Why are we so obsessed with HD?

[SilverUchiha]

HD has not really been an issue for me. I can take or leave it. I'm 20 and I've lived all these years without having HD TV, games, etc. I think I can live without it altogether.

 

[mrpmpfan]

It was more disruptive to the game experience watching the textures sloooowly load in as you ran through an area than bad graphics would've been. The will for good graphics and short loading times damaged that game

I will agree at times Mass Effect 2 had texture load issues however the textures existed to load unlike Dragon Age. I installed the game to my 360 and didn't run into the texture issue as much but it was there. And by no ways am I saying Mass Effect is the best looking or best designed game but it was leaps and bounds better than Dragon Age.

 

[mrpmpfan]

HD has not really been an issue for me. I can take or leave it. I'm 20 and I've lived all these years without having HD TV, games, etc. I think I can live without it altogether.

This is hands down the dumbest post I have ever read. You have also lived 20 yrs without a house of your own so you can live without one of those too right? Your logic bypasses me completely.

 

[TheBritish]

It was more disruptive to the game experience watching the textures sloooowly load in as you ran through an area than bad graphics would've been. The will for good graphics and short loading times damaged that game

I will agree at times Mass Effect 2 had texture load issues however the textures existed to load unlike Dragon Age. I installed the game to my 360 and didn't run into the texture issue as much but it was there. And by no ways am I saying Mass Effect is the best looking or best designed game but it was leaps and bounds better than Dragon Age.

Nono! I wasn't arguing about Mass Effect 2! I had no load issues with ME2, but in ME1 you were in some cutscenes and still looking at the low res textures

 

[mrpmpfan]

As far as television goes..... once you watch hockey (or any sport for that matter) in HD, you will never want to go back to SD again.

As for games, HD games are really what PC owners have been enjoying for years, and now it's finally possible on consoles. I don't care if my game has amazing graphics, but they certainly add to the immersion factor. Playing the first 10 minutes of Mass Effect 2 in SD would just not give you that same sense of scale.

One thing I HATE though, is why do most games no longer support 4 player split-screen, when the TV's we have are bigger than ever?

I 100% with you. I just recently got a blu-ray player (no not a PS3) and I love watching my favorite movies in HD (District 9 is a stand out title).

p.s.

I bought my Insignia 1080p Blu-ray (w/Netflix Streaming and Blu-ray live) for $37. My job benefit kicks ass.

 

[SilverUchiha]

HD has not really been an issue for me. I can take or leave it. I'm 20 and I've lived all these years without having HD TV, games, etc. I think I can live without it altogether.

This is hands down the dumbest post I have ever read. You have also lived 20 yrs without a house of your own so you can live without one of those too right? Your logic bypasses me completely.

There is a bit of a difference there (jackass). HD isn't a necessity. A house... kinda need at some point. HD, don't care about. House... not a priority now, but will probably want one after college. I think you just didn't really get my post.

 

[mrpmpfan]

I had no load issues with ME2, but in ME1 you were in some cutscenes and still looking at the low res textures

I guess you are right, Mass Effect 1 did suffer from it more. Plus had annoying elevator moments to allow the game to load. I gave it a pass since it came out so early on the Xbox 360. I saw significant improvements on Mass Effect 2 but the problem still existed on occasions.

 

[mrpmpfan]

HD has not really been an issue for me. I can take or leave it. I'm 20 and I've lived all these years without having HD TV, games, etc. I think I can live without it altogether.

This is hands down the dumbest post I have ever read. You have also lived 20 yrs without a house of your own so you can live without one of those too right? Your logic bypasses me completely.

There is a bit of a difference there (jackass). HD isn't a necessity. A house... kinda need at some point. HD, don't care about. House... not a priority now, but will probably want one after college. I think you just didn't really get my post.

All I am saying is to say you will never need a HD tv might be true but with the cost of TVs coming down, and the fact they don't sell non-HD sets any longer means one day you might buy an HD TV. When that day occurs you might eat your words.

Oh and by the way you don't need a house you can live in a studio apartment, shelter is shelter.

 

[Valkyira]

I don't know, I like playing my games and watching movies on the best possible quality otherwise It feels like I'm not getting my money's worth.

