PS3 Now Has Ability to Play 3D Blu-ray Movies

So if a tree falls in the forest...

this means nothing because I don't have a 3D TV and I got no plans to get one in the near future. when they say that "many have bought 3D TV's" is a Big Fat Lie!

just like Blu-Ray... yawn

How many 3D movies are out there...that's right

Hey, the more features the better.

Can I load Linux on it? How about play PS2 games??

No, but can I get a headache just trying to watch a damn movie? Yes? Sweet...

I only have a regular LCDTV so there is no use for me.

Seriously, true 3D won't require glasses and until that happens 3D is another marketing scheme. Waste your money fools.

Awesome! I've been waiting for this; already have a 3d mitsubishi 65". Now to find out about the transmitter and glasses...

3D TV won't be mainstream for the better part of a decade if at all. Just a waste of money. I just got an LED TV and don't plan on buying another for years. Those of you thumbing people down because they have common sense remind me of the Apple funboys.

My god the comments make me feel like im in 7th grade all over again.

This would be great, only if we didnt need to buy a new LED LCD 3d capable TV, they should have just made it possible with full HD 120hz LCD/LED's.

adding a new feature is great and all, but i'm still hoping for SONY to bring back some old features that they removed.

and it took longer than any other update I ever had to download.

I want some older functions brought back. like backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

I will check that out.

I have the old fat PS3, but I have to ask, do the new slims and other PS3's no longer support backwards compatibility at all? So you have to have a PS3 [i]and[i] a PS2 to play all the old catalog games? Just curious. That seems rather bad considering how hard they pushed in the beginning about how important backwards compatibility was for the PS3. I too, miss my other OS feature. I am sad they removed it. I liked the idea of being able to install my own OS on the machine, if I so wanted. On topic, I do not own a 3D TV nor do I see any reason to purchase one in the near future. This is not the first time that they have attempted to push 3D on consumers. It failed in the 50's, it failed in the 60's, and I have a feeling that while it won't completely fail now, it won't replace the way we always watch TV and Movies.

There's likely a fair amount of 3D-capable TV's out there -- how many people have bought the necessary equipment to take advantage of it is the question.
On my end, I do not own a 3DTV. If I buy a new one when I move, I'd likely spend a bit more to have that feature. It's mostly going to depend on if the 3D format gets a lot of support as far as releases.
Any way you cut it though, I can't understand why people would be upset at Sony for adding this feature.
Though I do understand frustrations at losing otherOS (never used it) and PS2-backward-compatibility. I bought a [used] original-release PS3 just so I could have that still; there's a massive PS2 catalog out there, and Quality trumps graphics!!!

I just love how a lot of people here are quick to bag Sony for this FREE feature update.

Now I'm just wondering out loud here, but I'm pretty sure I know the answer already... Can the PS3 put out 120MHz refresh rates at 1080p? Because if not, then they are being dishonest in their 'support' of 3D. Sure, it works, but not full HD 3D.

OK, went back and read over it again and I guess they never made claims it would do full HD 3d, so I suppose I'm ok with this. But just so people out there don't go about uninformed, the best this will do is 3d in 1080i, as is the limitation of the 1.3 HDMI spec.

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translation.. we patched to disable the ps3 crack and held this function off until we could make sure it was patched therefore brickign consoles workign outside our rules.

i dont' have a 3d tv with no plans to get one but i can't use my ps3 with newer games without destroying my other os function ... i think i'll pass on playstation next gen sonsoles

Actually, the PS3 can do Full HD 3D except for the menus at the moment. However, it won't be able to pass ethernet connectivity over HDMI (that's HDMI 1.4). But it is able to due 1080p24 (which majority of Bluray movies are). If you want 60fps then it goes to 720p, but that is the same for HDMI 1.4. 60fps in 1080 would then be 1080i60, again the same for HDMI 1.4. HDMI 1.3 has enough bandwidth to broadcast the 3d signal, you just need the right cables. Just don't pass it through a receiver that isn't HDMI 1.4 or 3d ready, otherwise the 3d won't work unless you connect it directly to the TV. Some sites have already proved that the PS3 can do full HD 3D.

don't care and I won't spend the extra money for a 3D TV.

Maybe in 3 or 4 years this will catchup for the rest of us...., in my case 3D makes me dizzy.