Picture quality means just about everything to me. It is my belief that the absolute best possible video connection should be used when playing a video game console. No "ifs", "ands", or "buts".
Back in the day, my Dreamcast was hooked up to a 19-inch CRT PC monitor through the VGA Box. And from September 9, 1999 on through to around mid-2001, I was in heaven. It's the reason why the DC is my favorite console of all time.
Blah, blah, blah... Fast-forward to the present...
I was in Gamestop the other day and I'm watching my friend play Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360 kiosk. The console was connected to a Samsung widescreen LCD HDTV, and the picture quality (component) looked friggen AMAZING. I honestly didn't expect a component video connection to look that good. Everything was so vibrant, sharp, and clear. White text against black background, textures, everything... Very pleasing to look at. In fact, you can put your face right up to the screen and it still looks incredible. (If I do that to my 14-inch flatscreen, extensively-calibrated, component-connected SDTV Toshiba, I can see scanlines and other visually unwanted stuff.) I shudder (in a good way) at the thought of seeing the 360 connected to a widescreen PC monitor via the VGA cable. Wow! It must look unbelieveable.
Blah, blah, blah...
PlayStation 3's HDMI-out connector has me dying to get an HDTV later this year. I'm counting on PS3's HDMI ability to bring me back to visual nirvana. I'm gonna take my time and do my research, to make sure I get an awesome display. Minimum 720p games and movies has me very excited indeed.
Anyway, I'd like to hear *your* picture quality experiences.
Back in the day, my Dreamcast was hooked up to a 19-inch CRT PC monitor through the VGA Box. And from September 9, 1999 on through to around mid-2001, I was in heaven. It's the reason why the DC is my favorite console of all time.
Blah, blah, blah... Fast-forward to the present...
I was in Gamestop the other day and I'm watching my friend play Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360 kiosk. The console was connected to a Samsung widescreen LCD HDTV, and the picture quality (component) looked friggen AMAZING. I honestly didn't expect a component video connection to look that good. Everything was so vibrant, sharp, and clear. White text against black background, textures, everything... Very pleasing to look at. In fact, you can put your face right up to the screen and it still looks incredible. (If I do that to my 14-inch flatscreen, extensively-calibrated, component-connected SDTV Toshiba, I can see scanlines and other visually unwanted stuff.) I shudder (in a good way) at the thought of seeing the 360 connected to a widescreen PC monitor via the VGA cable. Wow! It must look unbelieveable.
Blah, blah, blah...
PlayStation 3's HDMI-out connector has me dying to get an HDTV later this year. I'm counting on PS3's HDMI ability to bring me back to visual nirvana. I'm gonna take my time and do my research, to make sure I get an awesome display. Minimum 720p games and movies has me very excited indeed.
Anyway, I'd like to hear *your* picture quality experiences.