PS3 and Profile 1.1 question

[Beta-guy]

I've been wondering about this since I heard people talking about how certain that the PS3 was able to be Profile 1.1 compliant, how?

from my understanding the PS3 needs 2 Video and audio decoders, I think it only has 1 Video card, and I don't think the PS2 has 2 sound cards, the only thing I can think they could do is route the additional A/V decoding needs to the Cell Processor...

[LynxFX]

It's all in the cell. Back in the prelaunch days they had something like a dozen HD video streams playing on pre PS3 hardware.

Making the PS3 a profile 1.1, technically 2.0 since it has ethernet and over 1gig of storage, is pretty much a guarantee. I believe in the latest Warner interview there is mention of the PS3 becoming a 1.1 player in a future update although they talk around it saying 'more interactivity'.

[Beta-guy]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

It's all in the cell. Back in the prelaunch days they had something like a dozen HD video streams playing on pre PS3 hardware.

Making the PS3 a profile 1.1, technically 2.0 since it has ethernet and over 1gig of storage, is pretty much a guarantee. I believe in the latest Warner interview there is mention of the PS3 becoming a 1.1 player in a future update although they talk around it saying 'more interactivity'.

I never had doubt it could be a 2.0 player, and interactivity makes me think of Profile 2.0, if Sony made the PS3 2.0 in the next update, altho the deadline for 1.1 will be Oct 31, it'll create a race to the Profile 2.0 players and I'd think that in 6 months we'd start seeing 2.0 players.

as for 1.1 playback I didn't know of pre PS3 HD playback but if that's the case the cell probably more then enough power to do the 1.1 processing thanks for the reply.