When and how did you transition to gaming in HD?

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Vodacixi on 08 January 2018

2013. The year I got a Wii U.

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Zkuq on 08 January 2018

Apparently I got my first widescreen monitor (with the resolution of 1680x1050) in 2009. I think I got a PS3 in 2008 and got an HD Ready TV soon after, so I'm assuming it was Christmas that year. That would make the year 2008.

Of course this is all ignoring all the PC gaming done in 1024x768 on a CRT monitor way before anything I mentioned.

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melbye on 08 January 2018

In 2009 i got a HDTV for my birthday and i thought it would be stupid to take advantage of it. I needed a Blu-Ray player and figured a PS3 was the best option. And Arkham Asylum looked so damn good that i had to play it

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StokedUp on 08 January 2018

When: ps3 release
How: bought a HD tv

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ZS on 08 January 2018

Xmas 2007, got a PS3, used a 32” lcd tv(still have it)

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SuperNova on 08 January 2018

I conciously trasitioned to HD in 2013, when, after years of not even owning a TV, I bought a 24'' Samsung 1080p TV/monitor and my WiiU on black Friday.

Early 2012 if you want to count my 'HD ready' 720p macbook pro screen and playing minecraft, Bastion and a few other bits and bobs on it.
By the same logic I transitioned from HD to 5K a lot faster, seeing that I game on my late 2015 5k IMac (that I got in 2016).

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Conina on 08 January 2018

m0ney said:

I had a 17 inch CRT monitor up until August of 2008 when I bought a 22 inch 1080p widescreen monitor. You can argue that CRT monitors are HD too since their native resolutions are 1024x768 or something but we know how tiny games look on them compared to widescreens.

Image quality was always important to me, so I was an early adopter of high res displays

PC HD (1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz in 21'') = 1999 ... it was also able to display 1600 x 1200, but the VGA signal got blurry with that frequences

https://www.cnet.com/products/iiyama-vision-master-pro-501-crt-monitor-21/specs/

PC FullHD (1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz in 24'') = 2007

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-ultrasharp-2407wfp/review/

movies / console HD (1280 x 720 in 80'') = 2004

http://www.projektoren-datenbank.com/pro/index.php?angabe=panasonicptae700&id=

movies / console FullHD (1920 x 1080 in 80'') = 2008

http://www.hcinema.de/pro/anzeigen.php?angabe=sonyvplvw50

And a fun fact: my 21'' CRT had theoretically a bit more screen space than your 9 years younger 22'' flatscreen (but since only 20.0'' - 20.5'' wery visible, the flatscreen probably had a bit more screen space)

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TheLegendaryWolf on 08 January 2018

2012 when I got the Wii U, had gotten a 22 inch Vizio as a gift earlier that year. Before that I played the Wii and PS2 on a CRT "flatscreen" that weighted a ton.