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Sony rumored to give PS3 owners Blu-ray Profile 1.1 for Christmas

December 7th, 2007 | Uncategorized

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Sony is said to have yet another PlayStation 3 firmware update ready for download before Christmas, with the gift for movie-loving gamers being Profile 1.1 compatibility for Blu-ray Discs. Competing format HD DVD has had support for Profile 1.1 features such as picture-in-picture, secondary audio, and local storage since its inception, while in the Blu-ray spec they were optional. There aren’t any Profile 1.1 Blu-ray titles on the market yet, and only a single 1.1-compatible player for sale from Panasonic, so this is really about having one more bullet point on a box for fanboys to argue about. The only major HD DVD feature that becomes required in Profile 2.0 is Internet connectivity, so downloadable content will still be optional for some 1.1-compatible BD players — but not the PS3 with its built-in Ethernet jack. Considering the PS3 is still one of the cheapest and [...]

Original post by Erik Hanson



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