Ps3 Compnent Cables Flickering

[jd213]

The DACs in the analog multi-out port on the PS3 aren't very good. You could get one of these things to convert the HDMI out to component:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PS3-HDMI-to-RCA-...QQcmdZViewItem

I have one of these for the rare occasions when I want to use my CRT PC monitor, it works fairly well. But saving up for a new TV might be a better idea.

[BorrowedTime]

Originally Posted by jd213

The DACs in the analog multi-out port on the PS3 aren't very good. You could get one of these things to convert the HDMI out to component:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PS3-HDMI-to-RCA-...QQcmdZViewItem

I have one of these for the rare occasions when I want to use my CRT PC monitor, it works fairly well. But saving up for a new TV might be a better idea.

I think you're right about the multi-out port, as I had a similar problem. I had this weird colour banding effect on my last TV when I hooked the PS3 up to it via component. I had this purpleish band of colour scroll vertically across my screen (this was on a 26" Toshiba 1080i CRT, with my 20GB on launch day). I was unhappy about this and drove to Walmart and picked up a set of HDMI cables, and the problem went away with the HDMI. My component cables were Monster brand that I had purchased for my PS2 (which I never had colour problems with), and the component cables that ran from my DVD-R to the TV also never had problems. After I got my plasma earlier this month, I hooked up my PS3 to the toshiba via component again, while my Panasonic was breaking in, and I immediately got that colour banding again.

I'm willing to bet it's the AV multi-out that is causing this guy's problem, as it certainly seemed to be the case with me.

Hmm.. I should hook up the components to my Panny and see if the banding shows up again as an experiment, see if it really is the av multi-out.