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I am on fire right now. My girlfriend(not litteraly) bought a Playstation 3 a few hours ago(dont know how the hell she found one and its a 60GB at that). So shes all excited and calls me over. I make it over there, to find out that she also has a new " Sony WEGA Widescreen HDTV " as well. So we open the Playstation 3 up and found ourselves abit confused at first; I always thought that " HDMI " cables would output HQ Video and Audio on its own, without the assitance of more cables. But for some reason, her HDTV wouldn't do either, with just the HDMI cable plugged inside the HDMI slot. So we plug in the standard AV cables that came with the console as well--a picture came up but image certainly wasn't sharp. We checked the display settings only to find out that the resolution was 480i. So we clicked the HDMI icon which I figured would change the resolution or atleast detect the HDMI cable. It basically went to a black screen for 30 seconds, and reappeared on the same screen is was before. We just couldnt seem to get anything working properly nor did we understand what to do. My suggestion was that we go to Best Buy tommorow and have them demostrate everything in person to us. She didn't have that kinda patience and so we decided to head back to the place where she bought the HDMI cable(Radio Shack).
So we get in there, and she's explaining the situation and there laughing at us like we didnt know what we were talking about(this was already pissing me off). But things really took off when she told him 480i was the only resolution we were getting. This guy not only tells us that 480i is the only resolution Playstation 3 can do, but that 480i is the best resolution. Now I might not be the most tech savy girl around, but I have read up enough on HDTV's, to know that even 480p is better then 480i. So I call him out on it, and he's telling me I dont know what im talking about. He ask me if I even know what the I and P stands for--I tell him Progressive-scan(I suppose the scan part wasnt needed) and Interlaced. He says lucky guess, and still tells me that 480i is the only and best, resolution the PS3 can do. Then he proceeds to tell me that women make these mistakes all the time. At that point, I was ready to wrap that damn HDMI cable around his neck and strangle his ass. But my friend could see how upset I was getting and we just left.
But other then that, we really need some help. We do still plan on going to Best Buy tommorow, but from the looks of things, I dont think we are doing anything wrong. Can anyone help us out ? I didnt think this thing would be this hard to get up in going in the best quality. But we might be doing something wrong, and I figured I ask around here to see if anyone has had any similar experiences.
So we get in there, and she's explaining the situation and there laughing at us like we didnt know what we were talking about(this was already pissing me off). But things really took off when she told him 480i was the only resolution we were getting. This guy not only tells us that 480i is the only resolution Playstation 3 can do, but that 480i is the best resolution. Now I might not be the most tech savy girl around, but I have read up enough on HDTV's, to know that even 480p is better then 480i. So I call him out on it, and he's telling me I dont know what im talking about. He ask me if I even know what the I and P stands for--I tell him Progressive-scan(I suppose the scan part wasnt needed) and Interlaced. He says lucky guess, and still tells me that 480i is the only and best, resolution the PS3 can do. Then he proceeds to tell me that women make these mistakes all the time. At that point, I was ready to wrap that damn HDMI cable around his neck and strangle his ass. But my friend could see how upset I was getting and we just left.
But other then that, we really need some help. We do still plan on going to Best Buy tommorow, but from the looks of things, I dont think we are doing anything wrong. Can anyone help us out ? I didnt think this thing would be this hard to get up in going in the best quality. But we might be doing something wrong, and I figured I ask around here to see if anyone has had any similar experiences.