I have a few games that I cannot play in full 16:9, I need to play it in 14:9 to get the whole view b/c if i zoom into 16:9, it cuts off some of the edges...is there a way to set up the ps3 to play everything in the regular widescreen format? I know some dvd players can be set up to automatically pick up on the widescreen to fill up the screen perfectly in proper ratio...do I need an hdmi cable to get the ps3 to do this or can it be done in settings? If so...where?

 

never had that problem

 

i take it you're prolly using an hdmi cable and not a component cable? i can't ever get anything to work in widescreen mode...

 

are you talking about the black bars on the top and bottom?


hmm... id have to set up my PS3 to check it out.

 

Most likely you are experiencing overscan issue. I dont have that issue with the PS3 we have @ home. Using HDMI

 

maybe you have a bad video setting? if you press and hold the power button when you turn on the PS3 after a few seconds it will reset it to 480i

 

nah...that doesn't work...if i have my tv in the the most accurate setting (widescreen, not 16:9...I'm not sure if all tv's use those setting names, but philips does...) then the ps3 stretches everything out...(is that what overscan is?)