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Standard DEF shall be the only def
atma
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hey G&T
I need a quick holler from those of you who game with your XBOX 360 and/or Playstation 3 in glorious standard definition. That is, the old boob tube.
I am trying to get a picture of which of the two have better performance at the lower rez. Bonus points if you've got both and tell me about your first hand experience!
We can also make this a thread about appreciating widescreen in certain games, cuz I won't be getting any of that anytime soon!
I need a quick holler from those of you who game with your XBOX 360 and/or Playstation 3 in glorious standard definition. That is, the old boob tube.
I am trying to get a picture of which of the two have better performance at the lower rez. Bonus points if you've got both and tell me about your first hand experience!
We can also make this a thread about appreciating widescreen in certain games, cuz I won't be getting any of that anytime soon!
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EDIT: rather, I don't think either actually has modes which specifically change settings to maximize performance at a lower resolution
Actually, I've played GTA4 in standard def on a PS3 for at least a couple hours. I thought the performance was miserly.
They both look equally horrible too.
I'm going to tough it out and wait for my standard-def TV to go on the fritz before upgrading to HD.
My friend's 360 looked fine on that TV though.
I still think games should have bigger text. Many games are nearly completely unreadable on SDTV, but even with a good setup I'm having a difficult time with Red Dead's narrow text or FF13's tiny symbols.
Also, I wish I could play PS2 games without them looking horrible. How do we not have a solution for this yet!?
Out of curiosity, can you even buy standard definition TVs anymore?
I know that an SDTV mode is one thing that I've been adding to our upcoming RPG, Cthulhu Saves the World since it makes a world of difference in how good something looks on an SDTV.
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That's pretty much the only reason I purchased a HDTV a few years back. If I could have gotten a reasonably-sized flat-screen SDTV, I would have.
You've sold me on it already by title alone.
You'd think with all the money they made with their previous games, Bioware and Rockstar could have managed to spend some time making their latest games SDTV friendly, but instead the text in Mass Effect 2 is nigh-unreadable and in Red Dead Redemption I can't see my horse stamina bar or my ammunition count. The funny thing is, Mass Effect 1 and Grand Theft Auto 4 look perfectly fine.
/rage
It's 2010, I guarantee the most the world still owns SD.
Have a handful of other games for 360 (no PS3) that I'll likely never play until I eventually go HD. Bummer.
But one day, I will know what the fuck all these little blobs on my mini-maps in every game are supposed to be.
eeeedddddit: Has anyone played Lost Odyssey on SD? Readable?
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There's a 16 inch 720p LCD HDTV. For 160 bucks. Very few games do 1080p natively, so 720p is really all you need.
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i also sit probably 2-3 feet from the thing so i don't need much bigger... though it'd be cool to have a 42'' someday
the main reason i wanted one was, to tell the truth, how much games with black bars annoyed me. gears and assassin's creed both run with black bars on top if you play on older TVs. it really bothered me for some reason, like i couldn't stop noticing it. plus i got this HD DVD player from a friend and a good pile of movies.
i do plan to get a bluray player soon, i'd like a PS3 but they have $70 bluray players at walmart now and that's almost in my price range for something like that
As for Lost odyssey on sdtv, I recall it was alright when I played it.
I just finished it, and as long as your tv isn't too small you should be fine.
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