How come my PS3 can only play in 480P Resolution?? I have an HDTV...and HDMI..

I keep trying to change the display to 1080P but it keeps going back to 480P. I have a 1080P HDTV and HDMI cable connected...and it's only showing in 480P. Why is this? I have a 360 which uses the same TV and cable, and it works in 1080P...what's the problem here?

I keep trying to change the display to 1080P but it keeps going back to 480P. I have a 1080P HDTV and HDMI cable connected...and it's only showing in 480P. Why is this? I have a 360 which uses the same TV and cable, and it works in 1080P...what's the problem here?

AllTimeHigh

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I keep trying to change the display to 1080P but it keeps going back to 480P. I have a 1080P HDTV and HDMI cable connected...and it's only showing in 480P. Why is this? I have a 360 which uses the same TV and cable, and it works in 1080P...what's the problem here?

ThePerro

You needto have a HDMI cable and plug it in.

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[QUOTE="AllTimeHigh"]

I keep trying to change the display to 1080P but it keeps going back to 480P. I have a 1080P HDTV and HDMI cable connected...and it's only showing in 480P. Why is this? I have a 360 which uses the same TV and cable, and it works in 1080P...what's the problem here?

AllTimeHigh

Make sure the ONLY video cable coming out of your PS3 is the hdmi cable. Unplug all analog video cables. I remember a while back someone on the forums was having trouble because he had analog AV and hdmi plugged in at the same time.deathxxshark

Can you try another hdtv? It will tell us if the problem is the ps3 or your tv.

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[QUOTE="ThePerro"]

Have you tried going to display settings and changing the output to HDMI?

Dogswithguns

Can you try another hdtv?deathxxshark

Try bringing your ps3 over to a friend's house with an hdtv whenever you have time. Does the SAME hdmi cable give 1080 on your xbox?

Try bringing your ps3 over to a friend's house with an hdtv whenever you have time. Does the SAME hdmi cable give 1080 on your xbox?

deathxxshark

Thats really bizzare. Mine works just fine, alls i do is go into display setting then choose set up display...then i choose that im running through an hdmi, then it give me multiple boxes. 480p 720p 1080i and 1080p. I only check 480p 720p and 1080p (not 1080i....would rather play in 720p then 1080i) and it works like a charm

Also, when I go to the resolution select screen, the 480P box is grayed out and I can't unselect it for some reason.

Also, when I go to the resolution select screen, the 480P box is grayed out and I can't unselect it for some reason.

AllTimeHigh

Idk what type of HDMI cable I have...it doesn't even say the model on the box. I mean like idk if it's 1.0 or 1.3C or whatever else there is. All I know is that it's a Dynex HDMI cable that I got from Best Buy.

Any hdmi cable bought from best buy should have the newest specifications (albeit overpriced imho).. idk. Its probably be a problem on your ps3. The only way to be sure though is to try another hdtv and another cable as those are the only other factors.

Any hdmi cable bought from best buy should have the newest specifications (albeit overpriced imho).. idk. Its probably be a problem on your ps3. The only way to be sure though is to try another hdtv and another cable as those are the only other factors.

deathxxshark

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Try bringing your ps3 over to a friend's house with an hdtv whenever you have time. Does the SAME hdmi cable give 1080 on your xbox?

AllTimeHigh

Since when can an xbox accept a generic HDMI cable?

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[QUOTE="deathxxshark"]

Try bringing your ps3 over to a friend's house with an hdtv whenever you have time. Does the SAME hdmi cable give 1080 on your xbox?

Fightingfan

Since when can an xbox accept a generic HDMI cable?

Do you guys think if I used a HDMI cable specifically made for the PS3, it'll fix my problem? I need to know before I go out and buy it...but then again, I'm out of options right now so I basically have to buy it.

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[QUOTE="AllTimeHigh"]

Yup. The same HDMI cable is plugged into my xbox. And it displays in 1080P.

ImprovedMind

Since when can an xbox accept a generic HDMI cable?

Then why do I have to use a dongle for TOSLINK on my fat xbox?

Do you guys think if I used a HDMI cable specifically made for the PS3, it'll fix my problem? I need to know before I go out and buy it...but then again, I'm out of options right now so I basically have to buy it.

AllTimeHigh

any hdmi cable should work. i got 5 hdmi cable from monoprice.com for 3 bucks each and theyre fine. have you try auto?

[QUOTE="AllTimeHigh"]

Do you guys think if I used a HDMI cable specifically made for the PS3, it'll fix my problem? I need to know before I go out and buy it...but then again, I'm out of options right now so I basically have to buy it.

