OMG!!!! ps3 can now upscale DVD movies ,ps1 and ps2 games upto full 1080p!!

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Here is my take on the news:

1/ DVD upscaling is irrelevant. Lots of devices already do it, for cheaper. And because its 1080p / HDMI only, it only makes a difference for a small % of people that already own PS3's & fancy TV's.

2/ PS1/PS2 upscaling is great. Didn't the PS3 already upscale these games though? Or is it just 1080p upscaling added? Does this work on both Emotion Chipped / non-Emotion Chipped PS3's?

- Emotion Chipped (hardware emulation): guessing the PS3 can only upscale the entire frame buffer (i.e. smooth it out).

- Non-emotion Chipped (software emul - do the hardware ones now use this?): Textures will look smoother, and jaggies should be less obvious. Nothing you can do about low-resolution textures though. Its still a very nice feature.

3/ PC Streaming: A guess that's cool - not really sure what it is used for though. Can a PS3 connect to a PC via network (i.e. LAN)? If not, then it could be useful for watching/listening to media on your PC (assuming you can't do this already).

4/ Printing: whatever - is there a point to this? I should just as easily copy media to a memory card, insert that into a printer (all new ones support this), and print directly. I think that's less headache than plugging a printer straight in? Might be useful if you want to do lots of printing. Even more useful, would be wireless printing (LAN), there are some other wireless formats available as well I think.

5/ Remote Play: Sort of cool... in theory anyway. I personally would copy the media I want to a memory card/stick, and take it with me (for my PSP). Need to be in a unlocked, WiFi spot (?) with your PSP, and have a lot of bandwidth available to do something useful (unless you can copy media to your Memstick - then watch/listen to it?). Its a cute feature, be interested to see/hear how practical this is.

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Personally, I think Sony should be focused on 'broadening" the appeal of the PS3, rather than giving those who have a PS3 more features. None of this makes me anymore interested in a PS3, and makes me more worried that it is moving away from a "games machine" and more towards a "PC styled device". Apart from playing PS1/PS2 games (upscaled), I can do everything here on my PC (if I wanted to).