I've never had this problem before, but it started as soon as I updated my system. The PS3 plays games just fine, but it has problems with video. Every DVD and Blu-Ray I've put in will simply not play in widescreen. Instead I just see the two vertical bars on either side while the film looks compressed. I've gone through my video settings but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?
PS3 won't play DVDs or Blu-Rays in widescreen
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is it squishing them or showing them letterbox? There should be a setting where you set the cable type, aspect ratio is buried under there, make sure it's 16:9. Not quite sure why it would display games fine though. This apparently used to be a firmware bug back in 2007. Check on another TV, and see what you get.
I sent off a request to Sony tech support and they've given me some possible solutions. Time to test them out.
Edit: Well that didn't work. My Blu-Ray picture at least isn't distorted, but it's just smaller now. It's a letterbox as well as a pillarbox. Sony is suggesting that I restore the entire PS3 system, which would erase all my data. I'm not prepared to do that yet.
What I really don't get is the games and Netflix work fine. I just run across this problem when I try to watch something on disc.
Edit: Well that didn't work. My Blu-Ray picture at least isn't distorted, but it's just smaller now. It's a letterbox as well as a pillarbox. Sony is suggesting that I restore the entire PS3 system, which would erase all my data. I'm not prepared to do that yet.
What I really don't get is the games and Netflix work fine. I just run across this problem when I try to watch something on disc.
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