That was uncompressed data though. 2:1 compression and you're already close. That's the least concern over emulating GS though. I suggest people search for previous discussions where Fafalada pointed out the major problems.
The PLAYSTATION®3 system software version 2.00 update includes the following:
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Slightly off topic, but if it is possible to achieve lossless 2:1 compression/decompression of frame buffer data, why is there nobody using that?
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Lossless compression\decompression is most often very resource costly.
The second one is very impressive. I will have to download it and try it out for myself.
I am not sure fixed rate lossless compression of any single image is plausable at all.
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Actually, Scale2x proved to be completely useless for PS1 screenshots. I had some (IMHO) pretty good results with hq4x (which is basically the same as hq3x, only higher res).
You can see for yourself with these screenshots i made. Sorry, i don't have the time to make a gallery of it. This zip contains some screenshots seemingly direct feed which weren't JPG compressed - those artefacts diminish the effects of hq4x greatly. Only Crash Team Racing was a JPG, but the results looked good enough anyway.
Each screenshot is then upscaled 400% with each nearest neighbor and hq4x for comparison. The differences are sometimes small, but noticable, and it doesn't blur - i would love to see that in realtime. Have fun...
Great! So that's pretty much sure now that one of the most anticipated features will be here very soon!
You've been pretty much spot on with your earlier "insider confirmations", so I have faith in you
Any more information you could share about the update? Was the list that leaked earlier legitimate?
I am currently going through GT4 again and would love to play it with added PS3 niceness
GT4 supports 1080i on the PS2.
off course ,things could get postponed and i would come out as a d*ck here... hehe anyway... no nothing special new to tellGreat! So that's pretty much sure now that one of the most anticipated features will be here very soon!
You've been pretty much spot on with your earlier "insider confirmations", so I have faith in you
Any more information you could share about the update? Was the list that leaked earlier legitimate?
in the meanwhile, its out in the public so ... told you guys so!
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EDIT: Oops a new thread!
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=41515
Please move on
It's actually 1.80 but necessary features are there
http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4372&NewsAreaID=2
Now the question is whether it's applicable to the US/JP PS3.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=41515
Please move on
It's actually 1.80 but necessary features are there
http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4372&NewsAreaID=2
Now the question is whether it's applicable to the US/JP PS3.
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Gradthrawn
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The hilarious thing is that they claim to enhance games and movies to "full 1080p quality." In reality, all they are doing is the same process happening inside your TV already. On the other hand, the possibility of Remote Play via Internet is exciting and I'm looking forward to this feature.
The same general process, although the specifics could vary considerably. I saw my friend's latest-edition 1080p native Samsung HDTV showing PS2 games yesterday, and it was doing something weird on the upscaling. An alternative upscaler may well do a better job. As those scalers linked to elsewhere show (hq4x etc.) there's even so weirdo techniques that could be used for older games that'd never work with TV screens. You'd want a different scaler for game content than TV/DVD content, I'm sure.
Looks similar in results to the upscalers linked to earlier. Nice choice! Sony haven't skimped on the software side of things, and deserve recognition for excellent software and frequent updates. They seem to finally be realising the potential in their hardwares!
Gradthrawn
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They're playing catch-up far better than I expected. If the 2.0 rumor is true (which I think is only further validated by this 1.8 update), they should be about where they need to be at in terms of feature set. At which point, priorities can shift to a Cold War style arms (features) race with the other Super Powers. And no, I'm not concerned about games. After Gamers Day, there's not much on that front that I'm worried about. Its not like the people who work on games, also work on the firmware.
I get the feeling that this is about the time SCEI would have preferred to launch the PS3. Now, or perhaps closer to the Holiday Season.
If it wasn't for those pesky XBOX guys Holiday 07 would have been a fine launch for PS3 - Assuming they have 65nm nailed by then, I would hazard a guess that it would have been a more rounded system as well with a slight graphics bump and better scaler.
