Quick PS3 HDMI Question

thedoc46 · 10 Dec 2009 at 16:49

Silly question, i know but i'm at work and can't check.. An HDMI lead on the PS3 is special, is it not? Meaning it uses it's own special connector at one end.. Not just a regular HDMI male to male ? Reason i ask is a guy from work is telling me that's he's pretty sure it uses just a regular HDMI, and I'm saying I'm pretty sure it's not..

But then again, i could be wrong !

antijoke · 10 Dec 2009 at 16:50

Normal HDMI.

I used the one from my 360.

Macky · 10 Dec 2009 at 16:51

HDMI is universal. So the leads are HDMI to HDMI. Like a VGA or DVI lead.

Locke · 10 Dec 2009 at 16:54

What's a special HDMI lead?

Gibbs · 10 Dec 2009 at 16:58

bog standard HDMI to HDMI lead.

anticonscience: i tried to use mine from the 360 with no luck what so ever

antijoke · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:00

Gibbs said:
bog standard HDMI to HDMI lead.

anticonscience: i tried to use mine from the 360 with no luck what so ever

Then you did it wrong.

Mine works fine.

thedoc46 · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:02

So let me ask this.. The regular component lead i use to connect is actually HDMI one end, and component on the other? Thus the PS2 and even PS1 used HDMI ? Since the port was the same..

antijoke · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:03

Sareth · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:21

thedoc46 said:
So let me ask this.. The regular component lead i use to connect is actually HDMI one end, and component on the other? Thus the PS2 and even PS1 used HDMI ? Since the port was the same..

PS3 has a multi-av out port (Sony proprietary) and a hdmi port. The cable in the box is multi-av-> (composite and audio)*and you can buy others for s-video,rgb scart and component.

edit:
also rgb scart

jaybee · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:24

thedoc46 said:
So let me ask this.. The regular component lead i use to connect is actually HDMI one end, and component on the other? Thus the PS2 and even PS1 used HDMI ? Since the port was the same..

anticonscience said:
No.

LOL
Just...no.

PS1: Did not use HDMI
PS2: Did not use HDMI
PS3: Uses normal HDMI cable

Sareth · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:27

jaybee said:
LOL
Just...no.

PS1: Did not use HDMI
PS2: Did not use HDMI
PS3: Uses normal HDMI cable

He's getting confused between hdmi and multi-av.

thedoc46 · 10 Dec 2009 at 17:44

Sareth said:
He's getting confused between hdmi and multi-av.

Yes that's it exactly. Indeed I am getting confused.. I'm using the multi-av lead to component myself, and was under the impression that you req'd a mult-av connector at one end and an HDMI at the other. Evidently i am wrong. So my work buddy is right and i shall go give him the good news that any old HDMI 1.3a lead will do. Since I;ve never had use for an HDMI connector on my PS3, i've never looked for it.

Phemo · 10 Dec 2009 at 18:35

Not sure how you ever managed to miss the HDMI port to be honest

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As you can see, there's seperate ports there.