If you play PS3 or 360 on an SDTV, you might as well just unzip your pants and piss all over the console, the game developers, and a bunch of puppies. It is just that bad. Seriously, to anyone thinking of getting a HDTV, do it, you wont regret it. The difference in games is unbelievable on a good HDTV.
Adam Frucci - In the article, you stated "I'm still annoyed that the Wii is only in standard def." That's actually incorrect. Wii does support EDTV (Enhanced-Definition) or progressive-scan mode. You need to buy a component video cable, but if you do...you will effectively double the video resolution (because its progressive instead of interlaced). Images will be sharper, and colors will be brighter.
@Steve Abbott: I don't know why some people are having trouble with that. I've only clicked it once, and the change has been consistent, no matter what page I navigate to.
@Ron Mx: That "pool" (poll?) will NOT be representative of the normal population. By definition the market penetration for Gizmodo patrons will be much higher than "average." We are, after all, the "gizmo" people.
That is a sad sad statistic.... people have no idea what they're missing. And HDTVs are expensive yes but a LCD monitor is only around $200. Bada-bing there ya go!
@armendni: " And HDTVs are expensive yes"
You could have stopped right there. Especially in todays economy. There is simply no NEED for most people to necessarily upgrade. WANT? Sure, but NEED? No. I WANT a Ford GT, but I only NEED to get to work and back.
Well, one could argue that those who play those games tend to be unemployed slackers living in their parents' basements, and unable to afford any TV except the hand-me down gift when Mom & Dad upgrade the living room TV set to HD.
@dnheller: and yet another could argue that your narrow minded view of gamers is completely wrong. One could go on to argue that gaming is an expensive hobby, and not easily participated in by those who live in basements. If one can afford an HD console, then one can afford an HD tv.
@eXo: " If one can afford an HD console, then one can afford an HD tv."
Where do yo live? Saudi Arabia? Where is this magical place where "everyone" who can afford an HD console can afford an HDTV? Or are they supposed to just let their houses go into foreclosure because "we OBVIOUSLY need to get a new HDTV with our new HD console!"
You think the amount we spend looking at the idiot box you think everyone would invest on a good TV. We spend $30k on a new car that we use for 30 min a day but have an old ass tv that we spend 4 hours a day looking at. We need to manage money better.
And it just seems like a really smart move on Nintendo's part. People weren't ready for the switch. Maybe people haven't bought HDTV's because they're SO damn expensive. You have to be able to justify the bump up. Same goes for Blu-ray.
@urbanturban666: Sure, prices on large screens are lower now than they were in the CRT days. But, how many families got by with a 19" TV set for many decades? A 19" CRT went for like $100.
On the big-ish end of what sold well was probably a 27" CRT for a few hundred dollars.
Anybody getting a 27" HDTV today probably isn't sitting close enough to see more than an SD picture, so it'd be a waste. Get to a TV that is big enough to really appreciate all the pixels from the same old viewing distance, and you're probably talking around $1000 or more. That might be cheaper than an old big-screen, but it's still way more than most people are used to spending on a TV.
Expecting the 27" CRT crowd to buy a 46" HDTV for "only" $1000 is like expecting a guy who's been driving a Civic for 10 years to buy a Mercedes because the price has dropped to "only" $40 K.
@EQC: im just trying to say that they are no longer as expensive as they used to be... sure comparing several years of advancements in technology is like apples to oranges... but now great tv technology is no longer as exclusive...
@FuturePastNow: I dunno, I know many people who have gotten a 360 or PS3 then gotten a HDTV after.
It kinda makes sense, if you want the console you buy it now and it'll work with your current SDTV, then when you have the cash upgrade to a HDTV.
Rather than use your cash ot buy an HDTV now, with nothing to take advantage of it, then get the console later.
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It would cost a lot of money I don't have to replace the 42in tube TV with a High def one. There are many reasons people don't upgrade.
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You could have stopped right there. Especially in todays economy. There is simply no NEED for most people to necessarily upgrade. WANT? Sure, but NEED? No. I WANT a Ford GT, but I only NEED to get to work and back.
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I'm waiting until I get an HD TV before I leave my PS2.
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Where do yo live? Saudi Arabia? Where is this magical place where "everyone" who can afford an HD console can afford an HDTV? Or are they supposed to just let their houses go into foreclosure because "we OBVIOUSLY need to get a new HDTV with our new HD console!"
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Or have decided never to bother getting one.
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a few years ago my buddies dad coughed up like 2000$ for a 34inch sony wega...
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On the big-ish end of what sold well was probably a 27" CRT for a few hundred dollars.
Anybody getting a 27" HDTV today probably isn't sitting close enough to see more than an SD picture, so it'd be a waste. Get to a TV that is big enough to really appreciate all the pixels from the same old viewing distance, and you're probably talking around $1000 or more. That might be cheaper than an old big-screen, but it's still way more than most people are used to spending on a TV.
Expecting the 27" CRT crowd to buy a 46" HDTV for "only" $1000 is like expecting a guy who's been driving a Civic for 10 years to buy a Mercedes because the price has dropped to "only" $40 K.
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It kinda makes sense, if you want the console you buy it now and it'll work with your current SDTV, then when you have the cash upgrade to a HDTV.
Rather than use your cash ot buy an HDTV now, with nothing to take advantage of it, then get the console later.
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Looks like he succeeded.
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