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

Scrutinize · 24 May 2011 at 22:05

Iplayer looks good enough through my PS3 and Sony TV

Fr0dders · 24 May 2011 at 22:19

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

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.

ps3ud0 · 24 May 2011 at 22:36

Pretty sure the iplayer feed is the same as the one provided for the Wii (/bigscreen?) and so is just SD...

Doubt theyll ever will bother improving it...

ps3ud0 :cool:

TheMagicPirate · 25 May 2011 at 13:25

iPlayer is pretty horrible on the PS3.

I'd read somewhere that the BBC claim its because the PS3's browser is so poor, they can't get it to decode an HD stream well enough.

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.

Phatjayunoi · 25 May 2011 at 13:43

iplayer and other streaming Flash video services in general is pretty poor on the PS3 i.e. slow frame rate when compared to viewing on a PC. As above, it's down to the browser software on the system so it's up to Sony to fix/update it, if they ever do. Otherwise at least general playback for other standard video types is great.

Semiskimmed · 25 May 2011 at 14:00

99% of the time iplayer is fine here, i do notice though, at some points when ive paused something and clicked play again it does get worse and stays like that til the programme has ended. ive always put it down to my PS3 and internet connection, lag etc.

The__Malteser · 25 May 2011 at 14:02

Only used it once. Is horrible.

agnes · 25 May 2011 at 14:17

It's the buffering, once you get a stable connection it is fine.

What line do you have?

ags

D.Roberts · 25 May 2011 at 14:17

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

agnes · 25 May 2011 at 14:56

D.Roberts said:
I have a 10mb Virgin line and deffo aint the problem.

Yea, I have the 30meg and still get some times where quality drops on my blu ray player for a moment but then picks back up again.

Ummm, guess it's just the ps3 mate

ags

HamZilla · 25 May 2011 at 15:41

On Sony Bravia TVs (and possibly other makes), the iPlayer is as good as the PC one allows you to watch programmes in HD or SD.
I don't know why the PS3 one cannot be updated with the same capability.

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.

TheVoice · 25 May 2011 at 16:29

HamZilla said:
On Sony Bravia TVs (and possibly other makes), the iPlayer is as good as the PC one allows you to watch programmes in HD or SD.

Doesn't do HD on mine, just normal or "Higher" quality.

wannabedamned · 25 May 2011 at 16:41

TheVoice said:
Doesn't do HD on mine, just normal or "Higher" quality.

Yeah as far as I'm aware, its the same with most. Higher meaning the codec used becomes h.264, The quality is like night and day if you ask me.

Clarkson · 25 May 2011 at 22:21

It's a bit naff. Quite 'blocky' on mine, yet on PC is decent.

Gtiracer · 26 May 2011 at 12:11

iplayer is ok but worse than througha PC, itv player is hurrendous

TheVoice · 26 May 2011 at 12:23

Gtiracer said:
iplayer is ok but worse than througha PC, itv player is hurrendous

The worst thing about ITV Player is that it lets you watch ITV.