PS3 and poor Iplayer quality

D.Roberts · 24 May 2011 at 21:53

Hi all I am wondering is it some setting or just the way it is.

I have my PS3 on my LCD TV connected VIA HDMI and it looks great (for a cheap TV) but Iplayer looks poor.

if I connect my laptop to me TV VIA VGA and use Iplayer that dont look to bad.

I assume it is just the PS3?.

Is there a setting I can change to get better quality or is this it?.

Thanks

D.Roberts · 24 May 2011 at 22:31

MrLOL said:
iplayer is heavily compressed on the PS3 i find. Nothing you can do.

To be honest I was thinking this.

Thanks for the reply's.

D.Roberts · 25 May 2011 at 13:26

Oh well shame because its very handy but my partner moaned and said its not great and she is right.

We will continue to use the PC in the bedroom and Virgin in front room.

D.Roberts · 25 May 2011 at 14:17

I have a 10mb Virgin line and deffo aint the problem.

D.Roberts · 25 May 2011 at 16:23

Lets hope they do in the future or we could all write an email and request for it.
Probably wont listen though.

D.Roberts · 26 May 2011 at 20:07

This sounds dumb and I have not tested it though I assume for Sony to add a player on the title screen it does not work this way.

But cant we just use the browser version of Iplayer on the PS3 or does it nor have a plug in?.

Thanks

D.Roberts · 27 May 2011 at 08:16

Bevysters said:
Thats what Iplayer is on the PS3 it opens the browser its just formatted for the PS3. Play about with it and you can get HD content easy.

Hi there.
I went VIA browser and it automatically opens the Iplayer app so yes cant do it VIA browser.

And whats this you say about HD? how can this be done?.

Thanks

D.Roberts · 27 May 2011 at 15:04

hey Bevysters I never said you did I was checking for my self.

And ok thanks I will check out the HD section later on.

Thanks