Wow that BLOWS!
Well, since the VIDEO is the only problem, try moving the back end of the A/V cables (the end connected to the ps3). Sometimes I lose my video and still have sound but when I move it around, the video comes back...its weird, i know, but give it a try.

Thank god i moved up to HD now

Sounds to me like the spark has fried a few chips inside the PS3..... how did you pay for our PS3? If you bought it with a credit card or something like that, go to your bank and ask for a copy of that for those dates showing you that you bought the PS3 as it should have the name of the store you bught i from on there. No one wil isue you a copy of a recipt without any kind of conformation so this way it proves that you bought it from them then they have to give you a copy of your recipt Then hopeully you can send it back to sony.

went hd, it works, im never looking back, thanks for the help guys!

i would have thought that too, but i assume they would say that im "not a certified technician'' bs.

Old i know.

Cables all carry an electrical charge, duh, thats why they're in the rubber. You're not supposed to run any cable across a floor (carpeted especially) because it can set fires if theres like a thunderstorm or something. Notice how all cable are run along the corners of the walls by the installing guys who setup your cable/dish? Thats not only to be neat and out of the way but also because its a fire safety hazard to run them right across the floor.

Anyway, some cable guy told me this when he refused to run a cable where i wanted, saying he couldnt cuz the company would end up liable if anything did happen.