Setting up your HDMI cable on your PS3 games console1: Turn on your TV and set its input to HDMI.
2: Make sure your PS3 is connected via a HDMI cable.
3: Power on your PS3 and press and hold the power button for approx. 5 seconds, you will hear the PS3 start to beep, release the power button after the second beep.
4: Your PS3 should automatically configure itself for HDMI video and Audio output.
If you require any further information or help please refer to your PS3 instruction booklet or contact Sony customer services who will guide you through the setup of your console.
HDMI 1.3 Specification.
Higher speed: HDMI 1.3 supports the demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions & Deep colour.
Deep colour: HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit colour depths. It lets HDTVs go from millions of colours to billions of colours giving unprecedented vividness and accuracy of colour. It eliminates on-screen colour banding, for smooth tonal transitions and gradations between colours, increased contrast ratio, and more shades of gray between black and white.
Broader colour space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for xvYCC (Extended YCC colourimetry for Video Applications) colour standard, which enables the display of any colour viewable by the human eye. It gives 1.8 times more colours than existing HDTV signals and displays colours more accurately, providing more natural & vivid colours.
Lip Sync: HDMI 1.3 incorporates automatic audio synching that allows devices to perform video and audio synchronization automatically with total accuracy in cases that would normally require complex end-user adjustments.
New HD lossless audio formats: Supports all currently-available formats such as Dolby Digital and DTS. It also adds support for new lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
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