PS3 display issues may be remedied soon

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Originally Posted by qj.net

Yeah, the PS3 has a few display issues. If you're still wondering when Sony will get around to fixing the PS3's issues with upscaling 720p games to 1080i/p or if you have an old CRT HDTV set which typically only supports 480i/p or 1080i, then here's some good news for you.

According to IGN, an article at Beyond3D states that Sony has released a new software development kit (SDK) update for the PS3 that opens up limited hardware scaling. This will give developers "an easier path to natively displaying 720p games at 1080i/p." Says IGN, developers used to have a much harder time supporting 1080i/p because the scaling was done entirely through software, which takes up valuable system resources.

Even better, with the new SDK out, apparently there's the potential for developers to patch old 720p games to allow them to display at 1080i/p as well. Sounds like great news for those who want to keep playing their PS2 games on their PS3s.