RGB Mode "full" or "limited"?

[Bentheman]

Dear guys,

when I play any PS2 game on my PS3 (80 GB Evil Nat 4.89) I have greyed out black color. After some research I changed the rgb setting to limited in the PS3 settings and also on TV (automatic doesn't work properly). Then I got real black again. But I wonder if the PS3 shouldn't output full rgb even on PS2 emulation because that's what happening on PS1 emulation.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy as it is now, but if I'm missing out something here I would like to use the full potential.
By the way, I have the mclassic hooked up if that is a thing.

Thank you kindly
Yours sincerely
Ben

 

[mimi]

RGB ranges gets converted to full or limited depending on the source. But if your console and TV have mismatched ranges it will show incorrect picture, like crushed blacks or grey blacks.

limited range 16-235
full range 0-255

full range is better, more detail in shades. So for games FULL range. For movies is limited, but it gets converted to full range if required. There are calibration disks that require to use limited range, after calibration can be switched to FULL range.

In short - RGB ranges must match, suggestion to use FULL range: for tv and ps3.

 

[Cosmic-R]

that depends mostly on the screen being used, a general rule ot thumb its that most tvs are limited range (unless its rome real high end stuff) and pc monitors are usually full range

 

[Bentheman]

Thank you for your answers. The thing is, everything other than PS2 Emulation is okay, RGB full, TV full (tv is a 86 inch lg from 2021, pretty sure it's capable because it supports hdmi 2.1) all colors and fine black. So I think it must have something to do with the PS2 emulator. PS3 and PS1 and Retroarch and everything else is fine, just PS2 not.

 

[mimi]

Thank you for your answers. The thing is, everything other than PS2 Emulation is okay, RGB full, TV full (tv is a 86 inch lg from 2021, pretty sure it's capable because it supports hdmi 2.1) all colors and fine black. So I think it must have something to do with the PS2 emulator. PS3 and PS1 and Retroarch and everything else is fine, just PS2 not.

Then choose limited-limited. Could be a bug or something.

https://www.avsforum.com/threads/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration.948496/
you can use this disk to calibrate basic settings by eye. When using this disk, use limited-limited (ps3-tv) range.

 

[Bentheman]

Thank you, just one more question to be 100% sure: I found this, citation:
" ...Also, PS2 games, unlike PSOne games, do not benefit from "full color range" nor "superwhite." So, if you're playing on a full range monitor and have your PS3 set for that monitor, the colors will be more washed out...".
Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/qu...ps3-exclusives-are-worth-looking-into.253326/

Is that true?
Thank you guys so much.
Yours sincerely
Ben