How embarassing - upgraded to a nice HDTV and now... I can't hit!

[spitoon]

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Guru~

the game mode is the only thing you can do for ps3 unless the game supports 1080p and then you can rename hdmi/avi #2 on your tv to pc and that eliminates the processing and acts just like a vga for the 360 but this is only when the ps3 is set to only run 1080p if the game is on 720p then you cant get the pc mode from hdmi 2

This is true, my Samsung doesn't do 1080p so the 'renaming the port to PC' doesn't work for me.

[porkchop]

I appreciate all the feedback but it's not a lag issue - I specifically went plasma to avoid the lag (console gaming was my #1 concern in buying the set - all else was secondary.) Really I don't see any lag at all - everything looks great. I just think it's a lot bigger and takes up my whole field of vision (I have a lazy eye and can only fully focus out of one eye at a time) and that might be distracting my brain the few ms it takes to make good contact on a fastball vs. the slow painful dribblers I've been hitting. I'm just not used to the picture. Perhaps I'm just busy drooling all over the floor over how fantastic everything looks. Also, yes - the PS3 is connected via HDMI and I'm running MLB 09 in the recommended 720p.

My poor RTTS schlub is really slumping after a strong rookie season. I just hope I don't have to send my PS3 down to the SDTV minors in order to have success. I'm confident my feeble brain will figure it out and adjust over time.

[~Guru~]

Ohh I thought u had an lcd. But yeah if you have a plasma then you good to go. Give it time and you will get the hang of it. I was always more of an lcd fan but to me the input lag was a killer and I was not going to resort to game mode where I can't control picture settings when I am spending so much on a tv. Plasma has better colors and black levels and no input lag and I don't even use game mode on my pioneer elite plama

[porkchop]

Yeah I was convinced I was going to get an LCD and then I did some research and because of the input lag I went plasma. I'm glad I did, I just need to practice. Just when I thought I was getting better, too - heh.

[NYJin2009tm]

Everything everyone said is why I went with a CRT TV...Its just for gaming so I prefer CRT over LCD or Plasma for gaming.

[~Guru~]

Crt is not better then plasma...the grpahics alone on the plasma kills the crt. And is hard to believe that your hitting skills is the reason you prefer standard tv to high def

Plasmas are perfect for gaming.. better then lcd or crt