PS3 problems and setup issues thread! - Page 5

I have a hitachi HD CRT 480p/i 720p 1080i and for some reason whenever I set the resolution at 720p or 1080i it seems to kind of produce a wierd thing that shows up noticibly in the background that takes the background color and a shade similar too it and creates diagonal stripes with these two colors that kind of slide to the right slowly. It doesn't seem to have this problem when set to 480p and this problem is there no matter when playing a game BD disk, or just the system menu. It is hooked up through component the wires going from the reciever to the tv are nothing more than red white yellow RCA cables I had lying around that i used until my nice ones come in from monoprice. Any idea if HDMI cable would help or is it something else? If its HDMI I can borrow a friends cable and test it out. Plus I will get the oportunity to try it out on my parents Toshiba CRT this weekend to see if maybe its my TV. Any thoughts?

Also is anyone else having problems with getting a message that says cannot connect with access point, then signed in, then all over again with the cannot connect, I have wifi setup and haven't noticed this problem until a couple days ago.

Where is custom settings?

Join the wifi club in two threads that are below the stickies. Be sure to check out the poll thread to help others with this issue. Thanks.

Poll: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=754875
Thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=752598

HELP, I just bought the ps3 but I cant get it to hook up to the internet. It always says it cant find an IP address. But if I take the ethernet cable and plug it into the 360 it has no problems hooking up to live. Please help

My PS3 image via HDMI looks washed out...



I have a Samsung 4692 LCD (1366x768) and I have my Sony PS3 connected via HDMI.

My Samsung settings are Contrast 90-Brightness 40 which look great when viewing my HD-DVR via HDMI and my XBOX 360 via Component.

As soon as I switched over the my PS3 via HDMI (@720p auto setting), I noticed the silky smooth blacks which I was use to seeing on cable and Xbox 360 were now a washed out grey image. I had to lower my brightness down to 20 to compensate; but now my tv looks dim and I might have black crush.

Did anyone notice a washed out image when switching their PS3 over to HDMI for the first time?

I'm thinking of going with Component if this will help the situation...

I need some help and I confess to being a total noob, but hopefully I can give you the info you need.

Just got a ps3. I purchased a hdmi to dvi cable. I connected that from my ps3 to my tv which is a planar 42b.

The ps3 wont display anything on either the analog rgb or digital rgb setting. when i try to set it up trhough my ps3 menu via composite, and switch over to analog rgb or digital rgb, i also have no luck.

is my tv incapable of displaying ps3 through dvi? does anyone have any suggestions. i dont know if my tv is hdcp capable, or if that matters.

please help.

DVI is not RGB as far as I know. Are you sure there isn't a input named DVI-1 or something (that's what it is on my TV).

Normally RGB refers to the PC monitor connection.

Do I need a firmware update to go online? If so how do I get it if I cant go online? I tried doing it on the menu but it just saysno connection is detected?

I had something similar with my Hitachi RPTV with component input but it was a couple of faint horizontal stripes that rolled up the screen. They only showed up in 1080i mode. When I plugged in an HDMI cable they disappeared even on the component input.

Very nice.

As previously posted my replacement was delivered brand new in a new box via ups with a new warranty slip. That's great. On the flip side it'll be about four more hours till I get home to try this one out.

Folks,

Ok, so I just got my PS3 a few hours ago. My setup is as follows:

PS -> HDMI to Pioneer vsx-74txvi
Pioneer vsx-74txvi -> HDMI to DVI connection to Samsung 56" DLP

Not too bad, eh? Well, no go. I can see the setup menus fine, but I get no sound at all. I have gone through the audio setup manually and automatically without results. I got Sony CS on the phone, who said someone else had called in with Belkin PureAV HDMI cables and had the same issue. I ran out and bought two new HDMI cables. Opened up one, a Philips IIRC, same issue. No sound to begin with and when loading a BluRay movie or DVD, the HDMI light on the front of the receiver just goes off and the TV displays "No Signal".

I have tried the analog cables that were included through the receiver and they do work, so, according to Sony, the unit is A-OK. Anyone have any ideas? I haven't tried HDMI->DVI right to the TV yet, as it is a bit of a pain to get in back there.

Any and all advice is more than welcome and appreciated! The cables obviously work, since I'm on the Sony support site via my PS3 right now! (though still without sound......and I'll lose video again the second I load media.....perfectly fine besides for that! :P).

Thanks!

Mike

One more note -

I just ran HDMI -> DVI on the TV directly, the 56" Samsung DLP. Again, nice visuals for the setup menus and nothing when trying to load a DVD-Audio disk. No sound still either, which just makes it more interesting!

According to Sony, you should be able to run HDMI video with optical audio. I haven't had such luck so far though....

Of course, no Component cables to be seen anywhere around here at any stores...

Mike

There appear to be a lot of issues when DVI gets involved. I hope Sony is working on it!

Right now I am using it on a 37inch Sharp LCD and Talladega Nights comes in at 1080i. Of coures my TV isn't a 1080p set, so the best setting to me is 720p, but it won't go to 720p no matter what I do... I think it is the Disc and not the Player on this issue.

