PS3 Settings

[DarthDVDS]

Not sure if this is the correct place for this but here goes. Do I need to change any of the settings on my PS3 to get better picture quality while watching blu's?

[Canada]

Originally Posted by DarthDVDS

Not sure if this is the correct place for this but here goes. Do I need to change any of the settings on my PS3 to get better picture quality while watching blu's?

I don't know? Choose PCM out put for audio though if you have HDMI connected.

[Blu-Benny]

as long as you are using an hdmi cable, u should only really have to change things on your tv.

[Uncle Leo]

No changes

[scweb13]

Recommended PS3 settings

For the BD/DVD Settings:


- All of the language options are just for setting your defaults when you first boot up any BD/DVD - probably all going to be "English"

- The BD Internet Connection is either "confirm" or "allow" - basically, confirm will just ask before connecting to the internet for BD-Live features; allow will automatically connect (provided you have an active internet connection to your PS3 of course )

- Cinema Conversion controls 3:2 pulldown. You will almost always want to leave this as "automatic", but if you know for certain that the program you are watching was shot at 30fps on video and for some reason, you are getting crazy artifacts, you can put it into "video" mode to force 2:2 pulldown instead. In case you're not familiar, films are shot at 24fps and in order to make that into the typical 60fps of television displays, a process called 3:2 pulldown is used. In 3:2 pulldown, the first frame of the 24 is shown 3 times, then the second frame is shown twice, then the third frame 3 times and the forth frame twice and so on. After completing this pattern with all 24 frames, you end up with 60 frames

- DVD Wide Display only matters if you are using a 4:3 aspect ratio TV. It will let you keep the black bars on the top and bottom to preserve the original aspect ration with the "letterbox" setting. If you are one of those weird people who hates the black bars and wants to fill the whole screen while losing all the picture information on the sides of the original image, then chose "pan and scan" (hint: never chose pan and scan )

- DVD Upscaler should be set to "normal". Honestly, I don't even know what the other options are actually doing - except for "off" of course, which just leaves the original 480 DVD image alone - but the other options just screw up the image, so "normal" is the only way to go that makes any sense to me

- BD/DVD Video Output Format (HDMI) should be set to Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr. The easiest way to understand this is that RGB is for computer images and YCbCr is for video and movies. The PS3 will not distinguish on its own. If your TV accepts RGB images via HDMI, it will default to that if you use the "automatic" setting. The video on the Blu-ray disc itself is stored as YCbCr. Your TV is designed to accept that YCbCr signal via HDMI. When it does so, it will use its ITU 709 decoder to display the image with correct colours and video levels. If you use "automatic" or "RGB" from the PS3, the PS3 does not distinguish video from computer images and it will render them with incorrect colours and/or incorrect video levels. Simply put, YCbCr is what is on the Blu-ray disc or DVD, so that is what you want to output from the PS3 And just as an aside, YCbCr is just the digital version of the video broadcast format - YPbPr is the analogue form of the same signal and that is what gets output if you use a component video connection instead

- BD 1080p 24 Hz Output (HDMI) should only be set to "on" if you know for sure that your TV can accept a 1080p/24 signal. Check your TV's owner's manual! If you know for sure that your TV can accept the 1080p/24 signal, then go ahead and set this to "on". Otherwise, leave it "off"

- BD/DVD Dynamic Range Control should be set to "off". This is an audio setting and only applies to Dolby soundtracks. It compresses the dynamic range (makes everything the same volume level). Sometimes, this is called a "night mode" because it boosts quiet scenes and quiets down loud scenes. But you should let your TV or receiver handle this type of thing. Never use dynamic compression from your source because it is too easy to forget to set it back to normal when you want to listen to a movie properly with all of the dynamics intact!

- BD/DVD Audio Output Format (HDMI) is going to depend upon your audio setup. If you are just using TV speakers, then you will want to set this to Linear PCM. If you have a receiver with HDMI inputs, but those inputs cannot accept 5.1 PCM (in other words, they accept 2-channel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS only - exactly like an optical/toslink or digital coax audio connection), then you will want to set this to "bitstream". If you have a receiver with HDMI inputs that CAN accept 5.1/7.1 PCM, then set this to "Linear PCM". Setting this to "Linear PCM" is the only way to make the PS3 do all of the new Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD:HR/MA decoding.

- BD Audio Output Format (Optical Digital) only applies if you are NOT using HDMI for audio and therefore have to use the optical audio connection for surround sound instead. If you are using this connection, you almost certainly want to set it to "bitstream" so that you can enjoy full Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound.

