New HDTV for me

Crash · 10-02-2002, 04:47 PM

yeah, i finally got my hdtv, it was an impulse buy. But now i can play gamecube in all it's progressive scan glory... if only i had the component cables. any word if monster cable is making any?

mmm... can't wait to play halo in 1080i

Joeiss · 10-02-2002, 06:00 PM

Sweetness. How big is the TV?

gekko · 10-02-2002, 06:22 PM

Nintendo won't let Monster make any component cables. Gotta buy Nintendo ones.

And Halo only runs in 480p. Unless you got a scaler, you won't be seeing it in 1080i. In fact, there's only 1 game that currently has support for 1080i, and it's not out yet. Then again, they may back out at the last second, ala Burnout.

Perfect Stu · 10-02-2002, 06:47 PM

I won't be getting a HDTV for ages...maybe even like 5 years

I want to play SOCOM in 480p

gekko · 10-02-2002, 06:52 PM

I play SOCOM in 480p

Sucks when you get booted though, cause it switches back to 480i. But I played Abandoned once with it off, the jaggies blinded me.

And I hope you have an HDTV in 5 years. All TV stations will discontinue analog broadcasts in 2007. So either you get a HDTV and watch them in digital, or get a converter to keep using your ****ty TV.

Joeiss · 10-02-2002, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by gekko
And I hope you have an HDTV in 5 years. All TV stations will discontinue analog broadcasts in 2007. So either you get a HDTV and watch them in digital, or get a converter to keep using your ****ty TV.

Are you ****ing kidding me?

DarkMaster · 10-02-2002, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by Joeiss
Are you ****ing kidding me?

hes right, the guy at the electronics store told me the same thing. analog is going out for good and digital is coming in to stay.

The Germanator · 10-02-2002, 07:26 PM

Yeah, but since people will pretty much have to have HDTV's to watch TV, they will be much much cheaper obviously because they will become the standard.

GameMaster · 10-02-2002, 08:14 PM

Like all other equipment: state-of-art technology today, standard tommorrow. It's an expensive game I tell you!

Perfect Stu · 10-02-2002, 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by gekko
So either you get a HDTV and watch them in digital, or get a converter to keep using your ****ty TV.

haha, you assume my TV is sh|tty? Plus I have digital cable

it's a great TV actually...well, a great TV that costs around $1500

36" FD Trinitron® WEGA® TV
KV-36FV300

If I had all the money in the world I would get something like this:

42" Plasma WEGA™ Flat Panel Television
KZ-42TS1

Perfect Stu · 10-02-2002, 08:29 PM

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Originally posted by gekko
But I played Abandoned once with it off, the jaggies blinded me.

You're a spoiled brat

gekko · 10-02-2002, 09:29 PM

Well HDTVs are relatively old. But now they are fairly cheap. And yes, I'm not making that stuff up. The problem still is that most HDTVs still will need a digital decoder to actually recieve the digital signal and send it to the TVs. As much as HDTVs kick ass and you should have one right now, the longer wait, the better off you are. I think most of us would rather just plug the cable wire into the TV and have a digital broadcast than plug it into another $500 decoder, then hook that up to the HDTV. What a waste.

And should I remind you that even today's HDTVs won't be that great in a few years. See, most TVs today don't support 1080p. Why? Because nothing supports 1080p. The only way you would really get any use out of it is if you had a scaler that would scale everything to 1080p. Those only cost about $25,000, BTW. But then it would scale all your TV broadcasts, games, and movies to 1080p. yummy.

Well, the point is nothing supports 1080p, and for good reason. But as soon as 2005 you will see a new movie format hit the market, HD DVD. These will of course require a new player, but they will have all movies running in 1080p. I believe 6 channel surround sound may also be a standard, don't remember. But once a use for 1080p is out, more TVs will start supporting it. So then your new HDTV will be out of date within a matter of a couple years, that is, if you jump on the technology right away. DVDs are mainstream now, but I remember when I only has a small shelf full of them, and the cheapest DVD player was $300. HD DVD will likely be the same way. But considering DVD has already proven itself as a great medium, you never know. Home theater buffs will probably be all over the technology for the amazing picture.

Bottom line is nothing standardized yet. So even if you buy an HDTV today, don't be suprised if you buy another before 2010, as well as a new DVD player.

DeathsHand · 10-02-2002, 09:31 PM

HDTV's fairly cheap? hahahaha

jeepnut · 10-02-2002, 10:17 PM

Cheap to one person is beyond reach to another. It's all about priorities.

The last time I read up on the HDTV schedule, I thought they were way behind schedule. I can't remember but the networks either said they wouldn't meet the 2007 deadline and that a new one should be set or that a new one was set at 2007.

Mushlafa · 10-02-2002, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by Perfect Stu

42" Plasma WEGA™ Flat Panel Television
KZ-42TS1

arent those like only $20,000? yummmm.. i want one

whats so good about em anyway?