I don't think you can really blame Sony exclusively for their lack of a "proper scaler."
On the contrary, I blame the whole industry for failing to come up with a unified, logical plan for scaling video signals.
Specifically, they *should* have just mandated that all TV's would have decent built-in video scalers to convert any input signal to the TV's native resolution. That way, nobody would have to end up paying for redundant video scalers in every device they buy.
There is no need for upscaling DVD players etc. etc. if TV's have good scaling chips. Why pay for scaling chips in every box you plug into the TV when, if the industry was smarter/kinder, you *should* be able to only pay for a good scaling chip in the TV itself?
But instead, we all end up paying for most-likely lousy upscaling processors inside our TV's, then pay for a good upscaling DVD player, a scaling chip inside a BR player, a scaling chip in the 360, and expect Sony to put one in the PS3 so we can pay for that too (even though many people already say the PS3 is too expensive...).
So, while I don't blame sony for not putting a scaler in the PS3, I might blame them if it turns out Sony manufactured the culprit non-720p-compatible HDTV's.
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I don't think you can really blame Sony exclusively for their lack of a "proper scaler."
On the contrary, I blame the whole industry for failing to come up with a unified, logical plan for scaling video signals.
Specifically, they *should* have just mandated that all TV's would have decent built-in video scalers to convert any input signal to the TV's native resolution. That way, nobody would have to end up paying for redundant video scalers in every device they buy.
There is no need for upscaling DVD players etc. etc. if TV's have good scaling chips. Why pay for scaling chips in every box you plug into the TV when, if the industry was smarter/kinder, you *should* be able to only pay for a good scaling chip in the TV itself?
But instead, we all end up paying for most-likely lousy upscaling processors inside our TV's, then pay for a good upscaling DVD player, a scaling chip inside a BR player, a scaling chip in the 360, and expect Sony to put one in the PS3 so we can pay for that too (even though many people already say the PS3 is too expensive...).
So, while I don't blame sony for not putting a scaler in the PS3, I might blame them if it turns out Sony manufactured the culprit non-720p-compatible HDTV's.