ImprovedMind

Sorry the font is so big. I copied and pasted and it turned out to be like that. I copied it straight from the Best Buy website. And it's gotten good reviews, so I'm pretty sure it'll work. It says it's a 1080p compatible and my TV is 1080P so it HAS to work....if it doesn't, then I'm selling my PS3.

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Any hdmi cable bought from best buy should have the newest specifications (albeit overpriced imho).. idk. Its probably be a problem on your ps3. The only way to be sure though is to try another hdtv and another cable as those are the only other factors.

AllTimeHigh

I wouldn't do that (yet). There is no special HDMI cable that the PS3 requires, I have a $5 one from amazon that works perfectly. If you have a working HDMi it should be fine.

From what you were saying about the "how come I can't uncheck the 480P box" it sounds more like maybe some of your settings are messed up. Make sure that your PS3 is set to AUTOMATICALLY detect the resolution and that ALL resolutions are checked (including the 480P which cannot be unchecked). There is no reason to UNcheck anything, just let the PS3 choose the best resolution. If you uncheck 720P or 1080i then the only option is 480P or 1080P, but many games do not support 1080P upscaling. So if you have the other resolutions unchecked it will of course go down to 480P because that is what you are telling your PS3 that your TV supports. Probably half PS3 games are 720P and do not support the PS3 upscaling to 1080P, so this means that if you only check 480P and 1080P that at least half of PS3 games with this setting would choose 480P resolution.

So like i said, just let the PS3 choose the optimal resolution automatically. It will either be 720P or 1080P. Don't worry if a game comes out as 720P as that is the games native resolution anyway, so it will look exactly the same whether the PS3 scales it to 1080P or the TV scales it to 1080P.

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Do you guys think if I used a HDMI cable specifically made for the PS3, it'll fix my problem? I need to know before I go out and buy it...but then again, I'm out of options right now so I basically have to buy it.

AllTimeHigh

Sorry the font is so big. I copied and pasted and it turned out to be like that. I copied it straight from the Best Buy website. And it's gotten good reviews, so I'm pretty sure it'll work. It says it's a 1080p compatible and my TV is 1080P so it HAS to work....if it doesn't, then I'm selling my PS3.

Have you tried a different HDMI socket on your TV?

And also try doing the PS3 display reset by holding down the power button for 5 seconds?

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[QUOTE="deathxxshark"]

Any hdmi cable bought from best buy should have the newest specifications (albeit overpriced imho).. idk. Its probably be a problem on your ps3. The only way to be sure though is to try another hdtv and another cable as those are the only other factors.

2Chalupas

I wouldn't do that (yet). There is no special HDMI cable that the PS3 requires, I have a $5 one from amazon that works perfectly. If you have a working HDMi it should be fine.

From what you were saying about the "how come I can't uncheck the 480P box" it sounds more like maybe some of your settings are messed up. Make sure that your PS3 is set to AUTOMATICALLY detect the resolution and that ALL resolutions are checked (including the 480P which cannot be unchecked). There is no reason to UNcheck anything, just let the PS3 choose the best resolution. If you uncheck 720P or 1080i then the only option is 480P or 1080P, but many games do not support 1080P upscaling. So if you have the other resolutions unchecked it will of course go down to 480P because that is what you are telling your PS3 that your TV supports. Probably half PS3 games are 720P and do not support the PS3 upscaling to 1080P. This does not really matter anyway, as if you have 1080P TV it will most certainly do the work to upscale 720P to fit the 1080P screen). So like i said, just let the PS3 choose the optimal resolution automatically, if you tried to manually put in the resolutions then that could be what is causing it to go down to 480P.

Make sure your tv is setup with the right options as well since it is possible that the tv is preventing your wanted resolution from being an option.

[QUOTE="AllTimeHigh"]

[QUOTE="ImprovedMind"] There is no such thing as an HDMI cable made for the PS3. I had all kinds of trouble getting my PS3 to work with my television sets, but it just spontaneously started working one day. stlab

Sorry the font is so big. I copied and pasted and it turned out to be like that. I copied it straight from the Best Buy website. And it's gotten good reviews, so I'm pretty sure it'll work. It says it's a 1080p compatible and my TV is 1080P so it HAS to work....if it doesn't, then I'm selling my PS3.

Have you tried a different HDMI socket on your TV?

And also try doing the PS3 display reset by holding down the power button for 5 seconds?

Make sure your tv is setup with the right options as well since it is possible that the tv is preventing your wanted resolution from being an option.

theslugs

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Make sure your tv is setup with the right options as well since it is possible that the tv is preventing your wanted resolution from being an option.

AllTimeHigh

[QUOTE="theslugs"]

Make sure your tv is setup with the right options as well since it is possible that the tv is preventing your wanted resolution from being an option.

