lol "to a real gamer"

You are better than nobody else, I am not better than you and you are not better than me and we are no better than anyone else here. We all have opinions on these matters. Quit pretending you are a real gamer and get to decide for everybody

24 inches, I'm in limbo inbetween mlg fps player and pub player. I take it seriously but I'm not about to travel the world for tournys. I've tesed other sized, I get the best constant visual of the entire screen with 24 to 26 inches without loosing so much size to miss details I need to see.

Thats for gaming. as for media I watch everything on my 15 inch macbook. I used to download everything at 1080p but those files eat away and disk space real fast. I tested side by side images of the same media in 1080 and 720 with a few different media playing software pausing at certain areas. The jump from 480 to 720 is obvious, the jump from 720 to 1080 is comprehensivley non existant. What I did notice was my disk space freeing up as I deleted all my 1080p crap and replaced it with 720p versions.

This is important to remember.  $100 for a console that is weaker and therefore having less quality looking games is rediculous.  Aside from resolution and framerate shading quality and other effects will be lacking on Xbox One exclusives when compared to ps4.  I know its early but Titanfall looks last gen to me... Microsoft has got to drop their price..Graphics are important lets be honest...They are the key component to why new consoles are even released...

I'm sorry, but you are so wrong. It's impossible for me to play any game that doesn't have 1080p resolution. It completely takes me out of the gaming world. It's not like the gameplay really matter, not even the story telling. If I can tell the game isn't running at 1080p, then I don't care.

That's what I would say if I wasn't a "real gamer", by your standards.

I wasnt talking about devs, im talking about gamers,  And as you say, "trained the current industry into the belief that silly/negligible cosmetics are important to enjoying a video game"  

Some care, Some dont,  and some get so mad about those caring that they get defensive about not.

TBH games like GTA5 suffer from 720p alot I mean if it would have effective anti aliasing and AF it would be another story (to some extend) but pure 720p is very bad for realistic games.

but whats even worse is that during the first 30 seconds of gameplay you have to deal with 66% of SUB 30 FPS gameplay.

How anyone accepts sub30fps as standard is totally beyond me...
(Thank god I got paid a euro for "buying" GTA5 so it was even better than free rofl)

Woah .... I didnt recognize this user at first. Holy shit ... I was seeing red

24ish inch is the best as far as your gaming performance but as far as graphics I would say a 32" is the best. But yes I can see how the jump from 720p to 1080p is not that noticeable on a 24" tv

There is a large difference in 1080p vs 720p video files that are properly encoded. Does your Macbook have a 1080p display? But I do agree with you on disk space and I generally get 720p too. 1080p does look quite a bit greater than 720p but is it worth hogging space? Nope

Every jump is very noticable

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/images/articles/Luther-Resolution-Large.jpg

So it seems my opening statement has worked on people. Well, at least one person.

Great!

Well it is annoying when you see the disappointment in the resolution output comments coming from people who were against xbox before the redo-gate started. we're talking early nov and before it. If you lurked you know who they are and now they act as if xbox would interest them IF ONLY, the xbox one would just render native 1080p regularly. Same people are disappointed in titan fall for various reasons unrelated to the real reason which is the fact that it isn't on the ps4.....

Yea stuff like that is annoying......