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More PSP FW 5.00, PS3 FW 2.50 features surface: PSP TV-out feature expanded, PS3 gets Flash 9 UPDATE

Posted Oct 14, 2008 at 3:28PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: Bluetooth, Eric Lempel, headset, psp firmware, QWERTY, Sony, XMB

Article originally posted Oct 01, 2008 at 09:43AM

New information about the upcoming firmwares for the PS3 and PSP have surfaced. Well, when Eric Lempel revealed the list of features for PS3 FW 2.50 and PSP FW 5.00 yesterday, he did say it wasn't the entire changelog.

See, just earlier, Sony's sent an official press release outlining pretty much everything that Lempel said yesterday: PSP gets the PSP Store, a sleep timer option, redesigned XMB, and an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. But here's something new, right off the press line:

Video-out Â– The PSP-2000Â’s video-out feature will be able to display classic PlayStationÂ® format titles at the full-screen size of the TV that the PSP is connected to; the feature also will support interlace displays.

[insert wide grin here]

Meanwhile, on top of in-game screen capture, bluetooth headset support, and other cool changes, the PS3 FW 2.50 will also carry some other features which weren't included in Lempel's list. From the same press release we have this (thanks to FreePlay for catching this bit):

Information Board Â– The Information Board will be able to include direct links to PlayStation Store, making it easier for PS3 owners to download content that they read about on the Information Board.

Also, via Eurogamer, we now learn that the new firmware will introduce Flash 9 support on the PS3's web browser. EXIF (exchangeable image file format) information will now also be visible in photos, and the German on-screen keyboard will get some remapping with its Y, Z, Q, and A keys.

*UPDATE*

PS3 Firmware 2.50 is now available for downloading, folks. You can check out the changelog once you start the download. You can also hit the link below for more info on it.

Sony confirms features for PSP FW 5.00, PS3 FW 2.50

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I was JUST gonna say the same thing!!! if the iphone can have a damn flash app cant we at least have one!?!? Even if its not built into the browser it woul dbe nice to have an official sony youtube player or something. I know that would take a but load of money in sony's part for permission, but man that would be nice. PSPtube works pretty good now though. And the bit about the expanded tv out...."The PSP-2000%u2019s video-out feature will be able to display classic PlayStation® format titles at the full-screen size of the TV that the PSP is connected to; the feature also will support interlace displays." It sounded for a second like video out on an interlaced display was gonna be for everything... but sadly it looks like its only for ps1. I think its great that they incorporated the ps1 capability in the psp, but i never like many ps1 games honestly. so hopefully devs can find out how the interlaced full screen tv out is performed in ps1 mode and translate that over to normal tv out function some time in the future. This update seems to be getting better and better!

# I've gone NUTS laughing in Pains of Plesure — houaruto 2008-10-14 05:49

for pain started to kick in after 15 minutes of smiling and laughing Ma Arse off.....wahhahaha

Now I can finally use to brower to maximize the potential of the internuts...."coughs", "coughs","PORN', "coughs"

# i know brah — dbzking 2008-10-14 06:00

damn after all that waiting finally sony do it yesssssssssssss sssssssssssssss ssss thanks sony finally they showing something after all those time i bet those xbox fan will get *****ed up

# cant wait — Binary 2008-10-14 06:10

DAX better be ready for this one.

# kl; — OverlordXenu 2008-10-14 06:37

PS1 on PSP on TV via Interlace? Do they mean via composite cable? That will be great.

# Nice — Hekynn 2008-10-14 06:56

I hope I will be able to play my psp games at full screen with this update instead of a tiny little screen since I have a Samsung T220HD for it and my future PS3

# Missed one for the PS3 — FreePlay 2008-10-14 07:18

• Information Board – The Information Board will be able to include direct links to PlayStation Store, making it easier for PS3 owners to download content that they read about on the Information Board.

# hey — anhero 2008-10-14 08:15

Is Flash 9 enough so I can finally watch youporn or redtube videos?

# Ding ding ding ding ding! — Guest 2008-10-14 09:36

You is teh winrar!

Got over excited with that full-screen bit. But anyways, thanks FreePlay! Appending now... ^_^

# An hero — c74gta4smash 2008-10-14 10:43

Yes.

# so.... — ShadeyProphet 2008-10-14 11:42

maybe I missed something, but when this psn downtime is over, do we get the ps3 firmware then?

or a couple day later? I'm still sketchy on the detales of the fw release..

# Ok — hail-destroyer 2008-10-14 12:11

im gonna be getting a psp-3000 on friday ill see if my pandora can do the trick i've done many psp before so i know what im doing

# Pandora... — FreePlay 2008-10-14 12:19

fails completely.

Even the BATTERY doesn't work.

# hey anhero — nikko03 2008-10-14 15:39

u can already watch porn on the ps3 i do it all the time xD just go to badjojo lol....but yea...this is great keep it comin sony

# PS3 2.5 Firmware Update Is Out!!! — D.Dark 2008-10-14 16:32

Downloading it now!

# yessss — nikko03 2008-10-14 16:46

got the update wooo

# update — jwydell 2008-10-14 17:33

was gonna announce the update but apparently i'm too late. i'm 60% done.

# 2.50's here... — FreePlay 2008-10-14 17:41

5.00, here we come.

