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Has HDTV Doomed My Games?
SonicAdvDX:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on March 14, 2011, 03:13:44 AM ---Can't wait for OLED to become consumer ready for big sizes. Then we will be really blown away.
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Take the pixel density of iPhone 4's retina display...
Put it into a HDTV-sized screen....
:o
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on March 14, 2011, 03:13:44 AM ---One problem is that the nicer contrast and black levels were a real good argument years ago when LCD and Plasma tech was in it's infancy. Nowadays LED-LCDs (colors) and new Panny plasmas (black levels) blow CRTs away.
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I don't know if I'd say they "blow away" CRTs (especially properly calibrated CRTs) but they're certainly a lot better than when they first came out.
Certainly if I decide to go for a bigger TV, it'll probably be a panny plasma.
I think it's worth mentioning that for being only 34", my TV certainly doesn't seem anywhere near that small. Might be because of the all-around bulkiness of it being a CRT though... plus it's holy shit heavy.
tiktektak:
Yeah you're right it's wrong to say they kick their ass because the whole tech is a lot different and not really comparable.
When I'm watching TV I always use my normal CRT not my big fat LED-LCD cause I still think SD television looks a lot better with a CRT!
Just recently I saw a 12" AMOLED for display in an electronics store here in austria and the contrast, colors and black levels were astonishing. :o
lcvolt:
i think it has also someting to do with new tv's being flat. the original tv it was designed for was not flat. i saw an AVGN video in which he said a certain accesory didn't work because he was using a flat tv.
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: lcvolt on March 14, 2011, 09:37:41 PM ---i think it has also someting to do with new tv's being flat. the original tv it was designed for was not flat. i saw an AVGN video in which he said a certain accesory didn't work because he was using a flat tv.
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Nah, the older SD Trinitron WEGAs still work fine with light guns iirc, and they have a flat screen.
Like I said, it's the refresh rate. Pretty much all HDs out there refresh at 120hz or higher. The guns are designed for a 50-60Hz signal.