ectozar says:

Got this from over at IGN, its the next update and appears to be real. Should be seeing sometime soon i think, unless its fake but supposedly taken from the "Official Playstation Press Center" so hopefully legit.
It has some awesome stuff, read on!


PlayStation 3 Firmware v. 2.00 Update Details:

Users
- You can now password-protect user accounts.

Settings
- [Dynamic Normalizer] has been added as an option under [Sound Settings].
- [Energy Saver] has been added as an option.
- [Equalizer] has been added as a feature under [Music Settings].
- [Full] has been added as an option for [DVD Wide Display] under .
- [Photo Settings] has been added as an option.
- [PS / PS2 Settings] has been added as an option.
- [RSS Channel Settings] has been added as an option.
- [Sample Rate] has been added to [Audio CD Import] under [Music Settings].
- [Screen Saver] has been expanded under [Display Settings].
- The method of selecting an output resolution has been changed in [Video Output Settings] under [Display Settings].
- [Theme Settings] has been added as an option.
- [Zero Unused Disk Space] has been added as an option under [System Settings] > [Format Utility].

Photo
- Additional slideshow effects have been added.
- [Photo Effects] have been added as a feature.
- Wallpaper feature has been added.
- [Zoom] has been added as a feature.

07/20/2007 Sydney

ectozar says:

Music
- Additional visualization effects have been added.
- CD information can now be entered.
- Three-speed fast forward and fast reverse has been added as a feature.

Video
- Files can now be played sequentially.
- Three-speed fast forward and fast reverse has been added as a feature.
- You can now select [Zoom] under [Screen Mode] when playing video files saved on the hard disk or storage media.*.
*An appropriate USB adapter (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.

Game
- Support for PlayStation 3 format software titles has been expanded.
- XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) is now accessible during gameplay.

Network
- [RSS Channel] has been added as a feature.

Friends
- You can now have multiple chat sessions.
- You can now select an image to use as your Avatar from [Photo].

Other
- Date and Time is now shown when the PS button is pressed.
- File sorting has been changed.
- [Help] has been added as a feature.
- Playability status with the PS3™ system has changed for some PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 format titles.
To check on the latest status, visit the search site for compatible titles.

- [Secure Delete] has been added as an option.
- Some PlayStation Network features have been revised

Source: Official PlayStation Press Center (log in required)
Official PlayStation Forums

07/20/2007 Sydney

mateo1 says:

Wooohooo! the best one out of those is proberly being able to access the cross media bar during gameplay

Great work ectozar

07/20/2007 Brisbane, QLD {PSN = aimar120}

joelsids says:

yeah but this is giving me dejavu cause it happend before 1.80 came out.

everyone was sayin 2.00 was next one out with all those features but it didnt happen but the upscaleing was true.

i recon that 2.00 will have these features but i think next will be 1.90 with mabey only half of these and not the xmb in game!

but prove me wrong sony please. who cares bout 1.90 give me 2.00 haha.

07/20/2007 margaret river, WA

CHEE5E says:

Cool! I hope it comes out soon.

07/20/2007 CHEE5E @ myps3, mypsp & my360

bldnut01 says:

sounds good hopefully next wk

07/20/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

hammy360 says:

i bet i can not setup my own pictures as a backgroud with this update. Bloody sony

07/20/2007 Melbourne

CHEE5E says:

It should happen..just give it time. Same thing happened with PSP.

07/20/2007 CHEE5E @ myps3, mypsp & my360

cooncheese says:

Cool! But where's my DivX support???

07/20/2007 Melbourne

CHEE5E says:

Wow! Another Cheese! lol

07/20/2007 CHEE5E @ myps3, mypsp & my360

Winnie says:

I can't see it on IGN. :/

There was a big hoax about a 2.00 update a while ago; this might be hte same thing.

07/20/2007 Melbourne

CHEE5E says:

Its got to come out soon! Damn you Sony! lol

07/20/2007 CHEE5E @ myps3, mypsp & my360

piti says:

Sounds cool

07/21/2007 Sydney

K-Man says:

sweet! now i can have a background for my PS3!!

07/21/2007 California, U.S

ectozar says:

It was from the IGN forums Winnie, its not that same hoax thing as before but it still may well be a hoax, but the source it came from has been reliable in the past.

07/21/2007 Sydney

antman1011 says:

Thanks mate hopefully it's legit and we can see that sometime soon

07/21/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

LiLfiLo says:

- Date and Time is now shown when the PS button is pressed.

i like that one.. because it like that on psp.
and thats how i check my time when i play psp

07/21/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

stonecold says:

The PS2 upscaling performance could be improved!

07/22/2007 perth

Bev says:

Just read this: www.ps3fanboy.com/

talks about firmware announcement coming early in the week.

07/22/2007 Adelaide, SA

callan5 says:

Nice find Bev man

Hopefuly this will include being able to play music whilst playing your games.

07/22/2007 perth, WA

CHEE5E says:

As theres so many threads on firmware thought I'd post in most of them! Out tommorow in Europe! Oh and out now in Japan! www.ps3fanboy.com/

07/24/2007 CHEE5E @ myps3, mypsp & my360

liam_w says:

Excellent! Good news CHEE5E

07/24/2007 Benalla, Victoria

weaponx11 says:

hey has anoyone found a downloadable version yet?

07/24/2007 Hobart,Tas

Natty_P says:  

sweet as soon as i get my ps3 back im going to cheak to see if it is ready to be downloaded

07/24/2007 dalby, Queensland

Xzadur8 says:

Thats pretty much the 1.90 update isn't it, ?????

07/24/2007 Adelaide hills, S.A