How many people here don't have HDTV ?

[7th lutz]

I don't have one and I don't have any plans until they get cheaper.

[whoisKeel]

Nope. I just bout a Sony Wega 27" (4:3) tv about 2 years ago and it looks great for what I can afford...and also what I have room for.

Honestly though, I'm glad I held out, at least for a bit. My friend bought a HD CRT 27" widescreen Samsung about a year ago. Looks great but it doesn't have HDMI, just DVI. I don't think he was able to find an upconverting dvd player that outputs DVI, so he had to get an adapter. Kinda lame considering he's only had the tv for about a year (or less even).

That said, I still think his CRT HD tv looks loads better than all LCD HD tvs I've seen. My dad recently bought a 30" LCD HD and it looks like total crap next to his CRT (it looks like crap even next to my tv), it's a piece of junk and he paid like $1200 for it. The colors are all washed out and the refresh rate is a joke. Doesn't have much of an angle problem for an LCD though.

Plasma is a different story, of course but more expensive. I don't like the look of the DLPs. This is all mostly based on what I've seen in displays at stores like Best Buy etc, and it may be hit or miss depending on how the hook it up.

[Anthony1]

You know, HDTV's definitely have their downsides. Especially for people that are into old school systems. The first big downside is that the widescreen format really isn't ideal for any systems prior to the Xbox 360. Even the Xbox 1 has a large number of games with no real widescreen mode. Halo 1 looks better on a regular 4:3 TV than a widescreen. Sure, you can still play games in a 4:3 mode on your widescreen, usually with grey or black bars on the sides of the picture, but who the hell wants to do that.


Also, you can play your old school games in a stretch mode that at first seems very strange, but after some time you get used to it, but still, it's definitely not the ideal thing.


The other big downside, is that most HDTV's have relatively crappy line doublers built in, that convert composite and S-Video to 480p, but alot of times, the resulting image actually looks quite a bit worse than it would if you had it hooked up to a regular TV.


So it really comes down to how much you value your old school systems, and whether or not you play your old schools on another TV in the house, or if you can live with the stretch modes and the crappy upconversion and all that crap. If you are buying the TV for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, and you aren't going to be playing all your old school systems on it,then it really isn't that big of a deal, but if this is going to be your primary display for all your old school systems as well, and you don't have a RGB monitor or something in another room, then it's really something to consider. There are definitely some drawbacks to using old school systems with modern HDTV's. The XRGB2 plus can alleviate alot of that, but then you still have to deal with the fact that you are using a widescreen, and the old games weren't mean to be played on a widescreen.

[The Manimal]

Currently: No
Next week: Likely

[allsport11]

I don't have one as of yet but I am seriously considering getting one in the next week or so. Still debating the whole LCD VS. Plasma thing first. :)