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Gamerace on 08 March 2008

Still have SDtv. When I do upgrade it'll be because of the size of HDtvs not resolution. HD is worth something to me, but not very much.

Certainly not worth $150 just to get my Wii to HD.



 

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TWRoO on 08 March 2008
leo-j said:
jake_the_fake1 said:
legend92 said:
no way waste of money

how about if it upscaled to 1080p?


The games are not meant to run at 720p or 1080p, just like ps2 games they would look terrible in HD even upscaled on ps3.


DVDs are not meant to run at 720p or 1080p, but there is such a thing as an upscaler which can make them look better.
However you are probably right on the last part, having a forced upscale could make them look worse than just playing 480p or 576i on the HDtv anyway.

Leo-j said: You do know you are forced to purchase an HDTV, if by 2009 you have none you cant watch anything.

I assume you are thinking of digital... there is a difference between digital tv and HDtv... currently there are a few HD digita broadcasts, but most are still in SD, and they are not cutting off digital SD broadcasts, it is just analogue signals that are being cut off...so no-one is being forced to go HD at all....probably not for a good 15 years I'd say (considering that the vast majority of people use digital tv now, and have done for a few years, yet they still haven't forced digital on anyone [except perhaps in Japan].... this means it is going to be a long long time before HD broadcasts are forced upon anyone)

 

To summarise.
How you can watch TV now
--- using analogue transmitted signals
--- using digital, for instance cable, sky or here in UK freeview (which is a digital signal, but is transmitted the same way as analogue)

How you can watch TV in a few years
--- only using digital (cable/sky/freeview)

HD has nothing to do with it. 



kingofwale on 08 March 2008

260 for Wii + 150 for upscale = $410 > PS3


Here's another one, for 50 dollars, if they enable CD and DVD playback via firmware, will you pay for it?



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
TWRoO on 08 March 2008

^erm the Wii is $250 (unless you live in Canada) but that still doesn't make a difference because if the Wii were the same price as the PS3 it would still sell more (perhaps if PS3 hadn't been released at such a price it wouldn't have had a stigma attached to it though)



kingofwale on 08 March 2008
TWRoO said:
^erm the Wii is $250 (unless you live in Canada)

 really? Because Wii is 280 here, and I thought it'd be slightly cheaper in US. hmm, DAMNIT, WE GOT SCREWED!



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
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supermario128 on 08 March 2008

No, I wouldn't buy it even though I do have a HDTV, I would rather have a PS3.




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jlauro on 08 March 2008
kingofwale said:
Here's another one, for 50 dollars, if they enable CD and DVD playback via firmware, will you pay for it?

Maybe for 500 wii points but not more than that.



kingofwale on 08 March 2008

>Maybe for 500 wii points but not more than that.


500 wii points for BOTH WMA and MP3 playback, will you do it? :P



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
tmbh on 08 March 2008

Want HD games get a 360/PS3

Want to upscale your Wii to 720 / 1080 get a new amp, they all upscale from almost any signal source.



Onimusha12 on 08 March 2008

They would have to offer it at a nominal fee of $50 with a $50 price cut to the Wii while at the same time intigrating a new model with the feature already built in.

For those upgrading their pre-existing Wii's with the Item, it would most likely be the same size of the Wii or smaller to act as a second tower and would most likely come with a new base to hold both the Wii and the device in place.