PSP-3000 interlacing issues are “features”, won’t be fixed

Planning to buy a new PSP-3000? Hold your horses, you might want to hear this first. Sony Japan‘s responded to the interlacing issues we heard about last week. What’s the word? Apparently, “the interlacing-like lines are just ‘features’ of the new LCD, and currently, there are no plans to fix it…” Say what?

Well, I’ll be damned… As complaints about the PSP-3000 screen’s interlacing issues pile up at the PlayStation US forums, all Sony had to say was that they were “looking into it.”

While everyone’s waiting for further developments from Sony U.S., the folks at Engadget have gotten word from Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. The SCEJ representative that contacted them, in Engadget’s words, noted that:

the interlacing-like lines are just “features” of the new LCD, and currently, there are no plans to fix it with a future software update since it is in the hardware.

They’re… what? Features? Not a very keen feature, if that’s the case. Nevertheless, a serious question is now posed: are you willing to put up with scanlines on your screen for Pandora glory care of DAX and the TA-090? Buying a PSP-3000 now requires serious thinking, it seems.

• PSP-3000 has interlacing issues, visible scanlines?
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• There is hope: PSP-3000 has TA-090, Dark AleX working on it