Poll: Does anyone still own a standard definition tv?

[GrimTuesday]

Don't you just hate it when your little brother beats you to post stuff? As Roganwilson said we have three SD TV's but considering we've never paid more than $300 for a TV I say we have done OK. The least we paid was for a big 54 inch TV which my little brother bought for $23

 

[Legendairy314]

Yep, and while it may be big and bulky it still gets the job done. I can play games and watch basic cable. Not much more I can afford right now.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

I have one ... haven't gotten around to actually throwing it out yet so it just collects dust at the bottom of the closet o.o The thing weighs like 40 kilos so stuffed if I'm moving it by myself <.,

 

[Vern]

Yup, still have a 27" standard definition TV. It still works great for watching TV, and I only have a few 360 games. The resolution becomes a hassle at times, but the only time it's really annoyed me was on Dead Rising, and Deathspank where the difference between a 3 and a 5 becomes really fuzzy. I've played games on a 52" plasma TV, and honestly it doesn't seem any different. Numbers are a bit clearer, but the game still looks the same, but bigger and more stretched out. I'll just stick to my PC for now anyway.

 

[reg42]

Yes. I can't afford another TV just for playing games.

 

[joshuaayt]

Pff. Couldn't be bothered, and don't have the money otherwise. Besides, SD still looks fine.

 

[ConnorCool]

I keep an SD in around to play my old consoles on, gamecube games just don't look right stretched out of proportion on a huge screen.

 

[00slash00]

Yup I have 3 SDtv's and for the most part I don't mind using them, but really someone should tell video game makers that everybody doesn't have an HDtv yet so stop making the dang writing so impossible to read when played on an SDTV

yea thats pretty much the only reason ive been saving for an hdtv. i mean better resolution would be nice but i think the graphics look just fine on standard definition. its the text that kills me. if i need to read a mission objective or look at a map on the pause screen or navigate a blue ray menu, its a complete guessing game. when i played the darkness, i couldnt read any of my missions or where to go next, so i would spend hours and hours wandering around, hoping i would bump into my next mission objective. at least its comforting to know that im not alone

 

[Korolev]

I got a HD TV last year, because I had the money for one. It's nice (samsung LED Series 5, fairly big) and it certainly makes watching movies and TV shows and documentaries a lot better, but I don't think it improves games all that much. Besides, I hook my PS3/360 to a computer monitor, which has better resolution (although the picture isn't as big) and I advise anyone who cares about resolution to do the same.

But SD suited my gaming purposes for years and years and never caused me any harm. Indeed, keeping an SD TV around can be good - PS1 games look AWFUL on HD TVs, believe me. FFIX looked SO BAD on my HD TV, I had no choice but to repurchase it for the PSP on PSN, where it is at least bearable.

If you don't have the money, don't upgrade. It's not worth being in debt for. And if you do have the money, by all means buy a HD TV. Just make sure it's a good one.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

In my house, there are three average-sized CRT TV sets, a 65" rear-projection HD widescreen, and four 30-40" 1080p LCDs. I think my sister is the only one that uses SDTVs anymore, though. I know I won't be going back; I love being able to see my games.

 

[yoyo13rom]

I have one that's over 30 years old, and my golly it's holding out extremely well. Only had to take it once to the repairman, because of an electric storm.
Man, they don't make TVs as they used to...

 

[Reaper195]

Only reason I got an HDTV was that gaming was becoming hard. I was getting tired of straining my eyes trying to read the text, like the Codex in Mass Effect, or the subtitles in Dead Rising 1/2. Sold my old TV to my younger brother for twenty bucks...

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

I do have one. In fact, it's my only tv. I just don't use it a lot because my ps3 is hooked up to my pc monitor.
Yeah, it's cheaper than buying a new tv. Everyone should do it.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

I don't own a TV at all.

 

[Snork Maiden]

Did last year, but since that was someone elses TV in a communal student house, it didn't leave with me and it's kinda hard to buy a new SD TV these days.

I do have one. In fact, it's my only tv. I just don't use it a lot because my ps3 is hooked up to my pc monitor.
Yeah, it's cheaper than buying a new tv. Everyone should do it.

My PC monitor itself is a TV, which was much cheaper than buying a monitor of an equivalent size. I could've saved more by sticking my 360 in this, but my lounge kinda needs a TV anyway.

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Not anymore. My old SDTV killed itself over-dramatically in July, since then I've had a ...I think it's a 36" HD jobby. Couldn't get a bigger sized screen, else it wouldn't fit in the alcove in our lounge... It works, that's the main thing.

 

[Scde2]

I use a SDTV for console gaming, which I don't do often. Plus I'm too poor/cheap to buy a new one.