ULTIMATE PLAYSTATION 3 HANDSHAKING ISSUE WITH SONY TELEVISION(Only the smartest)
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I have the exact TV you do, a 40" Sony XBR4 and have zero problems with my PS3 hooked up with HDMI. Have used both the Big and Slim PS3s on it.
It isn't Sony's fault you have some weird fluke that apparently no one else has ever experienced. Just bad luck.
My solution...take your friends PS3 that works on your TV and give him your PS3
To reset the display settings, hold the power button until it beeps a second time(once when it turns on and once more after a few seconds to indicate a reset of display settings. If 1080p doesn't work for whatever reason - even though the specs indicate that it's supported - the screen will turn black and change back to 480i after 30 seconds as long as you don't accept the changes.You've tried everything BUT not selecting 1080p as an option. Your television may not support 1080p. Try 1080i and 720p as selected options to see if it works - after resetting it and connecting with 480i resolution using the HDMI cable.
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I also have a slight handshaking issue between my TV and PS3, i get the snow effect for a sec, then a blue screen, then snow and this alternates sometimes only once before the PS3 XMB appears and sometimes it'll do this for 20-30 seconds and then appear, luckily mine always appears, if there is an option to increase the wait time for a signal then it should be increased kinda like how your internet has a timeout period before it times out, but this option does not exist on the PS3 and so cannot be used.... I have absolutely no idea what can cause this, its like i read a while back where someone couldnt get their ps3 to show an image at home but if they went next door they could, even with the same TV... Just technology is made by humans and none will ever be perfect i think you got a horribly unfortunate situation on your hands. One thing i will say is try connecting your PS3 to a power adapter or extension, or remove the extension it is on... Sometimes even the most useless and disconnected action can solve things.
EDIT: After checking out your TV, is it a 3D TV at 120hz? If so then you may need to buy a HDMI cable of version 1.4, you mentioned testing your PS3 on a samsung TV and it could be that this TV was compatible with the cables you tried, perhaps all of your cables do not support the new TV's HDMI version.
It sucks that your having this issue. I have a sony XBR7 40 inch myself and I have used it with all of my PS3s. The slim, 60GB and 80GB which are all still working fine.
Here are a few things worth doing....
1) Reseting the display settings on the PS3. But it sounds like you have done this already.
2) Reseting the TV yes the TV back to its Factory settings. I had a small handshake issue myself with my XBR7 where sometimes the screen would go black for a few seconds and the go back to the game. Reseting the TV back to the factory setting fixed the issue a year ago and I never had that problem since. Look in the TV manual to see how to do that.
3) Lastly trade in that PS3 and pick up a new PS3 Slim. The slim is more reliable and better than the old fat PS3s. Buy a slim from Best Buy see if it works and keep it. If not return within 30 day period.
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