PS3 Video

[snmhanson]

I am using a PS3 for playing BR discs with a component connection into a Sony 40" LCD. When we play a movie there is often an overwhelming amount of green in the picture. This doesn't happen (at least as much) with our DVR or regular DVD player so I don't think that it's the television (I am sure it does need adjusting but I don't think it is the entire culprit). However, I can't put the blame with the PS3 either because when playing games the picture seems to look ok. Looking through the PS3 setup menus I couldn't find anything to adjust the colors with either. I am not overly sensitive to video color without a side-by-side reference but I am obviously see the green in the PS3 BR video picture. I think there are also times (mybe certain discs) that the BR picture seems to look ok.

What could be going on?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[shenaniganz]

i would try nother cable first. A few things like a soft rest. you wont lose anything it just resets factory settings. I had to do this to get video when playing BR. It was the 24hz filter that was giving me problems.. Also its possible to be that certain BR. try these and use google. I have found alot of little things end up doing stupid stuff like this. One more thing would be to check the TV. I know when I go from tv to my ps3 the picture settings go from sports to game. It's possible when watching tv under say the sports setting everythings fine but when going to say the game setting thats when you get the green...

 

[j_garcia]

Are you outputting as 1080i? Games are separately handled compared to BDs, as far as I know, so you may want to look at the BD settings in setup as well as your HDMI settings - there is likely something in one of them that could account for this.

I would normally agree with trying another cable, but the fact that you say that it looks fine with games would suggest that it isn't the cable that is the issue, it is a setting.

 

[Seth=L]

Can you utilize HDMI? I've compared HDMI and Component video on my 720p TV and the HDMI performance is noticeably better.

 

[jostenmeat]

I am using a PS3 for playing BR discs with a component connection into a Sony 40" LCD. When we play a movie there is often an overwhelming amount of green in the picture. This doesn't happen (at least as much) with our DVR or regular DVD player so I don't think that it's the television (I am sure it does need adjusting but I don't think it is the entire culprit). However, I can't put the blame with the PS3 either because when playing games the picture seems to look ok. Looking through the PS3 setup menus I couldn't find anything to adjust the colors with either. I am not overly sensitive to video color without a side-by-side reference but I am obviously see the green in the PS3 BR video picture. I think there are also times (mybe certain discs) that the BR picture seems to look ok.

What could be going on?

Thanks,

Matt

I would think that it would be a LOT more difficult to detect inaccurate colors with video games. Outside of swapping the cables, I would look in the tv settings themselves. However, since you've already looked for PS3 settings, I'm afraid you might have already done this as well. . . which would leave me clueless . . .

But, in case you didn't, different video settings are applied to the different inputs. Recent bad case, I calibrated my brother's set with my Avia II disc. Not perfect, but a whole lot better, faces more accurate, less red push, you can finally see dirt on people's noses since faces aren't glowing white. I did this on his DVD player.

I come back a few days later, he's watching a movie, and EVERYTHING is green! I mean, even people's beards!! wthell. Ok, well, he was using his bdp to playback the dvd, so I looked into the settings on the tv, unfortunately set to the completely useless setting called "dynamic", turned it off, and . . . voila. That simple. Hope your problem would be as easy to solve.

 

[trashstuff20]

I had the same thing

I had the same thing and believe it or not it was the cable. I switched cables and the problem was solved. Do not buy a new cable barrow one to check it out first there are so many different possibilities. I do how ever agree with you I do not think it's your tv. I still have the same problem with movies I have downloaded to the hard drive which were originally MKV but I changed to MPG. Does yours do the same with movies on the hard drive?

 

[snmhanson]

Thanks for the replies. Have been busy lately so I haven't had time to try to trouble shoot it yet. I should mention that my setup is a bit more complex than I may have indicated. I run all of my sources into a receiver via component cable. Then I run component out from my receiver to a wall plate. From there I run RG6 to another wall plate behind the tv and then another component cable from the wall plate to the tv. As you can see, there are plenty of places where the signal could potentially get degraded. However, all of my other sources display good color and signal so maybe that narrows it down to the cable between the PS3 and the receiver? On the other hand, the PS3 is the only 1080p source that I have in that setup (DTV DVRs are my only other HD source but 720p) so maybe one of the other cables could be causing the problem due to the bandwidth requirements of 1080p.

I guess the easiest thing to do is to try hooking the PS3 directly to the tv and see if I get the same problem or not.

Matt