That's a 900p monitor, not 480p (and also widescreen, just slightly narrower than 16:9). What made you think it's 480p?

BTW, 640x480 is 480p fullscreen. 480p can also be widescreen (typically between 720x480 and 853x480). 

dam I had no clue is was that easy to know lol

thats my computers monitor, than wtf? its more high def than my tv???

Now that's awesome.

It should be. The reason why videos tend to look so bad (if you've ever say, downloaded your favorite TV show, as I sure haven't) on your monitor is because of the resolution difference. TV's are typically very low res in comparison.

 Stop trolling and being an idiot.  This thread is legitimate in that it points out all of the hype and advertising that the systems have put out regarding HD is completely overexaggerated.  Sony and to a lesser degree MS have hyped out the whole HD superiority to death and review sites have listened to them accordingly by complaining when games don't meet their resolution expectations (i.e. even some places complain about SMG not being "HD").  

Resolution doesn't equal best graphics possible, most people agree on that but this thread isn't complaining about it, its saying that the games and systems are not what they are advertising or implying they are at. 

@darconi

Well it will be mandatory to change to HD soon, there wont be SD signals anymore just HD... they said it in a tv commercial I saw today.

 Welcome to the '90s!!!   You know why PC gamers have all been laughing when console fanboys boast about awesome 720p and what not resolutions?  They've had HD capability for over a decade.  Most monitors bigger than 17 inches will have as good resolutions as some of the new fancy TVs.  

Either you looked at it wrong, or ther commercial was put together wrong. It's the switch from analog to digital, not SD to HD. Shows can still be 480i if they want, just the signals will last better. 

 No, you are falling into a big misconception among the HD crowd. In 2009 they are changing the TV signals to be DIGITAL so they can free up signal spectrum.  The analog signals now take up a lot more of the bandwidth spectrum than digital does and its hindering companies from delivering more services or channels to your tv.  

Digital does not mean HD.  There are a lot of ways to still watch digital signals without having to buy a new HD tv (i.e. converter boxes).  Plus, a lot of the more modern SDTV can process digital signals already.  Granted, its much easier to have a HDTV for the digital signals but its not required.