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PS3 Upscaling
ben0207
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So I just saw that Argos, perennial purveyors of chav tat though they may be, are selling a PS3 with 2 games and another pad for 400 quid. Which is a good deal, probably.
But I do have one question: The upscaling for PS1 and 2 games - is it any good? Aside from one or two games I'll mostly use it to catch up on PS2 games I've missed, and playing old PS1 classics (like WipEout 3 SE, which is my second favourite game ever). So, is it? Or is it shit?
But I do have one question: The upscaling for PS1 and 2 games - is it any good? Aside from one or two games I'll mostly use it to catch up on PS2 games I've missed, and playing old PS1 classics (like WipEout 3 SE, which is my second favourite game ever). So, is it? Or is it shit?
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You might want to search around IGN, I think they did an article with comparison shots right after the upscaling stuff was implimented.
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Guess the game can see that it's not being run on a 'real' PSX due to emulation issues.
Motherfuckers.
Well, that's that idea out then. Just saved 400 quid!
Any idea if they intend to fix PS1 compat, anyone?
Nope. I made sure that SOTC was the first game I tested and the upscaling is not compatible with progressive scan. That means HALFING the real detail to bob and weave a 1080p image. :v:
Wip3out worked just fine on my PS3 from what I can tell. Mine is a US unit, but there shouldn't be much difference seeing as how it's PSX emulation on both.
I have not tried Wip3out on a PS3, so I can't comment. I do know that Sony is committed to improving the software end of the BC, especially now that they're going to start rolling out the non Emotion Engine SKU in other territories such as the US.
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This was driving me nuts with GT4. I thought a game with 1080i support would be great on PS3 (I have it doing 1080p) but the PS3 won't let it do real widescreen as far as I can tell =/ I just end up with GT4 running at 1080i but looking at a 4:3 ratio instead of 16:9
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They would have had to justify the expense to me. I never owned a PS2. Think about it: The only reason they were in the PS2 was because it needed a memory card of some type and it may as well use them for PS1 compatability too. The PS3 has a HDD making that moot. Think about it: The PS2 would have accepted Memory Stick otherwise. I thought about it all through the PS2's lifetime: Even though I never owned a PS2, I would have bought a Sony brand digital camera instead of my Canon Digital Elph because it would have ensured a market for millions and millions of Memory Stick customers rather than just taking its old place as a proprietary form of camera memory... notice the effect the PSP had on MS Pro Duo prices?
Now, notice that I said that "would have bought a Sony." Not "would of." You're thinking of the contraction "would've" and somehow assigning meaning to "of." I normally wouldn't correct someone doing it, but that's because it's easy to see that "of" doesn't mean anything in context but you clearly think that it does. "had of" could only mean "had have" which are two tenses of the same word "to have." The only time that makes sense is when you use it as I did above... "They would have had to justify the expense to me." Note that they are swapped.
Well, it may not have the EE but it does still have the GS (Graphics Synthesizer). I'd imagine that it could be a limitation.
I really liked that game too, it made a rubbish frisbee.
I am in the same boat. I don't think they can upscale 720p games to 1080i. I do know that they are pushing for 1080p, so we should be covered for future titles. I just picked up "The Darkness" and that runs in 1080i.
Yeah, you've got it right. They haven't announced any plans to upscale 720p-only games. Unlike the 360 where each game usually renders at 720p and is then scaled to the resolution of your screen by the scaler, on the PS3 games output natively at the resolution they're programmed for. I also think the scaling capabilities of the PS3 are not as robust as the 360's. I suppose it's possible that they could add this in a future firmware update, but it's an unknown quantity right now.
Some TV's that only do 1080i do have scalers built in which allow them to accept 720p signals, however I'm not sure how common those are.
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That's pretty much what I expected.. thanks guys.
It's fucked up, but you can always buy it, use it, pack it back up and return it. I kept mine incase friends come over.
But I can understand how someone couldn't justify $15 dollars they shouldn't be spending. They could have atleast thrown in one port atleast.
And to stay on topic, it depends on the game IMO. R&C:UYA looks better using the widescreen 480p in game, but then Okami looks better upscaled to 1080p and smoothed. Just my opinion, but that's kind of my point. The upscaling is definitely a good thing to have, but whether or not it makes the games look better is a matter of opinion and what game you are playing.
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Almost universal. Even many non-HD PC projectors do it.