 

[TPiddy]

I 100% with you. I just recently got a blu-ray player (no not a PS3) and I love watching my favorite movies in HD (District 9 is a stand out title).

p.s.

I bought my Insignia 1080p Blu-ray (w/Netflix Streaming and Blu-ray live) for $37. My job benefit kicks ass.

Yeah that's a solid deal... I got a high-end Sony model on Boxing Day last year for $179.

 

[omega 616]

I honestly can't tell the difference, maybe it's 'cos I wear glasses.

If I find out that's why there's no difference for me... I'm gonna be pissed.

I think of it this way, I don't have to pay to get the best looking picture I can 'cos it all looks the same.

 

[mrpmpfan]

I 100% with you. I just recently got a blu-ray player (no not a PS3) and I love watching my favorite movies in HD (District 9 is a stand out title).

p.s.

I bought my Insignia 1080p Blu-ray (w/Netflix Streaming and Blu-ray live) for $37. My job benefit kicks ass.

Yeah that's a solid deal... I got a high-end Sony model on Boxing Day last year for $179.

Thats a good deal too. Yea I get access to a special auction site ran by the store Best Buy. They sell their overstock, returned and refurbished items on the site and we get awesome deals.

 

[Warped_Ghost]

well I like LOTR conquest so I do value gameplay more than graphics but graphics usually add that something extra.

 

[DamianWorld]

Would you rather fuck an ugly chick or a spectacular beauty with tits the size of your head?
Exactly. Both activities are fun but the latter would be more enjoyable hence better graphics. Not everything but more preferable.

 

[GreatVladmir]

Well, I don't care about HD graphics, in actual fact it has stopped me playing games in the past if there too good, it's why I fall back on Pokemon Blue or TES III, because ok the graphics are shite, but the gameplay is there unlike say DA:O where ok you've full HD up the arse 1080p super pixels shaders to make it look pretty but then I feel, is the game trying to distract me, or skirt round somthing like its lack of a physics engine?

p.s. I was hoping HD Porn would have killed the HD phase.

 

[theultimateplu]

Then there's games like GOW2 where you can't read any of the text unless it's in HD.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I could care less about HD. I've been happy with the Wii for 4 years. The Xbox 360...not so much.

I lawled at this, also personally I don`t know why but HD movies make me more motion sickness then Cloverfield did (and I didnt get motion sickness from Cloverfield)

If you have a plasma tv the odds are it's not the movies, but the tv that's giving you motion sickness. As far as everything going HD and widescreen, televisions now are widescreen native. The Wii is not, so everything gets stretched and side to side movements can get exaggerated, other than that I can't think of any reason to hate the Wii other than there really not being a ton of games on it I want to play.

And here again, the problem is not the TV but that the games and system aren't rendering picture in widescreen. I'm also guessing you went from something around 30 inches to somewhere around 50. The larger the screen the worse polygonal objects are going to look because they have to be made larger to cover the larger screen area, it's not like the PS2 can change resolutions.

It`s not really the Wii I hate (its a hunk of plastic) it`s Nintendo...for allowing such shit games to be put on their consoles, it`s just like back in the NES days

A couple of things here. First I agree with the OP, but most are missing the point about the hardware. A Wii has worked for years for both the OP and myself. A 360 I purchased RR'ed after 2 weeks of play, and it's the longest I've ever managed to get one to work. Current PS3 lazer stopped working a week after the warranty gave out. Cheap, untested, shoddy junk. I've only had to purchase 1 console of each Nintendo generation. They all STILL work too. Can't say the same for any other console, well except my Dreamcast. It still works.

Soooooo you can't say the same for a Super Nintendo? or 64? or Gamecube? oh no! Also about ur 360 maybe it's just bad luck, I've had mine for over two years now, warranty ran out last year NEVER had a single problem and it's still going fine

 

[DYin01]

''Shinies''

That is all.

 

[Rewold]

I really hate a HD console with a SD television. If you want to see something in the distance forget it. Never personally seen HD picture so not so obsessed with it. Though I would like to try it. And yes, today too many people judge game by how it looks, not the gameplay or story.