PLAYSTATION 3 SYSTEM UPDATE – V1.82 NOW AVAILABLE

Sony has once again released an updated version of the PlayStation 3’s system software. As with previous updates, Sony has added a few more little bells and whistles to the PlayStation 3 that you may not have felt you needed, but are nice to have just the same. This time around it’s the addition of support for MPEG-4 video playback that’s been added – so if that’s been on your PS3 wish list for awhile now, you can cross it off.

Rather than posting the entire 1.8X list of features, I’ve just listed the items marked as “new for v1.82″ from the PlayStation Network Update page.

• Video
  • Support for playback of AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) format video has been added. *
    * High image quality encoding method used by Blu-ray Discs and other media
• Other
  • Support for playback of AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) format video has been added. *
    * High image quality encoding method used by Blu-ray Discs and other media

I think you know what I’m going to say next… These new features are all fine and well, however Sony really needs to do something about the games available for the platform, because while I love using my PS3 as an upscaling DVD player really wasn’t what I purchased it for.

• PlayStation 3 Network Updates – PlayStation.com