PS3 Out Of Sync?

[Tyler93]

I recently just bought a PS3 for my room and I connected it to my TV but it seems that whenever I play it feels slightly out of sync (I'll press a button and it doesn't instantly do what I want it to on the TV). It's not very out of sync but it bothers me, Is there a way to fix this?

 

Thanks!

[MageUK]

What kind of connection is it? I assume HDMI? Perhaps it's something to do with the way your TV processes that, of course if it was a movie/TV set top box etc. you wouldn't notice as the audio and video would be equally delayed, but when it's a game you would. There's no reason this delay would be coming from the console so short of trying a different input type (and thus probably losing HD), there might not be a way to fix it.

[Randox]

I had a friend who's family at one point upgraded from a CRT style TV (ie large and shitty) to an HD flat screen. This also came with the same problem, except the latency between input and reaction was enourmous. The game was actually responding correctly, and instantly, we just couldn't see it, which made the console (a wii using the s-video [red, white and yellow cables]) unplayable unless you could anticipate the two seconds into the future (since the TV was about 2 seconds behind reality).

 

What I discovered was that some modern TV's take time to translate a signal from say s-video, which is capable of up to 480p, to the 1080 sized screen. This makes these TV's useless for video games unless the console has an HD output. Specifically, you'd almost certainly need to be using an HDMI cable, since that is the only cable capable of a full 1080 signal that is the native resolution of the TV itself. Anything less will cause lag.

 

From the sounds of it, you have one of these TV's. The only solution is an HDMI cable as far as I know (or some other device that can convert the signal for you faster, if such a thing exists).