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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1958468" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>Well, there's <em>Enter the Matrix</em>...and...um...<em>Enter the Matrix.</em> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> Actually, there are four games that do 1080i that I know of, the other three being MX Unleashed, Dragon's Lair 3D, Syberia and (seriously) Atari Anthology. (<em>'cuz who doesn't want to play Atari's Adventure in High-Def...?).</em></p><p> <em></em></p><p> <em></em>Here's a list of some <a href="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/xboxlist.htm" target="_blank">HDTV X-box games</a>. There are also lists for HDTV-enabled <a href="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/gamecubelist.htm" target="_blank">Gamecube </a>and <a href="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/ps2list.htm" target="_blank">PS/2 games</a>. Note that only the X-box support anything other than PLII for sound, for the most part. For Nintendo's part, they've stated that only 1% of their users wanted component HDTV output, but 90% of their games support it natively. Sony doesn't seem to care all that much, which is odd (not unlike their belief that plasma and flatscreen technologies weren't going to be as popular as tube CRTs). All I can tell you is that Rogue Squadron at 480p made the Imperial Walkers look like the dang movie. It was luscious. Halo 2 in 480p is a hella-sweet.</p><p> </p><p> Gran Tourismo 4 has just been announced to be 1080i. Resident Evil 4 doesn't do widescreen, which is just plain dumb, a common Nintendo problem, as you mentioned. For the record, though, there are plenty of HDTV's that are 4:3, especially in the smaller sizes. My friend has a 40" Sony Wega (the 40XBR800) that is 4:3, and it looks superb.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> Well, no one asked that. If you're big into Online gaming, I whole-heartedly agree. I was recommending Xbox as the best online gaming, <em>if you're buying a console and that's a factor</em>. I ain't playing NWN, WoW or CoH on a console, and the mouse/keyboard combo is still the best way to play an FPS. But there's something to be said for powering up a console, pressing four-buttons for a password, and then joining a game with two more button presses. Joining an online game of UT2004, HL2 or Doom3 is far more difficult and far less enjoyable, IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1958468, member: 151"] Well, there's [i]Enter the Matrix[/i]...and...um...[i]Enter the Matrix.[/i] :) Actually, there are four games that do 1080i that I know of, the other three being MX Unleashed, Dragon's Lair 3D, Syberia and (seriously) Atari Anthology. ([i]'cuz who doesn't want to play Atari's Adventure in High-Def...?). [/i]Here's a list of some [url="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/xboxlist.htm"]HDTV X-box games[/url]. There are also lists for HDTV-enabled [url="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/gamecubelist.htm"]Gamecube [/url]and [url="http://www.hdtvarcade.com/ps2list.htm"]PS/2 games[/url]. Note that only the X-box support anything other than PLII for sound, for the most part. For Nintendo's part, they've stated that only 1% of their users wanted component HDTV output, but 90% of their games support it natively. Sony doesn't seem to care all that much, which is odd (not unlike their belief that plasma and flatscreen technologies weren't going to be as popular as tube CRTs). All I can tell you is that Rogue Squadron at 480p made the Imperial Walkers look like the dang movie. It was luscious. Halo 2 in 480p is a hella-sweet. Gran Tourismo 4 has just been announced to be 1080i. Resident Evil 4 doesn't do widescreen, which is just plain dumb, a common Nintendo problem, as you mentioned. For the record, though, there are plenty of HDTV's that are 4:3, especially in the smaller sizes. My friend has a 40" Sony Wega (the 40XBR800) that is 4:3, and it looks superb. Well, no one asked that. If you're big into Online gaming, I whole-heartedly agree. I was recommending Xbox as the best online gaming, [i]if you're buying a console and that's a factor[/i]. I ain't playing NWN, WoW or CoH on a console, and the mouse/keyboard combo is still the best way to play an FPS. But there's something to be said for powering up a console, pressing four-buttons for a password, and then joining a game with two more button presses. Joining an online game of UT2004, HL2 or Doom3 is far more difficult and far less enjoyable, IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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