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thetonestarr said:
With the appropriate upscaling TV/receiver, you can play at a beautiful 720p on your TV too.

Technically, all HDTVs upscale, at least the ones based on LCD and plasma screens. They have to; they can't really change their resolution like CRTs can, so they have to fake it through upscaling. You can see this on your own computer if you have an LCD screen; just try to change its resolution to anything other than the native one (typically the highest resolution offered).

The problem is that most HDTVs seem to get their built-in upscaling hardware from Cap'n Cheapo's Discount House O' Silicon. This keeps costs down, and is frankly more than a little convenient for them for other reasons, but it means that if you want SD to look decent on an HDTV you need better upscaling hardware.



Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.