I have been out of the country for close to a year, and now on my return, I discover I have an intermittent lip sync problem with Blu-ray discs on my PS3. My setup is as follows: PS3 connected via HDMI (for video) directly to a Samsung LN46B750, while the audio connection is optical digital (using the Sony PS3-branded heavy duty cable) to my venerable Denon AVR3805 receiver. Prior to leaving, I never observed any kind of lip sync issue. In fact, I was always pleasantly surprised at how rock-solid of a performer the PS3 was in this area. Yesterday, I sat down to watch the new BD of Jason and the Argonauts and the sync was so far off, I thought for sure the disc had some kind of bizarre mastering error. After trying unsuccessfully to tweak the audio delay settings on the receiver, I popped in another Blu-ray disc, Transformers (something I know played properly in the past) followed by, UP. In each instance, the lip sync was noticeably (and severely) off. Out of frustration, I did some Internet searching and learned that other folks have experienced lip sync issues with their PS3's, but there does not seem to be a consensus as to the cause or a solution. Some people are using optical digital cables, while others, HDMI, so the type of connection does not appear to be the issue. Some people have Samsung LCD's, while others have Sony, Panasonic, etc.
On a whim, I performed a factory reset on the Denon receiver. I also reluctantly updated the firmware on the PS3 (to v3.40) I had been putting it off so as to not lose the 'install other OS' feature. In addition, I checked my TV firmware and it is the most current version. I also unplugged and re-plugged the necessary audio/video cables at each end. About the only thing I didn't try is to reformat the PS3 drive and do a full system restore (which I will do if it will solve the problem).
I am stuck and frustrated. I honestly can't imagine what happened to cause this lip sync problem to manifest itself now...and not at some point in the past. I'd really appreciate it if any of you power users can point my in the right direction! Thanks in advance for any and all help with this.
Lastly, I apologize if this has already been covered somewhere in this massive thread. I started to skim it, but at 27 pages in length, I thought I'd be better off posting the question and giving the thread a bump at the same time...
Edited by pitchman - 7/13/10 at 9:26am
