PS3 System Software: > 1.93 (part1)

I'm playing a little catch up with the System Software features, and there is a lot to catch up on. This post is to detail the features of the PS3 from the beginning up to V1.93.


VIDEO:
Highlight features of the VIDEO area:

• Ability to play MP4, DVD (MPEG2), Bluray (MPEG4).
• Videos on the HDD can have a moving thumbnail of 15seconds displaying on the XMB.
• Bookmarks for DVD and Bluray.
• Upscaling of DVDs to 1080p.
• Playing HDD videos while messaging to friends.

MUSIC:
Highlight features of the MUSIC area:

• Ability to play MP3, WAVE, WMA, ATRAC files.
• CDs can be ripped to the HDD.
• Limited folder support.
• Playing music while in the web browser, viewing photos and messaging to friends.
• Limited visualisations (2).

PHOTO:
Highlight features of the PHOTO area:

• Crop and edit photos.
• Ability to make photos the wallpaper for the XMB.
• Zooming

GAMES:

• PS/PS2 games can be upscaled to 1080p max.
• PS/PS2 games can be smoothed.
• Virtual memory cards for PS/PS2 games.
• Ability to swap PS/PS2 save games from the PS3 HDD to external PS/PS2 memory cards (adapter needed), can also copy save games to PSP.
• Faster loading of PS3 HDD games.

DLNA:
DLNA is a Media Server protocol that allows a PC to supply video, music, and photos to the PS3 across the network. There are many different media servers for the PC all offering different features. Some servers can transcode media to the type the PS3 accepts, like from XVID AVI to MPEG2, all on the fly.