The problem is either your TV or your PS3.

You can try to connecting other HDMI sources to your TV and see if that works, if it doesn't then the problem is with your TV.

You can try to hook up your PS3 to another HDTV. If that doesn't work then the problem is with your PS3.

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HD gaming is about two things:

1. HD Video
2. HD Audio

PC can give you #1. I will let you figure out what can get you #1 and #2.

Vandalvideo

I would argue differently, but then that would be subjective, just like your comment. What is not subjective is that PC's cannot deliver half of a HD gaming experience.

Getting an extended warranty at 50% of the product cost is *NEVER* worth it.

You get the standard 1 year manufacture's warranty with the purchase. In addition, if you buy it with a credit card, your credit card company will add an additional year to the warranty absolutely free.

Bottom line: no extended warranties

HD gaming is about two things:

1. HD Video
2. HD Audio

PC can give you #1. I will let you figure out what can get you #1 and #2.

Based on your comments, it seems like you are a bit cash constrained. Why even try to choose between a PS3 and Wii? If you can't afford to pay $60 for GTA4, can you really afford to pay $50 for SSBB?

So why don't you just get a PS2 instead? It has the biggest, deepest, and cheapest game library of any recent console.

Check out this link:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=858316

Anything in tier 0 is good demo material.

The bottleneck is not the DVD9. The bottleneck is Microsoft's decision to not include a standard HDD with the X360.

The original XBOX had a HDD. Why didn't the X360 come with one as well? The HDD is not exactly unproven technology like HD-DVD. It would have been very cheap to include one standard HDD to all X360's. Do you have any idea how much better the X360 would be if developers were able to utilize a HDD in all games for just cacheing/swap? I'm not even talking about any type of installing here.

The RROD and lack of a standard HDD are the 2 big mistakes by MS for this generation.