How many people here don't have HDTV ?

[zerohero]

I doubt I'll be getting one next gen or for a good while, and I was wondering who else is in the same boat. Next gen will completely support HDTV, so it's intresting for me to see how many people who don't have one or plane to own one anytime soon this year.

[Jasoco]

I don't. I do have a less than year old flat tube Sylvania 27" for $250.

I do plan on trying to upgrade to at least an EDTV this year or next. Probably next. I'll wait to see if prices drop soon or later. I'll at least want the best I can get for my Wii. I dont have a 360 yet and probably won't for a while. And I won't have a PS3 until 2010 at the earliest. So I don't NEED it. Also, I don't have a HD TiVo yet either. So I'll wait until everything HD comes down drastically first.

[Ed Oscuro]

Yeah, I'm with you guys. No HDTV here. Do have more monitors than I can handle, though.

[zerohero]

Yeah, I'm with you guys. No HDTV here. Do have more monitors than I can handle, though.

I was thinking of getting a nice monitor then just buying an adapter for my systems.

[aaronpetrosky]

I don't :(

I also got a 27'inch Flat Screen but it's a Magnavox and I really like it. All games and systems look nice on it.

[SkiDragon]

I am absolutely serious when I say that the main thing holding me back from HDTV is it's relative incompatibility with older formats. This includes "EDTV". I owned both an HDTV and EDTV for a while (not simultaneously), and while they were awesome for Xbox games in 480p, they had a major flaw. They messed up the graphics in NES games. The game I most noticed it in is Ninja Gaiden. When the level scrolls the background seems to "wiggle". To test this theory I actually took an NES with Ninja Gaiden to Best Buy and tried it on several HDTVs. I noticed this effect on all of them, although it wasn't quite as bad on the really expensive sets. I also tried it on a really big standard TV and it looked fine, as expected. I think it has something to do with the way the TV upconverts the signal. If there was a TV that could actually display in all modes without converting, I would consider buying it.
Also, the widescreens, while nice for newer widescreen media, sucks for older, standard format stuff. You have to choose between stretch deform mode, or black sidebar mode.

As mostly a fan of the older systems, an HDTV is not really in my best interest.

[hezeuschrist]

I am absolutely serious when I say that the main thing holding me back from HDTV is it's relative incompatibility with older formats. This includes "EDTV". I owned both an HDTV and EDTV for a while (not simultaneously), and while they were awesome for Xbox games in 480p, they had a major flaw. They messed up the graphics in NES games. The game I most noticed it in is Ninja Gaiden. When the level scrolls the background seems to "wiggle". To test this theory I actually took an NES with Ninja Gaiden to Best Buy and tried it on several HDTVs. I noticed this effect on all of them, although it wasn't quite as bad on the really expensive sets. I also tried it on a really big standard TV and it looked fine, as expected. I think it has something to do with the way the TV upconverts the signal. If there was a TV that could actually display in all modes without converting, I would consider buying it.
Also, the widescreens, while nice for newer widescreen media, sucks for older, standard format stuff. You have to choose between stretch deform mode, or black sidebar mode.

As mostly a fan of the older systems, an HDTV is not really in my best interest.

Was your HDTV an LCD or CRT? On my CRT HDTV I've had absolutely no issues with my coax input for my older system or my composite for snes/n64. It's stretched because it's a widescreen set (and I'm too lazy to set the aspect in the system menu for each input), but other than that it looks exactly like it did to me 10-15 years ago.

[windhys]

no HDTV here, SD still serves me well.

[SkiDragon]

Was your HDTV an LCD or CRT? On my CRT HDTV I've had absolutely no issues with my coax input for my older system or my composite for snes/n64. It's stretched because it's a widescreen set (and I'm too lazy to set the aspect in the system menu for each input), but other than that it looks exactly like it did to me 10-15 years ago.

The ones I owned were relatively cheap CRT sets, but like I said I went to best buy and tried it on all sorts of sets and always noticed the effect. I was using the rca jacks on the NES, not RF. Similarly, when I hooked up a VCS using RF, the ball in Breakout had a "ghost" that followed it around.

