Poll: HD or SD?

[Iwata]

So, quick question: do you play consoles on an HDTV?

I have a fairly large TV on my room, with an amazing inbuilt sound system. But it's not an HDTV. My sister has an HDTV on her room, and I borrowed it for a couple of months, and while the image is a lot better, the screen is much smaller, and the sound sucks.

And now I'm back to my old TV. And although I prefer this TV overall, I do find it frustrating trying to read the small text on games made for HDTV's.

So... how do you play it?

 

[Wolfram23]

I haven't used a non 1080p TV or monitor for about 3 years now.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I find it very difficult to play on anything but an HDTV nowadays. I received my TV for my birthday last year, and haven't looked back since. It really is just a higher standard of viewing, and is rather difficult to go back to SD once you've seen true HD.

For example, I left my HDTV here in my dorm room over the Winter holidays when I went home, and was forced to use my old SD TV to play games on. Playing Arkham City on that thing was more of a chore rather than entertainment. I could hardly read any of the text.

 

[StBishop]

Similar boat as the previous posters.

My amazing girlfriend bought us a HDTV about 2 years ago and I've not played on an SDTV since.

I still have an SD monitor but I only really play indi/retro games on my PC.

 

[MetalDooley]

I finally upgraded to HDTV about a month ago.I honestly couldn't go back to using an SDTV now.

 

[Tupolev]

There's a lot of sixth gen and older content that is very difficult to get to look nice on almost anything that isn't a CRT, and the easiest sort of CRT to find is an SD display. Because of how aperture grilles work (specifically, they don't actually have locked-in native vertical resolutions), 720p models can also be fine for older content while simultaneously being good for modern console games.

I'd say it all depends, really. As a vague general rule, I prefer most newer games on an HDTV, most older games on my SD CRT.

 

[Jamash]

Despite only getting my HDTV 2 years ago, I've been console gaming in HD ever since I bought my X-Box 360, about 4 years ago.

As soon as I got my 360 I connected it to an jury rigged system of old CRT computer monitor(s) and a Hi-FI for audio, rather than my larger SD TV as I didn't see the point of using a HD system on a SD display.

The ancient CRT monitors that had been collecting dust in out attic may have been half the size of my TV, but the difference in image quality meant deciding to use them rather than my TV wasn't really a choice at all, just the proper course of action.

Once the two 'junk' monitors died for various reasons (they were very old), I connected my 360 to my computer's CRT monitor, then when that died I replaced it with a 22" LCD monitor which I happily used for my console until I finally bought a HDTV (for it's own sake, to replace the old TV) and I could game in full 1080p via HDMI (as opposed to 1368x768 and 1680x1050 via VGA).

 

[Tony2077]

my TV is SD since its too old to be hd it is about 25 years old

 

[kyogen]

I like HD, I really do, but I've got to save money at least sometimes, and SD is cheaper. HD doesn't give me enough bang for the buck right now.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

I have a Sony Bravia 32" 1080P TV in my room that i use for blu-ray watching and gaming. I frikin love it (but that my be due to the fact that i seriously saved and cut back for months, to the point of forgoing lunch most days in order to afford it). I don't think I could go back to gaming on a SD TV, modern games are just not optimised for them, same with the films. For watching TV programs however i really couldn't care less if it was HD or SD.

 

[Hazy992]

My TV's 1080p. I can't go back now. No way

 

[Cowabungaa]

HDTV has more information on the screen, how can I say no to that? I really can't imagine going back to SDTV now. Two years ago I saw God of War 3 on an SDTV...*shudder* Should be a criminal offence.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I don't think I would've bothered getting a current gen console if I didn't have an HDTV.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Wish I had HD but I have SD. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I.

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

I do pretty much everything on my HD 40" now. I have it mounted right next to my monitor and just swap whenever I do anything that aint just text since windows text looks shit on it.

 

[Sun Flash]

I only went HD about a year ago, before that I was really hesitant, thinking the difference wouldn't be that huge.

Turns out there is.

I was setting up my little cousins Xbox at christmas up in his room, and he still has the old Cathode Ray Tube type TVs. I actually felt bad for him having to play on it (first world problems, I know, blah).

I should mention my TV is a Samsung (something) LED 32" 1080p/i with a proper surround sound system. I'm kind of spoiled.

 

[Yopaz]

Really??

Try to avoid low content posts, the mods don't like them and neither does most of the community here.

OT: HD had that for a few years now. I think I could go back, but I can't say for sure. I can hardly take watching TV on anything smaller than 40 inches.

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

my HD died on me (circuitboard) and im using a 32' sanyo SD. please kill me.

 

[EHKOS]

I had an SD for a while (it was pretty big too) and I finally got an HD a month ago. 32" Samsung with 720p. Honestly, I don't see to much of a difference but that may just be because I use one eye at a time. (I don't see in true 3d either but I have periphial vision) I still like it and it is bigger.

 

[masticina]

My laptop is not full hd

but my television is also HDMI obviously.. it is a cheap LCD one though so no true black.

I do have an SD Sony Trinitron for the older consoles. Works a bit nicer on it and what can I say I like HD. I like Full HD..it works! More pixels, sharper content..if the content is streamed well