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How to Fix YouTube Quality on a PS3

The quality of YouTube videos on your Sony PlayStation 3 depend on a few specific settings. Even videos labeled as "high definition" by YouTube could appear block-filled and pixellated when played back on Sony's console. If you want to fix the quality of YouTube videos on your PlayStation 3 you can do so by adjusting a few of the system's settings.

Instructions

- 1
  Access YouTube via the dedicated icon in the Internet browser and not via the browser's address bar. Type "www.youtube.com" into the address bar of the PlayStation 3 to navigate to the main YouTube website.
- 2
  Allow videos to buffer before loading them. Select the name of a video on the YouTube site and immediately select "Pause." Allow the red indicator bar at the bottom of the screen to completely fill with color to indicate that your PlayStation 3 has retrieved all of the video. Select "Play" to view a higher-quality version of the video than you would see if you hadn't allowed it to buffer.
- 3
  Use the PS3YouTube.com website instead of the actual YouTube website when accessing via the address bar on your Web browser. PS3YouTube.com is a third-party website that adjusts the formatting of the main YouTube page and the videos themselves to take advantage of the PlayStation 3 console.

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