Poor Blu-ray movie quality on PS3

Test For Echo

My PS3 provides a crystal clear image for games & DVDs but when watching a movie on Blu-ray there are horizontal lines flickering on the TV screen (1080p LCD). It's so distracting that I've quit watching Blu-ray movies althogther! HDMI cable is decent enough (50 quid ish).

Done some searching but haven't come across a solution. Any ideas?

Mossy Monk

A HDMI cable is a HDMI cable regardless on how much you paid for it.

iseethelight

You could try a system reset. Go to settings and restore default settings. This has helped with some audio issues and may sort your problem.

smooch71

Test For Echo wrote: »

My PS3 provides a crystal clear image for games & DVDs but when watching a movie on Blu-ray there are horizontal lines flickering on the TV screen (1080p LCD). It's so distracting that I've quit watching Blu-ray movies althogther! HDMI cable is decent enough (50 quid ish).

Done some searching but haven't come across a solution. Any ideas?

Could be the settings in your PS3 or telly.

Don't make the mistake of spending big bucks on a new HDMI lead.

Sounds like you spent too much already!

Test For Echo

Appreciate the replies. Pretty sure it wasn't the HDMI cable that's the problem (although I was getting suspicious). Will take another butcher's at the settings this evening. Thanks

Nick_oliveri

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10022389-1.html
Try that and get back to us.

BD 1080p 24Hz output (HDMI): Off (for most HDTVs)
Most Blu-ray discs are encoded at 1080p/24 natively, which means they have 1,920x1,080 pixels per frame delivered at 24 frames per second, the native film rate. Many HDTVs cannot accept 1080p/24, however, and many more can but don't get any benefit from this setting, and can look choppy or otherwise incorrect. Unless your TV is designed to accept 1080p/24 signals--this includes most LCD models with 120Hz processing, as well as select plasmas with different refresh rates--you should leave this setting turned off.

delly

There a few settings which can be altered when watching true HD movies. Specifically there is a setting relating to the number of FPS that differs between ourselves and the US, but if you go into the settings on the PS3 you can see where a number of changes can be made, trial and error etc.

Test For Echo

Nick_oliveri wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10022389-1.html
Try that and get back to us.

Well fair play to ya! That appears to have done the trick - no more damn lines on the screen. That was really bugging me.

Many thanks, 'tis much appreciated!!


T4E

bucks73

This is also worth having a look at it.