Video Resolution Problems on PS 3

[George Warner]

On Mon, 5 May 2008 11:27:30 +0100, "Sandy Lumsden" <sandy.lumsden at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I installed YDL 6.0 and selected the 1080i video mode but when it booted,
> the screen was not completely used and also the graphics and text are
> terrible.   Did I do something wrong?

Not necessarily; They're assuming that you're on a CRT not an LCD display.
You can turn off the over scanning by passing the -full flag to
ps3videomode:

[geowar at geops3+ ~]$ /sbin/ps3videomode --help
Version: 1.00
Usage: ps3videomode [options] [parameters]

ps3videomode - show and modify video settings

OPTIONS
--help,  -h
--video, -v <video parameter>
--rgb,   -r RGB color space
--full,  -f full screen mode
--dither,-d dither ON

video parameters:
  0:auto mode 
  YUV
  60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i  5:1080p
  50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
  RGB
  vesa 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13WUXGA
  60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
  50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p

 If no arguments are given, ps3videomode displays the current mode

[geowar at geops3+ ~]$ /sbin/ps3videomode
165

The --full option adds 128 so 165-128 ==> 37 which is 1080p. If you want
1080i + full screen mode pass ether video mode 36 with the --full flag or
just video mode 164:

[geowar at geops3+ ~]$ /sbin/ps3videomode -v 36 -f
video mode:164
[geowar at geops3+ ~]$ /sbin/ps3videomode -v 164
video mode:164

> Any help would be appreciated as I am thinking that this is a waste of time
> if I can't read text on a HDTV.

If you want this to be persistent across boots you have to edit your
</etc/kboot.conf> file as described on this web page:
<http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.0/video-config.sh
tml>.

-- 
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)