May 23, 2007 - Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today that the latest PS3 firmware upgrade - scheduled to hit consoles on Thursday, May 24 - will add full 1080p upscaling for standard-definition DVD's as well as games for the original Playstation and Playstation 2.

Upscaling will, of course, require that users plug in using an HDMI or component AV connection. But with Blu-ray functionality and now upscaling capability, it would appear that your PS3 may just have nominated itself as the central DVD system in your living room.

wow kinda makes me want to get one now.

I read that a few hours ago.
someone leaked version 2.0. I wanted one of the features, but I forget what it was.

was it the ability to read people's minds?

http://games.ign.com/articles/791/791390p1.html

does anyone even have ps3?

ive never met any rich kid or retard who owns one

yea ive never seen one.

PS3?!?!!?!?

i don't get how it's possible for a dvd player (or in this case a PS3) to upscale to 1080p.

and if it is possible, then why buy HDDVD or Bluray? The whole point of those new formats is to play in 1080p! so why buy high def if these dvd players can do the same job?

slow said:

Because the native resolution to DVDs is still 480p. They'll never look as good as an actual Blu-Ray movie.