Borkachev on 06 February 2008
I feel like we're going in circles here. If you can do 1440p in a PSN game, what's stopping you from doing it in a Blu-ray disc game?
The problem isn't the format, it's the type of games usually made for them. PSN games tend to use mostly 2D or simple 3D graphics. BluRay games go whole hog at exploiting the system's power. And since BluRay games are only barely managing to run at 1080p as it is... (I'm not sure if any game has really pulled it off yet without making major sacrifices elsewhere or "stretching" the definition of 1080p).
As for 1440p coming in the near future, I think Played_Out and greenmedic have it right. Broadcasters have just begrudgingly finished upgrading their broadcast systems for 720p/1080i, and they're not going to do it again for a long, long time. TV signals are going to define the major market for HDTVs. The next generation of games consoles still won't support 1440p, except maybe as a rare muscle-flexing show by the odd developer trying to get some attention for their game.
And of course, we're still a ways off from getting even 1080p firmly established. No networks broadcast at that resolution as far as I know, and even their 720p/1080i broadcasts tend to be so compressed they look horrendous. Games consoles still aren't really pulling it off, as I mentioned above. The only things that can do it reliably are HD movie disks and PC games. Never mind 1440p -- I'll be happy if the next gen of game consoles can just manage 1080p reliably.
So get a 1080p TV today, and don't worry too much about it. There'll be some movement forward in picture quality over the next few years, of course, as LED-backlighting, OLED, and laser projection technology become more mainstream, but as far as resolution goes you're pretty much future proof right now.
