PlayStation 3 Owners?

[jfar]

The same over on this side of the pond, as far as rip offs go.

 

[holo88]

Alex I hope you didn't get an HDMI cord from walmart....any generic one works for the PS3 or 360. My HDMI cord was 99 cent plus $1 shipping from Hong Kong....have had it for two years now

Walmart ones are OUTRAGEOUS

i concur. they're ~ $35 with tax, at my local wally world. i wired up my dads big*** tv with a colored component set he had on a tiny not-HD tv. (what makes me laugh, is he never watches th HD channels to begin with)

 

[Orbital Shark]

Alex I hope you didn't get an HDMI cord from walmart....any generic one works for the PS3 or 360. My HDMI cord was 99 cent plus $1 shipping from Hong Kong....have had it for two years now

Walmart ones are OUTRAGEOUS

I'll be honest, i'm a bit of a technology freak

My scart lead alone was £100 and is only 1M in length, I did notice the difference in quality though

 

[Zidane24]

Alex I hope you didn't get an HDMI cord from walmart....any generic one works for the PS3 or 360. My HDMI cord was 99 cent plus $1 shipping from Hong Kong....have had it for two years now

Walmart ones are OUTRAGEOUS

I'll be honest, i'm a bit of a technology freak

My scart lead alone was £100 and is only 1M in length, I did notice the difference in quality though

You are correct Jeff...but I don't think a quality difference will occur between mine from Hong Kong (which are gold plated just like the wal-mart ones) and the wal-mart ones themselves

Jeff the quality difference may come from the length also. Could be wrong here but the less it travels...the better the look. Mine are exceptionally long

 

[pparks1]

Did I offend you in some way..?

No, not offended in any way whatsover. Usually this type of response is long from me because if I am just short with the answer, people usually say

--he's just jealous he doesn't have 1080p
--he has no idea what he is talking about. 1080p owns 720p.

 

[Dazeon]

1080p does indeed own 720p

The difference is actually quite astounding on my Sony Bravia 40" LCD with Sky+HD, even though the maximum output from Sky is 1080i.

I also have a PS3 but at the moment it is nothing more than a glorified Blu-ray player, and a very fine one at that.

I tend to use my Xbox 360 for gaming, not that I am a very big gamer, I just can't resist Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Street Fighter IV.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Eh I guess I am the only one here who doesn't really care whether its 1080p or 720p. I only use those RGA plugs or whatever they are (the Yellow, White, Red ones)

 

[Zidane24]

Eh I guess I am the only one here who doesn't really care whether its 1080p or 720p. I only use those RGA plugs or whatever they are (the Yellow, White, Red ones)

They're called RCA or composite...

Its a bummer for you...even using component (RGBRWY) would make a huge difference

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Eh I guess I am the only one here who doesn't really care whether its 1080p or 720p. I only use those RGA plugs or whatever they are (the Yellow, White, Red ones)

They're called RCA or composite...

Its a bummer for you...even using component (RGBRWY) would make a huge difference

Component, the Green Blue and Red ones? My TV has those and my 360 has those, but when I try to use it its like all trippy colors on my TV. :S

 

[Zidane24]

Eh I guess I am the only one here who doesn't really care whether its 1080p or 720p. I only use those RGA plugs or whatever they are (the Yellow, White, Red ones)

They're called RCA or composite...

Its a bummer for you...even using component (RGBRWY) would make a huge difference

Component, the Green Blue and Red ones? My TV has those and my 360 has those, but when I try to use it its like all trippy colors on my TV. :S

Really? Do you have a video cable for the XBOX that uses those AND is the TV on the input channel for Component?

 

[Zidane24]

You will also have to switch the XBOX to that input also

 

[Jacee]

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

They're called RCA or composite...

Its a bummer for you...even using component (RGBRWY) would make a huge difference

Component, the Green Blue and Red ones? My TV has those and my 360 has those, but when I try to use it its like all trippy colors on my TV. :S

Really? Do you have a video cable for the XBOX that uses those AND is the TV on the input channel for Component?

Be gentle my brain hurts today thanks to GRiM.

Okay, my TV has a Green, Blue and Red set of ports on the back. Those are listed as component.

My Xbox 360 Cable has those on it as well, I have set the switch thingy to component and my TV is set for component but I get nothing but trippy colors.

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

PS2 is always fun, I liked the game called Radiata stories. Was fun.

 

[pparks1]

1080p does indeed own 720p

The difference is actually quite astounding on my Sony Bravia 40" LCD with Sky+HD, even though the maximum output from Sky is 1080i.

