No HDMI required for 1080p on PS3
updated 02:45 pm EDT, Wed September 6, 2006
1080p on PS3 w/o HDMI
Contrary to the panic of last week, Sony says that both the $499 and $599 PS3's will be able to do 1080p out of the box, regardless of whether or not the user has his own HDMI cable. The confusion has stemmed from the company's own PS3 Website, which lists this problem in the system specs. Sony's Jonathan Fargher corrects the site by saying this is an atavism from the now defunct Image Constraint Token, an anti-piracy control. Gamers should be able to get full 1080p quality out of component cables. Of course, this may mean little if, as news sites have indicated, there will be few games that support 1080p in the first place. Blu-Ray movies will probably make the best use of the resolution.
