PS3 Display Issue

Steve_bullockuk · 1 Nov 2010 at 11:46

Treated myself to a shiny 120gb PS3 yesterday buy already i appear to have issues with it.

Im finding that during games (tried MOH and Fifa11 so far), the screen goes blank for a split second and comes back on. Also, i ocassionally get a black and grey chequered stripe along the bottom of the screen.

Are these known issues with the PS3?

Many Thanks.

EDIT: Connected via HDMi.

Steve_bullockuk · 1 Nov 2010 at 11:52

TheVoice said:
What connection type are you using? HDMI?

Yep HDMi. Tried it in another HDMi TV also and get the same issue.

Im finding that it only happens for the first 15 mins after booting up the console and then it appears to stop once its 'warmed up'.

Steve_bullockuk · 1 Nov 2010 at 14:43

mame said:
Mine does this! I was quite worried because I had the PS3 and TV within a couple of days of each other so didn't know what was at fault. Now that I've had them both over a year I've got to know the pattern. I switch the PS3 and TV on, the TV shows it as HDMI - auto. Then sometime within the first 5-10 minutes, it does just as you decribe and then the TV changes to HDMI - FULL2. It doesn't do it after that. It's the TV swapping modes

a bit more info. Sometimes it will do it 2-3 times all within about 10 seconds but once it's swapped, that's it. Also sometimes, the TV will start off in HDMI - FULL2 straight away, then it doesn't have to swap. Not very often but it does sometimes. I put it down to the fact that the PS3 starts off in 1080p for its menu and then 9/10 times reverts to displaying 720p (regardless off what a game might be rendered in) when you play a game

What TV do you have?

Im running mine through a 4 year old Sony Bravia. May have something to do with it.

I have an Xbox also running through HDMi and that has no issues.

Steve_bullockuk · 2 Nov 2010 at 08:14

Thanks for the feedback guys. Seem's that the first thing to do is to swap the HDMi lead out. Will give that a try.