To be fair...640x480 isn't a limit placed by the console, but by the software and the fact that very few people have higher end tv's. I know the XBox includes an hdtv encoder, and the others probably do as well.
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, January 2, 2003, 10:54:08 AM, you wrote: >> The speed and graphics quality is something that computers can't >> reach..yet. >> >> -Gel KG> Even though people think they look great, the graphics quality of consoles KG> is nowhere near the quality of computers. This is because of a.) console KG> processor power; and b.) TV resolution. KG> Modern consoles are only giving you about a 640x480 image. In addition, the KG> textures and such are extremely optimized (i.e. low quality) to take KG> advantage of the TV screen's forgiving nature. To give you an example of how KG> forgiving the TV screen is, here is a jpg that looks absolutely gorgeous on KG> a TV screen: KG> http://itv.wpt.org/gardener/images/gardener1.jpg KG> Notice that it's a relatively small image, but when shown on a TV screen KG> it's full size and all the banding and jaggies are smoothed out. The key KG> thing here is that it's compressed so much that it's only 13K as opposed to KG> say, 100K or more that it would need to look as good on a PC monitor. KG> Here's another one that's 5K: KG> http://itv.wpt.org/gardener/images/gardener3.jpg KG> If you look, you'll see tons of banding and blocking, but again it looks KG> smooth as silk on a TV screen. KG> That's why consoles can play so well with such low specs. They cut a lot of KG> corners to do it. Fortunately, the quality appears good enough for people to KG> still like them. If you were to play exactly the same game with the same KG> textures and resolution on a PC it would look like crap. So with PC titles, KG> they have to provide higher quality textures and higher resolutions to make KG> it look good. KG> It will be interesting though to see how well XBox games work when people KG> hook them to HD displays. I know that Metal Gear 2 for XBox has some serious KG> framerate issues at times. KG> -Kevin KG> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
