Hi,

1st time poster. Hope somebody can give me advise.

I bought a 42" Grand Wega LCD projection back in 2003. I never had the opportunity to test 720p or 1080i signal until my PS3 purchase last month.

I am not a tech person so I do not know terminology that much, but when I watch blu-ray movies and/or play vido games I notice:

1. On fast sequences on movies, the image gets kinda "blocky?"

2. Or a really good example is when I play ratchet and clank ps3, during the loading screens (when the ship goes in and out or hyper space, I notice a lot of "blocking" or large square-like pixels mostly around the border/edges of an image that has light to darker contrasts..

3. I use an generic hdmi to dvi (since the 1st gen grand wega has no hdmi)

4, When I watch basic cable or dvd (480p) I do not see any problems...only when I started using ps3.

What I heard:

1. My 1st gen TV sucks, it cannot really support the demands of HD signal that well

2. I just hook up PS3 via component instead (that's what sony customer support said)

Any feedback pls? I would hate to realize I paid 4 grand on a TV 4 years ago that cannot perform as advertised.

Are you using 720p or 1080i from the PS3 to the TV? I would suggest using 720p. 1080i can lead to some de-interlacing issues, particularly on older TVs.

PS3 works awsome on my older 2nd gen Sony LCD RPTV through componet. Give it a try. I'm hooking up RockBand tonight!:D

Mike

PS3 works just fine with my KF42WE620 via HDMI - DVI cable. (1080i)

Hi,

1st time poster. Hope somebody can give me advise.

I bought a 42" Grand Wega LCD projection back in 2003. I never had the opportunity to test 720p or 1080i signal until my PS3 purchase last month.

I am not a tech person so I do not know terminology that much, but when I watch blu-ray movies and/or play vido games I notice:

1. On fast sequences on movies, the image gets kinda "blocky?"

2. Or a really good example is when I play ratchet and clank ps3, during the loading screens (when the ship goes in and out or hyper space, I notice a lot of "blocking" or large square-like pixels mostly around the border/edges of an image that has light to darker contrasts..

3. I use an generic hdmi to dvi (since the 1st gen grand wega has no hdmi)

4, When I watch basic cable or dvd (480p) I do not see any problems...only when I started using ps3.

What I heard:

1. My 1st gen TV sucks, it cannot really support the demands of HD signal that well

2. I just hook up PS3 via component instead (that's what sony customer support said)

Any feedback pls? I would hate to realize I paid 4 grand on a TV 4 years ago that cannot perform as advertised.

That's common in a broadcast HD due to bandwidth limit. But for a Blu-Ray
movie I haven't seen anything blocking. I have not experience blocking on any
games on PlayStation 3 also.

It sounds like your TV is having an hard time keeping up with the processing from the PS3. You should try to set up your PS3 to output 720p if the TV will accept it. If it's an LCD it should be native 720p.

Also if it's LCD then it's a digital display. If it is, then you should connect it via DVI (digital TV to digital device). That usually will give you the best results because it has the least amount of processing. If you hook it up via componenet then it has to process from Digital to Analog (in the PS3) then out to the TV in Analog to Digital. Lots of processing.

If you are getting blocking it sounds like it is in 1080i. I had this issue on my older CRT but it was 1080i only.