Hdmi ?

[harley]

So I just bought my first HDMI cable for my PS3 from monoprice. I know nothin about them. Can you tell me if I made the right choice? thanks

HDMI 1.3a Category 2 Certified Cable 28AWG - 10ft w/Ferrite Cores (Gold Plated Connectors) - BLACK

[BirdManJr]

Plug it into the spot that says HDMI in the back of the ps3...then plug into your tv...If the ps3 works and you can play blu rays and games and they look good...Then yes you made a excellent choice

[harley]

Originally Posted by BirdManJr

Plug it into the spot that says HDMI in the back of the ps3...then plug into your tv...If the ps3 works and you can play blu rays and games and they look good...Then yes you made a excellent choice

yea so I know how to plug in cables...and how they work. I just wasnt sure if any certain ones are recommended...thanks though

[theprophecy247]

Originally Posted by harley

yea so I know how to plug in cables...and how they work. I just wasnt sure if any certain ones are recommended...thanks though

there all the smae man for the most part at least to the naked eye. Unless u get a really cheap and flimsey one they should be good. I got mine from monoprice about a year ago and it works and looks just fine

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by harley

So I just bought my first HDMI cable for my PS3 from monoprice. I know nothin about them. Can you tell me if I made the right choice? thanks

HDMI 1.3a Category 2 Certified Cable 28AWG - 10ft w/Ferrite Cores (Gold Plated Connectors) - BLACK

Why didn't you buy a MONSTER HDMI cable?!?!?

Obviously that last sentence was an outright attempt at humour... notice how I used the word ATTEMPT? Anyways, once the cable arrives hook it up before disconnecting the old cable from the PS3. That way, when switching the video settings on the PS3, your screen won't blank out leaving you without a visual of what you are doing. Once the HDMI signal appears fine on your TV and you make the proper menu selections to keep it that way, THEN disconnect your old video cable. I first disconnected my old cable and plugged the HDMI in only to get a black screen. Drove me nuts for a half hour before I realized that I needed to tell the PS3 that it was going to be running via HDMI.

[MOONPHASE]

it doesnt matter so much on which HDMI cable you get they are pretty much all the same. some might have cheap material used on it thus making an unsatisfied customer but i would say you made a good choice even though it doesnt have to be that long unless your tv has some good amount of distance from where you are going to connect it to

[harley]

Thanks for the input guys..especially keeping the components hooked up til my hdmi is in. Should be here by thursday and all my kids pixars can now be upscaled...woohoo

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Why didn't you buy a MONSTER HDMI cable?!?!?

Obviously that last sentence was an outright attempt at humour... notice how I used the word ATTEMPT? Anyways, once the cable arrives hook it up before disconnecting the old cable from the PS3. That way, when switching the video settings on the PS3, your screen won't blank out leaving you without a visual of what you are doing. Once the HDMI signal appears fine on your TV and you make the proper menu selections to keep it that way, THEN disconnect your old video cable. I first disconnected my old cable and plugged the HDMI in only to get a black screen. Drove me nuts for a half hour before I realized that I needed to tell the PS3 that it was going to be running via HDMI.

Very good advice. The same thing happened to my nephew, and it took me forever to figure it out.

[theprophecy247]

Originally Posted by harley

Thanks for the input guys..especially keeping the components hooked up til my hdmi is in. Should be here by thursday and all my kids pixars can now be upscaled...woohoo

lol clutch haha

[toef]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Anyways, once the cable arrives hook it up before disconnecting the old cable from the PS3. That way, when switching the video settings on the PS3, your screen won't blank out leaving you without a visual of what you are doing. Once the HDMI signal appears fine on your TV and you make the proper menu selections to keep it that way, THEN disconnect your old video cable. I first disconnected my old cable and plugged the HDMI in only to get a black screen. Drove me nuts for a half hour before I realized that I needed to tell the PS3 that it was going to be running via HDMI.

You don't need to do this. If you flip the power switch on the back of the PS3 (to get the red light), then hold your finger on the power button for like 3-5 seconds to turn it on, it will automatically detect how it is hooked up, so you will receive a picture.

I learned this after trying to figure out a better way of transporting my PS3 between my house (HDMI connection) and my dad's house (composite cables ).

[Weez_Dawg]

Yeah, anything V1.3 is good for HDMI.

[brett_day]

congrats on the excellent choice in HDMi cables! Monoprice is the absolute best place on the planet to buy any cable! Enjoy those pixars....we really know that they are for you and not your kids lol, but thats cool because pixar movies rock!