HD-TV

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:46 pm

With the 360 approaching rather swiftly I've been thinking more about HD TV. I know it's possible to play the premium pack which comes with a HD compatible AV arial on a regular TV but there's a sudden push towards getting a HD TV because of the better quality picture.

I've only done some research and the most affordable TV I can find being this: http://www.be-direct.co.uk/productDetai ... ricerunner

Just wondered what you lot thought about this, if anyone owned a HD TV and could vouch for their quality or if you thought it was worth shelling out obscene amounts of cash for these things.

Cub · Post by **Cub** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:52 pm

Everyone had better hurry up and buy an HDTV next year, or else you won't be able to watch 'The O'Reilly Factor' and your TV will explode.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:26 pm

Cub wrote:Everyone had better hurry up and buy an HDTV next year, or else you won't be able to watch 'The O'Reilly Factor' and your TV will explode.

Actually, the end of "non-digital" broadcast was pushed back to 2009.

Cub · Post by **Cub** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:00 pm

I think it'll be pushed back even further. Think of the millions of people (like myself) who won't be able to afford an HDTV, even four years from now. They're screwed, the television companies are screwed. There will be riots in the streets.

LOUD-TREE · Post by **LOUD-TREE** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:05 pm

Too rich for my blood...

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:15 pm

Once you've seen and played on HD, you can't go back.

LOUD-TREE · Post by **LOUD-TREE** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:21 pm

Double-S- wrote:Once you've seen and played on HD, you can't go back.

If I ever get an HD TV. Honestly though, I dont see the point. A tv is a tv.

Post by **Delphine** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:24 pm

HD-TV is far, far superior to regular TV. Sadly, I lack the means to purchase such a wondrous device. Seeing as how my five year plan involves either winning Powerball or finding a sack of money on the side of the road, I don't forsee myself having one in the near future.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:55 pm

Yeah, HD kicks ass. I actually think it's cool how Microsoft is mandating a 720p resolution for all of 360's games. At least this way we'll have developers being forced to develop for high-def outputs.

And I still think it's amazingly stupid for Nintendo to ignore HD completely. Honestly, HD is fast becoming the new standard, and as HD sets continue to get cheaper and cheaper, the number of people owning HD sets will obviously grow faster. What the hell were they thinking? I mean, it's not like it's even there as an option for these "rich" people who have HD TVs.

Post by **Esrever** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:09 am

HD TVs are still pretty goddamned expensive, last time I checked. Of course, when your system costs 400 bucks, and when 30% of Xbox LIVE users have incomes over $60,000 a year, I suppose a good chunk of your user base is probably going to own them. I'm not sure you'd be able to say the same of Nintendo's target audience, though.

Besides, even though a growing portion of TV sales are HD sets, most people do not buy a new TV very often. It's going to take more than four years for them to become any kind of "standard." The majority of folks this generation will still be using regular sets, and since Nintendo is trying to provide a budget system, I can at least understand why they aren't forcing all their developers to support the format. I just don't understand why they don't leave it as an option.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:18 am

As long as you're not looking for BIG SCREEN HD, a normal-sized HD TV can run only a 100 to 150 more than a regular set of about the same size. Which isn't all that bad, and in a few years it'll be even cheaper.

And not having support whatsoever is just incredibly stupid for Nintendo. Revolution games are going to look like utter crap for anyone with a big screen television.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:41 pm

Count me in as one of those poor people who has no money for HD, although I'm not in a rush to get a new TV anytime soon, not to mention there's already a pretty high chance I won't be getting an XBox 360 at all.
~Neo

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:19 pm

I agree with you guys. Who can resist the allure of HDTV? It's got higher resolution than real life!

Post by **Delphine** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:22 pm

I don't have the money to buy a new <i>regular</i> TV. My gaming TV is something like a decade old.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:28 pm

Money? What's that?

God, this is sorta depressing. I still have one of those GX gaming TVs from about 6 years ago, which was pretty good at the time. Weither or not it's still good today never really occured to me. Could my TV be... Obsolete?

sad.gif

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:08 am

Do any of you guys like... have a job? Or a credit card, come to think of it.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:35 am

I just got my 50" Samsung DLP HDTV (HLP5063WX) just shy of two weeks ago, replacing my 43" Samsung DLP HDTV (HLN4365W). I can honestly say that playing videogames on it is truly an experience like no other. I tried playing S-Video (for colour testing reasons) on the same set and could barely stand it.

Also, I'm one of the few people who has never lost a penny buying multiple TVs. In fact, I've profited from it. $684 to be precise. Still, I'm ready for the "HD Era" and am looking forward to what the upcoming year has in store.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:02 pm

PSMad wrote:Do any of you guys like... have a job? Or a credit card, come to think of it.

Let me introduce you to the term, "bill".

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:25 pm

You mean 'Little Bill' off that cursed Sainsburys advert? God I want to shoot him.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:41 pm

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:09 pm

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:32 pm

I've never seen him until now, and I already want him dead.

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:35 pm

KILL! KILL!

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:49 pm

And our favorite pink ranger is back! What you've been up to?

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:26 am

Brazillian Cara wrote:...pink ranger...

Dude, lightish red