Sony is pushing firmware updates like they’re going out of style. I have to give them credit though… they fix known issues WAY faster than Microsoft. Even if they don’t publicly recognize them in the changelogs, they fix them fast. Today’s firmware update is a prime example. After the v1.50 update, many users reported Blu-Ray movies freezing up. This update apparantly fixes that issue. I didn’t have any problems after v1.50 with BD movies, so I can’t comment. The official changelog from Sony states this is the only change, listed under the Games heading:

New for 1.51: Support for PLAYSTATION3 format software titles has been expanded.

What the fuck does that even mean? Some PS3 games didn’t work? I’m taking it to mean they added the code from the recent SDK update to allow for horizontal video scaling. No one will know until any games come out that take advantage of this scaling, which unforunately won’t be for a while, unless some developers patch their current games to support it.