Many surround receivers have surround simulation capability, however this is not true surround sound. Two-channel analog outputs from a DVD player can be decoded to 3 or 4 channel Dolby Surround (not the same as Dolby Digital or DTS) using the same surround receiver.
Yes. But only through the Optical port or the HDMI port. If you're having trouble with getting it through to your receiver check the settings and make sure your PS3 is sending the DTS signal.
Not into the PlayStation 3 itself, but pretty much all TVs or sound systems would provide a jack for earphones to be plugged in.
Yes. If you look at the back cover of most games as well (ex. God of war 3) it will also say 5.1 to show that game is also programmed for surround sound.
With component cables only the red and white are for sound and the other 3 are for video.
3 times the speed of sound.
Yes! the Playstation 3 has just as good quality, resolution, and sound quality as a standalone blu-ray player. I would suggest not buying a blu-ray player if you already have a playstation 3.
The Playstation 3 includes a built- in Blue Ray Player. The HD output provides great sound quality. Both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 offer online gaming services. However, Playstation 3 offers these services for free, while the Xbox online gaming comes with a small fee.
3D sound is a technique used to place sounds around listeners so that they have an impression of sound coming from locations in front, behind, above and below them. The techniques make extensive use of sound processing or specialized recording techniques. It is not surround sound but 3D sound can make use of a surround sound replay systems or two speaker stereo systems. More commonly, headphones are used to accurately reproduce 3D sound.
You can not play PlayStation 3 games on a PlayStation 1, but you can play PlayStation 1 games on a PlayStation 3. All of the PlayStation consoles are backwards compatible.
The SR-71 Blackbird is 2,193 miles per hour fast or Mach 3, three times faster than the speed of sound.
No only PlayStation 3 games that have PAL written on them can be played on the European PlayStation 3.