shams said:
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. ... 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). |
Wow, well Sony just can't win, can it? Larry may go overboard in his hype (and sales numbers), but it's just ridiculous what goes on here. Before this update, 360 fans are saying OVER AND OVER that the PS3 can't upscale, the PS3 can't be a media center, the PS3 can't upscale games (I didn't know the 360 upscaled games, if it does). Now that the PS3 can do all of those things, it's suddenly irrelevant?! OHHH, ok, so it only matters when the 360 can do it. I see.
1. You do not need HDMI, component will work just fine. Also, it is "up to" 1080p, not 1080p only.
2. The PS3 did not upscale games. Now it does. It also upscales a larger percentage of games than the 360 using the software emulation (something every PS3 can do). The hardware emulation just adds backwards compatibility, not upscaling (unless I'm mistaken about those also being upscaled now).
3. Yeah, streaming all of my media straight to my TV from my PC using my PS3 is just useless. That's why Microsoft has the media center and why 360 supports it. That's why PCs stream from 1 to the other. But now that the PS3 has this feature...useless. Gotcha.
4. You can print pictures from your PS3 (such as ones taken with any USB webcam that the PS3 supports, as well as the new Eye coming soon) without first transfering it to a PC. Just saves some time. Ease of use. Granted, they will need to support more printers. The PS3 already supports USB/bluetooth keyboards, mice, webcams, and memory stick formats, so supporting printers is another nice feature.
5. I too am curious how well the remote play will work, but when I've tried it with my PS3 in the same room it has worked great. I have a 4GB stick for my PSP, so I can fit a few games, a few movies, some TV shows, and hundreds of songs, but it'll be nice being able to stream a lot more content without having to go back to my PS3 to exchange stuff on my PSP. Kinda like how it's annoying to change files on the Wii with a SD card because the internal space is too small. Oops. Now, since the PS3 can stream from the PC, and the PSP can stream from the PC, it would be awesome for the PSP to stream directly from a PC...
Your last paragraph makes no sense. These are features that 360 fanboys talk about all the time (except PSP connectivity, of course), but this update doesn't broaden the appeal? How is that? Adding features that people want is not a bad thing. These are great features. Now, PS2/PS1 owners know that their games can look a little better when they upgrade, PSP know they can stream tons of data from the PS3 (at least) any time they have a WiFi connection (free on most college campuses), and movie watchers can rest assured that the PS3 also upscales DVDs. Not broader? I strongly disagree.