Under the Display Settings Menu:

- Video Output Settings should be somewhat self-explanatory as you walk through each step. Select the appropriate output type for what you are using; "automatic" usually works for auto detecting what signals function correctly, but you can use the "Custom" option to chose specific output formats that you want to use if you like. For example, if you have a 1365 x 768 resolution TV, it will most likely accept 480p, 720p and 1080i (perhaps even 1080p as well), but you might want to "force" the PS3 to always output 720p - one reason you might do this is if your TV has a really crappy 1080i deinterlacer, which many do! So you can do this by using the "custom" option and only putting a check mark in the 720p box (note: there will automatically be a check mark in the 480p box this way, but if you selected "normal" upscaling previously, it will come out as 720p in this case )

- Cross Color Reduction Filter is only for composite (yellow plug) or S-Video connections and hopefully you aren't using either of those since there is absolutely no way to get HD from either of those connections! If you are stuck using composite or S-Video for some reason, this filter helps to prevent any "bleeding" of colours is all if you set it to "on"

- RGB Full Range (HDMI) is probably the least well understood option. You actually want to set this to "limited". As I said previously, RGB should be used for computer signals (ie. games on the PS3, but not video). This whole thing is all about Above White (aka Whiter-than-White/ WTW) and Below Black (aka Blacker-than-Black/ BTB) information. In video, the camera is set for a certain "white level" prior to recording. This is meant to inform the camera what the brightest, whitest object on screen will be and setting it keeps colours and levels looking consistent throughout the film. But occassionally, there will be something slightly brighter than the level set as "white" in the "white balance" calibration of the camera. Video signals include some "headroom" so that this information is still preserved in the recording. If it were discarded, then that "whiter-than-white" information would be "clipped" and when you watched it back, it would look strange because you would see a solid "block" of white in that area of the picture, rather than a natural blend of white tones. Similarly, on the opposite end of the scale, a certain absence of light is defined as "black", but there can occassionally be even less light in certain recordings and these would appear as "black-than-black". Again, there is some room provided below the video black level so that this information is preserved and you do not end up with just a "block" of black where there ought to be some very slight variations.

But computer signals are different. There are not such occassional "mistakes" as when filming real world content with a camera. Everything is strictly defined within the computer (or game) and there is never anything "white-than-white" or "blacker-than-black".

Setting the RGB setting to "limited" keeps game images "perfect" in this way. There is no Above White or Below Black being sent and when something is supposed to be black, it will appear black on your TV and something that is supposed to be white will appear white.

If you set it to "full" and play a game, black will appear as dark grey and white will appear as light grey. This is because with RGB set to "full" there is additional information being sent above white and below black - but there is nothing actually there in the game! Your TV will "see" this extra information though and "leave room" above white and below black, thereby making both appear grey instead!

So why even have this option? Because some people are connecting their PS3 to a computer monitor or a projector that acts like a computer monitor rather than a TV and will only accept a RGB signal. With such displays, you will have to set the BD/DVD Video Output Format to RGB or Auto rather than YCbCr and when you do so, you're then going to want that Above White and Below Black information because the video signal will contain that type of information and this is the only way to preserve it

For a TV though, you will have the BD/DVD Video Output Format set to YCbCr as we discussed before and this leaves you free to set the RGB Full Range option to "limited" and never have to worry about changing settings in your PS3 Video will come out of the PS3 as YCbCr as it should and PS3 games will come out as RGB as they should If you are using a computer monitor or a projector that only works with RGB signals though, then you will need to switch this RGB option back and forth depending on the content. "Full" for movies and video content and "Limited" for games

- Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super-White (HDMI) should be set to "on". This is again in reference to the Above White and Below Black information that I talked about. When the PS3 first came out, this option was not present and the PS3 was "clipping" the Above White and Below Black video information. Enough people noticed and complained, so Sony thankfully added this option via firmware. It should definitely be set to "on" so that you get the full video signal as intended!

Under the Sound Settings Menu:

- Audio Output settings again sort of walks you through. It's going to totally depend on your audio setup. Select the correct type of audio connection that you are using. Then select the "manual" option. Put a check mark next to every type of audio format that you KNOW your audio gear can accept. Carefully read your user manual to make sure!

[SlmShdy1]

Depends on your TV. The most common recommended settings are as follows:

Video Settings

• BD/DVD Video Output Format (HDMI) - Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr
  BD 1080p 24 Hz Output (HDMI) - Automatic

Display Settings

• RGB Full Range (HDMI) - Limited
  Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super-White (HDMI) - On

And of course, set your resolution to whatever your TV can accept. The RGB setting under display settings depends on the TV. On some sets, if you have it set to full, the picture will become much darker.

[bageleaterkkjji]

what is the model number of your tv and what does it say when you push info or display on your tv remote 480 720p 1080i or 1080p?

[DarthDVDS]

I have an 40" Sammy 1080p LN40B530, thanks to everyone who has posted so far.