"Grainy" Video with the PS2.

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2006-11-01 04:07pm

So, I recently upgraded my old Toshiba to a Mitsubishi 65" DLP 1080p. The increase in video quality on the 360 is great.

But running Guitar Hero on my PS2 (I use the component video), I've noticed a lot of grainy video that didn't exist on my standard TV. I'm pretty sure this is an issue with my new TV inserting extra pixels to make up for the missing ones from the resolution increase (and digging around online tells me the same thing). This wasn't a big deal as the only other PS2 games I was going to but was GH2, and graphics just aren't that big of a deal in that game.

But with the release of Final Fantasy XII and no XBox 360 release even hinted at (at least as far as I could find), I'm in a bad spot. I want the game, but I'm not about to move my PS2 to another TV (I still have the old widescreen) and sacrifice my surround sound (so important with Guitar Hero).

Googling the issue has provided no work arounds. I was just wondering if anyone here had any ideas on how to work this out. I'm thinking I'm SOL. And considering I'd rather have my left nut removed than buy a PS3 (or any other Sony product), I'm thinking I'll just have to hope for a 360 release down the road.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-11-01 04:11pm

I have a scart connector which i used to use with my old PSONE, that cuts down a lot on the grainyness with new large tv screens. Not sure if it's even possible to get these anymore. But it helps.. a lot.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-11-01 05:24pm

It's possible that it is an interpolation issue. Some HDTV sets just don't do it very well. How does it look on a standard TV or DVD signal? I know mine looks great, other than being able to spot reproduction defects in DVDs of older movies due to the panel size and sharpness.

I have a scart connector which i used to use with my old PSONE, that cuts down a lot on the grainyness with new large tv screens. Not sure if it's even possible to get these anymore. But it helps.. a lot.

Component is actually better than RGB SCART. You get more faithful colour reproduction, and most TVs can't cope with progressive or any kind of HD signal by SCART. (also, Peritel connectors are the work of the Evil Ones.)

Genii Lodus · Post by **Genii Lodus** » 2006-11-01 08:45pm

HDTVs all vary in the way they process lower-res signals. The symptoms you describe might be some artifact from an up-conversion process your TV is using. There should be an option to disable this which might solve your problem otherwise get an RGB scart cable or wait for a PS3 which 'should'* be able to play your PS3 games on an HDTV without messing up the signal quality.

* this said I offer no guarantee as to the output quality of the PS3 for PS2 games. Sony are still unclear over whether playback capacity is emulated or native through including the chipsets. I believe it is the former in which case for some games there may be issues. If worst comes to worst you can could always just use a smaller TV.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-11-02 07:31am

Component is actually better than RGB SCART. You get more faithful colour reproduction, and most TVs can't cope with progressive or any kind of HD signal by SCART. (also, Peritel connectors are the work of the Evil Ones.)

It always looks blurry as shit on the rear projection we've got here, Component looks fine on smaller tv's but on the big rear projection the scart kicks it's arse.

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2006-11-02 02:00pm

Vendetta wrote:It's possible that it is an interpolation issue. Some HDTV sets just don't do it very well. How does it look on a standard TV or DVD signal? I know mine looks great, other than being able to spot reproduction defects in DVDs of older movies due to the panel size and sharpness.

Looks great on my old Toshiba 55".

Genii Lodus wrote:HDTVs all vary in the way they process lower-res signals. The symptoms you describe might be some artifact from an up-conversion process your TV is using. There should be an option to disable this which might solve your problem otherwise get an RGB scart cable or wait for a PS3 which 'should'* be able to play your PS3 games on an HDTV without messing up the signal quality.

I'll dig around tonight and see if I can find an option you are decribing. Thanks.