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Quote from: Master KChief on December 24, 2009, 12:39:52 AM

a decent pc usually costs more than a current gen console, and requires far more maintenance and upkeep. the 'plug-n-play' and simplicity of consoles is what draws most people. also, 360 and ps3 looks so slick on a high-end hdtv, which you cant get with pc unless the tv has a computer input.

Or you buy a HDMI video card for you PC. I have my PC hooked up to my HDTV through a HDMI, I play games, go on the message board, watch and record free TV with an antenna on top of my house. The PC almost has more games choices than the my PS3 and Wii combined.

Smart man, seeing the true power of PC's. 

Also, while 1080 tvs do have a higher resolution than most monitors, my 1440x900 has a better ratio as far as pixels-to-size... throw in some anti-aliasing and you almost forget about resulution.

What Xbox360 and PS3 do not do: parties, peripherals.

childrens novelties. i think i'll be ok without my uber-super-awesomesauce plastic lightsaber and tennis rackets.

nerf is pretty cool.

Quote from: Josiahrocks1 on December 24, 2009, 12:57:51 AM

Quote from: Master KChief on December 24, 2009, 12:39:52 AM

a decent pc usually costs more than a current gen console, and requires far more maintenance and upkeep. the 'plug-n-play' and simplicity of consoles is what draws most people. also, 360 and ps3 looks so slick on a high-end hdtv, which you cant get with pc unless the tv has a computer input.

Or you buy a HDMI video card for you PC. I have my PC hooked up to my HDTV through a HDMI, I play games, go on the message board, watch and record free TV with an antenna on top of my house. The PC almost has more games choices than the my PS3 and Wii combined.

Smart man, seeing the true power of PC's. 

Also, while 1080 tvs do have a higher resolution than most monitors, my 1440x900 has a better ratio as far as pixels-to-size... throw in some anti-aliasing and you almost forget about resulution.

Yeah, but how big of a monitor can you get, I mean you can get a huge HDTV.

No, but I also have the ability to plug it into our 62 (i think?) inch rear projection screen.   Not as new as teh fancy plasma screen you have, but it's got the size advantage.  

However, you can get  a 30" monitor, or even multiple monitors.



 

*note* that is not my setup. XD

Why hasn't the "I can't stand wii remotes!!!!" come into the discussion yet? Unless you're swinging it like a bat or some other sports-oriented object, it's annoying as heck and it cramps my hands.

Why hasn't the "I can't stand wii remotes!!!!" come into the discussion yet? Unless you're swinging it like a bat or some other sports-oriented object, it's annoying as heck and it cramps my hands.

This was done intentionally, at the request of parents, to help limit video game time for kids. Nintendo also built in timers so that the games will say "Take a break for a while" if you have been playing past the threshold of acceptable usage. 

acceptable ussage is so flexiable a term though,

Not to a parent... 

Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on December 25, 2009, 10:04:54 AM

Quote from: Master KChief on December 25, 2009, 01:58:39 AM

specs over size anyday. what good is size if you cant process video properly?

on another note, crysis 2 will look pretty good on my tv.

In that case then, the 30" monitor could be a good competitor for your TV, because it has an even higher resolution in a smaller size, so the pixels per inch is way greater. 

anyone knowledgeable will tell you that its not the number of pixels, but the way the image is processed, ie the factors i listed earlier. pixel numbers are not the end-all-be-all for image quality. even camera manufacturers know a 6 megapixel camera with quality optics will always produce better images than a 12 megapixel camera with inferior optics. same goes for displays. pixels and dpi have been the marketing buzz words of the last two decades.

He has a good point, I personly dont think resolotion of the TV, Monitor, Progector really matters. This is very hard to explan but, the difference is the way the brain sees the image, ie a projector is very bright from the front and makes the image look different than a TV (light from back) or a monitor (aslo light from back). The main difference between a projector and a TV is that, with a projector the image is very bright and from the front, where a TV or is some what bright from the back and a monitor is from the back as well. I dont know much about monitors anymore because most of our computers are laptops or hooked up to a TV, but the main difference between a TV and monitor is type of light, ie a TV is plasma, LCD, or LED-LCD where a monitor is a lower end LCD (in my opinion). Most of what makes a good image is the light and the way the light is seen, Im going to try this this week by hooking up my PS3 and PC to an old TV, a LCD TV, and a Monitor and I will tell you what I come up with (I dont have a projector).

I know this as well. He just asked how large of a monitor you could find. 

Still, regardless of all this, I think we both know that PC, 360, and PS3 all look amazing, as long as you're not running it in 480p. 

the wii just got mad at you.

but they just got call of duty 4...you know, that little game we got 2 whole years ago...doesnt that make a difference?

heh, sadness.