Virge

iTrader: (1)

i wouldnt pay more than $500, the euro launch is expected to be at 500Euro's not 600. I dont know if you guys have played Ghost Recon or Fight Night 3, but those two games alone show a lot of promise of what the 360 has to offer...Remember launch games almost never show the true potential of a gaming system. It takes at least a year for a game to adequately utilize the system...

Stytch

I heard about Ghost Recon, my friend has it and he says it's THE SHYT. Especially this one gun you get that shoots like the gun from ERASER(the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie). I gotta play it.

seacra

damn $500 is pushing it but most people like myself will be willing to spend however much its going to be. luckily my brother-in-law is very tight with some of the employees at gamestop so both of us can hopefully get the ps3 during the first day it comes out

Stytch

My main concern is getting that damn LCD flat screen
I need this one

clokwork

the Samsung 42 inch DLP I have makes my 360 games look excellent

terryw

if you want to take full advantage of PS3, you need to get a TV that supports 1080p. (1920x1080 pixels!!!!)

1080p defined
1080p resolution--which equates to 1,920x1,080 pixels--is the latest HD Holy Grail. That's because 1080p monitors are theoretically capable of displaying every pixel of the highest-resolution HD broadcasts. On paper, they should offer more than twice the resolution of today's 1,280x720, or 720p, HDTVs, such as Samsung's HL-P5085W. Some companies, such as LG, refer to these super-high-res of sets as ultra-HD, while others prefer to substitute true or full for ultra.

1080i, the former king of the HDTV hill, actually boasts an identical 1,920x1,080 resolution but conveys the images in an interlaced format (the i in 1080i). In a tube-based television, otherwise known as a CRT, 1080i sources get "painted" on the screen sequentially: the odd-numbered lines of resolution appear on your screen first, followed by the even-numbered lines--all within 1/30 of a second. Progressive-scan formats such as 480p, 720p, and 1080p convey all of the lines of resolution sequentially in a single pass, which makes for a smoother, cleaner image, especially with sports and other motion-intensive content (video games moving at 60 frames per second). As opposed to tubes, microdisplays (DLP, LCoS, and LCD rear-projection) and other fixed-pixel TVs, including plasma and LCD flat-panel, are inherently progressive in nature, so when the incoming source is interlaced, as 1080i is, they convert it to progressive scan for display.

Progressive scan owns interlaced display. The highest standard supported by xbox360 is 1080i. If you truly wants to experience next gen graphics that will blow the xbox360 away, you gotta fork the dough for a badass 1080p tv. The difference between 1080i and 1080p is HUGE according to editors at cnet.

Stytch

DAMN TERRY THANX...U DID U'RE HOMEWORK LOL

clokwork

Yeah, I knew this before buying my TV which supports 720p and 1080i but the 1080p tvs are already above my price bracket. I will stick with this until a couple years down the line.

tiblot

If you havent played Ghost Recon for the 360 you must check it out.

Friggn incredible game!

madchef

iTrader: (2)

Cool, can't wait to try out the PS3 (and I want to try that crazy Nintendo Revolution controller)

Currently I have the 360, and Ghost Recon kicks major ***

tiblot

hell yeah man, its amazing..im stuck with a regular tv right now but I've brought my 360 to a friends house with a HDTV...totally different experience

ratm68

iTrader: (8)

I'm no expert since I haven't been keeping up. But for now in term of LCD's 720P is what you're looking for. People often get confused at this point. Simply because they forget that it's not about what' your tv can display, but it's what you dvd player/gaming system/cable can output to the tv. If you're dvd player is a regular and non progressive-scan, just go shoot yourself. But most people don't know that even with progressive scan, that's only 480P at best!! which is a step up, but not at the level your tv is capable of displaying. What you want is an upconvert dvd-player, which upconvert to a higher resolution/definition, hence 720P(which i've read is very close to 1080i, 720p is the resolution for lcd/plasma where 1080i might be for dlp or rear project. I might be wrong). So those with HD tv/LCD/Plasma and don't have an upconvert dvd player, you're not using all of your tv and are missing out big time. That's why upconvert dvd player are often much mroe expensive than progressive scan. Now, on to 1080p, that's the all mighty HD. There are some tv that is capable of handling 1080p, but very few. Problem is, I don't think anything broadcast in 1080p yet. I think that's like blue-ray technology, whatever that is. It's suppose to be the next generation of HD-DVD's. That's still much ahead of it's time. So for now, 720p and 1080i is the way to go and realistic the best you're going to get. Not sure what the ps3 is capable of displaying, but even if they can display 1080p. Probably not worth it to just get a really expensive tv, just for some gaming when 720p and 1080i is more than efficient to the average eye. Any tech junky that think i'm wrong, please correct me, I'm trying to keep up to date as well.. haha.


Moral of the story is, go buy an upconvert dvd-player if you dont' already has one!! that's what those HDMI ports are for!!


~Khoa

clokwork

My 360 is progressive scan, and my DLP displays 720p which is set on my 360, and my cable company broadcasts at 1080i. My TV handles both.

madchef

iTrader: (2)

I've been playing all sorts of 360 games in 1080i and I never noticed a problem at all (TV is a sony LCD HD)

madchef

iTrader: (2)

ps I also played GT4 on the ps2 in both 1080i and 720p on this TV, and the 1080i did not seem to be worse, in fact it looked better (no frame rate or refresh issues)