Comments on: PS3 $499 - HDMI NOT UPGRADABLE!!!! http://www.the-mole.org/2006/05/17/ps3-499-hdmi-not-upgradable/ We Are The Mole!!! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Henning http://www.the-mole.org/2006/05/17/ps3-499-hdmi-not-upgradable/#comment-140 Henning Wed, 17 May 2006 20:13:55 +0000 http://www.the-mole.org/2006/05/17/ps3-499-hdmi-not-upgradable/#comment-140 1. It's pretty hard to add an HDMI port to a device that doesn't have one already, so I don't know why you sound so shocked. 2. PS3 games that put out 1080p will probably still be able to do so on component outputs. AACS rules affect the output of BD movies, not games. And component video cables have always supported 1080p. It's up to television manufacturers to support it. 3. A movie won't show in full 1080p over HDMI ONLY IF the Image Constraint Token flag is enabled. Almost all movies being released in the BD format this year do not use this flag. Studios are not currently planning on using the ICT flag in the future either. Of course, this may change if studios start using the ICT flag. But several have said that they will only do so if piracy - because of the lack of ICT - becomes a problem. So you'll be able to watch most BD movies being released in full HD even with the cheaper PS3. 4. It's not true that newer HDTV's don't have HDMI. Almost all HDTV's being released today have HDMI. It's the older HDTV's you have to worry about. 5. Many older HDTV's don't have HDMI, but DO have DVI/HDCP. There are adapters that you can use in this case, and things should work just fine. 1. It’s pretty hard to add an HDMI port to a device that doesn’t have one already, so I don’t know why you sound so shocked.

2. PS3 games that put out 1080p will probably still be able to do so on component outputs. AACS rules affect the output of BD movies, not games. And component video cables have always supported 1080p. It’s up to television manufacturers to support it.

3. A movie won’t show in full 1080p over HDMI ONLY IF the Image Constraint Token flag is enabled. Almost all movies being released in the BD format this year do not use this flag. Studios are not currently planning on using the ICT flag in the future either. Of course, this may change if studios start using the ICT flag. But several have said that they will only do so if piracy - because of the lack of ICT - becomes a problem. So you’ll be able to watch most BD movies being released in full HD even with the cheaper PS3.

4. It’s not true that newer HDTV’s don’t have HDMI. Almost all HDTV’s being released today have HDMI. It’s the older HDTV’s you have to worry about.

5. Many older HDTV’s don’t have HDMI, but DO have DVI/HDCP. There are adapters that you can use in this case, and things should work just fine.

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