720p ps3 issue to be fixed says Sony!

[BTBuck1]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5032

Sony working to resolve upscaler issue with older HDTVs


DailyTech reported last week that Sony's PlayStation 3 has issues with upscaling to 1080i resolution. The problem stems from the fact that some older HDTV's can only display in high definition resolutions of 480p or 1080i -- 720p is not an option for these TVs. For a PS3 title running in native 720p resolution, a PS3 will not upscale to 1080i, but will instead downgrade to 480p.
According to GameDaily BIZ, Sony has acknowledged that this is a problem for the PS3. The following statement was provided by Sony Computer Entertainment America:

A small number of older High Definition television sets found in the United States only have 1080i inputs for HD signals. Those televisions will currently only play some PS3 titles at 480p resolution. PS3 games render images at either 720p or 1080p for High Definition and you need 720p input on the TV to play select games that do not support 1080p. This is an issue on the side of the individual television sets, which do not accept 720p input, so when a game outputs an HD signal only at 720p, these select TVs have to display the game at 480p instead.


A fix is in the works, but there was no timetable given on availability.

[JTK]

Good news!

[Blackraven]

Good news if they release it before New Year's Day

[Blu-ray San]

I knew Sony would come through with this problem...

[JTK]

http://www.playstatic.com/news/205

"Sony has contacted us to let us know that they may have spoken a bit prematurely. SCEA’s Dave Karraker, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, informed GameDaily BIZ that they currently cannot confirm that this 1080i issue will be resolved via a firmware patch. The official line is now that they are “looking into the issue and haven’t stated any actions that will be taken regarding it.”

Some FUD-ster posted this, but it looks legit, unfortunately.

Can anyone around here dig into this and come up with something more authoritative?


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=751368

Interesting thread. Look for a poster named Darknight in this thread and pay very close attention to what he is writing.

Clearly he's an anonymous insider and several people know it in there, for starters.

Worth reading. This isn't a lost cause yet by a longshot.

[shido]

Originally Posted by JTK

http://www.playstatic.com/news/205

"Sony has contacted us to let us know that they may have spoken a bit prematurely. SCEA’s Dave Karraker, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, informed GameDaily BIZ that they currently cannot confirm that this 1080i issue will be resolved via a firmware patch. The official line is now that they are “looking into the issue and haven’t stated any actions that will be taken regarding it.”

Some FUD-ster posted this, but it looks legit, unfortunately.

Can anyone around here dig into this and come up with something more authoritative?


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=751368

Interesting thread. Look for a poster named Darknight in this thread and pay very close attention to what he is writing.

Clearly he's an anonymous insider and several people know it in there, for starters.

Worth reading. This isn't a lost cause yet by a longshot.

Well, I hope future games are fixed up. Darknight stated that the PS3's internal scaler wasn't being used right now at Sony's request. I don't know what the reason might be for this, but that attitude from Sony has got to change for this issue to be fixed. However, because it's the PS3's hypervisor that's blocking out the internal scaler from being used, existing games like Resistance will need a patch from the devs themselves, not a firmware update from Sony to be fixed. Because the scaling would then have to be done via software, there may be performance issues when using 1080i. I just hope this gets fixed. It would be interesting to see what they say about the Blu-ray issue, though.

[WriteSimply]

I think the BD movies playback at 720p is not an issue as other Japanese PS3 owners have verified - first firmware plays at 720p just fine.


fuad

[Hollywood__]

The long list of Sony screw ups with this console continues.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Hollywood__

The long list of Sony screw ups with this console continues.

^^ Good riddance to bad rubbish.