pc until the day i replaced them 7 years later (nothing wrong with them i just wanted bigger drives)

ic1male, have you tried taking out and putting back in the drive on the pro? might not be seated on the connections properly? might help, might not lol no harm in trying

or it could be down to the pro doing things faster than the normal ps4 and the heads are parking more often because of that?

MOOGLEYS · 20 Mar 2017 at 13:22

I have two of the 2tb spinpoint drives on beeps every now and again the other has never done it.... Both are a good couple of years old. The beeping has never affected the drive. It is a bit weird though.

mame · 20 Mar 2017 at 18:40

I know it's a mad idea and it would never happen but I'd like a PS3 Pro. What a console/library that would be!

Thesnipergecko · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:01

mame said:
I know it's a mad idea and it would never happen but I'd like a PS3 Pro. What a console/library that would be!

Considering they've just announced that production will stop it's very unlikely

Jae-So · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:27

mame said:
I know it's a mad idea and it would never happen but I'd like a PS3 Pro. What a console/library that would be!

They have one, it's the PS4. Just need to port games over like Microsoft did.

ic1male · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:28

They'd be better off getting PS3 games running on the PS4 (Pro).