[PS3] PlayStation 3 Fan Noise. Annoyingly loud, ain't it?

It looks like HD_DVD has seriously lost now. Universal has just announced that they're no longer remaining HD-DVD exclusive. I'll let the story do the talking...

Originally Posted by Kotaku

Is this the final death blow for HD-DVD? Variety is reporting that Universal Studios will follow Warner Bros., New Line and possibly Paramount toward the cooling blue light of Blu-ray allegiance, as the studio's commitment to supporting HD-DVD exclusively has ended. That doesn't necessarily mean that Universal is abandoning the HD-DVD format as Warner plans to, however, as Variety writes that the company still has plans to support the Toshiba backed hi-def discs.

Though HD-DVD backers may still limp along in their support or fanboyism of a movie format, this "war" couldn't look any more like one camp has won at this point. It's all over but the crying, blanket clutching and Michael Bay gloating, it seems.

So no HD-DVD hasn't lost any studious, however Blu-Ray has many studio exclusives such as Disney and Sony studios on top of pratically 100% movie studio access.

What do you guys think? Game over, or can HD-DVD still come back?

@kupomog
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No, none of that HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray vs BETAMAX rubbish in here please. They have nothing to do with video games. There's a bunch of threads over in the Media Centre.

Meh, meh meh meh.

@kupomog: I don't know about good models at that size, but 1 thing is certain: 1080p is pretty much useless on "small" screens (Don't bother with it... and I'm not even sure if there is that option for those sets)

Edit: Meh meh meh,

I believe that HD resolution is important at any practical size (20" >). If you were to get a small screen, I'd assume that you would be sitting close enough to notice the difference between 720 and 1080 res. But this is just a purist's opinion.

And TV shopping will definitely drive you up a wall. I had to return my old Sony a couple of times since I was on an OCD trip and couldn't accept dead pixels. My best advice is to go to the store and hook some of your personal content up and see if you like how it looks. If you try to do too much research online, you'll never buy anything, because everything, and I mean everything, has some kind of problem.

Originally Posted by Megalith

I believe that HD resolution is important at any practical size (20" >). If you were to get a small screen, I'd assume that you would be sitting close enough to notice the difference between 720 and 1080 res. But this is just a purist's opinion.

And TV shopping will definitely drive you up a wall. I had to return my old Sony a couple of times since I was on an OCD trip and couldn't accept dead pixels. My best advice is to go to the store and hook some of your personal content up and see if you like how it looks. If you try to do too much research online, you'll never buy anything, because everything, and I mean everything, has some kind of problem.

So much truth in those words.

However, I still consider that 1080 at that size is not really "useful", BUT if he intends to use it as a pc monitor (distance and stuff), well... everything changes.

For anyone who has Super Stardust: As soon as your start your game, it's going to ask you to upgrade to a newer version with new updates and features INCLUDING customizing your own music (pretty much streamed not setting your own stage music). All the excitement had me going further into the game and still in second place while Chaoslegionaire is still on top (friend list only). There are also some options where it involves online stuff that has nothing in there...yet. Now I can say its worth having ;p.

I tried the demo this week and I fail so miserably at this game that I decided that it would be a waste of money XD I can't even finish the first lv lol there's so much thing going on on screen that I don't know where to shot or look XD

You just gotta know the timing when those meterites start to come. It's always a good thing to dash (L2) away from them. Make sure you use the proper weapon to elimate a certain kind. Other than that, the monster's are just ridiculous in lv 4. I hope we get more stages in the near future.

Well they added the downloadable content section to the game during the last update. So I wouldn't be too surprised if new planets were coming sooner or later.

Still can't believe how fast this patch came out. The game must be doing pretty well.

Thanks for the TV tips guys. My dad is getting himself a Sony Bravia XBR, I think. It's a 32" with stuff like Motion Flow and 24p. I asked him if I could get the same thing but the cheaper version (it's basically 400 bucks less minus two features above and 3 HDMI ports down to 2), he said no, wait until 2010 *sneer* Ah well. If anything I'll be looking for a 26" or a 32" LCD in the future. By then I might even be able to find something better.. My mom did compensate by buying me Uncharted, however, so w00t!

