What? PlayStation 3 Lacks Upscaler to 1080i?

[GLOW]

Upscaling to 1080i is such a basic feature, I cannot believe they overlooked this...

Please, Sony, get your act together. The fate of Blu-ray and the PS3 is in your hands. We can't afford any more f*ck ups.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by GLOW

Upscaling to 1080i is such a basic feature, I cannot believe they overlooked this...

Please, Sony, get your act together. The fate of Blu-ray and the PS3 is in your hands. We can't afford any more f*ck ups.

Agreed.

FWIW, they already had an update today in the form of a firmware 1.10 so they're on the ball with this thing.

[theknub]

wouldn't this actually be the software and not the hardware that is at fault? the hardware is only as good as the software and if the developer did this, it wouldn't be the hardware at fault. i'm sure that the hardware can easily upscale the image, but is something the developer did.

maybe a small firmware glitch that wasn't thought about, but you never know.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by theknub

wouldn't this actually be the software and not the hardware that is at fault? the hardware is only as good as the software and if the developer did this, it wouldn't be the hardware at fault. i'm sure that the hardware can easily upscale the image, but is something the developer did.

maybe a small firmware glitch that wasn't thought about, but you never know.

Firmware can easily address anything like this.

[phloyd]

I imagine that some level of hardware would be need to do this kind of thing.

It will be interesting to see whether it can be handled with a firmware upgrade.

It certainly seems like somewhat of an oversight, though I imagine that the percentage of people affected is not huge.

[dobyblue]

In the test though they were using a set with no 720p input.
If your set has 720p and 1080i (or 1080p) then you can set the output to 1080i or 1080p if you have it, as long as you also support 720p.
It's only when the unit doesn't get a 720p handshake to begin with that it gives you that error and goes down to 480p.
Basically only very early HDTV adapters will be affected by this, like tvs bought before 2002 and CRT HD units, as most CRTs don't have 720p.

My friend got one after waiting in line since Wednesday 2pm. I'm going to play PS3 for the first time in 1 hour!

Yes!!!!!!

(Oh and for the record, everyone in the line-up, as I subbed in for four hours on Wednesday night, is now completely excitied about Blu-ray too; word of mouth people, it kicks ass.)

[theknub]

right, it is a weird situation i don't think they considered when programming. my initial reaction is a firmware upgrade for this situation would fix it

[JTK]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

(Oh and for the record, everyone in the line-up, as I subbed in for four hours on Wednesday night, is now completely excitied about Blu-ray too; word of mouth people, it kicks ass.)

We'll be seeing a lot more of that as people get exposed to BD via the Tallgaeda Nights pack in.

[shido]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

In the test though they were using a set with no 720p input.

That was kinda the point. If you don't have 720p, then you can't play in HD, regardless if you have 1080i. Imagine that disappointment after waiting a day or two in line for a PS3. The number of people who still have these old sets are probably small, though it is still pretty stupid of Sony regardless.