Sony HW30 / PS3 Bluray Signal Issues...

Hey guys, just recently got the HW-30 installed, got my HTPC, PS3, XBOX360, and such, all running through my Marantz SR5003 through a 25' foot media bridge 1.4 rated HDMI cable to the Projector.

XBOX 360 works fine, HTPC works fine, even playing 1080p video sources. For some reason the PS3 doesnt want to work properly playing a blu-ray disc. The signal does a combination of being/looking fine, having a weird snow effect on upper or lower half of the screen, and flashing/popping in and out.

I confirmed its not the PS3 by removing the PS3 and using an older 1.3a 10' cable directly connecting it to the receiver, blu-ray then played just fine.

I read that super long cable lengths like this can cause signal issues. Does this sound like that is what the problem is? I looked it up and these are 28awg cables, im thinking of ordering a 22awg 20 foot, instead of 25ft cable from monoprice and hoping that solves the problem.

Any input would be great, i would really like to avoid buying an ultra expensive monster cable or something like that to resolve this issue.

Ok cool, im gonna try the 22awg cable form monoprice then, hopefully that will work

Sweet, thank you so much

Just thought you guys would like to know it was definitely the cable. Once i got it up and running between Dolby HD and the video it was doing anywhere from 30-55+ Mbps.

BTW, This projector is friggin amazing. When i bought my Panny 50" V10 series, it was supposed to have pretty much the best image quality you could get outside of a couple screens that cost twice as much. This projector overall is as good or better in 95% of the videos ive viewed on it vs that Panny.

On a side tangent, how the *hell* anyone can stand those 120hz/240hz cinesmooth type of things is beyond me. It makes it look absolutely horrid to me, as if you're on some type of hallucinogen and the image is taking a few tenths of a second to actually catch up to the movement from the unfocused parts. I remember hating it when i bought my panny plasma (one of the main reason i bought the plasma) and it seems the technology hasnt gotten even 1 lick better, at least as far as my eyes are concerned.