http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/The first think i did after purchasing my PS3 is to buy a new hdtv.]]>Dec 20th 2007 8:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 3:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/You would be surprised how many people think that just because they have an HDTV, everything is now in HD including their grey box NES.]]>Dec 20th 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 9:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
Nice choice sticking with 480p, Nintendo. You guys are totally right, HDTV technology isn't necessary or in demand by consumers.]]>Dec 20th 2007 9:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:28AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 9:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
Huh? One of my Wiis is connected to our 7-year-old, 55" rear projection TV and the other Wii is hooked up to our new, 47" LCD TV. It looks great on both TVs. Granted, I'd love to play the Wii in 720p (I doubt that it could handle 1080), but the 480p mode looks just fine to me.]]>Dec 21st 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
Fanboys can argue well into the night (and they will), but at the end of the day, nothing is adding the extra lines of resolution to the Wii. You can sharpen or soften the picture, and it's not HD. Nintendo's original argument for skipping HD on the Wii is that consumers aren't ready. That's clearly bull (this finding shows it, and I would have expected the number to be far less since it's a product that caters to a broad range of people).

Of course, the odds are Nintendo knew this (just as they knew the internet WAS in demand by consumers with the GameCube but skipped it there also), but they didn't want to put it in because it'd make the Wii and expensive risk instead of a cheap one (it was a risk before all it's success, don't forget it) and because Nintendo is run by cheap bastards. They just HAD to make a profit on each console, even if it meant not listening to their American management and leaving features out. Oh well, that's Nintendo. They tell you what you want, not necessarily give it to you.]]>Dec 21st 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 9:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:30AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
"Several hundred individuals, divided among Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 3 owners, participated in the study across 20 top U.S. markets.

The criteria was simple: participants had to be at least 18 years old, own a major game console and play at least one hour per week."

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And what do you mean it excluded a lot of console owners? Only the latest-generation consoles were allowed, is that what you mean? You think that the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 crowd should be included? I'm not sure it's as relevant as on the latest-generation systems, many of which tout their high definition capability.]]>Dec 21st 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
"The criteria was simple: participants had to be at least 18 years old, own a major game console and play at least one hour per week."

So under 18 year olds were excluded and if you played less than 1 hour a week, you were also excluded. The sample size for all consoles was "several hundred" which couldnt be more than 700 total, and at most you'd have 400 ps3 owners surveyed. More likely, you're looking at 200 ps3 owners surveyed. That isn't a good sample size.]]>Dec 21st 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
Take a game like pac-man for example. its the same graphics on every console, but since the xbla version supports 1080 HDTV resolutions, it looks so much sharper and clear.

That said, nintendo cans till have their wii system, with hardware which costs less and produces lower quality graphics, but still give us 1080 support in terms of resolution. Then if the games were made to support this res they would look clear and crisp. nintendo must be insane if they think the wii can last as long as the ps3 and 360. In 4 years from now, nitnedo hopes to still have the wii as their main market console. Well in 4 years from now, HDTV owners will be at like 95%, and wont want to settle for a wii. Hell im all ready for the next generation xbox 720, where every game is made in a min 1080p resolution.]]>Dec 20th 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 1:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 10:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 11:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 11:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 20th 2007 11:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
My parents have a PS3. My sister and brother-in-law have a PS3. None could possibly be called "young professionals." I have a PS3, too. Can I be a young professional? I like the title, it's so self-flattering!

The big difference between Blu-ray and HD-DVD in the gaming console sense (and what I think your point might have been) is that Blu-ray built-in to the PS3, whereas Xbox 360 owners have to buy the HD-DVD attachment separately. Having the BD built-in to the console usually helps attract new "fans" whereas the people who buy the HD-DVD attachment are generally (but not always) already fans or already sold on the technology. The PS3 lets people rent BDs to see if they like it or not; many people might be curious to at least see what all the fuss about high definition discs are about, and that gets BD's foot in the door.

P.S.: I'm no PS3 fanboy, but the words "crapbox 360" kinda give away your credibility. If you want your argument to be taken a little more seriously, you might want to at least try to avoid biases.]]>Dec 21st 2007 12:43AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
you know, you really are an asshole. I am one of those young professionals that you speak of and I avoid the PS3 and BD like the fucking plague, mostly because it's arrogant pompous douche-bags like yourself that are the ones that tend to own and support them.

My brother has a PS3 (his girlfriend bought it for him) and I laugh my ass off everytime I watch him play Resistance (the only game he does play, as the other ones just sit and collect dust) and his player keeps walking in a straight line because the POS bluetooth controller dropped the connection. I also watched Black Hawk Down on BD, and wow, what a shitfest. The regular DVD on my Samsung HD-960 upscaler blows that piece of trash out of the water.]]>Dec 21st 2007 8:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
Joe 6pk's (aka working middle class) built this country. Take your pompus attitude and go intern for john kerry.

I'm going to go watch Bourne HD on my $99 HD DVD player.

BTW..Mike, when ever we see h4ldol..the post has no credability.]]>Dec 21st 2007 1:55AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 4:21AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 6:24AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/As for titles i am heading mostly to blu by a ratio 2:1 :)

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Given your John Kerry comment, have you noticed that the most die hard BD supporters lean to the left as I have? I find it to be an absolutly astonishing observation.]]>Dec 21st 2007 8:56AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 2:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Did you happen to notice how the "right"
doesn't care at all about j6p?

Or even more so how people who lean to the "right" seem to be able to bring in political leaning and use a political party label as an insult?

Leave the political attacks out of this forum unless they are on topic. Given your posts level of arrogance I will crush you in any flat out debate. Take your "right" and shove it, I want my conservative party back.

So far they haven't been "right" on the war on Iraq, national security, balancing the budget, fiscal responsibility, states rights, US industry, gun rights, or individual rights. All of this is being done on the back of J6P.

And absolutely NONE of that has anything at all to do with the PS3, HD-DVD, or BD. Go away with that crap or face an old guard Goldwater Republican.]]>Dec 21st 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 21st 2007 12:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/film/e3i3b664324ba4ea5c03e0924ea906b3ecd?imw=Y

"Hollywood Report Predicts 2008 Win for Blu-ray"]]>Dec 21st 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/
The Wii has built-in storage, it's just flash rather disc.

No sense arguing whether it's worth it. I find the Wii well worth $250. Apparently plenty of other people do, judging by the sales numbers. No single option is the right fit for everyone in the market.]]>Dec 21st 2007 6:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Dec 22nd 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/12/20/ps3-owners-most-connected-to-hdtv-xbox-360-wii-not-far-behind/Jan 6th 2008 12:28AM