[THATinkjar]

Nope, I don't either. And to make matters worse, my 42" Toshiba Widescreen TV (It was about 7 years old) blew up a few weekends back, leaving me with a 4:3 32" Sony TV. Bah.

I've also just ordered an Xbox 360 (with GRAW, DOA4 and PGR3), and I'll be hooking it up to my 19" dual-input (DVI and VGA) monitor hopefully tomorrow. I reckon this setup will be fine, as I won't be more than 2 foot away from the monitor.

I'd like to buy a HDTV, of course, but the best sets are about £1000-£2000. That is pretty expensive for something I'm not going to be able to get full use out of for a long while (no one is really broadcasting in HD yet here). Plus, after a little research, I think VGA looks better than Component for gaming.

[RJ]

Not me, & I'm gonna hold out as long as possible.

[Julio III]

I'd like to buy a HDTV, of course, but the best sets are about £1000-£2000. That is pretty expensive for something I'm not going to be able to get full use out of for a long while (no one is really broadcasting in HD yet here). Plus, after a little research, I think VGA looks better than Component for gaming.

But aren't BBC started it for the World Cup?
The best possible way to launch HDTV over I feel.
But over a grand for a TV, no thanks.

[Vinnysdad]

No HDTV for me yet. Saving up for a nice one to play X360 on. My brother has one though and I usually go to his house and use his tv. That lucky son of a.....

[Haoie]

No, since the only new game thing I have is my DS, anyway.

[njiska]

Hope, but thanks to the miracle of a VGA cable and a Trinitron monitor (one of the few items in history Sony didn't fuck up) i can get the full HD experience. 16:9 and all.

[Joker T]

Nope, but I'm looking into it.

[THATinkjar]

But aren't BBC started it for the World Cup?
The best possible way to launch HDTV over I feel.
But over a grand for a TV, no thanks.

I have a funny feeling that there are a lot of restraints on this... isn't it only available in certain areas? Don't you have to go through some sort of sign-up process? Etc?

Besides, I don't need to see the sweat on Sol's face to know he isn't fit enough :)

[Happy_Dude]

Not here. And not anytime soon ....

[CosmicMonkey]

I have a 32" Panasonic wide/flat screen CRT with everything running RGB Scart. Do I need HD?, um, no.

I have no interest in any of the new consoles.

[GrandAmChandler]

Nope. Not I.

[Nature Boy]

As much as I love technology and new gadgets, I'm yet another person who hasn't made the jump to HDTV.

Mostly because of the costs involved. I'd have to get an HDTV satellite receiver to replace my current receiver, plus I'd want a stereo receiver that could work as a switchbox like my current stereo does, which puts me around $2000 in the hole before I talk about the TV itself.

I'm actually happy enough with my current setup. It's not like I'm using cable - I've got an S-video feed for my DVD Player, Satellite Receiver, and Consoles connected to a 36" Toshiba TV. Everything is digital so the picture is still a huge improvement over cable or composite.

[slip81]

I don't have one either. But with me it's more of a space issue. I don't have a lot of room and can't really justify spending the money on an HDTV if it's less thatn 60".

So I just plan to keep saving my money untill I get the space a few years down the road and then get something huge :)
The technology will be cheaper then anyway, so maybe I'll be able to get a nice big 1080p set for less than 10k

[Satac]

I don't own one and I don't need one. The cost of getting a HDTV set (1000-2000€) plus a X-box 360 is too much for me.

[klausien]

I don't have one and probably won't for a while. I want to upgrade to a 27"+ flat screen standard monitor, but no HD for me. Unless you have RGB output for the classic systems, they look like absolute ass on an HDTV. They look better on my piece of s**t 27" Daewoo.

[Griking]

I don't and I really don't have plans on buying one any time soon either. They're just too expensive still for something that I just don't need.

[NoahsMyBro]

None here. It's too expensive for me, and I have no interest in it.

I'm satisfied with my 8 year old JVC 27" CRT. Would it be nice to have something newer ? - sure. Do I really care? Not very much.

