HDTV not accepting 1080P HDMI signal from PS3

HANDsolo

HANDsolo

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I recently purchased a Samsung 40B532 LCD TV. This is a full HD TV. However, when outputting a 1080P signal via HDMI from my PS3, I am getting a "mode not supported" on the TV when using HDMI ports 1 and 2. The HDMI 3 port accepts the 1080P signal however. All lower resolutions work on HDMI 1 and 2. My Xbox hooked up with a HDMI outputting 1080P works on all the HDMI ports.

I also own a Samsung 32B532, which I have been using as a PC monitor, and the PS3 via HDMI at 1080P works on all the HDMI ports. Note: This is the same Samsung TV model just with a different screen size.

When searching for a solution, I came across three possible solutions (below). A lot of the comments were that the PS3 and the TV were not "handshaking" the HDMI connection.

1) Buy a better quality HDMI cable. I am using a generic HDMI cable, but the cable gives no issues on either TV when using the Xbox and works on the 32" when using the PS3, so I can't see the cable being the issue.

2) Hold down the PS3 power button on startup to reset the display settings. I tried this but as soon as I choose 1080P I still get the "mode not supported" error.

3) Switch off the TV at the wall socket, hook up the PS3 then switch back on. This didn't work either.

Can someone provide some insight into this issue?
 
Is this a slim unit?
If it is I'd say its option 1, read of a few people who had display issues and then it turned out to be the cable they used.yh
 
I got it working. I bought a new HDMI cable (the head of the previous cable came off in the TV's HDMI port from constantly inserting and removing it. Maybe also due to some of my frustration). I did the reset display settings by holding down the power button and chose automatic. It prompted that the PS3 will search for the optimal settings. It set the PS3 to 1080P. However, if I try to manually set the PS3 to 1080P it still gives the "mode not supported" error. Strange, 1080P is still 1080P whether I set it or the PS3 sets it. I guess it's one of those things that doesn't make sense but still works. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the new cable, because I can't remember if I ever tried letting the PS3 search for optimal settings when using the previous cable, but I am very thorough in my troubleshooting, so I would think that I did try that.
 
Thanks

Thanks for the post.

I was also having the same problem with "mode not supported" from my Samsung LN32B530 and PS3 slim.

I also used a cheap HDMI cord. This problem solved itself when I used the HDMI cord on my HD TV box that was supplied by the cable company to hook up to the PS3 to my Samsung. I have no idea what kind of HDMI cable the cable company provided me, but looks like this is purely a cable issue. I then used the generic cable to hook my HDTV box to the Samsung and everything works fine.

Thanks
 
Only thing mine is doing is when i change from my dish to my PS3 on my Sony amp - the screen goes green.

Then i have to change the TV to AVI and back to HDMI to sort it out :(

no solution for my yet :(
 
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