What is Wrong with Me???

[animepunk2103]

Alright ... I got a PS3 ... was so pumped to try out the Blu-ray movies from reading all of your guys comments on here about how great it was. I went out and bought Pearl Harbor for my first Blu-ray. Either I am going blind or I cant tell the difference between the Blu-ray version and the dvd version. I know its crazy. I have a 32 inch LCDTV hooked up to my PS3 via HDMI. I dont know what is wrong with me but I cant tell the difference. I could tell the diffence in my games when I went from composite to hdmi but not the movie. Is it Pearl Harbor? Or am i just going crazy. I just rented Training Day on Blu-Ray and I am going to go watch it. Maybe Ill have better results.

[Blubaru]

Is your LCDTV even an HDTV? If it’s not over 480p you probably won’t see any difference.

Blu-ray is for people with higher-end sets(720P-1080P)

[animepunk2103]

Yes it is an HDTV and the movie was running at 1080p.

[u_nick]

Also, when you first plugged in your PS3, did you go through the initial setup and choose all resolutions to display? It may have defaulted to 480 for some reason? Also, make sure you download any firmware updates too. I heard some units were having some scaling problems that might be fixed by one of these?

[HDTV1080P]

To see the maximum quality of Blu-ray you need a 1080P display that is over 50 inches wide. 60 or 70 inches would be ideal. Anything less then 50 inches you will need to seat closer to the TV screen. Your 32” inch screen most likely is a 720P. DVD is 480P and if you have a 720P monitor you should see the difference if you seat close enough. If you had a 1080P Sony Front or rear projection with 2.5ms response time and 15,000:1 or 10,000:1 contrast ratio would help. Rent some dual layer 50GB Blu-ray discs also. Even on my parents 37” 1080P Westinghouse monitor I see a big difference between 480P DVD and 1080I D-VHS. They don’t have a Blu-ray player on that display yet.

P.S.

What is the model of the 32" monitor. It most likely is not 1080P.

[animepunk2103]

I just checked to be sure. My system has the updates and i am displaying @ 1080i.

[Blubaru]

I don't know of any 32" screens that can do 1080p.

My 40" bravia was the smallest 1080p that you can buy.

[animepunk2103]

it is a Sanyo dp32746 ... im getting the manual out right not to check ... i am going to be so mad if this TV doesnt support 1080

[animepunk2103]

it says it does support 1080i ... but i am sitting a good deal back from the tv

[HDTV1080P]

Correction I got my models fixed up. Your TV is a 720P LCD. Here is the link to the specs if anyone is interested.
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/Sanyo-DP32746.htm

[animepunk2103]

well crap .. thanks for all your help .. now i am going to have to get a better tv.

[Blubaru]

The Bravia is a nice set

[Blue]

If your TV is a 720p set the PS3 to output @ 720p, that may increase the quality.

[animepunk2103]

this tv is but 2 months old ... it says HDTV on the dang thing. Will it be a huge diffrence if i get a tv that supports 1080p. Are there any for 1200.00 or less?

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Blubaru

I don't know of any 32" screens that can do 1080p.

My 40" bravia was the smallest 1080p that you can buy.

Not for long, Sharp have committed to releasing a 32" 1080p TV in March of this year, I don't see the point, you must have to sit very close to benefit.

Also Dell/Apple/Samsung/LGPhillips do their 30" HD cinema screens with HDCP/HDMI input at 2560x1600. Computer monitors can do ridiculous resolutions though.

[HDTV1080P]

Your TV will accept a 1080I signal and downcovert it to 720P. You best option is if you want to keep the set is to set the Play station to output 720P if that is a option. I don’t own a playstation so not sure.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by animepunk2103

this tv is but 2 months old ... it says HDTV on the dang thing. Will it be a huge diffrence if i get a tv that supports 1080p. Are there any for 1200.00 or less?

Not at the moment, and if your TV is only two months old could there be a chance of returning it still, then you could but a nice big 40" 1080p Sony.

[animepunk2103]

I wish i could return it. No extended warranty. I could maybe sell it for 750.00 or so. Man i should have done more research ... i was just trying to make sure it was HD wasnt paying attention to 720p/1080i stuff. I have been regretting getting the small 32in anyways.

[HDTV1080P]

If you are in the market for a new HDTV monitor the cheapest 50 inch 1080P rear projector buy Sony with a true 1080P input can be purchased for $1,588.79 as a final delivered price.

http://www.calibex.com/KDS_-_50A2000...A953E04ACCD299

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by animepunk2103

I wish i could return it. No extended warranty. I could maybe sell it for 750.00 or so. Man i should have done more research ... i was just trying to make sure it was HD wasnt paying attention to 720p/1080i stuff. I have been regretting getting the small 32in anyways.

The thing is, many implementations of 1080i to 720/768p conversion will use bob de-interlacing (basically 540p) and upconvert that to 720p. In other words, it is throwing away half the resolution and then converting that to the native resolution of the set.

That makes it close to DVD in resolution (although you should notice better colour, and a cleaner picture than DVD).

The same thing pervades 1080p sets, and they are significantly more expensive.

Does your set accept 720p input (the spec linked above seems to imply this is so)? That would be the best output from the PS/3.

Gary