[Icarus Moonsight]

No HD and no plans to purchase one for a long time. Once these 16:9 LCDs get dirt cheap I'll spring for a big one. Or maybe I'll just go with a 16:9 big screen.... hmmm decisions decisions. :hmm:

[Push Upstairs]

I like the thought of HD and a widescreen TV would be pretty nice for most of my DVD's but HDTV is still too expensive.

[Rogmeister]

I do not yet have one but could get one sometime this year. I won't get a plasma set or probably an LCD one either...too expensive. The next time I do get a new set, I want a widescreen TV but not a rear-projection set. Those still don't impress me that much. I may have to wait until my current set blows up, however, before I break down and get a new TV.

[Joker T]

I do not yet have one but could get one sometime this year. I won't get a plasma set or probably an LCD one either...too expensive. The next time I do get a new set, I want a widescreen TV but not a rear-projection set. Those still don't impress me that much. I may have to wait until my current set blows up, however, before I break down and get a new TV.

I'm honestly really suprised you don't have one. It seems like you have alot of movies.

[hezeuschrist]

I do not yet have one but could get one sometime this year. I won't get a plasma set or probably an LCD one either...too expensive. The next time I do get a new set, I want a widescreen TV but not a rear-projection set. Those still don't impress me that much. I may have to wait until my current set blows up, however, before I break down and get a new TV.

I'm honestly really suprised you don't have one. It seems like you have alot of movies.

But as of now the only formats that offer actual HD movie viewing are just as expensive as the TV's themselves. DVD is most definitely not HD and suffers when viewed on an HD set.

[Rogmeister]

But as of now the only formats that offer actual HD movie viewing are just as expensive as the TV's themselves. DVD is most definitely not HD and suffers when viewed on an HD set.

I had not actually heard this. I wonder if there are still good widescreen sets available that aren't HD TVs in that case...

[stonecutter]

I have a Sony Wega HDTV. It is great, I have the 360 on it. Initially like many of you I couldn't really justify just going and getting one. Then in November my TV died. So at that point I decided I didn't want to be buying another TV anytime soon, so I took the plunge. I don't regret it. I hadn't planned on a 360 either since I didn't have HDTVall along, but then my wife pleasantly surprised me by getting one for a XBOXmas gift, at a time when they were not easy to obtain, I don't regret her doing that either lol.

[ozyr]

When I can get a 20" for around $250, I'll buy one. Till then..

[Joker T]

But as of now the only formats that offer actual HD movie viewing are just as expensive as the TV's themselves. DVD is most definitely not HD and suffers when viewed on an HD set.

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray yes, but right now they sell DVD players which can upconvert to near HD quality for about $100.

[donkeykong1]

I don't have one and don't plan on getting one anytime soon. I really don't know much about the different formats on tv's nowadays. I need to inform myself to make a decision later on in the next couple of years.

[Slate]

I am another person who hasn't got an HDTV and isn't planning to get one any time soon.

But i am going to buy a 360, I don't care if i don't have an HDTV to play my 360 on.

[Poofta!]

theres a relatively old hdtv 36" sony crt 'wega' in the living room. had that for a while. its beautiful with everything i put on it. the only thing it cant handle is light guns, but fuck it.

im planning on getting a smaller widescreen lcd hdtv in my bedroom.

[jcalder8]

I don't and I have no interest in getting one either. They are just too expensive and I just can't really see all that much of a difference considering the cost. When the costs of the hardware goes down and the cost of the services lower then I'll look into it more but for right now I'm happy with my current setup.

[GarrettCRW]

I don't have an HDTV yet, and until prices drop (or the FCC decides to force everyone into getting an HDTV like they want to), I likely won't. In fact, I had to switch from the 20" now in my mother's computer room to my brother's old 19" set (purchased in '95, and missing the original remote) because the 20 incher was choking on strobing effects on certain DVDs (namely, all the seasons of Angel and one specific shot in the very first episode of G.I. Joe). While buying S-Video and Component cables for my newer systems would be nice, I can definitely make due with what I have, since the cost of a decent HDTV is just too high (and that's without the whole issue of how my Zapper and Famicom 3D Glasses would likely choke on an HDTV).

