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Playstation 3 Hardware \ HDMI cables

Entice
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ectozar said: It does not come bundled with HDMI cables. It comes bundled with composite cables(in other words the lowest quality crap possible)



Yep, just like the PS2 and the PS1
20/03/2007
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Shadowblade
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You can even use the ones from PS1/2 on it... That's what I'm using on my PS3...

BTW dante_10: Linux is ALREADY out for PS3, you have achoice from Fedora Core, Yellow Dog Linux, Gentoo and I think a couple of others too!
20/03/2007
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WiiMan
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Projectors are the same as other HD enabled TVs. My PJ does 720p/1080i. I actually find the picture is alot better than LCD or plasma & it's also easier on the eyes because the light isn't being blasted directly at you, it is reflected, so you can watch it for hours in a darkened room.

But Epson are releasing a new 1080p model pretty soon, its about $6999 so I might wait a bit until they're a bit cheaper.
20/03/2007
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Shadowblade
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You also need a fairly dark room for a projector though...
20/03/2007
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zfishes
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I'm using my PS2 s-video on my old Tv

I'll buy a HDMI once I buy my Samsung LCD TV
20/03/2007
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WiiMan
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Shadowblade said: You also need a fairly dark room for a projector though...



Depends on the projector, some can go pretty bright and have special "living room" settings, you just use the globe up faster.
I keep mine on the lowest setting and I still get a great picture even with one or two 40w lamps running.

When I finally get a decent digi camera i'll post some pics of my setup.
20/03/2007
Sydney, New South Wales
cougarmon
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HDMI makes it look pretty good our demo unit at Harveys is HDMI looks good
20/03/2007
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Dante_10
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Entice said:

ectozar said:

Dante_10 said: sweet but wont the quality of the picture be reduced because your playing on a projector ?


It depends on the projector itself and the surface it's being displayed on i would think..projector's might not have the same quality of a HD TV, but when your playing on a screen that you can pretty much choose how big you want it to be, who cares



The bigger the better. Although I believe some Sony SXRD projectors can display 1080p.



yeah if youve got the money in your wallet
20/03/2007
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Entice
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cougarmon said: HDMI makes it look pretty good our demo unit at Harveys is HDMI looks good



Yep, pure 1080p-ness...*drools*
20/03/2007
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Entice
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Dante_10 said:

Entice said:

ectozar said:

Dante_10 said: sweet but wont the quality of the picture be reduced because your playing on a projector ?


It depends on the projector itself and the surface it's being displayed on i would think..projector's might not have the same quality of a HD TV, but when your playing on a screen that you can pretty much choose how big you want it to be, who cares



The bigger the better. Although I believe some Sony SXRD projectors can display 1080p.



yeah if youve got the money in your wallet



The Sony 1080p projectors are pretty cheap compared to their LCDs.
$8999 for a 52' LCD? Ouch.
20/03/2007
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reags
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Projector display colours are getting better but imo is still way off the mark. If you want to see some great HD action, I'd steer away from 'jectors.
21/03/2007
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antman1011
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If you have a plasma or lcd tv...will the games look good even if you don't have the hdmi cables???
21/03/2007
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Of course it will! As long as you use Component Cables.
21/03/2007
Shadowblade
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Go the invisible man! Yup, you can achieve the resolutions all the way up to (I think 1080i) using just component cables!
21/03/2007
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antman1011
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does the ps3 come with component cables?
21/03/2007
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ccs
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21/03/2007
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Antman1011, no it doesn't but they are in the Kmart catalog this week.
21/03/2007
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antman1011
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So without any of those cables, will the ps3 games look good on a plasma tv? remember without any of those cables.
And also how much are hdmi cables $AU?
21/03/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
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antman1011 said: So without any of those cables, will the ps3 games look good on a plasma tv? remember without any of those cables.
And also how much are hdmi cables $AU?


In my opinion NO. I bought 3m of HDMI for about $26 off an Australian eBayer.
21/03/2007
Brisbane
zfishes
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Kmart are selling HDMI cables for 30

Component for 15

www.kmart.com.au/
21/03/2007
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Shadowblade
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I wanna get an S-Video cable, but I was just wondering if it will improve anything on an SD TV...
21/03/2007
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thanks very much
21/03/2007
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WiiMan
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If you use S-video, I think you will get a slightly better picture, e.g. brighter colours, crisper image, less flicker, but it is not much better than composite.
21/03/2007
Sydney, New South Wales
Entice
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Yeah, I'd use Component over S-video. Say NO to composite, they are crap.
21/03/2007
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WiiMan said: The quality of the cable does not affect the quality on the screen, HDMI is digital, it only has to send zero's & one's.

The high prices are just due to marketing hype. I see it all the time on the US playstation forums but pretty much everyone there uses cheap HDMI cables without any problems.

These guys have good cables at good prices & fast delivery too:

www.selbyacoustics.com.au/
I disagree, maybe in the short term. The expensive cables have alot of quality in difference.

21/03/2007
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