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[OdinHades]

d21lewis said:

OdinHades said:
If it's full screen, it is upscaled to 1080p. Doesn't matter if the console or the TV does the job (unless you have a real bad TV). Think about it, your TV has 1920x1080 pixels. If that screen is filled up, you have an upscaled image, period.

Oh, and by the way, the PS3 doesn't do upscaling automatically. There is no option for it. You can set it to 1080p in the video settings, but if a game decides to run at 720p (like The Last of Us) there is no way to force the PS3 to upscale. It will be done by your TV.

Damn.  I'm using the Super Slim PS3 I got on Black Friday and I'm using a newer HDTV.  The PS3 games look better on my old TV.  I guess the new TV isn't going to do the job.  I never had this problem (or at least I never noticed) with my old PS3, though.

Some games decide to use some upscaling (the PS3 does have an upscaler after all) but it's not mandatory, so it's really up to the developer. It's pretty uncommon nowadays though. Maybe you have been playing lots of games in the past which made use of upscaling in some form.