I move my PS3 around from house to house and I normally use HDM..I but when I used a composite cables I could not seem to fix my HDMI connection any more and now I am stuck using composite cables (which I honestly do not mind but i'd be nice to use HDMI)

Although, I have never tried using component cables yet...

I dont think thats a documented problem....try holding the power area on the PS3 with the HDMI connected to "reboot" the system, it should then detect teh HDMI and ask you to re-enter the calibration based on the connection.

I had to do his taking my PS3 to a friends house who only had a 720p TV and m system was calibrated to 1080p so we didnt have a picture until we rebooted it like this.

Yup just updated again, it's at 12% after 5 minutes. Do the math....

Could be me, but when im updating it gets to about 55% then jumps to 99%, so thats not too bad.

well.. i have tried holding the button; switch cables back and forth, read ps3's manuals along with any and all other helps i can read from all many other types of forums out there...

the only one thing that i could narrow it down to was me using PS2 composite cables that one time and that was pretty much the beginning of my problems cuz ever since i used it i couldn't seem to work my HDMI cables anymore

all i know is that it sux.. but i can live with it

that sucks.

But I don't think it has anything to do with using PS2 cables, they're 100% interchangeable as far as I understand, and I have had no problems switching between them and HDMI when I get back to my house.

I'm reaching here but are you sure it's your PS3 giving the problems and not your display? i.e tried using your PS3 on another 1080p tv?

if that doesn't work maybe your HDMI port/controller got damaged somehow (static spark etc.) and might need repairs, I doubt software could fix it

also try another set of HDMI cables

it never takes that long on mine.

Maybe its because the most people gain nothing from these updates. Like for instance the one which updated the picture viewer. Seriously, they could have been rolled into maybe 3-4 more significant updates rather than a time waster every single month. Its not annoyance with the updates themselves but how they are implemented and their compulsary nature. Its a very good reason to not use PSN.

Technically, you can still just disconnect from PSN and do the updates later.

Generally, I just hit "update" for anything on the console (no thought involved; it's a console) whether it be for firmware or game update. Not that I don't groan if I just want to play a game for a few minutes rather than let the updates download while I do something else (hint: it does not involve watching the timer bar).

The funniest complaints about this have been from those who insist they only had ten minutes to play online when they were hit by a dreaded required firmware update before being able to sign onto PSN to play.

And yes, I agree with Squilliam in believing SCE should schedule their firmware updates into pre-scheduled, quarterly releases or something a bit more predictable.

The excitement of "wow, what did they add to this firmware update!" didn't take long to degenerate into "wow, what the hell are they making me update for this time?"

So I was at "Big Lots" today and saw a $12 HDMI cable..
I thought what the hell, right?
If it doesn't work, it's only a $12 loss;
I hurried home and tried and guess what? It actually worked!

It seems to me now that I had somehow f*d up the $40 HDMI cable I had originally bought and I am now using a merely $12 one...

Just updating you even if you don't care