1080P will be possible for Movies and Games without HDMI

[Zenien]

Sony took flack in the press earlier this week when it emerged that the HDMI-equipped PlayStation 3 would ship without an HDMI cable. This would have potential consequences for Blu-ray movie playback, which the US PlayStation 3 site says requires an HDMI cable for 1080p. But Sony has today confirmed with Kikizo that this isn't necessarily so.

Both models of the PlayStation 3 will be able to play games and movies in 1080p, SCEE's Jonathan Fargher told Kikizo. Whether you're watching Resident Evil: Apocalypse or playing Gran Turismo HD, you'll be able to enjoy a full 1080p signal through component cables.

According to Sony, the official US PlayStation 3 site's caveat that the HDMI connection is required for 1080p signals in Blu-ray movies is fallout from uncertainty over the Image Constraint Token - a next-generation anti-piracy measure.

Kikizo reported earlier this year that Sony has seemingly neutered the ICT, allowing full HD signals to bypass the HDMI requirement.

As it turns out, though, unless you're using the PlayStation 3 mainly as a Blu-ray movie player, you're not going to be getting much 1080p content anyway.

Sony has made an issue of pointing out that 1080p, which the Xbox 360 is incapable of, is the Holy Grail of "full HD". As it stands now, the only game that is running in 1080p, said Fargher, is Gran Turismo HD - a tech demo crafted by Polyphony to showcase what the system is capable of.



Gran Turismo HD
This is in line with our earlier report, where a development source told Kikizo that, "even with [final hardware] in mind, reaching good frame rates at 1080p with next-gen graphics is almost impossible. Instead many developers, ourselves included, are reworking so they run at 720p. "

Whether you'll ever be able to buy Gran Turismo HD is up in the air. However, Sony did confirm that an announcement would be made at the Tokyo Game Show later this month.

If Gran Turismo HD is not released as a full game, it is possible that Sony could release it as a download through its PlayStation Network Platform.

With the PlayStation 3 a virtual no-show at Games Convention in Leipzig, all eyes are now on PlayStation boss Ken Kutaragi, who will deliver the keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show later this month. Sony is planning to use TGS as the PlayStation 3's coming out party and it has already confirmed that 27 games will be playable at the show.

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200609/018.asp

For the 0.1 percent of you in this forum with 1080P HD TVs that are or are not HDMI compatible.

Mostly though, to clear up the confusion about it.

 

[Mentok]

I think they will release GT-HD (probably as a playable tech demo) that will run 1080p just so SONY can say that games do run that high.

 

[Zenien]

1UPYours says that Sony s going to be releasing some basketball game as 1080P, and that Resistance will aim to support it according to Ted Price... why bother though. Maybe I'll think differently seeing 1080P versus 720P but I don't even own an HD TV so...

 

[lars573]

The only difference between a 1080i game and a 1080P game is FPS. Interlaced uses 60 half frames a second. Which is 30 full frames. Progressive will use 60 and up. But more frames means less chance of blurring.

 

[Majin Boo]

if my hdtv has dvi input, how do i hook it up with ps3?

 

[SpiderFan17]

if my hdtv has dvi input, how do i hook it up with ps3?

Buy an hdmi->dvi cable. Unfortunately theres been a lot of problems reported with things like the blu ray players and the hd dvd players outputting 1080p through dvi (problems such as color banding), so in the end everyone will probably want to just use component, unless they have a rather large and recent tv with an hdmi input.

 

[Mr. Credible]

well that's good news, z.

i'm glad, that's one less thing we have to b!tch about (although, knowing these boards, it won't turn out that way, but...)

 

[Majin Boo]

my hdtv is only 30" widescreen, so its better to use component cables?