Poll: Does anyone still own a standard definition tv?

[MikailCaboose]

Yes. I don't have the money for anything else...
Oh well, it works just fine for me so my only complaint is that it's heavy as Hell.

 

[EOTD]

Never liked the idea of HDTV and I think 3DTV will never pass on. Sky are doing a 3D package for some reason, apart from football in 3D what else will be given the treatment? Do you need football in 3D? I can understand "some" films. I feel sorry for the people who got a HDTV when it first started, only to find out that they had to upgrade because the first ones weren't up to it. Reminds me of DVD players, you can get one today for £20 that is miles ahead of one that first cane out and cost £200. You must never get the tech when it's new (PS3, XBOX and so on). Upgrades will be made on things that don't need it, people will waste money to get it and the world will keep turning. Oh well, to them who have a HDTV and get what they need out of it, good for you. Everyone I know who has one, now regret's it.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

I'm a SDTV guy who is waiting for everyone else to go 3d so I can get a HDTV2nd hand on the cheap, first adopters are suckers

 

[Sonic Doctor]

Never liked the idea of HDTV and I think 3DTV will never pass on. Sky are doing a 3D package for some reason, apart from football in 3D what else will be given the treatment? Do you need football in 3D? I can understand "some" films. I feel sorry for the people who got a HDTV when it first started, only to find out that they had to upgrade because the first ones weren't up to it. Reminds me of DVD players, you can get one today for £20 that is miles ahead of one that first cane out and cost £200. You must never get the tech when it's new (PS3, XBOX and so on). Upgrades will be made on things that don't need it, people will waste money to get it and the world will keep turning. Oh well, to them who have a HDTV and get what they need out of it, good for you. Everyone I know who has one, now regret's it.

Party pooper.....no, actually -> What do the people you know regret about it? Everybody I know under the sun has one, from me to family and friends, which equals at least 12 HDtvs, and even more from people I am just acquainted with. Every single one praises their purchase and loves their HDtvs. I would say that buying mine was the best purchase I have ever made, I love having a 32 inch computer screen and my tv shows not looking fuzzy. I don't have to buy junction boxes for special devices. My HDtv makes my life simpler.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

I still have my old faithful tube TV. It's a decent size (about 40" I think) but when I play videogames on it, all the text is tiny because everyone loves their HD widescreens

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I'm a SDTV guy who is waiting for everyone else to go 3d so I can get a HDTV2nd hand on the cheap, first adopters are suckers

You could look at refurbished tvs if you know a place that does that. One of my friends got his 32 inch Vizio 1080p LCD HDtv from a store that refurbishes them. He paid 320 for it, I doubt that even when prices go down you will get a better price than that. Besides I got my 32 Insignia 1080p for 460 with 2 year warranty, I would say if prices went down, it would only go down to about 360 or so. It would only go down lower if you wait ten years, I doubt that you want to wait that long. By that time I bet we will be using virtual reality entertaino visors for all of our visual media.

 

[Plazmatic]

in the next few weeks im getting a 1080p led tv so i can finally play my ps3 the way it was meant to be played. i considered going 3-D but then i remembered, i fucking hate 3-D. so i decided to pass on the 3-D and go for a bigger screen instead of shelling out a lot of extra $$$ for a technology that irritates me. if hell freezes over and beyond good and evil 2 is actually released, and they decide to make it 3-D only, well then my hands will be tied. until then, however....

anyway, sorry for that long drawn out introduction. my question is, am i like the last gamer on earth to finally upgrade to HD? i feel like all my friends and every gamer on youtube has a massive flat screen for gaming and watching blue rays.

no, I still have a giant ass 44 inch electron gun TV, but I usually play pc games any way, and the screen resolution there is a lot better then the max on tvs, 1650 by 1080 compared to your wimpy 1080 by 720, and I can hook it up to my 360 any way

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I still have my old faithful tube TV. It's a decent size (about 40" I think) but when I play videogames on it, all the text is tiny because everyone loves their HD widescreens

That is actually one of the reasons I got mine a few months ago. Back last October when I pre-ordered Halo 3: ODST, I got a ten dollar credit, I used it to buy a three pack of XBox 360 games, on of the games was Dead Rising, I couldn't play the game because the instructional text was just too small, I didn't know what the game was telling me to do. Though I don't like the game anyway, I hate games that are basically one big timed mission. It was fine back in the days of Super Mario Bros, because I didn't have to think or plan while playing it, I usually beat it in 24 minutes these days. But the new games of today just don't mix with timers. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask isn't that new, but that was the major fault I saw in that game as well, let me actually play the game instead of making me worry and rush through it. Sorry, on tangents again.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

