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

[silverlady]

don't get me wrong, i like HDTV. but don't really need/want to buy one.

in fact, I just bought a TV a couple months back, a 23" LCD. I went with 480p rather than 720p/1080i. I saw HD programming both of them, played GR:AW on both to compare and went with 480p.

when the quality of HD gets to the point where one could make that B/W to color TV comparison and mean it, then i'll agree with you. but at this point, show me 1080p and 480i side by side and i'll show you how to save $2,000.

 

[zega190]

I have an HDTV (50" Sammy DLP) and a Wii - it looks fine. What's the point?

 

[Ganon2020]

I have an HDTV and i love it but the Wii wasn't made just for US, and those statistics are for the US.

 

[mbm052969]

I'm a resolution junkie, for me buying a Wii would be as retarded as someone buying a PS3 without an HDTV.

 

[LOLLOBSTER]

your opinion means jack shit if you picked 480p over 720p and you just bought a new LCD tv a FEW MONTHS ago.

end your life.

 

[anthonie]

We have direct TV.... Its easier for me to just click to my favorite torrent site and add the next episode of whatever tv show to my queue...


knowing how to use a computer FTW...

 

[blue...]

So do I get the award or not?

 

[tilhastezee sharmoota]

wow did sony put out that statistic as well?

no fucking way 1/3 of american households own a hdtv

 

[pure_1]

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[Kunmui]

Are you a sackriding fan boy that likes to bash people for not having as much money as them? If so then yes.

 

[Beauty Q]

i agree. HDTV's are still rather expensive, i can't see people who live in apartments and such justify spending all their money on an HDTV.

 

[gildedbutterflies]

how do you figure that? if youve bought a TV in the last 2 years or so, theres a VERY good chance it was HD (unless you bought some shitty ass 20" or something)

go to any retail store, theres not a TV over 27" that isnt HD anymore...

the more shocking stat to me is the 66% of peopel that are still living in the dark ages with Standard Def. Id kill myself at this point rather than watch normal tv

 

[Rick Bruiser]

Not only am I a super e-rich fanboy, but me and my supermodel wife had the seats in our matching enzo's wrapped in the hides of babies that came from families with a gross income of under 380k /yr.

now give me my award

 

[kissable?]

Umm....

 

[II Zula II]

I believe a year or two ago, a regulating agency mandated that TV builders include an HD or at least digital tuners all TV's built above a certain size.

Sadly I know TONS of people who own pricey HD capable sets, that don't have any HD programming, nor do they know that the awful picture they are watching isn't HD.

 

[Chrome Medley]

squint?

 

[double_drago]

I didn't see the need to spend the extra $249 on 720p.

ttyl,
alex

 

[Pope Gopher 999]

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[mommy2J]

I just bought a new hdtv, and while hd signals looks like like pure sex, I still have fun with the wii in 480i (haven't gotten component cables yet).

 

[Soul-Unleashed]

well considering LCD sales are above conventional tube tvs in both the US and Europe, and that most LCDs are HDTV and even some tube TVs can do 1080i, even if HDTV doesn't have a HUGE install base, most people who go to buy a TV nowadays get an HDTV.