PS3 component is better

[baccusboy]

Maybe you have been following my plight...

My LG TV has had problems accepting the PS3 1080i signal correctly over HDMI. Bright whites caused the image to jump slightly, especially above white text.

Google video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...74401223499446

The 720p signal is just fine. LG has been to my house several times, changed the internals out, and is considering sending out a few more guys from the design group to test my PS3 with my LG TV (i'm in Korea, where they are made).

On a hunch, I purchased the PS3 component cables, and guess what I learned:

1. I no longer have such a huge problem with banding/false contouring. The set seems to do a much better job of controlling this via component than HDMI. I am just guessing -- but I have a feeling that going through HDMI bypasses LG's false contouring control abilities. I can see a huge difference when looking at the glowing underwater green eggs in Hellboy, for example (1:08:31). Almost no false contouring through component.

2. I cannot make use of the Full range HDMI feature via component, but my PDP does 15:000 to 1 contrast ratio anyway, and it looks great without it.

3. The problems with image jumping on white text and white areas of the screen has totally gone.

I can see this is an HDMI issue with this particular LG TV.

I am very happy, but I still want them to fix the HDMI.

[divedeeper]

upgarde to a 1080p via HDMI and all your problems will be over.

[baccusboy]

I was at 1080p HDMI on a Full HD 42" LG LCD screen.

I "downgraded" to 1080i on a 50" LG screen, which was equal in price.

LG would not give me a refund, so I had to go that route. I just couldn't live with the "clouds" I was getting on LG LCD screens (they exchanged my set twice), so I tried PDP and went with a bigger screen. The PDP has a better overall picture anyway, despite having a lower resolution. I really don't miss 1080p (and this screen is bigger). If 1080p PDP prices were closer, I would have gone that route, but as it is, 1080i (really 768p , or 1366x768 here) is good enough.

And FYI -- the 1080p set I had handled the HDMI fine, with one exception: I noticed more banding/false contouring through the HDMI connection, as well. Same problem as with my current 50" 1080i set, although the current 1080i PDP looks even worse through HDMI as far as banding is concerned.

I'm not at all sold on the whole HDMI push anymore (not with an LG Plasma, for sure, and maybe not even with their 1080p LCD sets, due to the banding issue).

HDMI has not been perfected by LG, methinks... and I have a feeling Toshiba sets are often in the same boat, based on what I read.

[Shin-Ra]

Did we really need a third thread about this? The thread title is also misleading because it won't be better for everyone, or most people infact.