Sony details PS3 firmware 2.50 upgrades: DivX VOD support, AV tweaks

by Richard Lawler posted Oct 17th 2008 at 3:41AM

Sony didn't want to make a big deal about this (so humble, that Sony) but the PlayStation 3's recent 2.50 firmware update has a few extra additions aimed straight at home theater buffs. First up is a place to enter your DivX VOD Registration code -- necessary if you want to get any of that Sony Pictures or Warner Bros. DivX-encoded video that's on the way -- along with new Sequential Playback and 50Hz video output settings, plus support for chroma upsampling & Mosquito Noise Reduction video enhancement on homemade Blu-ray discs and DVDs. On a more minor note, the BD/DVD settings section has been renamed just Video Settings, while the Cinema Conversion and Upscale options are getting all their mail delivered to BD/DVD Cinema Conversion and BD/DVD Upscaler, respectively. Peep the PlayStation site for the rest of the exciting details (there's a German keyboard layout change that is not to be missed), and then go back to watching Hulu in a tiny box with a poor framerate in your newly Flash-enabled browser.

[Via PS3 Blog]

Filed under: Blu-ray, Other hardware, Sony, Internet

Tags: 2.50, 50hz, chroma upsampling, ChromaUpsampling, divx, divx certified, divx vod, DivxCertified, DivxVod, firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, playstation, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3

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DrXym @ Oct 17th 2008 3:57AM

The most important feature of the new firmware is a new standby on inactivity option. This should have been there a long, long time ago.

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Pete @ Oct 17th 2008 10:27AM

As much as I think this may be useful, none of my other AV devices do this. I have to manually turn them all off. I guess my point is, this really wasn't something I was waiting for. Some kind of playlist importer, smart playlist or ratings system for media I have on there would be "important", rather than an auto power-off option for the finger challenged.

What is it with all these "should have been there from-day-one/long-time-ago" posts anyway? It's here now isn't it? Enjoy your auto-standby-power-off meh.

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