Try adjusting your refresh rate. Some monitors are finicky when it comes to VGA refresh rates. Make sure your resolution is native as well.

If changing cables do not work, I would suspect its a problem with either the PS3's HDMI port or your monitor's.

The cables all work perfectly fine with my other Sony LCD TV. But all my other Sharp a66 faces the same problems at 1080p.

what display card u use?. u might need to change the resolution in the control panel. when u said the the display is not full screen, i suspect it cause by improper setting due to wrong scaling option.

This post has been edited by figure8: Mar 29 2010, 05:28 PM

The black paper box packaging. Hmm, could be your TV's HDMI port dude. Tried changing ports ?

p/s: I noticed you mentioned "all my other A66" - you have >1 Sharp A66 ?

Refresh rate? Is it the one where it shows 60hertz? If its not, where do I change it? Which refresh rate is the best?

My graphic card is 8800GT. After I reinstall the monitor driver, the native resolution appear and it now seems like better than before. However, when I switch to PS3, the monitor keep saying that the resolution is not optimum. How to tell PS3 to use the optimum resolution of 1680X1050?

err. ps3 just set as 720p as ur monitor seems not support 1080p

This post has been edited by opjust: Mar 29 2010, 10:20 PM

Which would mean that nothing is wrong with the cables but your display then, since your Sony LCD TV does not experience the problem.

Yes refresh rate. Try setting it to the highest supported for your monitor. DVI/HDMI connections are always @ 60Hz but VGA can go above that, make sure your resolution is @ native too, as non-native resolutions will cause blurriness.

The PS3 can only output, 480P (720x480), 720P (1280x720) and (1920x1080) which is 1080P. It is standard for HDMI connections, you cannot change it. Some displays have the option to not scale the image (1:1) if your display does not have this feature then you're in for some blurred IQ then.

If I use 720P, will it affect the image quality? Frankly speaking the image that I get from playing Dante's Inferno is quite good although its not something to shout about. Maybe i will have to play game with glorious graphic to check it out.

By the way, I am using the auto thing to set the display setting.

I bought mine (Belkin HDMI cable) with the transparent plastic packaging. The cable is in black colour and the HDMI head is gold colour. The length is 1.2metres.

Regards, Joey

no worries, in fact there's an argument going on mentioned that output in 720p will serve better quality..
and most the ps3 games work best at 720p...

Really? Cant wait to go back and try out 720p. Thanks for your advice, bro. Really appreciate it.

You guys should checkout the Samsung 3D Ready LED TV.

I already tried it at Seng Hup KLCC. Its awesome.

This post has been edited by Satanist: Mar 30 2010, 11:19 AM

Seems like everyone taking turns to show off their 3D products now..

Samsung, Panasonic and now Sony Expo this weekend..

Anyone here seen the new Sony BX in the flesh ? Am thinking of getting the standard 32" to pair with the PS3

p/s: Am unsure which is the better buy at the moment (Sony 32" BX vs Samsung 32" Series 5)

any comments please..

This post has been edited by Evirober: Mar 30 2010, 11:53 AM

Since your display does not output 16:9 resolutions, it doesn't matter which resolution you set it at. All of them will be scaled full screen according to your display's native resolution and cause some slight to major blur depending on your display's scaler quality.

But normally it does not affect the IQ much, only thing it affects is the Aspect Ratio, characters will get taller and skinnier than intended and so on.

It's better if you set it at 720P. Not a lot of games support native 1080P output out of the box, it's usually sub-720P (Star Ocean 4 which isn't even HD resolution), and 720P.

For 1080P, your PS3 scales the image first then if your display cannot output 1080P, it'll scale it according to it's native resolution, so you lose more IQ there.

Til date, there's only one 1080P game I can think of and that is Gran Turismo 5, but there's a catch, @ 720P, there's 2xAA but @ 1080P there's 0xAA.

GT5 for each car is designed with over 30,000 polygons. With that high of a resolution, AA technology is not needed

Yeap tried changing ports as well. And yeah I actually have 4 Sharp a66

Ah yeah I saw that too with the price tag of RM89 for the gold head. They one I bought is a silver head with plastic packaging at RM59.

Hmmm... now thinking to either buy another Belkin or just get the official Sony PS3 HDMI cable...

Troublesome nya... already have 4 HDMI cables

This post has been edited by JasonSky: Mar 30 2010, 05:54 PM

Wouldn't it be better if you just stick to one brand only? Find the best that can serve you in the long run and stick to it like there's no tomorrow. Maybe I'm more of a "standardised" person or maybe it's just my personal preference.

Regards, Joey

p.s: Find one that is most suitable for your hardware compatibility and stick to it. You can sell the unused HDMI cables to others if you want.

Have always been a one brand person however I am yet to find a brand that is actually suitable for my current hardware. Hence when I saw someone posting that he got his Belkin HDMI too work on his a66 I was aesthetic but it didn't work on mine

Will most likely starting posting HDMI cables in the Garage Sales soon.

Just to share with you all on HDMI cable,
here's the thread with many positive feedbacks for Monster Gamelink HDMI cable for PS3:

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/848989

This post has been edited by DigitalTech: Mar 31 2010, 02:26 PM

Just to update have made my choice and bought a brand new spanking Samsung 5 Series S530.... its sweet !!

It has some of the features of the Sony Ex Series... Sensor to detect ambient light to boost contract, USB to play photos, songs and video. Supports MKV files !! terra..