PS3 Firmware 1.6 details

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I am all for firmware upgrades offering more features on the PS3. Just remember not every feature can be done in software. If the hardware in the PS3 does not support a certain feature then the firmware can not be updated.
I doubt the PS3 current hardware is every going to support 1080P/24. Has anyone taken the PS3 apart and looked at the video chip that is being used in the PS3? Unless that video chip supports 1080P/24 no firmware could possible add that feature. If the PS3 could do 1080P/24 Sony would most likely would have shipped the PS3 with that feature since Nov 17th. There have been many 1080P/60 BLU-RAY players released on the market from several manufactories and none of them can be upgraded to 1080P/24 support since the hardware does not support it.
My point is to be cautious when hearing rumors of new features. Until the new features appear on a product one has to awesome the product may never offer that feature.
Technically in theory since the PS3 does not have a hardware upscaler and only a down scaler it still should be possible to write a program to have a DVD software upscale feature. Then again unless we see it in a firmware update one needs to consider the possibility the PS3 current hardware will never upscale. Most HDTV displays already upscale all images to 1080I or 1080P and this is a minor issue. Even if the PS3 offered an upscale feature one might want to turn it off in the PS3 if the HDTV display has a higher quality upscale feature. There are many people that turn the upscale feature off in the DVD player and use the better quality one in their display. Then other times one can turn the upscale feature off on the HDTV display if they own a expensive DVD player with better quality up scaling. Many times with poor quality upscale its better to watch DVD’s in 480P.