I don't think that we should get rid of higher resolution TV's, I think maybe there should have been a bigger gap between when HDTVs became available and games, etc. started coming out that REQUIRED an HDTV to be properly played.
Larger companies could (they might already) just hook the outputs of the console up to a wall of screens varying from 60" HDTVs down to 13" screens and just compare everything at once.
Not all the screens would be able to show the pictures all the time (if the game was in 1080P mode, etc.) but instead of having to test every mode on every screen combination separately they could just run through the modes once.
One issue I see is when people complain about games being designed where the ultimate graphics settings murder hardware released 6 months after the game.
If this is done INTENTIONALLY it can be a good thing, the graphics improve relative to other current games when newer hardware comes out.
If it is done because a programmer didn't feel like optimizing his code, it is a bad thing.
In line with this though, I agree, they should test their games on mid level current equipment to make sure it is playable with similar quality to other games on that hardware.
And then if you have younger kids who don't understand the concept of don't poke the screen when you want to point to something, etc you have another problem.
At least CRTs were 1) More stable and 2) Could withstand pressure being put on the surface of the screen
Someone could make a fortune selling a drop over 'screen protector' for expensive TVs so controllers that go flying towards the screen don't penetrate.
I have personally witnessed smaller CRT screens falling anywhere from 1-3 feet (sometimes onto the screen itself) without being destroyed (other than cosmetic issues).
What next? Benchmark pissing wars? I've already had my fill of PC enthusiasts gloating over 140 FPS with their $600 video cards, completely oblivious to the fact that if the video isn't synced with the 60Hz LCD display, the graphics are actually going to look [i]worse[/i].
People who are intelligent (not most of the annoying people bragging) use the "140FPS" as an idea of 'future proof' their system is. Also, some people are still running games at high frame rates on a CRT that can handle it.
It doesn't have to be "HUGE BLOCK TEXT". Just put in a text size option and/or automatically scale up text/use a fixed number of pixels instead of a % of screen size when outputting on SD
Plus a lot of the kids that are playing these games are doing it on their parent's old TV or a cheap TV.
You may say 'who cares' but a large number of people playing even M rated games are children/teenagers.
The only high resolution screens there were at my parent's house were computer monitors. Not because my parents were cheap, etc. they just didn't want to throw away a TV and spend $500-$1000 when the one they had worked fine.
Or (especially improperly setup or old tvs) colors bleeding through. Some of the DVDs that have television calibration on them are a good demonstration of this. on a 13" tv if you mess with the settings sometimes colors will bleed a half inch. With small text even slight bleeding of colors may make it impossible to read.
The difference between a monitor and a game, you can make the text larger on a game. People also typically sit further away from a TV than a computer monitor, even if they are the exact same size. Most broadcasts seem to be designed for that fact in mind when they show text on the screen. (They also take advantage of the resolution and overscan when showing fine print, but that is another story)
On some TV/game combinations the fonts are NOT readable. A lot of people don't have HDTVs in every room. So when there are other people in the household who want to use the TV for.... *shocked*... watching TV the person playing games is playing them on an older TV.
Not everyone can afford large TV's, you would think the game companies would rather someone spend the money on their games rather than a new TV. In addition, with a 20" widescreen HD screen, you end up having to sit a foot away to read anything.
This combined with the fact that a lot of games don't seem to scale up the user interface very well when using standard definition. Combing SD with a small UI is bad enough, once you reduce the TV size below 27" things get even worse. (Even with the PS2 many games had small enough text that with a lot of (especially smaller) TVs the letters were solid blocks even if you were looking at the TV from 2" away.
I live a couple miles from a factory where they manufacture the parts for the towers. There are usually 3 vehicles that travel with the truck. One behind to warn drivers and two that do things such as block off lanes, etc. when the truck is making a turn that takes two lanes for an extended period of time.
Well.... A Laser LED Salmon could cut it's way out of the Laser Shark if swallowed.... But of course you have to assume that the teeth were avoided..... So many variables
I think the government should start a program called Prevent(ing) Unnecessary Kid Endangerment. I am sure many of you can think of interesting ways to make fun of THAT acronym. Congress would probably pass it no matter what it was actually about. Be a good way to slip in something 'stupid' like cell phone restrictions when driving/operating heavy machinery.
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I don't think that we should get rid of higher resolution TV's, I think maybe there should have been a bigger gap between when HDTVs became available and games, etc. started coming out that REQUIRED an HDTV to be properly played.
Larger companies could (they might already) just hook the outputs of the console up to a wall of screens varying from 60" HDTVs down to 13" screens and just compare everything at once.
Not all the screens would be able to show the pictures all the time (if the game was in 1080P mode, etc.) but instead of having to test every mode on every screen combination separately they could just run through the modes once.
