PS3 woes..

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:06

So I picked up my shiny new PS3 today along with Casino Royale and Black Hawk down on BR + Sega Rally, COD4, a very expensive HDMI cable and a second sixaxis controller.

All came to around £450.

Plugged it all together - hooked it up to my 37" 1080p Samsung TV.

PS3 detected the HDMI cable and automatically optimised to 1080p. Fine so far.

Then I put COD4 into the drive and loaded it up. To my dismay it's very grainy and the absence of AA is hugely evident - especially on the gun the character's holding!

Am I doing something wrong? I have read its sometime better to reduce to 720p? I have just sold my PC (E6600 + 8800GTS) to add to my misery

Next gen my @rse! Oh dear!

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:17

Raymond Lin said:
Do you play your pc games on the same screen too?

Nope - PC games were played on a Samsung 19" TFT.

The PS3 menus look fine, and Sega Rally looked slightly better (I've just looked at the game's case and it states 720p - COD4 states 720p/1080i/1080p).

Some of the vids I've seen showing COD4 have looked awesome - these were (apparently) non-rendered PS3 clips. What I'm seeing on my TV isn't the same.

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:22

james.miller said:
i'll refrain from asking you why you bought an expensive hdmi cable

lol - I'm a sucker

. They had 2 available, one £14.99 the other £39.99 (not mega bucks).
It has 99.96% oxygen free conductors don't you know.

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:25

Surfer said:
can you take a pic? what samsung tv is it?

Its the LE37M87BD. I'd better pop along to avforums to find the best setup for PS3 on this TV.

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:29

SebC said:
You expect a £350 portable machine to outdo a PC with those high end components?

No need to roll eyes dude. The rig had to go as it was taking up too much space.

I'm not expecting a PS3 to better my rig - but something near par would have been good! COD4 looks like a PS2 game.

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:35

wedgie said:
I doubt that.

OK - slightly exaggerated but I've had it right in front of me! I understand its a config adjustment which I will try out in a bit. The GF is watching Kylie at the moment!

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 22:51

Just sorting out pic now.

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 23:36

Here's a pic - http://www.dmcelectrics.com/IMG_1025.JPG
The res looks awful imo - and that's a static image. It looks like that when I play it.

Or..

Does that look okay and I am expecting too much?

Domo · 10 Nov 2007 at 23:47

james.miller said:
that blatantly isnt being rendered at 1080p. did you try what i suggested?

As soon as I get control of the TV I will

Domo · 11 Nov 2007 at 00:35

james.miller said:
put that foot down!

...and then run for the hills!

lol - you know how it is..!

Inoshishi - those screens you posted are a far cry from what I get.

Okay - I have some settings which I would like to run by you:

Settings > Game Settings:
PS Upscaler = OFF
PS Smoothing = OFF

Settings > Display settings: (currently set to 1080p)
Connector = HDMI
Setting method = Automatic
Settings List:
Connector Type HDMI
Resolution 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

Cross Colour Reduction Filter = OFF
RGB Full Range (HDMI) = LIMITED
Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super-White (HDMI) = OFF

Anything worth changing there?

Domo · 11 Nov 2007 at 00:50

james.miller said:
yes. yes i do
turn 720p and 1080i off and see what happens

Yeah that looks better - but what if games, like Sega Rally (720p) are played - will the PS3 upscale them?)

Plus what are PS Upscaler and PS Smoothing ?

Domo · 11 Nov 2007 at 01:03

james.miller said:
difficult to tell. each game might be different. if its like ratchet and clank, it'll look worse. its really a try it and see. if you google for "cod4 720p" you'll find a few references to problems with 1080p output. its a weird issue i have to say, but they may fix it with an update at some point.

the PS upscaler and smoothing only apply to emulated ps1 and ps2 games

Thanks for all your help mate - I'm a happier man than I was 4 hours ago!