Question about the Sony Blu-ray Remote Control

thorbarry

Hey

I am thinking about getting the Official Sony Blu-ray Remote Control from Play

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/3308576/Official-Sony-Blu-ray-Remote-Control-for-PS3/Product.html?dpr=340561#

Obviously you can use it for DVD's and Blu Ray's, but I am wondering if you can use it when you are watching an AVI or other video file direct from your playstation 3? Thanks in advance

fdevine

I my experience the Bluray remote works the same as a controller, as it has all the relevant buttons (X, O etc.)

thorbarry

fdevine wrote: »

I my experience the Bluray remote works the same as a controller, as it has all the relevant buttons (X, O etc.)

Cool, do you know if the Play and pause buttons work with it too?

keithoh

thorbarry wrote: »

Cool, do you know if the Play and pause buttons work with it too?

Yeah the PS3 remote control works with AVI's, you can use the pause and play buttons as you would with a DVD or Blu Ray movie.

thorbarry

keithoh wrote: »

Yeah the PS3 remote control works with AVI's, you can use the pause and play buttons as you would with a DVD or Blu Ray movie.

Awesome dude, cheers

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You cant use it for vidzone or browsing the store though

keithoh

jackncoke wrote: »

You cant use it for vidzone or browsing the store though

It can be used for vidzone but you have to reassign the remote to be controller port 1. The remote constantly drops it's assigned port and you have to keep reassigning it to 1. It's very annoying, hopefully they'll have a fix for this.

Leiva

This remote is fine for playing all movies types but not great for some (if not) most Web Pages , moving the pointer with this remote only allows you to select specific areas of a Web page ....I find myself using my controller more these days .

M 2 pence worth

M.

Tweaky

keithoh wrote: »

It can be used for vidzone but you have to reassign the remote to be controller port 1. The remote constantly drops it's assigned port and you have to keep reassigning it to 1. It's very annoying, hopefully they'll have a fix for this.

The latest update of Vidzone means you no longer have to reassign the controller

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Tweaky wrote: »

The latest update of Vidzone means you no longer have to reassign the controller

Really,didnt realise this

Tweaky

jackncoke wrote: »

Really,didnt realise this

The last update on vidzone did the following - see last item

Patch 1.04 is up. #25

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- Virtual keyboard is now supported in Search
- Search is faster and improved. Special characters can now be replaced by using familiar Roman character
- Start up time is reduced
- Audio volume on music can now be normalized
- Some 16:9 video now support true full screen display
- Cache has been increased
- PlayStation Network presence now shows the music video being watched in VidZone on the XMB friends list.
- Support for PS Store purchase in Download menu
- Websites can be launched in Download menu
- Help screens are available in Settings menu
- Settings menu has been reordered
- Default settings are now saved
- Official PS3 BT remote is now fully supported (no need to set it to port 1 anymore)

cotwold

Yeah you can, i use it to watch avi's all the time. It works just like a controller