Full screen Flash-enabling v2.53 PS3 firmware available now

We're still not over Sony's trickeration -- which led us to believe the version 2.53 firmware update was hitting prior to the US Thanksgiving holiday -- but we're not ones to turn down a free update under any circumstances. As of now (as in, right now), Sony's PlayStation 3 can support full screen embedded Flash videos courtesy of the latest firmware, so there's really no excuse for you not firing up the System Update and sucking it down. Get to it!

[Via PS3 Fanboy, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 1st 2008 11:50PM]

Installing now....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 12:26AM]

works great. i love the full screen flash, now i don't have to zoom in when watching episodes of Heroes!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 6:58AM]

Ironic, but the new v2.53 won't let you watch any video from youtube, so much for full screen

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 7:27AM]

I'm watching youtube right now.........

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:09AM]

Hmm, maybe its the specific Youtube videos someone is watching?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 12:07PM]

I love it I watched Hulu last night and it worked great in full screen and with the hi res setting.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 2:14PM]

I wonder if the problems are specific to the different PS3 SKUs out there? I'm on the original 60gig model, and my youtube videos are intermittent, some videos work, some videos get only audio and no video. With Hulu i see the ad before the show just fine,...then the show has no video, and choppy laggy audio. What gives?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 2:17PM]

Bets that using flickr slideshow w/100+ images still runs the ps3 out of memory.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 2:59PM]

no problems on fairly new 80gb model here.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 4:06PM]

so I watched a bit of Hula last night but did it by zooming. Am I doing this right ? If not can you lay it out for me please ?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 9:31PM]

i don't feel like there is a real benefit from this firmware update if you own a widescreen TV, since if you are not on fullscreen mode you are able to zoom. maybe i am doing something wrong?

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