[max 330 mega]

when gas is costing me over $100 a month, and all i fucking do is drive to school, and go buy groceries every friday afternoon, and my car even gets 26 mpg, its really REALLY hard to justify spending thousands of dollars on some tv that looks like somebody squished it because everything it displays is short and fat , and unless you buy the most expensive model, they look like complete ass when panning left to right quickly anyway. no thanks, id rather put my money towards saving for a hybrid, or investing it in stocks for my future.

[Yago]

I'll jump in and join the list of NON HDTV owners. I don't own any kind of TV for that matter. Have not watched TV in a few years. I watch sports at the bar once and a while, but that is the extent of it. It is like when one stops smoking. For a while, it is hard to get over the initial shock that you don't have it anymore. Then, after a while, that urge goes away and sooner or later, you realize how much you never really needed it and how you could manage just fine without it. I do watch movie yes, but on a COmmodore 1084 monitor or my PC. LOL

[Lothars]

I am in this group as well I don't have an HDTV and honestly I don't plan to buy one soon, eventually yes but I am in no rush to get one, heck I want a bigger tv than my 21 inch which I am looking to get someone else soon :)

it's all good though

[Night Driver]

Don't have one and have no plans to acquire one in the foreseeable future.

[smork]

Nope, not me. No plans either. I watch alot of movies and such, but I don't even have a big screen, or surround. Just my stereo and a decent sized tube. Alls I need for now.

[BydoEmpire]

Nope. I don't watch much tv, neither have nor want cable, and I'm not a big movie buff so it's just too expensive to justify soley for games. Especially since most of the games I play wouldn't take advantage of it anyways. I'll probably get one eventually, maybe five years down the road. Not that I don't want one, but it's not worth the price right now.

[YoshiM]

Still using a standard TV here and probably will for a lonnng time. Like others have said: it's just too expensive to get into right now plus it doesn't really "do" anything for me. My cheapo Apex 27" set is working great, my 27" 11 year old RCA set is still kicking (tuner died but the inputs work) and my little Commodore monitor is still kickin' like it's the 80's.

If it ain't broke....

[playgeneration]

I really dont see the big fuss about hdtv myself, and its companies like sony that are forcing it on consumers by phasing out normal crt tvs. I dont think many films would look much better on them, well apart from the latest ones filmed with digital cameras and stuff. And games developers seem to equate huge resolutions=better graphics, but if they stuck to standard resolutions instead they would have more processing power spare for more polygons and better textures. Its attention to detail and artistic flair that makes a good looking game, resi4 on cube is a real demonstration of that.

[Nesmaster]

I'm surprised, and at the same time not really, by the amount of members so far that don't have a HDTV. I'll admit, I wouldn't either if I didn't get a killer deal on mine. Like everything, it'll come down in price in the next few years :)

[zerohero]

http://videogamecollectors.com/albums/Zerohero-s/Picture_020.sized.jpg

I'm still using that monitor if I play games in my room lol. I need to get a flat screen tv, but nothing over like $250, otherwise I'll go play in the living room.

[diskoboy]

I have 2.

A year old 32" Samsung CRT. Recieves 480i,p;720p,and 1080i. It was the model before they started making the slim CRT's.

And a 21" Gateway widescreen monitor that has HDTV support, and DVI-D, component, s-video, and composite jacks. And the quality on this monitor blows away my CRT. And it even supports faroudja DCDI, even with an S-Video hookup! My DC games look sweet on this thing!

Anyone looking for a good but cheap HDTV substitute, check out the Gateway monitor... Best $550 I ever spent.

[Retsudo]

Nope, no HDTV for me. Would I like to have one, yes. Can I afford one, no.

Maybe in a few years. Right now Im happy with my flatscreen 20 inch Sanyo. All my systems look good on it. Especially with the S-Video for my PS2.

