Do I need a controller?

pepar · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:00 pm Post subject: Do I need a controller?

Total noob ... obviously. I just bought a used PS3 with no cables or controller. Do I need a controller, or is there any other way to operate it?

Jeff
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Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

You either need a game controller, or, if you will not be gaming but just using it for media, the blu-ray remote, which is cheaper, but can only control it for functions like movie payback etc, not gaming.

pepar · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject:

PS3SACD · Site Admin Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 316

For what it's worth, here is an overview of PS3 AV remotes:

http://www.ps3sacd.com/news.html#_20110219

Yuri · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162

Just wondering: Did that newer type AV RC ever get released outside of Japan? I can't seem to find it on Amazon.

pepar · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:39 pm Post subject:

I hooked my PS3 to a 1280x1024 monitor via HDMI-to_DVI cable and got nothing. I hooked it to a second and got the same thing. I then attached it to a newer 1980x1080 monitor and got video. I found the display settings and turned OFF everything but 720 and 480, and tried the other monitors again ... still nothing. Back to the monitor that worked to turn off 720 and set A/R to 4:3. Still nothing on the older monitors.

I have other displays around the house, and could even use the 1920x1080 one if I had to. But it is for my main computer and the others "around the house" are not a convenient, especially with respect to ethernet.

Can anybody steer me around this issue? BTW, I confirmed 2.70 firmware.

Thanks,
Jeff
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Brandon B · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392

Not all DVI inputs are HDCP compliant, and the PS3 will not display on them through HDMI if they are not. HDMI has HDCP compliance in all cases as it is explicit in the HDMI spec.

Did you try holding down the PS3's power button during startup so it will detect the display and default to the minimum settings it can to insure some sort of picture comes through?

If so and that did not work, likely those monitors have non-compliant inputs, and they won't work.

pepar · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:14 am Post subject: