GunFingers
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pr0cs said:I don't really understand what you're saying, this is how the IGN article reads:
to me this sounds really bad, this sounds like games that aren't developed to support 1080i simply will not work with 1080i televisions, perhaps I'm reading this wrong.
IGN is a little confused. There are essentially four ways HD sets have handled 720p signals in the past (and today):
1. Don't handle it at all. When presented with a 720p signal, display nothing.
2. Downscale the signal to 480p and display the 480p image.
3. Scale the image to 1080i and display the 1080i image (or whatever higher res your TV displays).
4. Display it as is (native 720p sets).
#1 and #2 are the problems here. With the 360, there is an internal scaler that will send your TV whatever signal it can handle. The PS3 doesn't have this, and is relying on the TVs having scalers to keep HD in an HD format. But that's not always the case.