Cant play dvd's on ps3?

Question

i can play blu ray dvds fine but when i put a normal dvd in the startup screen comes up then a sign comes up on my tv (lg lcd) saying ''going to dpm mode'' then the screen goes blank and it stays that way i have tried several dvds and it only does it on the normal ones not blu ray. my ps3 is connected via a dvi connection as my tv is about a year old and does not have an hdmi i get the sound through a home cinema kit.

thanks

Answer 1

Check the resolution of your display and the player. Put them in order so that the signal doesn't go beyond the resolution of the display.

If this doesn't work, check out the link below.

Answer 2

2 possible solutions. The first one is the most important.

First go to the system menu, on the left.

then scroll down to display settings.

choose the first option

if you are displaying though a hdmi adaptor, click on hdmi

then click automatic.

store settings.

This will change the display resolution of the PS3 to the same as the source.

The second way, and probably better one if it works for you, is to upscale the DVD.

To do this, go to the settings menu

scroll to the DVD settings menu

choose DVD upscaler.

try different settings to see what works best on your TV, but try normal first.

If this one works then change the display settings to display the maximum res of your TV all the time.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

'DPM Mode' coming from your display means that it isn't happy with the resolution it's seeing coming from the input (your DVD) and so the display goes to sleep.

Presumably you have its resolution set at 1280 x 768 for the Blu-Ray DVDs? In which case you need to try setting the monitor resolution to 720 x 480 before watching the standard DVDs. That may work, at any rate. If not... well, I'm stumped...