The reason the difference is astonishing is because your source (Sky+HD) is pushing out a 1080i signal...again it's the source that really matters.

If you were to push that exact same signal out to 2 properly calibrated displays, with 1 at 720p and 1 at 1080p...from a viewing distance of over 3ft....the human eye wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

People are very confused by this. You often see people who compare the picture quality of their old TV to their new TV and talk about how much better it is. Well, that is often due to better optical components and not the resolution. Of, they also get a BluRay player with their new 1080p and are blown away by how great it looks. Again, it's the source that matters and not the resolution outputted.

So, for example, if you had the same blu-ray playing connected via the same HDMI cable, 1 on a Panasonic 42" 720p plasma properly calibrated and 1 on a Panasonic 42" 1080p plasma display properly calibrated, at 6ft back you would be hard pressed to find anybody who could identify with any accuracy which set is which.

Again, at the end of the day, it's the SOURCE which really matters. A high quality 1080p source has all the bits and bytes and data to present a truly outstanding image. When that image goes to a 720p display, the tv simply downgrades the impeccable signal from 1080 lines to 720 lines and displays it. Well, since it was nearly a perfect image, nothing bad happens during the down conversion and with human vision, it's still absolutely remarkable.

 

[Zidane24]

Component, the Green Blue and Red ones? My TV has those and my 360 has those, but when I try to use it its like all trippy colors on my TV. :S

Really? Do you have a video cable for the XBOX that uses those AND is the TV on the input channel for Component?

Be gentle my brain hurts today thanks to GRiM.

Okay, my TV has a Green, Blue and Red set of ports on the back. Those are listed as component.

My Xbox 360 Cable has those on it as well, I have set the switch thingy to component and my TV is set for component but I get nothing but trippy colors.

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

PS2 is always fun, I liked the game called Radiata stories. Was fun.

Its the XBOX then...

If your bold memorize the button presses from power on to the Display Settings menu on the XBOX. Before you hook up the component, switch the XBOX to component as source. Now the screen wont be readable so turn off the XBOX. Hook up the component and make sure the TV is on component. Fire up the XBOX and you should now have an image

 

[Dazeon]

I have callibrated my set with Joe Kane's DVE HD Basics, well worth a look.

I reckon I could tell the difference.

But yes, you're correct, the source material is always the most important factor.

 

[sergiogarcia9]

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

Ahhh, Gran Turismo...That brings back memories, played it all the time when i had my PS1 and PS2,actualy won a dk championship in it

Now i've moved on to Grid, and Xbox 360

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Really? Do you have a video cable for the XBOX that uses those AND is the TV on the input channel for Component?

Be gentle my brain hurts today thanks to GRiM.

Okay, my TV has a Green, Blue and Red set of ports on the back. Those are listed as component.

My Xbox 360 Cable has those on it as well, I have set the switch thingy to component and my TV is set for component but I get nothing but trippy colors.

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

PS2 is always fun, I liked the game called Radiata stories. Was fun.

Its the XBOX then...

If your bold memorize the button presses from power on to the Display Settings menu on the XBOX. Before you hook up the component, switch the XBOX to component as source. Now the screen wont be readable so turn off the XBOX. Hook up the component and make sure the TV is on component. Fire up the XBOX and you should now have an image

I think I found the problem? My TV says 480i while thats not an option on the 360.

 

[pparks1]

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

Ahhh, Gran Turismo...That brings back memories, played it all the time when i had my PS1 and PS2,actualy won a dk championship in it

Now i've moved on to Grid, and Xbox 360

If you are a gran turismo fan...you should be playing Forza 2 or waiting for Forza 3. They are far more similar in nature to Gran Turismo than Grid. Not that Grid isn't a fun game, but it's an arcade racer versus more of a simulator racer.

 

[sergiogarcia9]

We have PS1 and 2 ... My husband and son were GranTurismo freaks! Both have steering wheels. Forum Competition was very big at one time.

Ahhh, Gran Turismo...That brings back memories, played it all the time when i had my PS1 and PS2,actualy won a dk championship in it

Now i've moved on to Grid, and Xbox 360

If you are a gran turismo fan...you should be playing Forza 2 or waiting for Forza 3. They are far more similar in nature to Gran Turismo than Grid. Not that Grid isn't a fun game, but it's an arcade racer versus more of a simulator racer.

I have already pre-ordered Forza 3 atm i play most Grid, NFS Undercover (Really one of the best open-world car games ever made!), and GTA IV