120Hz, I love you

[Cless]

I just replaced my 32 inch 720p TV with a brand new 46 inch 120Hz 1080p Samsung A650. 120Hz is absolutely amazing for games. It... makes games that run in 30FPS look like they run at 60FPS. RE4 at faux 60FPS = ROCK.

It's not entirely perfect (I frequently see "frame drops"), but I never expected this. SO AWESOME.

[Kevassa]

I just replaced my 32 inch 720p TV with a brand new 46 inch 120Hz 1080p Samsung A650. 120Hz is absolutely amazing for games. It... makes games that run in 30FPS look like they run at 60FPS. RE4 at faux 60FPS = ROCK.

It's not entirely perfect (I frequently see "frame drops"), but I never expected this. SO AWESOME.

That makes me wonder how DMC4 looks in that TV XD!!

[Leiw]

what do you mean with frame drops? only in games?

[Cless]

yeah, sometimes it gets choppy. Sadly, Tales of the Abyss seems to run in sub 30FPS everywhere out of battle (not just the world map), so this hardly works at all on it. There MAY be a very subtle enhancement on 60FPS material, but I can't say for sure. Seeing Symphonia's GC's world map run at faux-60FPS 75% of the time looks pretty neat.

I'm not entirely sure this 120hz mode was really designed for video games, as when I put the TV  on game mode, the 120Hz option is disabled.

On top of this kickass TV, I just received a PS3 MGS4 bundle today. Yay, I can play Disgaea 3! With that, I am completely platform agnostic this generation (necessary because this game generation is so damn WEIRD). PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP, and even a PC that can play modern games damn well (Core 2 Duo E8400, 8GB RAM, Two ATI Radeon HD 4850s in Crossfire).

[Kevassa]

On top of this kickass TV, I just received a PS3 MGS4 bundle today. Yay, I can play Disgaea 3! With that, I am completely platform agnostic this generation (necessary because this game generation is so damn WEIRD). PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP, and even a PC that can play modern games damn well (Core 2 Duo E8400, 8GB RAM, Two ATI Radeon HD 4850s in Crossfire).

OMG at the PC specs...
Wow congratz in getting all those consoles XD I wonder which of the three consoles will make it better next couple of years?Anyways now you can play X edge (was that the name of the Namce X capcom thing for PS3?)

[Cless]

Finally got the TV mounted, and the rest of the setup finished.

[Kevassa]

Finally got the TV mounted, and the rest of the setup finished.

You are using the TV as a monitor too?
Coolness!

[Cless]

Yup. It's either a smallish TV and small desk for computer, or a big TV with everything connected to it.

It's much better this way. PC games can be played on a huge screen and emulators are much better than real hardware for old systems IMO.

[Craymel]

 know what you mean. I always love hooking up my computer to my big screen and playing psx and snes games on it. The filters for graphics is what makes them worth while.

[Mura]

Samsung?  46"?!



.... Well damn, Mr. Moneybags.


Also, I wish I saw this topic sooner or else I wouldn't have made another TV topic. Tried to delete it, and c/p my message onto here, but... yeah. :p

[Kajitani-Eizan]

you tried to CP your message up? what kind of site do you think this is?? 

[Cless]

Y'know, I was about to get the 52 inch version of the same model, but it was $600 more.

[Belegorm]

Heh.  Try playing Ikaruga off an actual Dreamcast, however.  With my friend's HDTV, it's almost impossible to play (one pixel off is the difference between safety and death).
Same with SSBM, though not as bad (yeah, there's SSBB, but there's parts of that game that just irks me).
Still cool, though.  My friend had originally been playing on a tiny old TV, and certain 360 games (especially Dead Rising) had such small, garbled text that it was illegible.  Now it looks real nice.
We got an HDTV as well, but my most powerful system (ATM) is just the Wii...

[LJkAze]

Nice Cless, Must be a lot of wiring