Originally Posted by Slayer X

@kupomog
Awesome new avatar. I love KoF, nice to see another supporter. Kof XI RULES!!!!!

Thanks!
My boyfriend only just got me into the series back in Sept. (started with 2002) and I've been building my KOF collection. Got PS2 releases/compilations of 2000-XI since then. It's my fave fighting series now with Guilty Gear and Tekken following (Id like to say SF but uh...never played any of them except II and vs. Marvel). That's prolly a story for another thread tho~

Originally Posted by Megalith

I believe that HD resolution is important at any practical size (20" >). If you were to get a small screen, I'd assume that you would be sitting close enough to notice the difference between 720 and 1080 res. But this is just a purist's opinion.

In the long-term, won't all PS3 titles be 1080p, so if someone buys a 720p set won't they always be scaling? Is there any guarantee that software makers will always have a native resolution setting for 720p? If not, it seems that sets would have to do the scaling, or the PS3 itself, and I would rather bet on spending a few extra $$ (now that some 1080p sets are cheap) than having scaling issues. Specifically with the PS3, will this be an issue in the future, will it basically live up to its 1080p promise and leave 720p support behind? I definitely don't want to spend $800 on a TV that will be obsolete in a year...

Most games are only in 720P and 480i these days. As things are right now, your 1080P set will not be used to it's maximum potential too often. Mostly only the "big" titles will continue having 1080P support. And as games require more assets in order t run the game itself I feel that less games will support 1080P in the future rather then more.

However by the time the next-gen of systems come around. I'm sure that at least the "PS4" will be 1080P native.

720p sets are always scaling, because in reality, they are 768p. I remember Samsung had a set that did in fact have a native vertical resolution of 720p, but I doubt they sell it anymore. I personally hate 720p, for reasons such as as these. It has always felt like a stopgap resolution. But I do understand its benefits when it comes to game development.

At this point in time, there is no reason not to get a 1080p display. I haven't checked the prices lately, but I'd imagine that they aren't much more expensive than 720p sets. The fact is that 1080i/p is a definitive standard. HD broadcasts are mainly in 1080i, and HDM is 1080p. In terms of gaming, you can bet that more and more games will be rendered in 1080, which has already become common for stuff released on PSN. And when the next generation of consoles comes around, I can practically guarantee that the GUI, at least, will be 1080 native.

I agree with you that by next generation that 1080P will most likely become a native standard. But with things right now, it'll be harder to make games support 1080P when they're trying to use the console's resources to simply make the games look and run well.

Like I said. High profile games and console exclusives will mostly be in 1080P. But the majority of 3rd party games I don't think will be in it as near as much.

However this is just what I've gathered based off developer interviews. Anything's possible though. As for myself I've got no quarrels with my 720P set. ^^

Thanks for the opinions; interesting about 768p vs. 720p I hadn't thought of that before. I just read an interview with Naughty Dog in one of the mags and they said that since 720p allows developers to do twice as many things (graphically) twice as fast that generally most games will be 720p except games that aren't as graphically intensive. Newegg has that JVC lcd that was mentioned in another thread for >$1000 for 37" so I guess it really doesn't make sense to go 720p at this point unless you're shopping for Vizio-style bargains or something...

If you are planning on using the TV mostly for gaming a 720p HDTV which accepts 1080p input is the best way to go right now. You'll be able to feed it 1080p signals and have content downscale to 768p rather than always feed it 720p signals and having it upscale. And 720p upscaled to 1080p native doesn't look at that great and 1080i doesn't seem to be much of an option for the PS3.

Lost Planet Online Demo back to download. Anybody wanna "brawl " it out ? =]

As usual , PSN : NighttimeVulture.

EDIT : Looks like Chaoslegionaire is on >=].

Chaos, I saw you but i got kicked off =/. I set up a new one but you weren't in it. I did get the first win!.

I didn't know it was back up. Let me download it again and then I'll try to join you.