do HD TV'S matter?

[GackleBlax]

1080p 60inch pioneer TV
7000$
I would have paid 8000$
It was worth every penny

 

[l33tabix]

No one who has an HDTV would even ask this question...

I was in the middle of playing Mass Effect when I got my first HDTV. When I started playing it in HD, I realized that what I thought were little orange blobs on my radar were really crystal-clear orbs with question marks, or piles of raw materials, or radar outposts, etc.

So yes, as far as gaming is concerned, the difference between SD and HD is the difference between blurry blobs of color and perfectly detailed icons.

same thing happened in Crackdown, the health bar or something, i played it on a HD and i was like HOLY SHIT THOSE WERE SQUARES? there are tonnes of things you can't see the detail in without a hdtv.

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

HD and normal are same except HD is REALLY REALLY SHINY!

and as you know shiny=good

 

[CuddlyCombine]

HD is just a clearer, sharper picture. With larger screens, it becomes almost a necessity (stretching a mere 480 pixels horizontally across a 40" might do some bad things). There's no improvement on audio, as those are dependent on whatever stereo system you have, and no improvement on just about any other aspect. The only thing that will difference in all televisions, which he may have mistakened to be caused by the HD tv is the television latency (the time it takes for the signal to reach the screen). Many less-expensive televisions will have a latency from 8-10ms (dependent on model), while newer models tend to have 5-6ms latency. Not a HUGE difference.
So HD only affects the picture quality and nothing else. Any other difference is dependent on the television model and whatever you use along with it.

All you'll ever need to know about HDTV, basically. A smaller HD-compatible TV (which is hard to come by) will have an incredibly detailed picture; a larger one will need HDTV, or, as RapidCrash aptly puts it, bad things will happen to the picture.

 

[bimbley]

Also is it me, or are HD cables so expensive for a tiny length of fibre-optics?

They can be. Some companies just stick a huge price tag on them hoping, (often successfully) that the gullible masses will pay up thinking that they're worth it or that the more expensive ones will perform better. Bullshit, of course, a HDMI cable is a HDMI cable.

Back to the topic- yes, they matter. As someone has said, they might well *only* improve picture and sound quality, but what the hell else do you want from a TV? When I first got my PS3 I had an LCD screen but no HDMI cable, so I played MGS4 in SD and couldn't read a lot of the writing on screen. HD might not be essential right now, but it's going in that direction.

-Bimbley

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

HD TV, Flat screen, plasma, I don't give a crap just give me new one! Mine sucks!

 

[Grimm91]

I don't care. Tv is Tv, and if I can count the blackheads on a soap opera actors face more power to them.

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

me and my freind have been arguing for a while on if it matters or not
i think they dont as all they do is improve picture quality and nothing much else and he says that it does more than that
and when ever i ask what else it does he doesnt answer
what are your thoughts on it?

Depends what for. I've noticed some 360 games have text that's really hard to read if you don't have one.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Objectively speaking, they don't..>>

But I've heard that the higher definition is only noticeable on 40+ inch screens. And why anybody would want one of those monstrosities is beyond me.
It's a disgusting sign of excess.

 

[Zelist]

Here is All the info you need to know about HDTV's and weather you should buy that 65inch sharp aqous with 1080p and 240hz

First should you get HD TV.
yes, yes you should.

Standard Defintion TV only has a resolution of 600x480, a 720p television will have a Resolution of 1024x720-1680x1050, most common being 1366x768, a 1080p TV will have a resolution of 1920x1080 or higher, yes alot of your computer monitors are better then what TV's are doing.

your eyes will thank you for a clear picture, but a HD TV has its down sides too, if your watching a standard definition feed, its gonna look worse then an older TV, the Tuners that are in most HD TV's are Designed Specifically for HD, if you watch alot of Standard Def TV, grab a Panasonic, they give you a better TV tuner but cost a little bit more.

So 1080p is better right?
No its not, for several reasons as well first very few things actually broad cast in 1080p, a few video games your computer,the odd camcorder, and blu-ray(BTW Blu-ray is absolutly useless with Hard Drives being as cheap as they are). so if your source is only 720p. Most video games, DVD's, HD Cable/satilite, most Camcorders you wont see a 1080p picture even if you have a 1080p TV, you dont need 1080p unless you have over a 50inch television and even then, are your eyes good enough to see the minor increase in quility? or would sitting an extra foot away from the TV help you? since moving futher away from the screen has the same effect as having a better resolution, alot of the 720p verse the 1080p will come down to your own personal eye sight as well as the hz on the TV 60/120/240hz does your eye see the differance? no? dont bother with it.

and as for price $600 for a 37inch LCD TV is pretty cheap.....