GHII progressive scan/HDTV Y halo thar

Raneados

my friend recently got Guitar Hero II, and has an HDTV. But we tried using the progressive scan option, but the screen just went blue, and then went back, and was still shitty.


The calibrate lag option works a little, and we've found a "sweet spot" at like 170 ms

but it's still weird, the sounds match up but when the notes "burn", they're almost offscreen. Are we doing the progressive scan thing wrong, or is there another way to make the visuals match up?

or is he SOL?

Everywhereasign

See if his TV has a "Game" setting on it, or a "Game" input. Many of the newer ones do for this very reason.

EDIT

Same thing happened to Gabe

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/02/20

Raneados

"game" as in where?

like.. a channel called game?

Everywhereasign

It could be an input setup. On the one I used for a little while, it was in the menu under "Setup your other devices" then you selected the input the game system was plugged into. Then you could select. "Optimize this input for game systems"

On Gabe's TV it appears from his post that in his setup he could change the "name" of his input to "Game" and this would change the settings.

If you know the TV model, look up that manual online and see if it has a section on Game devices.

Atlus Parker

Stupid question but are you hooked up via component cables?

Raneados

hooked up via the white, yellow and red cables that came his his PS2


we're not very tech savvy

Bartholamue

You can only enable progressive scan (or 480p) if you have those component cables and a TV that has it, in case you wanted to know. You would also get a much clearer picture with them, and with a TV like what you have, you would definitely notice it.

Atlus Parker

Progressive scan won't work over those composite cables. You'll need to invest in component cables if you want to utilize 480p.

Raneados

let me guess


they cost somewhere between 100 - 1 billion dollars

Locust76

Raneados wrote:

hooked up via the white, yellow and red cables that came his his PS2


we're not very tech savvy

That's your whole problem right there. You're using Composite cables and they suck. I'm talkin VHS video quality "suck." You need to drop about 30-40 bucks on a set of Red Green and Blue Component cables. Without those cables or something digital like HDMI or DVI, you cannot get HD.

Atlus Parker

Raneados wrote:

let me guess


they cost somewhere between 100 - 1 billion dollars

You're thinking of HDMI cables. Licensed component cables usually run in the neighborhood of $40-60 but you can always find offbrand cables for your system of choice.

capable heart

For my PS2, I use a third-party component cable that does Xbox 1 and PS2, it seems to work fine. It cost like $12 Canadian.

bombardier

Yeah, nothing wrong with the 3rd party component PS2 cables. I used them with GT4 on 1080i just fine.