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    The Wii Is Gorgeous in High Definition

    Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years

    Reggie Denies HD Wii in 2011 Rumor...Sort Of

    True Next Gen Wii Coming in 2011

    Wii Does HD, But Not Really
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    Image of jonycob jonycob
    07/06/09

    In reply to The Wii Is Gorgeous in High Definition
    slow news day?


    anyone with a decent receiver that upconverts everything can get better, even up to 1080p upconversion, but as you can see from the image above upconversion isn't that great. The picture isn't that crisp all around.


    I was gaming on my wii day one at 1080p, but didn't consider it be to "news". unfortunately, I stopped gaming on the wii as soon as I finished mario galaxy (about 1 week before it was released and two days after "getting" it).

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    Image of raffleking raffleking
    07/06/09

    @jonycob: hate to break it to you like everyone else here already has...but that wasn't 1080p. you've been living a lie.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @raffleking: So the Wii is a lie?
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    07/06/09

    In reply to The Wii Is Gorgeous in High Definition
    What I really want to know is how will this look in Hi-Def as the background to Conan?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave:



    Conan says to hell with Crom, lanky Irish comedians, and video game backdrops.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'd be careful. The Tonight Show has a new special guest host:
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: He already had James Earl Jones on. And Conan began by thanking him for being in the movie that ruined his life.
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    Image of madog madog
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave:


    "What is best in life?"


    "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    07/06/09

    In reply to The Wii Is Gorgeous in High Definition
    Very cool, given this I'm surprised they didn't just add HD-out right off the bat...it shouldn't have added too much to cost or manufacturing issues...given that it's just an output not extra processing, etc.
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    Image of typoink typoink
    07/06/09

    @TheCrudMan: No, it IS extra processing. The Wii renders games at roughly 640x480 (possibly 800x480, but I don't believe so). 720P HD is about 1280x720. That's a LOT more pixels to render, and would substantially decrease the framerate of Wii games.


    The Wii DOES have an HD output (component, which supports 720p/1080i), but the Wii only passes an SD signal over it.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/06/09

    @typoink: Maybe they can produce a Sega 32x-like extra component that you can Voltron onto your Wii and give it more power. Wishful thinking...
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    Image of ac1D ac1D
    07/06/09

    In reply to The Wii Is Gorgeous in High Definition
    First!


    It's awesome!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @ac1D:

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    Image of jayhawk11 is not a fan of scurvy jayhawk11 is not a fan of scurvy
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: Sweet Christ. That GIF may be among the most incredible things I've ever had the privilege to see on Giz in my nearly three years here. Tip of the hat to you, sir.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @jayhawk11: Thank you. I did it the same time I did this one:


    Feel free to use them if I'm not around.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: What? That's amazing.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: You never cease to amaze me, sir. Also, what do you use to make a GIF like that?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/06/09

    @ac1D: How say the Council?



    GUILTY!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @32ndnote: GIMP. I found a tutorial online. It's mostly making a multi-layered file, then setting the delay in the name of the layer. That's the tough part, getting the timing right. The bad part is that since photobucket allows you to get stats on your images, I have found people hotlinking my picts, taking my bandwidth, so I have to watermark them all now.
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    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: These are seriously fantastic. Even better than the shenanigans one.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    07/06/09

    @Bongoes: Shenanigans, you say?


    If anyone has anymore ideas for movie scenes that would be good for a comment response, feel free to PM me.

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    Image of madog madog
    07/06/09

    @CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: No sound at work... hopefully this isn't awful...


    + Watch video
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    I enjoy my ps3 and xbox360, but I find I spend most of my time online playing Mario Kart Wii. Unlike the rest of you naysayers, I actually like my Wii.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    Anyone remember 3 years ago when everyone was having a huge nerdgasm and whatever Nintendo said was pure gospel?
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    I thoroughly enjoy playing with my Wii.

    Hmmm.. that didn't come out right.

    I mean my first statement didn't come out right. There is nothing wrong with my Wii.
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    Image of pmindemann pmindemann
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    Must... resist... laughing... * years? 3 years, even? Wow. That's quite a bold statement considering most people don't play their Wii more than a couple months before moving on to something with more depth. Oh, and good luck trying to sell a non-HD console to Americans that are finally going digital in a matter of days.
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    Image of nukee nukee
    06/05/09

    @pmindemann: I guess I'm having a disconnect here. But where does the DTV transition come into buying a non-HD console?
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    06/05/09

    @nukee: Go try to buy a non-HDTV at Wal-Mart. Except for the clearance TVs that some stores may have, they should all be HDTVs now. While yes, having a digital tuner is different than being HD, mandatory digital tuners and the switch to digital broadcast is what has really pushed the demand for HDTVs hard because it has also encouraged more and more things to be broadcast in HD, especially since a lot of people used the transition as a justification to get a better TV rather than just getting a tuner.
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    Image of MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star! MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    What does it mean the the PS3 is a 'ten year console'? I know it's still new and all but are they really going to wait 10 years for another playstation? I don't see the need for another one anytime soon, but just wondering if that's what that means.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    06/05/09

    @mfischer579: Not necessarily that there won't be another system for 10 years, but that the system will still be marketable for 10 years. By that logic, the PS2 is already a 9 year console and could possibly make it to 10 years (in Japan, still a few months short in the U.S.)
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/05/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Plus there are diminishing returns to console processing power. The graphics quality gap between the PS2 and PS3 is huge, but how much better can a future PS4 actually be? The PS3 already outputs 1080i at basically photo-realistic quality. The limiting factor to game detail is now the talent/number of game artists you hire, not whether or not the console can handle it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    With Microsoft and Sony closing the gap between heavy gamer device and happy-funtime accessory console, the Wii would experience a great deal of turbulence in less than half that time. 3 years is certainly doable, unless the other two suddenly close the gap completely with lots of time-killer games that use motion controls. Nintendo would be stupid to let the Wii stagnate that long.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/05/09

    In reply to Nintendo: We Could Be Stuck With the Wii for 8 More Years
    i wonder if they will make another niche console or something balls out. i hope for the latter.
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