[Anthony1]

Everything is digital so the picture is still a huge improvement over cable or composite.


Umm, not exactly. You tv isn't getting a digital signal unless you have a DVI or HDMI input. All other inputs are analog. Not that analog can't look good, but all the cable companies and satellite companies that talk about all digital, it's such a joke. Sure, the signal might be digital at their headquarters, but by the time it gets to you it's all compressed to hell with a analog output. Of course, if you have a very new HDTV satellite or cable tv receiver, then it might have HDMI or DVI, and if you have a set with a HDMI or DVI inputs, then you can actually pass the signal digitally and receive it digitally with "supposedly" no degradation from the source signal.

[Ed Oscuro]

all the cable companies and satellite companies that talk about all digital, it's such a joke. Sure, the signal might be digital at their headquarters, but by the time it gets to you it's all compressed to hell with a analog output.
Which can be blamed solely on your analog connection inside your TV (and perhaps the cable), right? Ahah.

[Cryomancer]

Hell no. i don't even OWN a TV anymore technically. And I don't think any of the TVs i have access to have HD either. The TV I use most the time has woodgrain on it. 8-)

[Drag0nsfyre]

I don't own one either but I did research and was thinking about getting one last year. I did know I wanted to upgrade my old 19" Magnavox that I've had for years (It's still kicking and has'nt givin me any probs. :) ) Anyways I had been putting money aside and saving trying to figure out what to get. I was'nt going to be paying no 2K+ for a set but I figured maybe 1K or so on a big screen would'nt be so bad. I would always come across a bunch of TV's that had decent to great reviews but of course they were always $1500,$2K,$3K+++ :eek 2: Then I decided maybe I should just hold off and I decided to search some reviews on plain ole CRT standard TV's That's whn I came across a JVC 32" that had outstanding user reviews on the Circuit City website and it was only $450 :eek 2: I decided I'd go with that. It was waaaaaaaaaaaay more cheaper then HDTV and the big screens I had looked at before. So when I went to go purchase the TV I also upgraded my DVD player (a very nice panasonic one for $69) All in all with a Sale that was going on and a very cool Salesman who gave me another 10% off I was able to get a brand new 32" flat screen tv (which was outstanding after I got home and hooked up etc.) and an equally killer new DVD player for just over $500 1/2 the price of if not more then one of the CHeapest big screens/hdtv sets I had been looking at before. I was very happy and think I made the right choice at the time :)
The old 19" tv and dvd player are in the bedroom along with my SNES and Dreamcast. While I have the PS2, XBOX and N64 in the living room on the 32" :) I'll eventually get a 360 and don't plan on getting a PS3 anytime soon due to the damn price! :angry:
As everyone else mentioned I'd love to have a big screen but I am also waiting for prices to drop to a more reasonable level.

[videogameking26]

No not yet, actually happy with my 27" RCA and would like to get a HDTV sometime in the future for my 360 and future Wii and PS3..there just too expensive right now.

[diskoboy]

all the cable companies and satellite companies that talk about all digital, it's such a joke. Sure, the signal might be digital at their headquarters, but by the time it gets to you it's all compressed to hell with a analog output.
Which can be blamed solely on your analog connection inside your TV (and perhaps the cable), right? Ahah.

I agree. Those Cable companies are full of shit. Because actually, it's only 100% digital if you're getting it sraight off the satellite feed.

On my cable system, they promise all the channels are 100% digital.

WRONG!!

On Comcast - Every channel from 99 on up, is digital.... My HD set top box, has DVI output, so I use my DVI port for my cable. And you can tell that every channel below 99 is analog. They're alot more fuzzy, and distorted compared with the channels above 99; where the channels are crystal clear.

The one good thing is if you use a DVI for your cable. You have the option of upscaling the non-digital content to 480p. And all the digital channels run 480p, automaticaly. Of course... that's why the analog signals look so fuzzy.

[The Shawn]

Hell no.I can't afford one right now.Got a brand new 23" Sylvania in my game room And 25" Sanyo in the living room. Don't see them getting replaced any time soon. Still got the 360 on layaway anyways.