One issue I see is when people complain about games being designed where the ultimate graphics settings murder hardware released 6 months after the game.
If this is done INTENTIONALLY it can be a good thing, the graphics improve relative to other current games when newer hardware comes out.
If it is done because a programmer didn't feel like optimizing his code, it is a bad thing.
In line with this though, I agree, they should test their games on mid level current equipment to make sure it is playable with similar quality to other games on that hardware.
The difference between a monitor and a game, you can make the text larger on a game.
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I meant you can make the text larger on a monitor LOL. You have to rely on the game maker to allow increasing of text size on a console.
And then if you have younger kids who don't understand the concept of don't poke the screen when you want to point to something, etc you have another problem.
At least CRTs were 1) More stable and 2) Could withstand pressure being put on the surface of the screen
Someone could make a fortune selling a drop over 'screen protector' for expensive TVs so controllers that go flying towards the screen don't penetrate.
I have personally witnessed smaller CRT screens falling anywhere from 1-3 feet (sometimes onto the screen itself) without being destroyed (other than cosmetic issues).
Hey, your song was writing to your graphic card's memory, that's why it crashed.
You have to have subtitles
What next? Benchmark pissing wars? I've already had my fill of PC enthusiasts gloating over 140 FPS with their $600 video cards, completely oblivious to the fact that if the video isn't synced with the 60Hz LCD display, the graphics are actually going to look [i]worse[/i].
People who are intelligent (not most of the annoying people bragging) use the "140FPS" as an idea of 'future proof' their system is. Also, some people are still running games at high frame rates on a CRT that can handle it.
It doesn't have to be "HUGE BLOCK TEXT". Just put in a text size option and/or automatically scale up text/use a fixed number of pixels instead of a % of screen size when outputting on SD
Plus a lot of the kids that are playing these games are doing it on their parent's old TV or a cheap TV.
You may say 'who cares' but a large number of people playing even M rated games are children/teenagers.
The only high resolution screens there were at my parent's house were computer monitors. Not because my parents were cheap, etc. they just didn't want to throw away a TV and spend $500-$1000 when the one they had worked fine.
Or (especially improperly setup or old tvs) colors bleeding through. Some of the DVDs that have television calibration on them are a good demonstration of this. on a 13" tv if you mess with the settings sometimes colors will bleed a half inch. With small text even slight bleeding of colors may make it impossible to read.
The difference between a monitor and a game, you can make the text larger on a game. People also typically sit further away from a TV than a computer monitor, even if they are the exact same size. Most broadcasts seem to be designed for that fact in mind when they show text on the screen. (They also take advantage of the resolution and overscan when showing fine print, but that is another story)
And the cake has the BSOD of death on it!
b) I wonder if they'd object if I stood outside and handed out Ubuntu CD's?
Probably, take them inside and give them to your party guests. That or have a birthday party for Linux.
Unless of course you improvise with microsoft programmers.
On some TV/game combinations the fonts are NOT readable. A lot of people don't have HDTVs in every room. So when there are other people in the household who want to use the TV for.... *shocked*... watching TV the person playing games is playing them on an older TV.
Not everyone can afford large TV's, you would think the game companies would rather someone spend the money on their games rather than a new TV. In addition, with a 20" widescreen HD screen, you end up having to sit a foot away to read anything.
This combined with the fact that a lot of games don't seem to scale up the user interface very well when using standard definition. Combing SD with a small UI is bad enough, once you reduce the TV size below 27" things get even worse. (Even with the PS2 many games had small enough text that with a lot of (especially smaller) TVs the letters were solid blocks even if you were looking at the TV from 2" away.
I live a couple miles from a factory where they manufacture the parts for the towers. There are usually 3 vehicles that travel with the truck. One behind to warn drivers and two that do things such as block off lanes, etc. when the truck is making a turn that takes two lanes for an extended period of time.
An intelligent artificial brain might be able to design itself an artificial body (even if it isn't like ours)
Well.... A Laser LED Salmon could cut it's way out of the Laser Shark if swallowed.... But of course you have to assume that the teeth were avoided..... So many variables
I think at that point you would be more concerned about
1. The heat it endures during reentry and
2. Finding it
I think the government should start a program called Prevent(ing) Unnecessary Kid Endangerment. I am sure many of you can think of interesting ways to make fun of THAT acronym. Congress would probably pass it no matter what it was actually about. Be a good way to slip in something 'stupid' like cell phone restrictions when driving/operating heavy machinery.
how is this flamebait? he didn't have to add the specific phone model but many phones have at least decent voice dial capability
And then when some drunken idiot earns a darwin award people will throw a fit. Even if you are improving the gene pool SOMEONE will complain
Just burn your disks as a RAID array.... That will guarantee your data will be safe. RAID 0 would even get you some extra space! *ducks*
Wow, the government is getting more and more involved in open source every day