1080i playback issue after 1.80 update

[Greenmatiz2]

Note: This may have nothing to do with the update... just an observation to throw out there. The point is, I'm not sure, so I want to see what you guys with similar set-ups thing. I didn't notice this problem until after the 1.80 update, so that's why I'm even considering it to be the possible culprit:

It is most likely due to either my PS3 or my TV's HDMI connection.

I am viewing PS3 content via HDMI into a 50" 1080i LG XCanvas PDP set. The problem is that the footage (whether game or movie) "jumps" a line or two every several seconds. From a distance, this isn't easily noticed. Up close, it is, however. My PS3 didn't do this on my previous 1080p LCD set. It could be the set, but I didn't notice this problem until after the update, so it's hard for me to know what caused it.

It might be the TV... it might be my PS3 having troubles with 1080i output (bad part inside) or the update... interference... I have no idea!

It doesn't appear to happen at all when watching TV footage at either HD or SD.

Here is a video of the problem. Focus on a thin line, like in the boot, and look for the lines jumping randomly every several seconds. It's very hard to see with crappy Google video quality. Shrink the window size down to see it smaller, for a better view:

http://video.google.com/googleplayer...14107090&hl=en

[dgator783]

i would guess its more likely something is wrong with ur set ifg I had to guess

[Filterlab]

Now I watched 'Withnail & I' on DVD after I updated and I noticed slight movement like this on very still images. However, that's quite an old film has only recently been transfered to DVD.

Afterwards I watched 'V for Vendetta' and 'Munich' and they both played absolutely superbly (especially Munich) so it may just be part of the upscaling process for certain films.

All in all I'm very pleased with 1.8 but there's always going to be little foibles with all technology somewhere.

Does it occur with all your games and films or just some?

[Greenmatiz2]

Seems to happen with all games and HD movies... have to look at an SD DVD to see if it is a problem there.

[Greenmatiz2]

Ok, maybe this is all due to my misunderstanding of my TV and it's capability.

My TV accepts and displays 1080i input (at least that's what it says on the screen) but the resolution of my TV is 1366x768, according to the brochure. It seems I can watch 1080i HDTV signals with no problem, and it says it's displaying them in 1080i.

I changed my PS3 output to 720p, and there is no longer a flicker problem on either the PS3 menus or the BR disks. I also seem to have more white shadow effects behind the menus in 720p, if that means anything to anyone.

Some games, like rub-a-dub, look worse in the 720p output (more jaggies) than when I have it in 1080i output. Is this the PS3 not handling the downconverting well? If I go into 1080i, the game looks better, but I still have the very light flickering around the edges, as evidenced in the video above. It's impossible to see more than a few feet away (unless it grows worse in the future).

Anyway, I guess I'll just leave my PS3 in 720p most of the time, and toggle to 1080i for some games to see if they perform better.

Maybe my TV does not perform 1080i very well, or the PS3 I have is outputting bad 1080i signals to make those jumps?

Odd.

[jorg]

i would assume its actruly the scaller in your tv or a componet in your tv. or maybe a setting on your ps3?

[Greenmatiz2]

Well, I looked again, and rub-a-dub is almost identical at 720p or 1080i. Very close. Maybe when I'm not moving, the ducks have slightly better interlacing at 1080i, but that's it.