[Luke]

No and probably will not ever...not a big TV fan.

I have a few RGB monitors for SD stuff and use a 21" CRT VGA monitor for progressive material.

Luke

[jonnyutah]

I'm using a 15" hp monitor for my games . only problem is the thing is makes the image look sqeezed together. actuall y I'm thinkign about getting a wide 23 or maybe 26" lcd monitor. but it would serve as a display for my monitor less mac(blue&white powermac G3) collecting dust in my room.

the display ms uses to demo 360 in retail shops has one ofthe higher constrast raios for the sub $1000 range. If I'm not mistaken I believe it's 3000:1 much of the cheaper displays only do around 400 or 500:1

[jonnyutah]

I'm using a 15" hp monitor for my games . only problem is the thing is makes the image look sqeezed together. actuall y I'm thinkign about getting a wide 23 or maybe 26" lcd monitor. but it would serve as a display for my monitor less mac(blue&white powermac G3) collecting dust in my room.

the display ms uses to demo 360 in retail shops has one ofthe higher constrast raios for the sub $1000 range. If I'm not mistaken I believe it's 3000:1 much of the cheaper displays only do around 400 or 500:1

[tritium]

I prefer to play on a 20" tv, since that's what i grew up with. And since HD probably doesn't support tv's smaller than 25, unlikely i'll ever get one.

[tritium]

I prefer to play on a 20" tv, since that's what i grew up with. And since HD probably doesn't support tv's smaller than 25, unlikely i'll ever get one.

[RegSNES]

Don't have one. All I hav eis my Sharp 27" that I bought back in the summer of 2001. Won't be getting an HDTV anytime soon, but that's OK.

[RegSNES]

Don't have one. All I hav eis my Sharp 27" that I bought back in the summer of 2001. Won't be getting an HDTV anytime soon, but that's OK.

[lordnikon]

I don't have an HDTV, and won't be getting one for a long time. I probobly am not buying a NextGen system until 2008 so for me to get one now is pointless.

If anything I can going to buy a few spare SDTV's before surplus runs low. I want to setup some systemlink gaming setups. Plus when you consider I plan to get into NEOGEO AES before getting a NextGen system, buying an HDTV is utterly pointless for me.

[lordnikon]

I don't have an HDTV, and won't be getting one for a long time. I probobly am not buying a NextGen system until 2008 so for me to get one now is pointless.

If anything I can going to buy a few spare SDTV's before surplus runs low. I want to setup some systemlink gaming setups. Plus when you consider I plan to get into NEOGEO AES before getting a NextGen system, buying an HDTV is utterly pointless for me.

[briskbc]

Not yet. It's on the priority list right after #1) House.

[briskbc]

Not yet. It's on the priority list right after #1) House.

[alec006]

Not yet,i do plan to get one in the next 2 years thou with RF input and lots of A/V Inputs.Right now my 19 inch crt does the job :)

[alec006]

Not yet,i do plan to get one in the next 2 years thou with RF input and lots of A/V Inputs.Right now my 19 inch crt does the job :)

[kevin_psx]

How many people here don't have HDTV ?

I do not. I am perfectly happy with my S-video connection, my Super-VHS vcr, and my 720x480 resolution DVD player. I think the picture looks beautiful! :D



Will probably upgrade to HDTV when something I want is on video (like Enterprise in HD-Bluray)-- but probably not 'til 2010.

But even then I'm not sure.

See my tv is small. I doubt you could see the difference between SD and HD on a 25" screen?

[kevin_psx]

How many people here don't have HDTV ?

I do not. I am perfectly happy with my S-video connection, my Super-VHS vcr, and my 720x480 resolution DVD player. I think the picture looks beautiful! :D



Will probably upgrade to HDTV when something I want is on video (like Enterprise in HD-Bluray)-- but probably not 'til 2010.

But even then I'm not sure.

See my tv is small. I doubt you could see the difference between SD and HD on a 25" screen?

[krooked love]

i dont have hdtv but i got black and white tv first one ever made(just kidding)it really just grey