Sony Acknowledges PS3 Upscaler Issue

A small number of older High Definition television sets found in the United States only have 1080i inputs for HD signals. Those televisions will currently only play some PS3 titles at 480p resolution. PS3 games render images at either 720p or 1080p for High Definition and you need 720p input on the TV to play select games that do not support 1080p. This is an issue on the side of the individual television sets, which do not accept 720p input, so when a game outputs an HD signal only at 720p, these select TVs have to display the game at 480p instead.

Instead of admitting to the fact that they “forgot” to test this out, they simply blame all of the older HDTV’s. Seems to make perfect sense. All of you affected can sleep tonight knowing that a fix is on the way. There is no timetable, however.