The Rant/Rave Topic

[Lord_Leperman]

Its actually a bit weird. His multi-system TV perfectly registers the games I have, but the XMB menu is screwed up. That usually fixes when activating the XMB in-game. My copy of Army of Two and DT (or was it AA's?) AC4 worked fine as well considering they're region 3 and 1 coded respectively. I've heard of people having this problem as from people in Datablitz as well as my cousin and they've all pointed out the TV as the problem.

The Datablitz person noted that its an issue with where the game is released as it is coded for SDTV output, meaning if the game was released in a predominantly PAL area, chances are its SDTV output will be PAL dedicated. This is not always the case, since some games are coded to produce both PAL and NTSC signals making them truly playable in both types of consoles with different SDTV signals.

The same goes with game demos, as the demos are also coded PAL/NTSC signals for their respective regions.

Here's something from the US playstation boards:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstat...id=1347414

Apparently there is a few methods to bypass this restriction. You will need to have a copy of Resistance or F1.

For Resistance method:

1. Play a campaign
2. Press start in game (for the pause menu)
3. At the pause menu, eject Resistance disc
4. Insert the affected Blu-Ray disc
5. Select "Save and quit" from the menu
6. The game will boot up

*This method works only on original version of RFOM & F1. Please delete any game data/patch (downloaded) if you insist to try this method

F1: Championship Edition

1. Go to multiplayer menu
2. Select exit to main menu
3. At the confirmation popup, swap the disc
4. Confirm the popup to exit to main menu
5. The game will boot

However this might have some problem with game saves.

The games won't have an issue if played in HD though, since that's the priority output of all games, and HD standards are compatible globally.

Its still weird though, his TV should be registering the output signals normaly as it is a multi-system TV (The JVC one, and its the one being used right now.)

Try the disk swap method as shown above, but substitute AC4 or Army of Two since I have a sneaking suspicion that it might work with them as well... at least for a temporary solution.

Just a little warning for future owners.