Microsoft: Sony's 1080p Support on PS3 is all Hype

[Reckoner]

I still haven't played GTA

 

[Koharski]

Originally posted by: confused1234

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: confused1234
koha 1080p isnt overatted its just not as advanced as 720 is. most tvs are capable of displaying 1080p/60 but all the media that is 1080p is usually set at 30 fps; whereas, all the content for 720p is set at 60 fps. so once media content on 1080 starts to be shown at 60 fps thats when 1080p will really shine.

most tvs can't do 1080p. i don't know where you're getting that from

woops sorry i meant of the tvs that can display true 1080p

well I would hope that most tvs that can display 1080p can also display 1080p

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Wait a sec, all the comments in the article are made by a microsoft guy and it's all just speculation. I won't put too much weight in that.

Read the original blog post again. He's discussing a Home Theater Mag article. Yeah, he's going to be biased but he isn't pulling it out of his arse.

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: confused1234
koha 1080p isnt overatted its just not as advanced as 720 is. most tvs are capable of displaying 1080p/60 but all the media that is 1080p is usually set at 30 fps; whereas, all the content for 720p is set at 60 fps. so once media content on 1080 starts to be shown at 60 fps thats when 1080p will really shine.

lol.

 

[zephyrprime]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Wait a sec, all the comments in the article are made by a microsoft guy and it's all just speculation. I won't put too much weight in that.

Read the original blog post again. He's discussing a Home Theater Mag article. Yeah, he's going to be biased but he isn't pulling it out of his arse.

Arghh! How annoying this topic is! An op that links to a blog that links to a blog that links to a blog!

Ok, so yeah, 1080p screens will deinterlace 1080i but so what? That doesn't mean that 1080p isn't any better than 1080i. Yes, the deinterlacing does close the quality gap a lot between the two but it doesn't eliminate it. And Ozymandias refers to Geoffrey Morrison to support his idea that 1080i doesn't matter but Morrison says that "The only time you would see a difference is if you have native 1080p/60 content, which at this point would only come from a PC and maybe the PS3. 1080p/60 does have more information than 1080i/30, but unless you're a gamer you will probably never see native 1080p/60 content." Morrison's article was mostly about why 1080p doesn't matter for TV and DVD (which is correct) and it doesn't matter for hdvd & bluray either because movies are only shot at 24fps (also correct) but the only place it may matter is for games which is exactly the domain that Ozymandias is trying to say it won't matter in.

Now I do think Ozymandias is correct when he says there won't be many 1080p games because of multi-platform targeted and graphical power limitations but his usage of Ozymandias to back his opinion up is wrong and his blog in general is a lot of FUD from a corporate shill.

 

[0roo0roo]

uh ohs, they are gonna ding you an extra 25 bucks for hdmi cable
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7651.html

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
uh ohs, they are gonna ding you an extra 25 bucks for hdmi cable
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7651.html

Damn, nickle and dime the customers.

I saw this link on /. a few days ago.
Penny Arcade

Sony is having a rough go of things from the gaming community and the press, so they need all the good news they can get these days. When the creators of Penny Arcade were asked at PAX if they planned on buying a PS3 based on the launch price, Sony may have thought they would get a break from two of most influential personalities in gaming. What was their reply?

We've already talked about it, there's no chance we're buying a PS3 at launch. That's Grade-A bullshit.