PlayStation 3 may well be expensive, but it seems as if Sony are actually trying to future proof the console as much as possible with the news that the console will support the recently announced 1.3 version of the HDMI connector specification (that is, if you opt for the more expensive version of the console, since the lower end one is HDMI-less!).

This bodes well for the quality of the image that the PS3 Blu-Ray drive may provide for movies, since the HDMI 1.3 specification allows for more than twice the data rate of the current iteration, and adds support for Deep Colour, allowing more range in the colour information that can be sent to a display device such as a Plasma or LCD panel.

With the news that dedicated Blu-Ray movie players are to be delayed until October, it seems likely that Sony see the PS3 as the best way of getting Blu-Ray players into peoples homes and therefore lodge their standard as the de facto one. Sony must be careful though, since if these Blu-Ray delays end up affecting the PS3’s launch date, they may find themselves on the end of a huge consumer backlash which is already beginning to show with many disgruntled posts on forums across the web.

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