Comment TV Reality (=oxymoron) (Score 1) 76
320x240 is not a TV's 'res'. NTSC is 525 lines (minus a few for extra information). The playstation uses these modes: 256x480, 320x480, 384x480, 512x480, and 640x480.
The ability to go higher would be kind of cool, but the fact is the bulk of games are designed for 512x480 mode and a few for 640x480 (playstation high resolution mode). Taking these games to higher resolutions would reveal just how low-resolution the textures, bitmaps, objects, etc. really are. They are fit only for TV (or a really, really bad shadow-mask monitor).
Take for example the PC port of the ever-excellent WipeoutXL. 640x480 looks okay.. Playing at anything over 640x480 is not a pretty sight. Playing Gex2 for PC is the same.. it doesn't even look that good on any monitor.
The rest of your arguments could quite easily be applied against you.. Why listen to games on crummy PC speakers, and watch on a sharply flaw-revealing monitor, when the Playstation hooks up to a home theater system with 3 RCA plugs?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd much rather listen to it on a Dolby surround system, use regular analog dual-shock controllers, and not tie up my computer.
The ability to go higher would be kind of cool, but the fact is the bulk of games are designed for 512x480 mode and a few for 640x480 (playstation high resolution mode). Taking these games to higher resolutions would reveal just how low-resolution the textures, bitmaps, objects, etc. really are. They are fit only for TV (or a really, really bad shadow-mask monitor).
Take for example the PC port of the ever-excellent WipeoutXL. 640x480 looks okay.. Playing at anything over 640x480 is not a pretty sight. Playing Gex2 for PC is the same.. it doesn't even look that good on any monitor.
The rest of your arguments could quite easily be applied against you.. Why listen to games on crummy PC speakers, and watch on a sharply flaw-revealing monitor, when the Playstation hooks up to a home theater system with 3 RCA plugs?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd much rather listen to it on a Dolby surround system, use regular analog dual-shock controllers, and not tie up my computer.
