[Wolfticket @ Oct 21st 2008 9:10AM]

Rootkit?

[Mike @ Oct 24th 2008 10:28PM]

gdit you're slow....


RECALL

[Hoganator @ Oct 25th 2008 12:24AM]

He was being sarcastic.

[nizzy1115 @ Oct 21st 2008 9:13AM]

"Update: A Japanese Sony Computer Entertainment representative has informed us that the interlacing-like lines are just "features" of the new LCD, and currently, there are no plans to fix it with a future software update since it is in the hardware."

Sony is the new apple claiming that every problem with their systems is a feature.

[Jason @ Oct 21st 2008 9:13AM]

LOL.

[Sam @ Oct 21st 2008 10:20AM]

Look who's talking, M$ the failure of all time.. go away fanboy!

[karmaghost @ Oct 21st 2008 12:35PM]

Don't kid yourself, Sony has been claiming that mistakes like these are "features" for a while now. Remember when the PSP was a UMD launcher? Feature.

[Timmy @ Oct 21st 2008 1:13PM]

Ya, Next thing you know they will claim that dead pixals are a feature. Its a power savings method, less pixals, less power use.

[Oskin @ Oct 21st 2008 3:41PM]

Yeah they did something like that with one of the button near the screen when they first released the psp! I remember them saying something like: "you should consider yourselfs lucky to have such an amazing product in your hands". As for Apple and Microsoft, they both have a history of finally fixing their mistakes while Sony doesnt!

[Allen Jazeera @ Oct 21st 2008 9:07PM]

Or it could be that it's just a bug that certain games (in certain scenarios) expose. The picture kinda looks like a scanline inversion to me, something I have seen in the past in video devices I have worked on. In all cases, it was something that would only occur in the right circumstances and in all cases it was a software bug.

[Allen Jazeera @ Oct 21st 2008 9:12PM]

Ok, pre-emptive strike. I meant the lines on the background look like an inversion. The offset ("ghosted") lines around the girl are obviously due to tearing during motion, something you can't avoid with interlacing. But I assumed the backgound was fairly static.

[Static @ Oct 22nd 2008 7:16PM]

The ever so respectable journalistic engadget and joystiq combo.

""On some occasions, scan lines may appear on scenes where brightness changes drastically, due to the hardware features of the new LCD device on PSP-3000. Installed with this new LCD device, PSP-3000 offers more natural and vibrant colors on its screen, but the scan lines have come out to be more visible as a result of improving response time to alleviate the afterimages on PSP-3000. Since this is due to hardware specification, there are no plans for a system software update concerning this issue."

Doesn't say that the scanlines were a feature, they say they were caused by another feature.

And personally the situation is overblown. Even in the briliant shot of laharl there you would have to move him side to side extremely fast to get that effect. It is generally not noticable in many of the games I have played except for gurumin.

[meist3r @ Oct 21st 2008 9:13AM]

That's probably the trade-off for the better contrast and response time. Usually these displays need some way to compensate for improved performance and it seems here they did it through interleaving scanlines. I personally would be interested in seeing one of those comparisons from a real-life perspective. Magnified shots of still images are not exactly lifelike and don't represent the user experience. The people complaining are probably the same one's who started that whole "This is not 720p" discussion a while back. Most users probably won't even notice.

[Ryan Smith @ Oct 21st 2008 10:29AM]

Why is the screen on my Ipod Touch extremely bright, clear, and not a hint of interlacing or blur. Don't tell me that it's necessary, I've seen some beautiful LCD's.

[meist3r @ Oct 21st 2008 12:15PM]

I don't know why this shit comment system again swallowed my first long-ish response comment but as I tried to explain there the iPod costs vastly more than a PSP. The screen on an iPod is much smaller and of different build quality. Someone at Sony made the decision to choose better image saturation and color virbance over refresh time performance. A screen in that size with comparable color performance increase would be significantly more expensive and push the PSP out of the desired price range. That's why they chose a compromise of scanlines and color fidelity over image quality in general.

[Wwhat @ Oct 21st 2008 12:46PM]

They made a wrong choice yeah, trying to put one over on their naive fans and getting caught.

[namtastic @ Oct 21st 2008 5:52PM]

Yeah, I've seen this in PSone titles, just baaarely in Patapon (on the main screen changing scenes, but not anywhere else), and not at all in Wipeout Pure (!). Here's my guess: developers used the poor refresh and ghosting of the old hardware to cover up interlacing tricks they used to squeeze extra performance out of the hardware. The games that push the PSP the most are most likely to be doing this trick, so that's why it shows up on a game-by-game basis.

[Ignatius @ Oct 21st 2008 9:14AM]

That's a corporate response for you. You point out a problem and they call it a feature!

Anyone gullible enough to believe that... I have a car for you without an engine, its main feature is that it's human powered.

[gad get @ Oct 21st 2008 9:15AM]

So... you mean it's super environmentally friendly? I'll take two!

[Precurse @ Oct 21st 2008 10:12AM]

*First car to reach [infinity] mpg*

[Najakwa @ Oct 21st 2008 10:31AM]

this car runs on fast food, the only fuel emission byproduct is flatulence.

