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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: 3D support for PS/3 would be great posted by 4season on December 29, 2009 at 11:17:11

However, so far the word is that output resolution will have to be decreased -- 960x1080 -- due to the limitations of HDMI v1.3 (full support of 3-D requires HDMI v1.4). It's amazing what the PS3 does today and will be updated to do for tomorrow. Still the best $:value ratio of any Blu-ray player or game console on the market.

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an url link to the info regarding said limitation, if u please... - jeromelang 07:01:57 01/01/10 (3)
does the new ps3 slim also have the same limitation?
- same restriction for all versions - Joe Murphy Jr 13:22:10 01/01/10 (2)
  In order to transmit the full 1080p 3D resolution (two 1920x1080 streams), you need an HDMI v1.4 chipset. All versions of the PS3, from the first 60GB to the latest 250GB model, only have a (version of the) HDMI v1.3 chipset. Like transmission of the advanced audio codecs for the pre-Slim models, full 1080p 3D transmission is a hardware limitation that cannot be circumvented by a firmware upgrade. In the link below, there is press release material and discussion. In the press release, notice the line "The specification is also designed to allow the PS3 to play back Blu-ray 3D content in 3-D." . How can it be done without an HDMI v1.4 chipset? The new Avatar game achieves its 3D presentation by decreasing the resolution to 960x1080 and thus makes (logical) sense as to how Sony will upgrade the PS3 to transmit 3D movie material.
  
  What's rather sad is that some people will endlessly post their hopes that a firmware upgrade will allow what it takes hardware capability to do. Probably many of the same people who held on for an advanced audio codec transmission upgrade through firmware. Some people have even posted that the PS3 is capable of processing 2 HD streams at the same time, so it may be possible. What they seem to forget is that the PS3, while capable of processing 2 full HD streams at the same time even to this day, was shown outputting the video to two displays in pre-release . In its pre-release state, the PS3 had 2 HDMI connections. The release PS3 only had, and to this day still has, 1 HDMI connection. So, while the cell processor is capable, the hardware is not capable of such an output.
  
  See the chart at wiki (about the middle of the page) for a table re: what each version of HDMI is cable of providing:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI
  - PS3-D info (Open in New Window)
  - Interesting, thanks - 4season 11:15:10 01/02/10 (0)
    I think even at reduced resolution, it'll look great on my 32", 1080P TV set. No rush to replace my still-pretty-new TV, HT receiver and PS/3 for this alone, at least not at this early date.
  - thanks for the info - jeromelang 19:39:21 01/01/10 (0)
    the 3D demo i saw was driven by a PS3 unit. if what u said is true - that means the resolution of the demo i saw was only 960x1080. it was great and real. that means what could be had from standalone blu-ray players will be even better. more gears to buy. but what the heck - whatever it takes to get 3D at home, man.
    
    Edits: 01/03/10

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