Wii Emulator Allows Games to Run in 720p HD

[thetonestarr]

Millennium said:

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.

 

Right, that's why I said "appropriate". You've gotta have the right stuff for it to look right, but if you've got it, it'll look pretty sharp.