[bdewong @ Oct 21st 2008 12:51PM]

Remember, the difference between a feature and a bug. A feature is documented.

[Tony @ Oct 21st 2008 9:14AM]

haha. "features" , I'm sure that'll go over well. my old ipod had this "feature" where the battery would just die after a couple hours.

[namtastic @ Oct 21st 2008 5:58PM]

Meh. Bad translation? "Features" as in characteristics of the item, not its star fuctions or customer bonuses. Still an unfortunate answer either way.

[Ross @ Oct 21st 2008 9:14AM]

Woo! More undocumented features, lucky us!

[farfisa @ Oct 21st 2008 9:15AM]

Interlacing issues would be the last thing I'd expect, except maybe over video cables. I would have figured the system would have progressive output for everything.

[John Z @ Oct 21st 2008 9:18AM]

Of course! The reviewer is obviously biased, using lower-quality video cables from their PSPs to the screen on the new PSPs. Such journalistic abandon should be shunned. If they could just crack open their handhelds, replace the cables, and put it all back together, liek any true Sony fan would do, they would see that the lines are in fact sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows.

[farfisa @ Oct 21st 2008 3:45PM]

Uhhh, I just meant the only place I'd expect any interlacing involving a PSP would be when using the video output feature, like to a tv.
But I hope you enjoyed your triple cappuccino.

[ander @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:42AM]

well, the psp 3000 was touted to be able to send video to a tv through the composite cable, which only supports interlaced content.
whereas the psp 2000 could only do it over component; i.e. progressive.

so i guess it is a "feature" in a sense.

[Backlin @ Oct 21st 2008 9:16AM]

Common guys, this new feature makes your games look a lot cooler!

[pxpaulx @ Oct 21st 2008 10:51AM]

Common? really? Come on.

[drorez @ Oct 28th 2008 12:39AM]

if you are on acid, sure!

[iEye @ Oct 21st 2008 9:19AM]

Ha!, they wanted arcade games experience in a pocket, now you all have it!

* 90's arcade experience!

[Phoenix @ Oct 21st 2008 9:24AM]

At least they can game with buttons without having to look where their fingers are going. And at least it has expandable storage.

[Makoto99 @ Oct 21st 2008 9:48AM]

All that storage will sure come in handy holding saves for the craptastic-looking "this is by design" games.

[andrea @ Oct 21st 2008 9:22AM]

I hope there are games to learn English

[David @ Oct 21st 2008 9:26AM]

And Nintendo DS (and DSi, eventually) solidifies its lead...

[The Fuzz 53 @ Oct 21st 2008 9:44AM]

I hope you reached through the phone and slapped that asshole that gave you that excuse. Like Sony would actually recall this. They'll just make another version that isn't fucked up for you to buy. How many broken Playstation 2s are out in the world? In my opinion, the Disc Read Error problem was more widespread than the Red Ring of Death, but only got a small fraction of the attention.

[PeRFeCK @ Oct 21st 2008 10:26AM]

agreed! Disc Read Error was ridiculous

[soulsaber @ Oct 21st 2008 1:06PM]

My orignal fat PS2 is like 5 years old now and i've never had an error before...

[The Fuzz 53 @ Oct 21st 2008 2:36PM]

Try playing something other than a game in it, or try using a blue CD PS 2 game, as opposed to the gold colored DVD games. Report the results back to me.

[Jay6464 @ Oct 21st 2008 6:28PM]

In Sony's defense here, the Disk Read error affected PS2's like, 5 years into use (mine as an example), RROD happened within a couple maybe 3 years most.

[phrogg @ Oct 24th 2008 11:52PM]

I've played DVD's, gold-backed games, blue-backed games, and the old PS1 black discs on my fat old PS2. I've also played music CD's on it. I can only recall one disc my PS2 won't play, and that's because for some reason the disc isn't held properly by the spindle, so it just flops around.

Maybe i'm just lucky like soulsaber, but the PS2 i had before this one never experienced any issues, either.

[Dave @ Oct 27th 2008 12:32PM]

Hey, now. I got my PS2 in 2001 and I've successfully played hundreds of different discs on it. I've had a few issues with DVDs skipping when only slightly scratched. I used the system consistently since I purchased it and have had no notable problems.

[CosterMonger @ Oct 21st 2008 9:48AM]

3D without the glasses

[Unclejerry @ Oct 21st 2008 9:50AM]

Just wear some of those Kanye West glasses and you wont notice a thing...
http://thelastgasp.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/kanye-west-400a071107.jpg

[Muhammad-Oli @ Oct 21st 2008 10:19AM]

Oh man, you beat me to it! *high fives Unclejerry*

[NHAnimator @ Oct 21st 2008 10:31AM]

I didn't know Kanye was making music back in the 80's.

[comineeyeaha @ Oct 21st 2008 11:31AM]

Can I just ask "What the fuck?" regarding those glasses? How are those cool? Why do I keep seeing them? Its like the 7UP glasses from the 80's where you could see through them but people could only see the billboard on your face. HOW IS THIS COOL!?!?!?

[Ethan @ Oct 21st 2008 2:39PM]

Cool is whatever everybody else appears to be doing. So it's quite easy. Taste or aesthetics are something else though.