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Hey guys, I was just wondering, I recently, well, yesterday actually, bought a tv for college, it is a 32'' RCA tv with 720p, I got for $170, and it is mainly for my ps3, and movies, etc, along with the few cable channels we get here way up north. anyways, the real reason for this post, was to see which 720p, or 1080 p is better. The main reason being that when I plugged in my ps3, the main screen that has all the icons, like the PSN, user settings, etc, etc, is ALL black and white ........ is there a way to fix this? I am debating if I should go return the tv, or exchange it for the 24''/28'' that has 1080p, is this a good idea? or is there a way to figure out the color issue???

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1080P mate. It will blow your mind if your not used to it. I remember buying a PS3 with HD and it amazed me so much as a first experience.

Take it back for the 1080 and get an HDMI cable. Thats all you need for sound (unless you have an external speaker system) and everything else.

Im surprised they sell TVs without 1080p. How are you plugging this thing into the TV anyway?
   
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1080p is strictly better. It's simply a higher resolution. That said, due to how weak consoles are, especially the older generation, most games will be locked to 720p anyway, so you wouldn't be losing out too much if you were only using them for gaming.
   
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For the most part no, but movies are better by far. Also if you ever hook your computer up to the TV you will notice a difference also.
   
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Yes, that is the case. Simply put, no one really has any business buying a 720p TV. Hell, up until now, I didn't even realize that they're actually even made.

Honestly, you can probably find a decent 1080p TV for not a whole lot more.
   
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1080p is better. It's not just a number.

But.

Most PS3 games run in 720p, so it's not that big a deal.

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Yeah, i am gonna go exchange the 32'' 720p tv for a 24''/28'' 1080p one hopefully tomorrow, but would that figure out the color issue as well? or would it be black and white like mine shows up now

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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If you're plugging your PS3 in using an HDMI cable, make sure it's properly inserted into both the television and the console. If the problem persists, check the colour settings on your television.
   
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It's not THAT huge of an improvement for most consoles, even the new ones only sort of support it at times.

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 orkkiller21 wrote:
Yeah, i am gonna go exchange the 32'' 720p tv for a 24''/28'' 1080p one hopefully tomorrow, but would that figure out the color issue as well? or would it be black and white like mine shows up now


One thing to do is make sure you're plugging in to the correct TV port.. Standard PS3 cable is the red/white/yellow one.... check to make sure you're not accidentally in the rgb ports. Beyond that, if you're in HDMI, you *shouldn't* have an issue with color, unless you're not fully plugged in on one end or another.
   
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there actually is no yellow port for the yellow plug, but it works in the green hole

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will be destroying soon?
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MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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You're using the little coloured jack plugs?

Okay, first thing's first, if you use those, no matter how properly you put them in, it'll only render in 480p. Which is to say it'll look like trash.

You'll need to go out and buy a set of HDMI cables (why the hell Sony decided not to include them in the box with the PS3 is beyond me). Pick the cheapest one you can find, there's really no such thing as added features when it comes to HDMI cables, they're all the same.
With that properly installed, you will be able to get resolutions up to 1080p (although most PS3 games will top out at 720p).

If you're not going to get the HDMI cables, you might as well be using a crappy old tube TV.

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Agreed with the advice above completely. And you can find them cheap, I'm talking $3 on Amazon cheap. The red white and yellow cables are strait junk and nearly the worst way to display picture from consoles.

As for the black and white, make sure the TV has color. Play a DVD and see what happens. If only the PlayStation is black and white either the cables are bad, you've hooked it up wrong or the PlayStation is bad. I'm thinking you just hooked it up wrong.
   
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 orkkiller21 wrote:
there actually is no yellow port for the yellow plug, but it works in the green hole



That is why you are getting B/W picture. I don't know why the RGB connectors don't translate the RWY connectors properly, but they simply dont.

If you don't have the RWY ports on the TV, you NEED to get HDMI to get things to show up properly.
   
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The reason why is because the R G B separates the red blue and green signals where as the old school yellow white and red, the yellow cable smashes them all together. I dunno why it only shows black and white but that's why the colors are wrong anyways
   
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Welcome to 2014! Nice to know you do know how to use the internet and dakka and there are so many helpful people to answer your gaming questions!

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wufai wrote:
Welcome to 2014! Nice to know you do know how to use the internet and dakka and there are so many helpful people to answer your gaming questions!

Good luck with collage as well!


I'm not sure about anyone else but this comment seems either passive-aggressive, or just really out of place.

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Or both.

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i agree avatar 720 and melissia........

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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 Avatar 720 wrote:
wufai wrote:
Welcome to 2014! Nice to know you do know how to use the internet and dakka and there are so many helpful people to answer your gaming questions!

Good luck with collage as well!


I'm not sure about anyone else but this comment seems either passive-aggressive, or just really out of place.






   
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Avatar 720 is clearly biased against 1080p. It's in his name FFS!




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Hah! 1080p and 720p go home. Get yourself a CRT TV and play on that.

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