LOL @ the idea that HDTV isnt needed in gaming v.Wiifanboys

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/01/09/ces.tvs.ap/index.html

• World's largest flat-screen TV is a 108-inch LCD by Sharp
• Gap between LCDs and plasmas narrowing
• More than 1/3 of U.S. households own a HD-TV in 2006
• Sales of flat panel TVs expected to total 13.5 million in 2006
 
15% maybe in 2005, not 06

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06348/746143-237.stm

Nearly 33 million U.S households, or about 30 percent of the market, are expected to have an HDTV by year end, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. (2006)
 
glad you put the word "market" in there. some of the mentally challenged on here will see the "33 million" and jump to "BUT THAR'S TREE HUMDRID MEALYUN PEEPOLE IN TA YOUNIGHTED STAYTES!!!", not realizing that there aren't 300 million households since many of those 300 million are children and old people
 
480p - The great Al Bundy

1080i - Something random on PBS

No difference there.

No 720p on at this hour. Have to wait for the news at 4 PST.
 
Yesterday I read where 33 million Americans will have HDTV within the next few months, that there are less than 33 million total Americans who presently own HDTVs. That represents about 10% of the population, not 33%. 33% would be more than 100 million Americans.

Do you really believe that 100 million Americans own HDTVs? Go to a bus stop, ask at the supermarket, ask while online to see a movie at the local theatre, stop two other people at the Mall (not together). Do not pre-judge what they are likely to wear to show their influence. Just pick two other regualr folk, say one 21 years old, the other 41 years old. Ask 10 people at random. Ask 100 people at random. If your stats are correct, then 33% should prove true. Just don't try it in Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, etc. You might as well stick to the larger cities since they are likely to have more disposable income.

So, who's right? 10% or 33%

Now, here's where my math went wrong: I was saying 10% of Americans. You are saying 33% of households. 330.000.000/2.5 = 132,000,000 households. That would mean that 4,000,000 households have HDTV. Now, out of that 4,000,000 how many bouight 60" rear projection TVs and Sony Vegas? Are these people able to do 1080p? I doubt very much that there are 4,000,000 1080p TVs out there. No one in my family, 7 households, have HDTVs. But by your method two of us should have HDTV. Of my 3 closest friends (NY, RI, NJ), none of them have HDTV. Even at 10%, at least one of us should have HDTV.

33% is too high a figure.
 
While HD isn't needed for game play, some of us have spent a good amount of money for HD sets, surround sound, etc. Hooking up a game system ,or any other CE device for that matter, and being visually under- whelmed is a huge deterrent.
 
i played fight night round 3 on 360 on a 42" samsung 1080p LCD and the graphics were

then i played it on my original xbox in SD and the graphics were still I still had just as much fun, super mega definition graphics just aren't that important to me.
 
and landing on the moon, flying cars, and twinkies. They have yet to be realized to their full potential.

if we were stuck with the orginal broadcast quality, we'd hate ourselves.
if we stuck with the original design of the microwave, we'd be buying new timing knobs each month
if we stuck with the idea that we actually landed on the moon, we wouldn't have to take 30 years to accomplish the same feat
if we had flying cars, I'd be a happy mother fucker
and if it weren't for twinkies, I wouldn't be on this sugar high

everything can always be done better for the better of all man kind.
 
as if microsoft needs money....they'd purchase nintendo if they wanted to.

making money on each console doesnt mean shit to MS...they can afford it.
 
oh yea i forgot everyone on OT is supposed to have money and rediculously hot girlfriends....

I love how everyone gets all offended when I retaliate against their favorite sackriders.
 
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