HD on the revolution is possible.

[Neumie]

Its a big debate though. America is really embracing nice big HD televisions. Their chennals are gong to broadcast in HD pretty soon and traditonal transmission is going to be stopped by 2020 i think (dont quote me). Europe and japan however have yet to decide on standads and no channels (besides sky and the bbc) intend to broadcast in HD any time soon. The fact that japa has yet to decide on HD standards is probably a big factor for nintendo.
Personally i dont care since i won't have a HD telly for a long time. But it could effect revolution sales in countries that have alot of HD tellys in homes. This is probably not a wise move on nintendos part. If europe and japan get HD sorted then nintendo may get into alot of trouble since their games will look a bit poor on the higher resolutions.

[bignds]

i think it should just be optional, i.e being able to turn it on before gameplay like when you can turn the screen from 50htz to 60htz, i dont think that is possible though? i mean putting hd on the revo and then having the option.

[Sepharite]

I disagree, HD shouldn't be an option. Why have an option when HD is obviously the best deal.

[alex]

err as we in the uk have no planns to go hd yet thats why

[17R3W]

Originally Posted by Sepharite

Um.. if you read the article, you'll find out they're talking about High Definition ;)

Originally Posted by 17R3W

Or at the fact that it's called 1080up.org and not www.putaharddriveontherevolution.org

By the way, some of us who've been on this board for sometime, haven't cracked the 500 post mark.

[alex]

so?

[Sepharite]

But the system would still work regardless whether your TV is HD or not.

31 more posts... get cracking!

[17R3W]

Originally Posted by Sepharite

I disagree, HD shouldn't be an option. Why have an option when HD is obviously the best deal.

To play devils addocaite for a minute,
think what you gain by not having (or atleast not forcing HD on the revolution).

You need less RAM (less power overall) meaning you'll get better performing games, on cheaper hardware.

It cost less to make the low resolution games (should mean they're quicker to make too).

Plus, the 20 years of older titles can't really make use of the HD anyway...

and as Sony said at E3 - "Resolution is the enemy of graphics".

My feeling is make it like the (N64) expansion pack, where the developer choices just how they want to use the power, high-resolution, smarter AI, larger levels... (wtf else they credited to that thing).

[Sepharite]

No, that's not what I meant. I don't care if HD is on it or not. I was only replying to BigDS's post.

[Neumie]

the only thing is if you play revolution on a HD telly it will either only take up a small part of the screen or the image will be badly stretched (play a low res movie at a high resolution on your PC and see what happens). Of course you probably wont be able to hook it up to a HD telly in the first place which means people who want the Revolution will need to keep a normal telly.