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The Sceneman

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My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« on: June 21, 2008, 05:47:27 AM »
okay so the picture is all fuzzy and stuff... I dont have component cables, just using standard av.

Cant figure out how to fix it... should I be messing with the console settings or the tv's?
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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2008, 05:51:19 AM »
okay so the picture is all fuzzy and stuff...
That's not gonna change without component cables.

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2008, 05:54:28 AM »
grab ps3 component cable.

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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2008, 06:15:30 AM »
this is why they make PS3 - so you can play PS2 games on your HD display ;)


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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2008, 06:17:57 AM »
Anything at all you run through standard AV cables is gonna look like arse.  New cable or upgrade to PS3.

Sorry.

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2008, 06:20:56 AM »
this is why they make PS3 - so you can play PS2 games on your HD display ;)



And unfortunately, not everything looks great played through the PS3.

There's nothing you can do.  Old systems look like ass on HDTVs.  As soon as I get settled and move to a new place within the next few months, the first thing I'm doing is buying an older SDTV for the older consoles.
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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2008, 06:38:32 AM »
The only, and only PS2/PS1 games that look janky through my 60G PS3 are Yakuza and Shadow of Memories, both of which have some sort of weird shimmery/voxel kinda look or something.  I dunno what but its odd.  Everything else has been awfully darn nice to look at.

I know its such a trivial reason to buy a PS3, to get a at-best moderate visual upgrade on your existing Playstation library.  But gol-dern it, it is pretty nice in practice.

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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2008, 06:58:19 AM »
I messed with the BC extensively when the PS3 came out.  Some games look beautiful upscaled, others...not so much.   :)
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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2008, 07:18:16 AM »
The only, and only PS2/PS1 games that look janky through my 60G PS3 are Yakuza and Shadow of Memories, both of which have some sort of weird shimmery/voxel kinda look or something.  I dunno what but its odd.  Everything else has been awfully darn nice to look at.

I know its such a trivial reason to buy a PS3, to get a at-best moderate visual upgrade on your existing Playstation library.  But gol-dern it, it is pretty nice in practice.

And this is really why i bought the PS3 when it had such a limited library. I wanted the visual upgrades and the HDD support for memory card data. IT was a must for people with large PSOne / PS2 libraries.

Then I was sad to see how bad BC looked when the PS3 launched......but now its dreamy since the changes way back a few months after it launched.

It really gets to the point where I dont think of any of the titles as PSOne PS2 or PS3...they all work so its just Playstation - and really if you want to play playstation on a modern display, the PS3 is appropriate.

Way too many games on one console - more than I have ever had previously....I can go from playing Kings field, to Jumping Flash to Metal Gear solid to one of a billion RPG's to God of War to Echo Night Beyond to Unreal III, Uncharted and Gran Tourismo 5 Prologue all in one sitting with one controller.

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2008, 10:56:02 AM »
Just get some cheapo PS2 component cables from Play-Asia.
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2008, 11:15:20 AM »
Just get some cheapo PS2 component cables from Play-Asia.

What about the upscale to 720p?

PS2 with component cables only outputs to 480p - on some games....

PS3 smoothes textures and upscales all titles to 720 p


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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2008, 01:44:20 PM »
Just get some cheapo PS2 component cables from Play-Asia.

What about the upscale to 720p?

PS2 with component cables only outputs to 480p - on some games....

PS3 smoothes textures and upscales all titles to 720 p



Cheapo cable versus expensive console.  Hmmm...
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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2008, 03:52:54 PM »
Component cable isnt going to help any either... just look at the Wii
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« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2008, 04:45:14 PM »
ps2 w/component cables looks waaaaay better than wii w/component cables
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The Sceneman

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2008, 05:29:45 PM »
Component cable isnt going to help any either... just look at the Wii

wii with component definitely was an improvement, just not a major one

and I really dont have the money to shell out for a PS3 right now, esp. a PS3 with BC.

I think Im just gonna buy a cable next time Im at play asia
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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2008, 05:56:09 PM »
Component cable isnt going to help any either... just look at the Wii
Yes it will. It makes everything clearer and sharper. You'll notice the difference just from looking at the menu with the floaty blocks.

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2008, 10:37:21 PM »
this is why they make PS3 - so you can play PS2 games on your HD display ;)



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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2008, 10:41:03 PM »
God you guys are stupid, over your heads
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« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2008, 02:06:55 PM »
 :lol

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« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2008, 05:35:24 PM »
Shadow of the Colossus look hideous on my HDTV.  Even through the PS3 it looks like crap.

Best way to make PS2 games look good on your HDTV is with a PS2 emulator on your PC and sending the image to your HDTV.  I do that.

The Sceneman

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2008, 06:12:21 PM »
whoa really? Im not in Europe but I Im still in a PALland so I figure its the same story here.

"Its all Playstation"

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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2008, 04:26:16 AM »
Try playing PS2 on a projector, oh my sweet god, a grown man could climb those jaggies. I used component cables but basically, garbage in, garbage out. All you can do is try to get used to it. I have a hard time watching DVDs now too.
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Re: My PS2 looks like ass on my HD set... help plz
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2008, 08:45:19 AM »
abrader is really fucking annoying.

To scrubs like you - yes.

Anyway sucks to hear that there is no BC in EU. I would suspect that they have the BC and non BC models like in the US/JP.

My friends in EU have never mentioned it AND here is a FAQ from a SCEE site showing what PS2/PSOne games work well with EU PS3 BC;
http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc/

Did they stop selling the BC PS3 in EU?

ITs just software anyway so there is no reason they cant just push it out to all systems.