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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rob @ Oct 9th 2008 12:20PM
SD for me. I played the DVD on my PS3 on my Samsung 40" and it looked great. So, I'm sticking with that.
JimC @ Oct 9th 2008 1:50PM
Awesome, glad to hear it. So why do you have an HDTV then?
Paul @ Oct 9th 2008 2:22PM
VHS for me. It looks fantastic on my Panasonic 42". No need to spend the extra dough for the BD or DVD for that matter. I guess you could say I wasted my money on an HD set.
GenBanks @ Oct 9th 2008 3:55PM
This website is called 'Engadget HD'.
WebDev511 @ Oct 9th 2008 4:39PM
@JimC Maybe he bought it so he could play his PS3 Games @ 1080p. Of course he'd have to sit no more than 5' from his set to get the full benefit of 1080p or no more than 7 1/2 feet for 720p.
http://www.carltonbale.com/home-theater/home-theater-calculator/
JimC @ Oct 9th 2008 8:47PM
WebDev511
"he'd have to sit no more than 5'", which again I ask, why HD? If you're not getting any benefit then whoever buys smaller 1080p sets are morons, either that or the benefit is subjective.
My point is that it seems rather pointless to spend a premium on HD sets only to watch SD content. Even if you play HD games, fine, so why come on here and brag about being incapable of distinguishing SD from HD content? Seems rather pointless to me.
GenBanks @ Oct 12th 2008 2:56PM
Anyway, "HD" games on consoles aren't fully 1080p and imo look better on lower resolution sets. I say this because I have a ps3 connecting to my 1920x1200 monitor and it looks fuzzy stretched to that res. I usually use my monitor's feature to put it at the game's native res, which is usually about half the size of my monitor.