http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/368796-1080p-vs-720p-Video-File-on-50-to-60-LED-TV

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Here is something you can have fun with comparing resolutions:

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/368796-1080p-vs-720p-Video-File-on-50-to-60-LED-TV

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Going to have to disagree with you there; QB in its current state is still one of the best looking console games I have seen to date. If 720p was the price required for it to push the quality of effects and character rendering that it does at a stable framerate, that's a worthwhile trade in my opinion, just like it was the right decision in my book to go for 900p for games like Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield 4, and Uncharted 4's multiplayer on PS4 in order to hit 60fps.

Better resolutions and graphics settings have always been possible on PC compared to consoles. But such a PC isn't necessarily possible for the consumer.
If you want 1080p60fps 100% of the time at max settings on PC you would have to pay an enourmus sum.
If you want to be able to play 1080p60fps on just SOME games you could propably get it for lower, but now there is a problem with how consistent your experience is across games.
Some people don't want variables with some games being locked 60 and others running like quantum break, so they just pick consoles.
Is it really hard to understand that?
It seems so cancerous in here excuse the expression.

The reason they champion it was because the majority of last gen 720 was the standard. 1080p should be the standard this gen. If you cannot have that then the framerate better be at a clean 60 fps to make up for it. Of course the standards for PC are higher but console devs seem to be missing the boat on PC ports by leaps and bounds.

I play mostly hopping back and forth between my PS4 and my Gamecube.... I feel as though I'm missing something, like I should switch over to the 480p GC and just be cut to ribbons on my couch by the lower resolution pixels flying towards me. Instead for me I just go.... oh yeah, this is the resolution of older games and carry on enjoying the game itself.

I have 720p TV and no complains, and adding to the whole "new gen = higher resolution" conversation, remember how the TV resolutions jumped between NES --> SNES --> Playstation --> Playstation 2 eras? Me neither, so after a huge jump from 480i to 720/1080p one should just be happy, anything higher than that only becomes useful in a much larger home theater screen.

http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship

Or if you sit closer... No reason to sit 10ft away if the game is 1080p. It's all about field of view, the higher the field of view the easier it is to get immersed in the game world. VR screens are only 5" after all :p I doubt 720p will be acceptable in VR, 1080p is already pushing it.

I do remember how TV resolutions jumped in the past. I had a CRT projector since the Playstation, yet it was also clear on a normal tv.
Gran Turismo hi-res mode was a nice preview of what was to come and playing Star Trek Voyager Elite Force in 800x600 on the projector was amazing at the time. (max that crt projector could display) The dreamcast had lovely sharp visuals making 4 player splitscreen re-volt possible to enjoy.

If people should just be happy, we would still be listening to radio and go to the theater :)

Not exactly. 1080P 60Fps is actually easy to obtain on the PC and cheaply, been that way for years now.

Where things get difficult is if you wish to exceed that. (I.E. 1440P/120FPS/144fps/1600P/4k/5k/Eyefinity/Surround Vision/3D/VR).

So roughly 2/3 of voters thinks 720p is still acceptable.

So tell me what it takes to run DAS3 and quantum break at 60fps on pc. You cannot do this cheaply.