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Microsoft employee: don't fall for the 1080p hype
Posted on Wednesday, 16 August 2006 by Speed, source: Ozymandias
Xbox platform strategy group team member and former Xbox Live director Andre Vrignaud has updated his blog with word that people shouldn't get caught up with the hype surrounding 1080p
Most modern HD displays (Plasmas, LCD, DLP, etc.) display content progressively, even if they first received an interlaced signal. Let me restate that: when you're watching a 1080"x" signal on a modern HD display, you're almost always watching a 1080p signal. The only difference is where the de-interlacing happens - but the displayed output is always 1080p. (Minor caveat is that there are rare TVs that don't de-interlace correctly, as described in the link above. But this is very rare today.)
This is why I get hung up on the image encoding quality of HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray. That's where you're going to see a perceivable difference. As to games, 99% of PS3 titles will natively render at 720p; the few that come out with 1080"x" support are either going to be simple classic arcade ports that don't need to render complex scenes (think the original Battlezone), or will give up a lot of in-game visual effects and simply won't look very good (hence the poor showing of Gran Turismo "HD" at this past E3).
This is why I get hung up on the image encoding quality of HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray. That's where you're going to see a perceivable difference. As to games, 99% of PS3 titles will natively render at 720p; the few that come out with 1080"x" support are either going to be simple classic arcade ports that don't need to render complex scenes (think the original Battlezone), or will give up a lot of in-game visual effects and simply won't look very good (hence the poor showing of Gran Turismo "HD" at this past E3).
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Anonymous
I also find it hysterical you are lost for words, fanboys are usually much more vocal than you have been.
Anonymous
Parallax
Zembla (old)
Then again, I remember when the GeForce 5 came out. nVidia had laid all its eggs in one basket and decided they didn't need publicity and could afford to go their own way... well because of that ATi's such a major player right now. Maybe Sony has overstaked her claim a bit like that as well.
Anonymous
Parallax
PS3 is just not "another machine" for your information. It will be able to do much more than plain gaming.
Anonymous
Download film trailers and game demos and maybe old arcade games i guess,hang on im pretty sure there is another console that has been doing that since november last year.
Maybe downloadable films and games later on down the line but again i think there is a console on the market already that plans on doing that in the future also,hang on theres the wireless pad (no wait) hard dirve attached (hang on) HD (all sound a bit familiar).
I GOT IT,online gaming (FUCK IT I GIVE UP).
OH OH! i got it,its got a pad with a motion sensor in it althought i think nintendo are copying sony with that idea :-).
I just thought of something,you can use your PSP as a rearview mirror on gran turismo,thats clever.
One hand on the pad and the other holding the PSP or get a mate to stand next to you holding it,now thats worth the asking price alone.
So come on tell me what its going to do thats so new and amazing??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.