Sony PS3 2.50: The black and white video problem
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3
The latest firmware update “Sony PS3 2.50” added many great features to all of our Playstation 3’s, but we are also getting many reports of problems as well. The main problem with the latest update seems to be related to the DivX VOD addition.
Some users have video displaying in black and white, although it worked fine before updating. You can read some of the problems users have reported below, feel free to share a comment once reading.
If you have video on your HD don’t get if you have an SD TV unless you like black and white, I found out the hard way.
I downloaded 2.50 yesterday, i also have same problem with my videos showing only in black and white plus small difference in sound. I really hope that Sony fixes this bug fast, because this is not what i paid for. Also I’m very disappointed over the freezing of GTA IV still not fixed.
It’s completely stopped my current DivX movies from working correctly! (Black and white, funny lines at the top of my screen) i didn’t pay R6000 for this. What gives?
About 100gb of films i have are now black n white…not Alfred Hitchcock ones either ones from my pc through media server and avi files on disc do the same, yet b4 update they worked fine.
Since the update some of my mpeg videos are in black and white both from the hdd and DVD. Any word on solutions yet?
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its a pain i have loads of films and mpost of them are useless saying that shindlers list looks ok lol
im really pissed off i updated the latest system update and my ps3 isn’t reading discs anymore.
my mate had the same problem. apparently you need to go into the settings bit of the xmb and “register DivX” or something. check it out.
i updated tho and i didnt have any problems.
all the videos on my ps3 have turned black and white it is frustrating the ps3 has been getting better and better with each update including the features in the new one unfortunately the update brought some uninvited guests like b/w vids my internet browser is failing to load pages more often now to
Playing a Sega Dreamcast seems more enjoyable than dealing with Playstation 3 these days……bummer……Also I would like to say F*** YOU GAMERBLORGE for permanently banning my id. Stupid b******!!!!
I am also having the same problem… i was so totally pi**ed off with this. At first, i thought i had changed some settings by accident… but then i realized that it was the update. now i cant watch any movies properly…..SONY!!!! I DEMAND an update which fixes this bug AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! otherwise my ps3 will be useless… GOODBYE!!!! urs truly…….. ps3 fan!!!
question, why am i seemingly the only person in the world who has never had a ps3 problem, with firmware or games. All my discs work fine, my system is still powerful and the stuff on my hard drive all works. stop bitching, its probably all fine, you’re just doing something wrong!
YouTube videos don’t play correctly after 2.50. Some don’t show at all, and all others stutter oddly.
Randychimp, you’re not the only one, I’ve never had a problem with my Launch 60gb PS3 either.
I thought this update might actually have no problems, but just after reading this article I tried watching a video that was saved on my HD and when I click on it it looks like it is trying to change output. The video does start and it is in colour. The only problem is that the video is not in the middle of the screen but it is a little toward the top