{"id":5610,"date":"2010-03-17T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"ps3-3d-firmware-update-available-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/5610-ps3-3d-firmware-update-available-in-july","title":{"rendered":"PS3 3D firmware update available in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last year champions of 3D technology Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 would be capable of 3D playback via a firmware update. This meant that all Playstation 3 consoles, regardless of when they were released, would be forward compatible with 3D technology. <\/p>\n<p>Sony has now confirmed, inadvertently perhaps, that the firmware update will become available in July.<\/p>\n<p>On the company&rsquo;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/Electronics+Promotions\/3D+TV+Explained\/pcmcat204300050000.c?id=pcmcat204300050000\" target=\"_blank\"> 3D FAQ page <\/a>it clearly sets out a timeframe for the impending update:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To watch 3D Blu-ray Discs, you&rsquo;ll need to add a 3D-ready Blu-ray player (or update your PS3 with the appropriate firmware when it becomes available in July).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This means that, from July, any PS3 owner with a 3D compatible television and an internet connection will be able to watch supported movies (and possibly play supported games) in three dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>Sony has announced that it will be releasing two 3D capable models to market &ndash; namely the KDL-NX710 (40 inch and 46 inch) and the KDL-NX810 (52 inch and 60 inch) as well as 3D supporting Blu-Ray players in September 2010. Pricing details are not yet available.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also announced that it had decided upon a final specification for its incoming Blu-ray three dimensional product range in 2010, choosing the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) codec to store 3D video. This will allow for a full 1080p (High Definition) frame for each eye and will only require 50% more storage capacity than 2D video content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony mistakenly gives info on 3D TV update<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playstation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}