PS3 Resolution - Blu-ray Forum

kcuber · 12-10-2008, 08:06 PM

2 Questions if I may:

1. I have an older HD Toshiba TV that does not support 720p. Is there a way that I can configure the PS3 so that it ups it to 1080i like the XBox 360 does? I think I read somewhere that if a game is 720p and the TV does not support 720p it goes down to 480 for the PS3. Is this true? If so is there anything I can do?

2. I notice that most Blu Ray movies are 1080p and as stated above my older tv is just 1080i for the highest and no 720p. If I buy Blu Ray movies will they still be HD or will they get bumped down to 480?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

jkwest · 12-10-2008, 08:10 PM

1. you can manually select what formats to output video as..also, yes..some games do not support 1080i, so, they will bump the resolution down, unfortunately...

2. your tv will get the signal and configure it accordingly...if your tv is set at 1080i, then, the movies will play at 1080i.

Good luck!

ckent22 · 12-10-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kcuber

2 Questions if I may:

1. I have an older HD Toshiba TV that does not support 720p. Is there a way that I can configure the PS3 so that it ups it to 1080i like the XBox 360 does? I think I read somewhere that if a game is 720p and the TV does not support 720p it goes down to 480 for the PS3. Is this true? If so is there anything I can do?

2. I notice that most Blu Ray movies are 1080p and as stated above my older tv is just 1080i for the highest and no 720p. If I buy Blu Ray movies will they still be HD or will they get bumped down to 480?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

You should be able to bump on the PS3 to 1080i. And I believe so on the second one that they would still be in 1080i but I believe it depends on the disc as well.

Pelican170 · 12-10-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kcuber

2 Questions if I may:

1. I have an older HD Toshiba TV that does not support 720p. Is there a way that I can configure the PS3 so that it ups it to 1080i like the XBox 360 does? I think I read somewhere that if a game is 720p and the TV does not support 720p it goes down to 480 for the PS3. Is this true? If so is there anything I can do?

2. I notice that most Blu Ray movies are 1080p and as stated above my older tv is just 1080i for the highest and no 720p. If I buy Blu Ray movies will they still be HD or will they get bumped down to 480?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Im surprised that your tv will do 1080i but no 720p, you sure about that?

Luis_A51 · 12-10-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelican170

Im surprised that your tv will do 1080i but no 720p, you sure about that?

Older CRT hdtvs are like that

york weir · 12-10-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis_A51

Older CRT hdtvs are like that

Exactly. My TV is an older CRT projection but thankfully it is native 1080i with 720p support.

Omegaice · 12-10-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelican170

Im surprised that your tv will do 1080i but no 720p, you sure about that?

My old Mitshubshi 55" DLP would not support 720p but it supported 480i, 480p & 1080i. Thus the reason I sold it & got my "precious". Sony LCD

Toptube · 12-11-2008, 02:20 AM

Yeah, 1080i is just fine for Blu-ray movies because all Blu-rays support all of the resolutions, except for a few that max out at 1080i, but then your TV could de-interlace it anyways.

For games though, some of them, maybe even many of them, do not support 1080i at all. Its a huge bummer, but the fact is that its a much higher resolution than 720p so some games just will not run acceptably in 1080i. Double unfortunately is that not all developers implement a software method to convert the 720p signal to 1080i.

The 360 doesn't ever have this problem because it has a dedicated scaler chip. That particular chip doesn't yield great image quality, but it does garuntee a simple way to make all games play on all TVs at all output resolutions.

12-10-2008, 08:06 PM	#1
kcuber Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Originally from Philadelphia - Go Eagles! 4K collection:111 Blu-ray collection:1751 Digital collection:17 Trading Score:40	PS3 Resolution 2 Questions if I may: 1. I have an older HD Toshiba TV that does not support 720p. Is there a way that I can configure the PS3 so that it ups it to 1080i like the XBox 360 does? I think I read somewhere that if a game is 720p and the TV does not support 720p it goes down to 480 for the PS3. Is this true? If so is there anything I can do? 2. I notice that most Blu Ray movies are 1080p and as stated above my older tv is just 1080i for the highest and no 720p. If I buy Blu Ray movies will they still be HD or will they get bumped down to 480? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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12-10-2008, 08:10 PM	#2
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	1. you can manually select what formats to output video as..also, yes..some games do not support 1080i, so, they will bump the resolution down, unfortunately... 2. your tv will get the signal and configure it accordingly...if your tv is set at 1080i, then, the movies will play at 1080i. Good luck!

12-11-2008, 02:20 AM	#8
Toptube Power Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:52	Yeah, 1080i is just fine for Blu-ray movies because all Blu-rays support all of the resolutions, except for a few that max out at 1080i, but then your TV could de-interlace it anyways. For games though, some of them, maybe even many of them, do not support 1080i at all. Its a huge bummer, but the fact is that its a much higher resolution than 720p so some games just will not run acceptably in 1080i. Double unfortunately is that not all developers implement a software method to convert the 720p signal to 1080i. The 360 doesn't ever have this problem because it has a dedicated scaler chip. That particular chip doesn't yield great image quality, but it does garuntee a simple way to make all games play on all TVs at all output resolutions.

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