thezap Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 just booted the game on my standard def tv, appears fine! not dark load up on my 40" sony bravia lcd tv, and the game is incredibly unplayable, dark and un viewable..everything not majorly lighted is essentially shadowed BADLY. anyone else get this? or know anything besides just tweaking brightness etc..makes it lookm like sh*t Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony4311 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Mine is the same way except it's on my plain non hd tv that is dark. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixdust Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 just booted the game on my standard def tv, appears fine! not darkload up on my 40" sony bravia lcd tv, and the game is incredibly unplayable, dark and un viewable..everything not majorly lighted is essentially shadowed BADLY. anyone else get this? or know anything besides just tweaking brightness etc..makes it lookm like sh*t Is the tv new? Also, have you adjusted your contrast and brightness settings on your console and television? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamezz Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I noticed this too, so i just press to lighten it up a bit, but saying that im playing on a sh*te sd 22". Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamesnooper Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I had the same problem until I pressed start and went to Display to fix the contrast and brightness. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezap Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 pretty sad that its THAT dark. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckstar Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah it is way to dark. even the shadows in daylight. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopantsparty Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Go to your PS3 dashboard, go to display options and set your RGB range to LIMITED. Not FULL. Full will be great for movies but the black level for games might be more inconsistent and will necessitate using the limited setting. If that doesn't work, try configuring a custom picture mode just for gaming on your tv and try to play with the GAMMA in the ADVANCED portion of your picture settings and the brightness. I have a Sony Bravia LCD also and had the same problem. I've callibrated my tv using test patterns so i try to change settings elsewhere before i change them on the tv so it doesn't mess up the callibration settings. For me, adjusting the brigtness/contrast settings in the game were enough to fix it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057979857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick808 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Go to your PS3 dashboard, go to display options and set your RGB range to LIMITED. Not FULL. Full will be great for movies but the black level for games might be more inconsistent and will necessitate using the limited setting. If that doesn't work, try configuring a custom picture mode just for gaming on your tv and try to play with the GAMMA in the ADVANCED portion of your picture settings and the brightness. I have a Sony Bravia LCD also and had the same problem. I've callibrated my tv using test patterns so i try to change settings elsewhere before i change them on the tv so it doesn't mess up the callibration settings. For me, adjusting the brigtness/contrast settings in the game were enough to fix it. This kind of worked for me. My display was extremely dark (even with full brightness and contrast in the in-game settings) and setting the RGB range to limited immediately made things very, very bright; even at night. However, with RGB set to limited things were perhaps too bright, and the colors were pale and washed out, at night the sky was just a pale gray rather than black. This made night seem weird. However, I then tried RGB range set back to full but *disabled* super-white, which I'd previously always had on. This seems to work for my configuration. With super-white off and RGB range set to full the blacks at night remain black but overall the display is much brighter than before. So it's clear to see everything but it still looks like night-time. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057980273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p99glock Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 well i thought it's with the theme of newyork lol cause newyorks cold and dull thats what i heard but no not acceptable it's too dark and i hate changing the settin on display cause i like leavein what gtaiv defualt is Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057981923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBG166 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 yea had same problem tho my tv 32" hd has an option for colour temp. so i flicked between cool and warm and normal and on cool it brightened up enough. v frustrating as my tv doesnt save setting when turned off!!! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1057982872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie193 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 i had this problem at first, but just went to the display opstions in the pause menu and increased the brightness, contrast and saturation levels to max. worked a treat. i can see now! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1058010887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavros Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 i've been having similar problems with my 26" samsung lcd. I cant get the picture just right. Anyone else get some jaggies too? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/336829-ps3-appears-very-dark/?do=findComment&comment=1058011683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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