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Heavens Mutant
20 May 2009, 5:33am
So as the title of this discussion has explained, My games like horrible on my TV.

I have a Sony 40" LCD TV 100HZ. My Xbox 360 and PS3 games look very blocky... Now I have HDMI cables for both systems but they both seem to be not running at the full potential. Some games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2 look great on it, but then other games like Riddick - Assault On Dark Athena and on Xbox, Mortal Combat Vs DC Universe just looks pathetic that I can't play it. Hell it looked better when it was on the AV cable on the other TV which is not HD or LCD...

I thought it would be the sizes like 1080p, 720p but on the PS3 if the game im playing cannot support 1080p it just goes down to 720p on which it supports on, as everyone knows. But I remember when on the Xbox I was putting it up to 1080p and I pressed A on 1080i instead and it said testing in 50HZ? Now would that possibly mean my TV is stuck in 50HZ when it should be in 100HZ? Which causing my games to look... Crapper?

Im new to HD gaming so im not exactly sure how most games appear on screen but obviously a lot better than AV. Maybe Im just paranoid and expecting high results?

But I would love some help from anyone to explain to me if there is a problem or that Riddick just sucks on consoles :p.

Thrax
20 May 2009, 5:48am
Does your TV support HDCP?

Heavens Mutant
20 May 2009, 6:03am
Ah, not that I know of? HDCP? What does the CP stand for?

tmh88
20 May 2009, 6:08am
Ah, not that I know of? HDCP? What does the CP stand for?

I've been browsing /b/ too much lately. I'm sure at least a few of you know what the other "CP" stands for.....

Heavens Mutant
20 May 2009, 8:31am
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MAGIC
20 May 2009, 1:15pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

Heavens Mutant
22 May 2009, 3:06am
So i know what HDCP is now and i dont seem to know if its supported on my TV... It should be. And also my TV degrades the graphics in my games. Has that happened to anyone?