No more "shortchanged" 20GB PS3

DragonMasterAlex said:
Actually yes, you CAN deny that the majority of TV's sold today are HDTV's, because they AREN'T. As recently as a MONTH ago the sales numbers stated that 41% of US tv sales were HDTV's. Now, I'm no mathematics major, but it strikes me that 41% is less than half, which means that no, most TV's sold today are NOT HDTV's. Source .

HDTV's are clearly gaining ground, but they're not yet in the majority of sales nor in installed base. We still have a few years to go before either of those can be claimed.

Jason
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Added to this, "HD" also includes the 720p resolution, which I am well aware (working in high-end home theatre) is the more common of the HD resolutions supported by televisions sold today. This is a resolution considerably lower than the 1080p that the PS3 is apparently supporting.
 
banGerprawN said:
Added to this, "HD" also includes the 720p resolution, which I am well aware (working in high-end home theatre) is the more common of the HD resolutions supported by televisions sold today. This is a resolution considerably lower than the 1080p that the PS3 is apparently supporting.
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True, although good luck getting Sony to agree to that, heh. According to them only 1080p is "True HD", which is of course nonsense.

In all truth though, while HD is nice in all the major flavors--720p, 1080i, 1080p--HDTV, especially in the larger screen sizes, is still *way* under-rezzed as compared to PC monitors. Honestly, a 60+" TV, to really be impressive, would have to be more like 2160p or better.

Jason
 
Orange.exe said:
Don't know if anyone posted this yet, but not all of the 400,000 ps3's will even be in america until after new years. While the $500 ps3 is better off now, since only 20% of the systems will be the 20gig version, chances of getting one for a while (even into next year) will probably be pretty low.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6158493.html?tag=latestnews;title;0
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I think you misunderstood it, hes saying 400k at launch, but a million in the US around the end of the year and that it will be close, if its not all in by new years then they will be on a plane over on new years (and around 2-2.4 million worldwide by the end of the year).

Hirai also reiterated that Sony "is expecting" to have 400,000 PS3s in the North American market for the console's "launch time period." As for resupplying US retailers, Hirai said, "We'd like to manufacture and ship out of factories upwards of 1 million units [for North America] by the end of the calendar year." Worldwide, Sony has said it plans on manufacturing 2 to 2.4 million units, with the remainder going to Japan.
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Orange.exe said:
Don't know if anyone posted this yet, but not all of the 400,000 ps3's will even be in america until after new years. While the $500 ps3 is better off now, since only 20% of the systems will be the 20gig version, chances of getting one for a while (even into next year) will probably be pretty low.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6158493.html?tag=latestnews;title;0
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Actually, not all of the 1 million they expect to send to america will be here by new years. Hirai said that 400,000 would be in NA for the "launch window". He also then said that they expect to ship 1 million units to NA by the end of the calendar year, qualifying that by saying that some obviously will still be in transit come Jan 1st.
 
Okay... this quote pissed me off so much. "Ken Kutaragi announced that the 20GB version of PlayStation 3 will come with one HDMI port, and the 60GB version will have two HDMI ports for super letterbox display on side-by-side HDTVs. The 20GB version will be sold for 49980 yen in Japan on November 11, 2006."

Honestly, how many freaking people have side by side Hdtvs. That's so retarded to even mention that. I mean come on, we're talking about a videogame console here. The age group which can afford HDTVs and PS3s (not to say that I can't), are a lot older than the average videogamer, and more than likely don't know, care, or see no reason for HDTV. All i'm saying here is that who cares if it has 2 hdmi ports? How many crazy people here are going to go into best buy and drop $4000+ on two tvs, hdmi cables, and a ps3 with some games. That's like almost $5000+ How are they winning a audience, or people's attention by saying that it'll look best if you spend an additional $5000. The videogame industry needs to know how to sell their systems based on current "reasonably priced" hardware. The average kid won't have any more than maybe a 24"-28" hdtv which still costs what... $1500+? Anyway... just a rant. lol
 
I think that was a typo, AFAIK theres still only one hdmi port for the 60gb configuration
 
You must be living in some bizarro place that exists in the year 2002. :p You can get 50 inch HDTVs (720p) for $1400, unless you want to game the SONY way (you know...1080p is the only real HD blah blah) in which case you can probably find a 1080p for around the same price, but probably slightly smaller.
 
BillLeeLee said:
You must be living in some bizarro place that exists in the year 2002. :p You can get 50 inch HDTVs (720p) for $1400, unless you want to game the SONY way (you know...1080p is the only real HD blah blah) in which case you can probably find a 1080p for around the same price, but probably slightly smaller.
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ditto.
 
Got a 65" HDTV for about 1300 from a terrific deal about 2-3 years back, so they can be had if you shop around enough.
I'll probably end up getting a PS3 if it's good enough actually once i see the final specs and/or game lineups. The major fact is, that people WILL get one if it's good enough for them or if they like it, no matter how many arguments and counter-arguments we have here on these or any other forums. Just like any other form of hardware, car, TV, stereo, ect;.
 
Honestly, how many freaking people have side by side Hdtvs. That's so retarded to even mention that. I mean come on, we're talking about a videogame console here.
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That's where you are wrong. The PS3 isn't just the next-gen video game console, it is a multi-purpose box. Sony wants this to be used at conventions, pharmaceuticals, and even banking. So when vendor X is pitching to mega corporation Y, the PS3 just might be the right tool to use with its dual HDTV support. How it's going to be used exactly, I have no idea.
 
Putting HDMI on the PS3 got me about a year closer to buying one, maybe 2007-2008. If they had priced it at the Japanese levels following the price drop (~$420) they might have enticed me away from the Wii...maybe.

I don't need wi-fi - no PSP for connectivity, and I have 2 routers in WDS bridging mode...-$20 AR + $40 AR = $20 AR for network for my HTPC, Xbox, PS2, Wii, etc.
 
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