Game Consoles Going HDTV
A few of you may know that my eye is looking towards financing an HDTV sometime in the far future. I came accross an aticle about video game consoles today:
Games created for two next-generation consoles, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, and the PlayStation 3, which Sony introduced late Monday, would display video in wide-screen high-definition format if the console is connected to a high-definition TV. Only Nintendo’s entry, code-named Revolution, will not cater to HDTVs.
My brother has been raving how the Xbox already has very good support for HDTV. The Sony PS2 has limited support and the games themselves have to be specially compatable with the new HDTV’s to get any benefit. On regular television, Xbox beats the PS2 hands down with its crisp resolution.
It is no wonder that sony this time is investing heavy into graphics. There new system is capable of playing 8 streams of HDTV simutaniously. They are also using the NVIDIA graphic chipset. NVIDIA is my preferred chip when it comes to 3D games and I have it in all the video cards in my computers that I play games on.
The Xbox 360 is due to come out this fall. The Sony PS3 is due to come out next spring. My brother has both the Xbox and PS2. I only have the PS2 and haven’t seen a real need to go with the Xbox just yet. The main game that I play is Grand Theft Auto 5 (San Andreas). It came out on the PS2 last year and my brother is still waiting for it to come out on the Xbox. He is holding out for now by borrowing my PS2 game.
I can’t wait for the PS3 to come out with GTA6.
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