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480x270 video with Firmware 2.6

Engadget just posted this tidbit about the new firmware that I had missed: it now allows for playing of video at 480x270. This largely has to do with an announcement by Sony yesterday that they would be launching a new version of PortableTV, a PSP-centric video distribution service in Japan, which is compatible with the PSP's browser.

What's more the videos are H.264 at 480x270 (Yay!) and shrouded in a dark net of DRM coding (Boo!).