# Oooooops We've got a bug in this one!!! — xx X-Tra xx 2008-10-14 17:59

i was playing COD4 and i decided to Update my system. After the update, my logitech headset does seems to work anymore!! i can see my mic symbol next to my screen name in COD but it looks like its muted. I also went to the settings to try to fix it but nothing seems to work. Although it seems to detect my headset but still doesn't work!!

# LOL @houaruto — trigger 2008-10-14 18:06

now we all know who NOT to borrow a ps3 controller from. ^_^V

# Hey guys — Cactuar Knight 2008-10-14 18:30

A new PSP firmware is out now!

QJ.NET Time to REPORT!!!!

# Also note — Cactuar Knight 2008-10-14 18:34

theres another feature on this update that wasnt mentioned - Auto USB Mode for PSP 2000 series!

Awesome!

# PSP-1000 — AshTR 2008-10-14 18:41

For PSP-1000 users we get:

* The [PlayStation®Ne twork] category has been added, and [PlayStation®St ore] is now available under this category.

* The sleep timer feature can now be used under [Music].

* The system will automatically change to USB mode when a USB cable is connected.

* The [Original] theme has been redesigned.

# um.... — marcosatti1 2008-10-14 23:12

Was Life With Playstation meant to be in this update...

Cause I can download it

# 2.50 sucks ass!!!!!!!!!!!! !! — rikthelightning 2008-10-14 23:47

i just updated, and now all of my videos contained on the hard drive display in black and white >_< not Fu**ing happy!!!!

# been out ages — Fred_West78 2008-10-14 23:49

Life with Playstation has been out a couple of months now dude.

Also loving the fact you can now see when your friends were last online, thats nify and a good little thing to have.

Next up LBP then hopefully Home.

# mine aren't — Fred_West78 2008-10-14 23:51

My vids are still previewing in colour man, dunno what go on your end.

# 2.50 sucks ass!!!!!!!!!!!! !! — rikthelightning 2008-10-14 23:53

i just updated, and now all of my videos contained on the hard drive display in black and white >_< not F**king happy!!!!

# Great Update! — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2008-10-15 00:16

Finally I can watch flash videos from my favorite sites, such as gametrailers.com!

# 2.50 issue — rikthelightning 2008-10-15 00:29

to Fred_West78

what kind of tv u got dude?

# .... — Silver-Tiger 2008-10-15 02:05

Either your videos are corrupted or you made something wrong. Mine works fine.

Anyway, anybody noticed the speed improvements in the PS store? It's running much more fluent now.

this whiole update is great.

# forgot to add something... — Silver-Tiger 2008-10-15 02:11

YAY!!! finally a qwertz keyboard for German users!!!!

# yes... — marcosatti1 2008-10-15 03:14

I just read some other forums and saw that you had to go into folding at home to actually download it, while now it is an actual icon on the XMB

# Stay away from GT — c74gta4smash 2008-10-15 03:48

They're a bunch of paid off pricks.

# actually... — NeilR 2008-10-15 04:05

When Life with PS first came out the XMB icons (launch or install) would display Folding until you installed the Life update.

This FW update goes a step further and replaces the installer with a Life one..

# 2.50 issue — rikthelightning 2008-10-15 05:46

i think its coz my tv is a bit old, but they all worked before updating so i dunno why sony decided it was a good idea to add the option, they could've at least added an option to switch off the 50hz mode then i would be ok.

# uh huh — Metal Jody 2008-10-15 06:13

an official youtube player under 'network' would cost them a lot for permission, but i'm sure the psp sales would shoot up much higher if they did. psptube is the biggest reason i wont get a PSP-3k.

# hey — Metal Jody 2008-10-15 06:16

got a .js file on psptube for that? +D

xD

# umm..just thought of something — Metal Jody 2008-10-15 06:19

wouldn't an automatic change to USB mode when a USB cable gets detected screw up the connectivity of remotejoy in the xmb?

that would suck.

# Hulu? — Savaage 2008-10-15 07:23

Does anyone know if Hulu works with the new Flash browser?

if so....... What a dream come true...

(WATCH ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT... all 3 seasons are on there!)

-Savaage

# ... — Justingraziano 2008-10-15 09:21

Time to get rid of that 13" from 1980 and get a recent set.

# BD-J Homebrew disabled? — PimpFriedRice 2008-10-15 11:28

Just outta curiousity, does anyone else get the black screen that says, "This Video cannot be played." when starting a BD-J app like the NES emulator?

# headset problem after the update — Bozhan 2008-10-17 04:06

i had the same problem after the update, xx X-Tra xx. though my headset is southwing. it used to work before. after the update 2.50 i was still able to see my mic but couldn't get any voice in COD. so i went further and decided to re register my headset. but i cant register it anymore. ps3 sees my BT headset but wont register. the "registering.please wait" screen doesnt go away. does anyone know the reason for this?

# weird — 93pauott 2008-11-02 07:05

all my vids turned black/white...

even when i'm downloading videos, they appear in black/white when i watch em...

nothing else is black/white, so it's probably a bug.

# weird — 93pauott 2008-11-02 07:08

cuz, i have that bug.. on a 42" Full HD Samsung tv...

it wasnt like that before.

# Same problem kinda — jack_gllghr 2008-11-02 07:34

My videos are just a bit blurry now since they're playing at 60hz now I think. You simply need a new TV

# pissed — evil_211 2008-11-13 17:55

didn't update my flash on ps3 at all....get your info right

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