AllTimeHigh

have you tried doing the PS3 display reset by holding down the power button for 5 seconds(let go when you hear the 2 beeps)?

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Make sure your tv is setup with the right options as well since it is possible that the tv is preventing your wanted resolution from being an option.

stlab

have you tried doing the PS3 display reset by holding down the power button for 5 seconds(let go when you hear the 2 beeps)?

Can you give us the model of your tv? It should have a sticker somewhere on the back or under a little flip cover on the front or side.

I tried resetting but I'm staring at a blank screen. Nothing's showing up....Is this normal?

I tried resetting but I'm staring at a blank screen. Nothing's showing up....Is this normal?

AllTimeHigh

No its not normal, which PS3 do you have FAT or SLIM?

Which cables you got plugged into PS3? That sounds like it doesn't know which cable to select.

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I tried resetting but I'm staring at a blank screen. Nothing's showing up....Is this normal?

stlab

No its not normal, which PS3 do you have FAT or SLIM?

Which cables you got plugged into PS3? That sounds like it doesn't know which cable to select.

I actually tried resetting the display settings when my Video Output cables weren't even connected. I think that's the reason why my screen is blank. It screwed it up.

I actually tried resetting the display settings when my Video Output cables weren't even connected. I think that's the reason why my screen is blank. It screwed it up.

AllTimeHigh

Try reset again with only HDMI and power cable plugged in.

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I actually tried resetting the display settings when my Video Output cables weren't even connected. I think that's the reason why my screen is blank. It screwed it up.

stlab

Try reset again with only HDMI and power cable plugged in.

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[QUOTE="AllTimeHigh"]

I actually tried resetting the display settings when my Video Output cables weren't even connected. I think that's the reason why my screen is blank. It screwed it up.

AllTimeHigh

Try reset again with only HDMI and power cable plugged in.

With the PS3 and your TV on, Plug in your HDMI cable, DONT unplug your composite cable, go to display settings - Select HDMI output and Resolution 720p, 1080p etc then change your TV channel. If its successful, you can then unplug your composite cable.

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[QUOTE="stlab"]

Try reset again with only HDMI and power cable plugged in.

stlab

With the PS3 and your TV on, Plug in your HDMI cable, DONT unplug your composite cable, go to display settings - Select HDMI output and Resolution 720p, 1080p etc then change your TV channel. If its successful, you can then unplug your composite cable.

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I tried..and still no display shows up. But the weird thing is that I just unplugged the HDMI cables and replaced it with low quality composite cables and the display showed up....so my HDMI cable is messed up??? If it is, then how the heck did it work when I first started up the system?

AllTimeHigh

With the PS3 and your TV on, Plug in your HDMI cable, DONT unplug your composite cable, go to display settings - Select HDMI output and Resolution 720p, 1080p etc then change your TV channel. If its successful, you can then unplug your composite cable.

Didn't work...I think my HDMI cables don't work well with the PS3. My HDMI cable is almost 4 years old. I guess I'll just have to buy the Sony HDMI cables...hopefully that'll work.

With everything you've done definately sounds like the HDMI cable, hopefully the Sony lead will work or even try getting one that specifically says HDMI 1.3. Good Luck :)

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[QUOTE="stlab"]

With the PS3 and your TV on, Plug in your HDMI cable, DONT unplug your composite cable, go to display settings - Select HDMI output and Resolution 720p, 1080p etc then change your TV channel. If its successful, you can then unplug your composite cable.

stlab

Didn't work...I think my HDMI cables don't work well with the PS3. My HDMI cable is almost 4 years old. I guess I'll just have to buy the Sony HDMI cables...hopefully that'll work.

With everything you've done definately sounds like the HDMI cable, hopefully the Sony lead will work or even try getting one that specifically says HDMI 1.3. Good Luck :)

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Didn't work...I think my HDMI cables don't work well with the PS3. My HDMI cable is almost 4 years old. I guess I'll just have to buy the Sony HDMI cables...hopefully that'll work.

AllTimeHigh

With everything you've done definately sounds like the HDMI cable, hopefully the Sony lead will work or even try getting one that specifically says HDMI 1.3. Good Luck :)

Your welcome :) Ive got a Panasonic 40inch 1080p LCD and Im using a Phillips HDMI cable 1.3 similar to this one - http://www.hardwareandtools.com/Philips-SWV2432W-27-6Ft-Hdmi-Cable-6339535.html

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Didn't work...I think my HDMI cables don't work well with the PS3. My HDMI cable is almost 4 years old. I guess I'll just have to buy the Sony HDMI cables...hopefully that'll work.

AllTimeHigh

With everything you've done definately sounds like the HDMI cable, hopefully the Sony lead will work or even try getting one that specifically says HDMI 1.3. Good Luck :)