Also According to older SXRD ones with the "Ears" these sets up convert the signal to 1080p, and according to most reviews and myself they still look better than the new units that just came out. New units to me look too soft.

Will be interesting to see this looks like on a Pearl FP..... Call of Duty looks great and I am only using Componet cables, haven't tried the HDMI yet

Fan noise is ultra quite compared to my Xbox 360 and my PS2 I just sold.

The only issue I have with the unit right now is not being able to set the resolution on the unit so it uses 720p when playing a Blu-Ray disc, not sure if this is a software issue with the Disc or the PS3 issue. To my eye 720p looks much better.

I think Sony will resolve a lot of these issues, but as a music player it isn't bad does SACDs and decent MP3 playback well. Love the user interface, very simple to navigate through. Well up all night playing with the new toy..... Oh Joy!!

i downloaded nba07 demo it won't play so i when i got the disc verison of the game put the disc in the same thing it won't play.

gt9450: Have you done a system update? No issues with my unit but right when I started it up, I went to the systems download menu and did a firmware update. Also it seems there are firmware updates for some games. Call of Duty 3 didn't play right away because it had to upgrade and update some software for the game.

My main grip is this machine should allow you to set the output to your TV 720p.... I have several 720p sets but everytime I put in a movie it gets put on 1080i which at times can look grainy depending on how well the Blu-Ray was mastered.

Try this:

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/11/09/ps3_firmware_update/

http://ps3.qj.net/Playstation-3-Firm...g/49/aid/72450

and one more:


http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3/network/updates

Cool thing they will have a firmware that allows PSPs to communicate with the PS3 so you can transfer files and content.

When I first turn on the system and when I first turn a game on or off the screen goes white and I hear a poping sound. Is this normal? I have my video and sound via HMDI. Samsung 36" HDI TV

lightningfx: No that is not a good thing, possible short in your HDMI cable or somewhere else. I would try another HDMI cable or componet with audio or try a optical. Sounds like it could be the HDMI cable... I think Sony is using HDMI 1.3 version, but I could be wrong.

Couple issues here if anyone has suggestions ( I think its a lemon )

1. Discs will not load a small piece of disc remains showing, then it ejects.

2. Downloaded games will not play 99% of the time, they just start loading then the system seems to hang with a blank screen, or frozen screen.

I have the audio issue with optical output bluray->game...gonna call Sony tomorrow about it. Also, I might have the same issue as lightning fx, when the system first starts and when it is loading a game the screen gets white snow noise, but I don't hear any popping sound. The picture comes on fine after that and I have no issues. Has anyone else experienced this?

This is really a non-issue, if I'm reading your post correctly. This is because HDMI = DVI + Audio. So because you're connecting the PS3 to your TV directly, you'll be getting video but no audio.

A DVD-Audio disc will play only the lossy tracks on the PS3. If you have SACD, it'll play the SACD layer fine.

Question : Have you set your Audio output on the PS3 as LPCM via HDMI?


fuad
PS - Don't own a PS3 but I help where I can.

I would also rather send my display 720P for BD movies. Even though I should be upgrading to 1080P in late 2007, I would still be disappointed if this isn't fixed with a firmware update.

Can anyone confirm if the PS3 should pass blacker than black for DVDs? I have run through the THX opimizer on several DVDs and the drop shadow is never visible. I am connected to a Panasonic through HDMI and I would really like to discard my old DVD player, but at this point I don't think that's going to happen.

My second problem is the audio will just vanish when watching DVDs. It only happens with Dolby Digital (never DTS) and always seems to be at a chapter switch or going from the DVD menu to the movie and vice versa. After about 60 seconds the audio cuts back on. It is connected through an optical cable to a JVC reciever about 5 - 6 years old and I think the receiver may be the issue. I've always watched DVDs through coax connection to the receiver in the past.

Anyone else having issues with 5.1 sound and Talladega Nights? I can only get 2 channel PCM sound from this Blu Ray disk. Its connected via an optical cable. 5.1 works fine on games.

William: I am with you on that one... I don't have an issue with games, I pop them in and bingo they are running at my display setting of 720p, but when I watch a movie they all go to 1080i and there fixed no way of changing this unless Sony fixes this somehow. Also this could be the Blu-Ray Discs, they should allow them to be viewed in 720/1080p, most HD sets right now are 720p/1080i. Unless you have a Sony SXRD (older unit) that upconverts everything to 1080p. I haven't tried it on here yet.

DFul4d: I haven't tried it yet but I will be hooking this unit up to my main HT/Projector system tonight, I will let you know what happens..

Happened to me on my first system. You'll have to replace and good news is they replace it within 48 hours of you calling usually. What happens is when you load a disc into the system and it doesn't take it all the way you'll have to try and eject it which for me it didn't come out all the way.

I tried playing game demos but they started to hang after the PS3 load screen or whatever. Well turned out I tried to put a disc it again and ejected it and then tried to play a game and it worked (did this while waiting on the return kit). It seems like if the disc drive is in a certain position the ps3 will not load or play games correctly so try to put in a disc and eject it without forcing it either way (in or out) and see if that fixes it...may take a few times.

My disc drive seemed like it would only take a disc halfway and was getting hung up on something, kind of like the 1up video of their defective 20gb system.

Thanks,

J