Comments on: Firmware 2.80’s Hidden Cinematic Feature?

By: Firmware 2.80 Required For VidZone | TheSixthAxis - PS3 and Xbox 360 News, Trophies And Opinion

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:39:45 +0000

[...] of people have speculated, including us, about what the latest PlayStation 3 firmware update actually did. The update, which took the PS3 [...]

By: name

name — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:42:38 +0000

when the ps3 eventually supports 3d games.
are we going to get the option to use 3d glasses or will you have to buy a 3d compatible tv?
because i need to get a new tv,its slowly going to tv hell.

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:20:40 +0000

LBP went red on me before and it wasn’t the TV – you sure it’s your TV that’s playing up? LBP bugged at times for me and it was either the game or the PS3 doing it.

By: Snebjnr

Snebjnr — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:50:01 +0000

That is a nice tv! =o Me likey.
Sony’s possibly moving ahead of other companies, a goos move imo

By: X_Yoshy_X

X_Yoshy_X — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:22:23 +0000

iv actually seen a preview of a 3D tv……… its brill u dont have to wair those stupid glasses

By: From the Future MAG Beta News to the Past Classic Game News | Dealspwn

From the Future MAG Beta News to the Past Classic Game News | Dealspwn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:06 +0000

[...] Take this with a pinch of salt at the moment but The Sixth Axis have reported that the recently released firmware 2.80 contains the ability for the XMB to be displayed at 2560×1080p resolution following the release of the first 21:9 TV. However although the Sixth Axis report this they conclude they have no real evidence as developers are not allowed to talk about the features released in firmware 2.80. If true will the PS3 see games released at better than Full HD resolution? [thesixthaxis] [...]

By: Cerberus64

Cerberus64 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:07:59 +0000

Actually film are not recorded in 2.35:1 or 2.40:1, they are filmed on 35mm film and then ‘matted’ to the proportions that the Director chooses.

I’ve seen the new ‘Cinema’ displays and they look ridiculous – only fully wide-screen films will fill the display and everything else (1.77:1, 1.33:1 films and broadcast Freeview TV) will have black bars to the left and right.

By: SiNTAX

SiNTAX — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:10:16 +0000

2.80 also blocks ‘Open Remote Play’

By: BerackyWack

BerackyWack — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:47:55 +0000

I also found it made my trophy syncs alot quicker and reliable.

By: cc_star

cc_star — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:14:06 +0000

Anyone who buys an expensive new TV in advance of 3D Stereoscopic displays being available is nutcase

By: cc_star

cc_star — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:12:44 +0000

But the point is you don’t have a squashed picture, this is the aspect ratio that movies are originally recorded in.

By: Jas-n

Jas-n — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:08:32 +0000

7:6 that’s a nice ratio for split-screen

By: Delriach

Delriach — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:30:16 +0000

The last sentence makes it seem as if nobody found out what 2.80 does do visibly. The text chat limit increased to 64 characters and you can go back and forth between a game when the keyboard is activated. Before you had to close the keyboard to go back to a game as shown in this comparison video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXYxEIU5e_M

It made some changes to the text chat and that’s all we really need to worry about right now until another update comes and we get new features.

By: BrendanCalls

BrendanCalls — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:06:35 +0000

Have you tried changing your scart cable,
My tv started doing the same except it was greean and all that was needed was a new scart cable, worth checking unless you really want a new tv

By: Kaizer83

Kaizer83 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:37:15 +0000

You might struggle unless you consider £4500 pocket change!?!?

By: CaptainMurdo

CaptainMurdo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:59:50 +0000

Someone watched Something for the Weekend. The TV looked great though. Great news if the PS3 can do it.

By: teflon

teflon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:52:19 +0000

So are they going to add XMB support for all us people with 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, and 1920×1200?
Of course, none of this will affect games themselves, which will still letter and pillar box you when you play (unless you love streeeeetching).
Oh, and there are loads of films out there that dont use this aspect ratio. This might be an attempt at a solution, but aside from a slight majority of films, everything will still be letter boxed…

By: deepmenace

deepmenace — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:47:57 +0000

ah! see now i’d love a tv like this if it had 2 separate video inputs which could have half the screen each…i remember an old sony tv a mate had did that – i could bring round my ps1 and we could play 2 player linkup wipeout on the same tv…half the screen each, a playstation each.

awesome.

other than that – i think the proportions on that pictured tv look pretty silly.

By: killocity

killocity — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:42:27 +0000

Sounds like it was good timing for my current TV to go screwy. Started getting a weird red ‘mist’ over the image after about half an hour or so, which gradually gets worse. First mistook it for some colour correction on LBP lol

So if I can find a relatively cheap 21:9 TV I’ll be alright…

…hey, you can always dream :p

By: DarthSharkey

DarthSharkey — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:26:08 +0000

I’m quite happy with my black bars on screen, I don’t like how the new model looks. I’d rather have black horizontal bars for a film every now and then rather than dealing with a squashed picture or vertical black bars.