I still have my old faithful tube TV. It's a decent size (about 40" I think) but when I play videogames on it, all the text is tiny because everyone loves their HD widescreens

That is actually one of the reasons I got mine a few months ago. Back last October when I pre-ordered Halo 3: ODST, I got a ten dollar credit, I used it to buy a three pack of XBox 360 games, on of the games was Dead Rising, I couldn't play the game because the instructional text was just too small, I didn't know what the game was telling me to do. Though I don't like the game anyway, I hate games that are basically one big timed mission. It was fine back in the days of Super Mario Bros, because I didn't have to think or plan while playing it, I usually beat it in 24 minutes these days. But the new games of today just don't mix with timers. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask isn't that new, but that was the major fault I saw in that game as well, let me actually play the game instead of making me worry and rush through it. Sorry, on tangents again.

Try going through a conversation with Mass effect two. I'm glad they hve the basic rule of "Upper left and upper right option are generally paragon. Lower left and lower right and generally Renegade" thing because I can't see that the option to say is.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Umm... yeah, I'm too poor to buy a hi-def one... it's called college student...

 

[zehydra]

It's hard to want to spend a lot of money on an HD tv when it's going to be obsolete in a few years, the way this market is rapidly expanding.

"Does anyone still own an HD-TV? I thought everyone moved on to 3D-Super Plasma FX 3000 by now!"

 

[Riddle78]

Why yes,I do own an SD TV. And,it's a CRT-TV,to boot! I never really understood why people jumped for HD. I saw HD television on an HD TV before,and I saw and heard no difference. And 3D is never gonna take off until they can cheaply project a hologram in the room.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I have one in my room and in the closet

 

[Sonic Doctor]

I still have my old faithful tube TV. It's a decent size (about 40" I think) but when I play videogames on it, all the text is tiny because everyone loves their HD widescreens

That is actually one of the reasons I got mine a few months ago. Back last October when I pre-ordered Halo 3: ODST, I got a ten dollar credit, I used it to buy a three pack of XBox 360 games, on of the games was Dead Rising, I couldn't play the game because the instructional text was just too small, I didn't know what the game was telling me to do. Though I don't like the game anyway, I hate games that are basically one big timed mission. It was fine back in the days of Super Mario Bros, because I didn't have to think or plan while playing it, I usually beat it in 24 minutes these days. But the new games of today just don't mix with timers. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask isn't that new, but that was the major fault I saw in that game as well, let me actually play the game instead of making me worry and rush through it. Sorry, on tangents again.

Try going through a conversation with Mass effect two. I'm glad they hve the basic rule of "Upper left and upper right option are generally paragon. Lower left and lower right and generally Renegade" thing because I can't see that the option to say is.

Will you go with blurry line #1 or #2? Well, blurry line #2's blurriness look's more threatening, so #1.

 

[Kris015]

Yeah, i have both.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

I still have my old faithful tube TV. It's a decent size (about 40" I think) but when I play videogames on it, all the text is tiny because everyone loves their HD widescreens

That is actually one of the reasons I got mine a few months ago. Back last October when I pre-ordered Halo 3: ODST, I got a ten dollar credit, I used it to buy a three pack of XBox 360 games, on of the games was Dead Rising, I couldn't play the game because the instructional text was just too small, I didn't know what the game was telling me to do. Though I don't like the game anyway, I hate games that are basically one big timed mission. It was fine back in the days of Super Mario Bros, because I didn't have to think or plan while playing it, I usually beat it in 24 minutes these days. But the new games of today just don't mix with timers. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask isn't that new, but that was the major fault I saw in that game as well, let me actually play the game instead of making me worry and rush through it. Sorry, on tangents again.

Try going through a conversation with Mass effect two. I'm glad they hve the basic rule of "Upper left and upper right option are generally paragon. Lower left and lower right and generally Renegade" thing because I can't see that the option to say is.

Will you go with blurry line #1 or #2? Well, blurry line #2's blurriness look's more threatening, so #1.

pretty much "I see help in there! I'll pick that one! Oh shit, he just told them to go to hell... Damnit"

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I got a HDTV a couple years back for my PS3 that was in my room, but last year my parents bought a 42" HDTV as the main TV. The old one is in another room.

I remember when I first plugged my PS3 into a HDTV at my friends house after I bought it, and I just knew I had to get one of those I've still yet to try 3D TV. Maybe it'll be cool.

 

[dex-dex]

I do!
it is the only television in my house that is not owned by a douchebag brother.

 

[-Samurai-]

My TV is SD and I see no point in making the switch now. It's only 3 years old, so it has a long life ahead of it.

 

[Hap2]

Yes, I have an old 20" Sony CRT TV in my room, I use it to play older games since the newer TVs tend to smudge and blur things.