Bluetooth Controller Interference Issues Confirmed...

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http://www.short-media.com/articles/bluetooth_ps3_error:
After hours of head-scratching and headaches, I remembered that my Logitech Z-5450 5.1 speakers were also wireless. I wondered if those were causing the issue by adding some sort of interference and making the controllers disconnect. On this hunch, I hooked the PS3 directly to the TV for sound and turned my Logitech system off. BINGO!

And from http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74754:
Rumours began after the company filed with the US Federal Communications Comission to request a class II permissive change to reflect some Bluetooth tweaks to the console.
 
How is this a problem?

There is a reason why there are frequency numbers on product boxes.
 
Well you're probably right that it is not technically a problem. However when I fell across this info I recalled how several people playing F1:CE and MS were experiencing frustrating controller input drop outs. Obviously for racing games in particular, even a half second of controller debilitation can be disastrous. So I just wanted to highlight, for the racers especially, that the issue/problem is real, as opposed to some weird bug on a particular unit or batch of units. It also looks like Sony is already preparing a technical bluetooth update, which might even prove a solution.

Anyhoo, that was my logic in creating the post.
 
And thats exactly where the 80GB PS3 biz came from, updating the bluetooth and tossing a in bigger HDD while they are at it.
 
I get a little interference with my Logitech G7. It doesn't always happen, but sometimes it will lose connection every couple seconds. It isn't Bluetooth either, its 2.4Ghz.

Edit: And it would happen to interfere right after I posted. :lol:
 
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And thats exactly where the 80GB PS3 biz came from, updating the bluetooth and tossing a in bigger HDD while they are at it.
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I just don't understand why Sony would introduce another SKU just to fix the Bluetooth and bump the HDD up by 20GB. The Bluetooth issue can be fixed in the next revision of the hardware (like, when they decide to universally take out the EE+GS), and the hard drive space increase is mediocre.

You would think they could add more substantial features to this 80GB PS3, but what would they add? Sure, a multi-disc kind of thing would be awesome, and a collaboration with George Foreman to create a built-in grill would be great as well... but that'd require major design changes. :indiff:
 
Sorry this is off the topic, but what are the EE and GS? Why are they taking them out? And should I buy my PS3 before they do so?

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I just don't understand why Sony would introduce another SKU just to fix the Bluetooth and bump the HDD up by 20GB. The Bluetooth issue can be fixed in the next revision of the hardware (like, when they decide to universally take out the EE+GS), and the hard drive space increase is mediocre.

You would think they could add more substantial features to this 80GB PS3, but what would they add? Sure, a multi-disc kind of thing would be awesome, and a collaboration with George Foreman to create a built-in grill would be great as well... but that'd require major design changes. :indiff:
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I'm guessing that the 60GB may be getting phased out or something. They are using Seagate drives, after all.

I would really like to know what is causing interference with my mouse though. I'm not certain that it is Bluetooth messing with it because the PS3 is shut off (even the power switch) and it is still messing up, badly. I'm thinking about doing an RMA after all.
 
Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer. They are the CPU and GPU of the PS2. I believe it was given the name "Emotion" because it was one of the first processors powerful enough to display "emotion" digitally. Sony is taking out the PS2 processors out of the PS3 to reduce the cost of manufacturing the PS3 and relying on software to emulate PS2 games on the PS3.
 
Well it looks like from the posts that whatever BT update Sony has planned it is going to require a hardware revision... am I reading these tea leaves correctly? TBH I don't know much about BT's technicalities, so initially I was thinking that although Sony was registering this 80gb PS3 "update" (for lack of a better term) with the FCC that the BT stuff could be handled for the existing units via a driver update. I suppose I'm a little confused at this point.
 

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