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thismeintiel on 19 October 2014
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Mr Puggsly said:
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Nothing is wrong with preferring 720p, some people can't tell the difference between 720p and 480, but that doesn't mean you have to lie and say the difference doesn't exist and its not beneficial to gameplay.

That's the thing. You're comparing 720p to 1080p as if that disparity is the same as 480p to 720p.

The reality is 480p to 720p was a much more significant transition. Percentage of pixels was also more significant. The blurriness of 480p is more perceptible.

The transition from 240p to 480p was also more significant than 720p to 1080p. Why? It was easier to see the difference.

Man, I wish the One was more consistently able to pull off 1080p, then we would have Xbox fans agreeing that 1080p is great, a much better image quality.  Instead, in an attempt to defend their console we get silly arguments like this.  480p to 720p is an additional 240 lines of horizontal resolution.  720p to 1080p is an additional 360 lines of horizontal, so the difference is actually larger.  And that's not even including the extra vertical lines. As you can see in this picture, the gap between 720p and 1080p is actually larger than the gap between 480p and 720p.

While you are right that the increase percentage-wise is technically smaller (~267% vs 225%, not really that big of a difference), to act like that actually is more important is quite insincere.  The difference between 480p and 720p is an increase of 576,000 pixels.  While 720p to 1080p is actually an increase in 1,152,000 pixels.  That's quite the difference, especially since we are nowhere near the point of diminishing returns in terms of TV resolution.  You see, it's much easier to go up higher in percentages, when you are starting at a low number.  Being on a sales site, you should know this.  Plus, the jump to 720p was helped by the fact that we switched to a widescreen standard, so vertical lines had to be increased more than horizontal.  If the format had stayed the same, 720p would have only increased by 432,000 pixels, or the same 225% as the jump to 1080p.

I have played several indie games (which means no difference from last gen, except resolution) on the PS3 that were running at 720p, then switched to 1080p on the PS4, and the difference is astounding.  So much sharper, clearer.  The fact that the PS4 can also pump out visuals much better than the PS3, while mantaining a resolution 1080p is really great.  That's definitely part of the reason it has pulled ahead so much.