Monitor scaling and PS3

[thilanliyan]

I have my PS3 connected to my BenQ FP241vw using an HDMI cable and it's set to 1080p...however, when I go to 1:1 scaling on my monitor when using the PS3 there are black bars all around when there should only be black bars at the top and bottom (1080 instead of 1200 vertical lines). Why is that happening?

Changing to 1:1 when using my PC is fine. When running the PS3 and going into the monitor menu, it says it's running 1080p but like I said running 1:1 gives black bars all around. Is the PS3 menu not running at 1080p?

 

[vj8usa]

Did you select 1080p in your PS3 settings? (like in step 6 here)

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: vj8usa
Did you select 1080p in your PS3 settings? (like in step 6 here)

Yeah it's been selected as 1080p.

 

[yh125d]

What you have there is a 1920 x 1200 monitor, fella.


I can give you my personal guarantee that those black bars are each 60 pixels tall. ((1200-1080)/2)

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: yh125d
What you have there is a 1920 x 1200 monitor, fella.


I can give you my personal guarantee that those black bars are each 60 pixels tall. ((1200-1080)/2)

Yeah I know...read my 1st post...I said black bars all around not just at the top and bottom...which shouldn't be.

 

[yh125d]

Oops. I should probably stop posting after 1 AM

 

[mmnno]

Try deselecting 720p. If you already did that then I got nothing :/

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: mmnno
Try deselecting 720p. If you already did that then I got nothing :/

Yep did that too...still gives the same thing. It's almost like it's running at 1680x1050.

EDIT:
Okay it seems to be a hardware problem with the monitor:
"I've had mine since Feb 07 (Nov 06 manufacture, updated to 1:1 firmware) and can tell you that the unit lose 5% of the picture to overscan in 1:1 mode with a PS3/360 Elite. You get black borders around the entire picture, which is cropped. Switching to "aspect" mode simply stretches that cropped image to fill the screen. This is true of all inputss but the DVI, from what numerous users havew reported on the HardOCP forums. Only by using a HDMI-to-DVI adapter have people claimed they got an accurate picture. (Note that this supposedly affects only video signals, they report, not signals from PC videocards.)"

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=759888

Thanks all for trying to help.

Anyone know of a good, fairly cheap DVI switch/splitter?

EDIT: Never mind...a switch would have to be HDCP compliant and they're expensive.

 

[mmnno]

I never heard anything bad about monoprice ones. Mine certainly worked fine when I was using it.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: mmnno
I never heard anything bad about monoprice ones. Mine certainly worked fine when I was using it.

Thanks I never thought they were that cheap.