Help Black Flicker while playing gt6

[quattpequatt]

im experiencing black flickering for 0.5 to 1 second while playing gt6, wether online or watching a replay off line, i experience a black screen momentarily much like a flicker, its random, it doesnt happen always at the same spot on a track, im not sure how to proceed, im connected over hdmi.

Any idea whats causing the black flicker? how to fix it help?

Thanks in Advance.

 

[DolHaus]

Sounds like a loose or defective HDMI cable

 

[quattpequatt]

Could it be I need a better quality hdmi wire?

 

[DolHaus]

It sounds like your current one is broken, buy a new one (they're all the same so don't buy the expensive ones).
If that doesn't solve the problem then your TV might be broken.

If you can borrow a second TV and a second PS3 it will help with finding where the problem lies, its definitely not a software issue though.

 

[quattpequatt]

Updated my tv firmware. Problem still persists ordered a new hdmi wire ....

 

[DolHaus]

hope it works

 

[brntguy]

You know just recently this has been happening to me also, usually racing which is not good for staying on track till it comes back up. Not hdmi but component cable.

 

[quattpequatt]

Looks like it was the hdmi wirewire

 

[Daniel Pinho]

Google for HDMI MHL
I had the same problem until start using it.

 

[Anomaly]

I just bought color coded matching HDMI & CAT6 cables from Monoprice. I've got blue going to my Blu-ray player, red to my PS4, green to my 360 and a purplish-blue to my purplish-blue limited edition PS3. I also picked up a a yellow & orange set for my bedroom consoles and a short CAT6 to run from the modem to the router and everything came to under $15.

Since they are digital, you don't need expensive HDMI cables. All they have to do is get all the 1's & 0's to their destination. They either work or they don't. Issues could only come if they are actually defective.

 

[Daniel Pinho]

I just bought color coded matching HDMI & CAT6 cables from Monoprice. I've got blue going to my Blu-ray player, red to my PS4, green to my 360 and a purplish-blue to my purplish-blue limited edition PS3. I also picked up a a yellow & orange set for my bedroom consoles and a short CAT6 to run from the modem to the router and everything came to under $15.

Since they are digital, you don't need expensive HDMI cables. All they have to do is get all the 1's & 0's to their destination. They either work or they don't. Issues could only come if they are actually defective.

Let me try to understand your point...

A CAT6 cable will prevent the TV to experience "black flicker"? Coloured cables will? Did he mentioned a PS4/360? Man, sorry, you didn't helped at all.
But now that we all know about your super game room with thousands of consoles and colours, why don't read about cable construction on google?
They are not all the same. OMG.

 

[Anomaly]

Let me try to understand your point...

A CAT6 cable will prevent the TV to experience "black flicker"? Coloured cables will? Did he mentioned a PS4/360? Man, sorry, you didn't helped at all.
But now that we all know about your super game room with thousands of consoles and colours, why don't read about cable construction on google?
They are not all the same. OMG.

No... I was using what I recently purchased to show how inexpensively the OP can get HDMI cables from Monoprice, and that expensive HDMI cables are unnecessary. Believe me, I know about home theater cables as I do installations outside of my regular job. Brush up on your reading before you start OMG'ing posts you haven't fully comprehended.

 

[Daniel Pinho]

Yes, you right. Expensive cabes are UNNECESSARY cuz they are all the same.
From wikipedia:

The HDMI specification defines the protocols, signals, electrical interfaces and mechanical requirements of the standard. The maximum pixel clock rate for HDMI 1.0 was 165 MHz, which was sufficient to support 1080p and WUXGA (1920×1200) at 60 Hz. HDMI 1.3 increased that to 340 MHz, which allows for higher resolution (such as WQXGA, 2560×1600) across a single digital link. An HDMI connection can either be single-link (type A/C) or dual-link (type B) and can have a video pixel rate of 25 MHz to 340 MHz (for a single-link connection) or 25 MHz to 680 MHz (for a dual-link connection). Video formats with rates below 25 MHz (e.g., 13.5 MHz for 480i/NTSC) are transmitted using a pixel-repetition scheme.

If you google it, you would find that there are HDMI 1.4 and the brand new 2.0. As I said, they are not all the same and the price diferences has a reason.

 

[DolHaus]

Never buy branded cables, its as simple as that. I used to build custom audio/video systems in modified cars and we would use the cheapest cable we could get our hands on because we tested the high priced branded gear (Monster Cables) and there was no difference in output quality or efficiency. Its all just copper wrapped in plastic, but the difference in price was ridiculous (about $50 for standard cables and $450+ for branded)

 

[quattpequatt]

I gotta say, there s a difference between hdmi wires, quality and spec come into play, my 9$ dynex hdmi wire was flickering as opposed to the 18$ wire i got from monoprice, no flicker, no problems, its the latest edition of hdmi, new standards i believe, i highly recommend this new type of hdmi wire, it has an input and output side, so its direction specific, solved my problems!

 

[Mustangmiha]

they're all the same so don't buy the expensive ones

Sorry to intrude, but I disagree. I owned both Vivax and Philips HDTVs and I can honestly say that Philips is much better in terms of ms response time, CPU time too (if you could call it CPU, it serves for faster menus and etc.), contrast and brightness of the picture. Yet there are still better HDTVs than Philips but you get the idea.

 

[DolHaus]

Sorry to intrude, but I disagree. I owned both Vivax and Philips HDTVs and I can honestly say that Philips is much better in terms of ms response time, CPU time too (if you could call it CPU, it serves for faster menus and etc.), contrast and brightness of the picture. Yet there are still better HDTVs than Philips but you get the idea.

I'm talking about cables, not televisions.

 

[DolHaus]

I gotta say, there s a difference between hdmi wires, quality and spec come into play, my 9$ dynex hdmi wire was flickering as opposed to the 18$ wire i got from monoprice, no flicker, no problems, its the latest edition of hdmi, new standards i believe, i highly recommend this new type of hdmi wire, it has an input and output side, so its direction specific, solved my problems!

Your old wire was broken, of course the new one was better lol But seriously, they're all the same materials under the skin, its just a means of sending an electrical signal. Copper wire will transmit the same amount of signal regardless of price paid, gold plated connectors are worth paying a little more for because that will extend the life of the unit (gold doesn't react to atmospheric conditions i.e. rust/oxidisation). All I'm saying is buy a reasonable priced set and don't get taken in by flashy packaging and marketing, they're snake oil salesmen.

 

[Mustangmiha]

I'm talking about cables, not televisions.

Well I feel stupid now.

 

[DolHaus]

Well I feel stupid now.

happens to the best of us lol

 

[Anomaly]

Yes, you right. Expensive cabes are UNNECESSARY cuz they are all the same.
From wikipedia:


If you google it, you would find that there are HDMI 1.4 and the brand new 2.0. As I said, they are not all the same and the price diferences has a reason.

I have yet to come across an HDMI cable that can't handle the latest specs. Expensive cables are unnecessary because they perform exactly the same as lower priced cables, as long as they actually work (are not defective). Again, the only job an HDMI cable has, is to get a string of 1's & 0's from one device (in this case a PS3) to another (a receiver or TV). So long as the 1's & 0's get to their destination, there is zero difference between a $1,000 cable and a $1 cable. Again, I just purchased multiple HDMI cables from Monoprice. I paid about $2 for each cable and they all support 4K, deep color, X.V.Color and the audio return channel. Sorry, but 2.0 HDMI cables need not be more expensive than any other. While I haven't checked specifically, my guess is that all recently produced HDMI cables are either 2.0 certified or could be if manufacturers didn't want to try & sell us all new cables.

EDIT: Actually, I just checked what HDMI 2.0 standards means for everyone running 1.4 cables. The answer is... Basically nothing. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57603018-221/hdmi-2.0-what-you-need-to-know/ Here's the pertinent paragraph from the article...

Will I need a new cable?
NO! Well, probably not. Here is the exact quote from HDMI.org: "Version 2.0 of the HDMI Specification does not define new cables or new connectors. Current High Speed cables (category 2 cables) are capable of carrying the increased bandwidth." Emphasis mine. Here's another direct quote: "HDMI 2.0, which is backwards-compatible with earlier versions of the HDMI specifications..."

Version 2.0 (like 1.4 before it) is entirely a hardware change. It is not a cable change. You can expect cable manufacturers to proclaim that you need expensive new "Version 2.0 cables" but this is untrue. Your current High Speed cables should work just fine.

I hedge with "should" as if the cable isn't fully up to the High Speed spec, it might not work. In this case, you might get dropouts or sparkles (as discussed in this article). If you do, a different but not more expensive HDMI cable should work just fine.

It's worth mentioning, again, that 4K HDMI cables are nonsense.

There you go... More expensive is unnecessary.

 

[quattpequatt]

You get what you pay for. The monoprice wire was much higher quality then the dynex it replaced hdmi 2.0 and better leads, fixed my problem. Hdmi wires do vary, each spec is able to handle different bandwidths, and that makes a hell if a difference when dealing with high output of data, also affects how the wire will performs based on the wire length much like you can compare cat 5 to cat 6 Ethernet, they both do the job, just that cat 6 does it better

 

[Anomaly]

You get what you pay for. The monoprice wire was much higher quality then the dynex it replaced hdmi 2.0 and better leads, fixed my problem. Hdmi wires do vary, each spec is able to handle different bandwidths, and that makes a hell if a difference when dealing with high output of data, also affects how the wire will performs based on the wire length much like you can compare cat 5 to cat 6 Ethernet, they both do the job, just that cat 6 does it better

Yes, quality varies. But as long as the data gets to it's destination, the quality of the picture will be identical, as it's the device that constructs said picture out of digital data rather than the cable carrying an actual image (to over-simplify). A $1,000 HDMI cable will (probably) be of higher quality than a $1 HDMI cable, but there should be no difference in the final picture, so long as both cables are functioning properly.

 

[86Debris86]

Came here because I'd occasionally experienced a black flicker. Stayed for the argument on hdmi cables...still not sure what to do... Happens (very occasionally) with 3 different hdmi cables of mine so I'm just going to keep my money and put it down to a glitch with the graphics in the game.

 

[DolHaus]

Came here because I'd occasionally experienced a black flicker. Stayed for the argument on hdmi cables...still not sure what to do... Happens (very occasionally) with 3 different hdmi cables of mine so I'm just going to keep my money and put it down to a glitch with the graphics in the game.

Could be that either the connection on the TV or the PS3 is getting a little bit worn out, can happen over time and theres not a lot you can do apart from buying a new one. If its not a massive problem I wouldn't worry about it, no point blowing loads of money on new hardware unless its a constant problem.

 

[86Debris86]

Could be that either the connection on the TV or the PS3 is getting a little bit worn out, can happen over time and theres not a lot you can do apart from buying a new one. If its not a massive problem I wouldn't worry about it, no point blowing loads of money on new hardware unless its a constant problem.

I didn't think of that but it is definitely a possibility. I am frequently plugging and unplugging different hdmi cables into the t.v. since it only has the two ports, so the ports could very well be worn out as a result, I guess. It's difficult to unplug them sometimes so they need a wiggle to loosen them- something I'm sure will have done some damage over time.