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Akumamon 12 Jan 2008 02:05:21 96 posts
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I was just wondering if its just me or do PS2 games on HDTV look a tad.. meh :S Im using component (the one with green red blue and a red and white for audio). I tried Soul Calibur 3 and Tekken 5 and they didnt seem to look as good as they did on the old crummy TV I used to have

Any suggestions or insights? Im thinking it may be due to bein used to this whole hi-def graphics malarky on the 360 :S

GuiltySpark 12 Jan 2008 02:07:25 6,790 posts
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Turn your PC monitor resolution down to 800 x 600 (or whatever) and see how shit it looks. That's basically what you're doing with your tv.

Heartcore_Ninja 12 Jan 2008 02:10:13 1,727 posts
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Don't even go there. Any SD source running on a HDTV will look shit- including PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. It's worse for games consoles than it is for say a regular SD Sky box.

Akumamon 12 Jan 2008 02:16:34 96 posts
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Crapness

So its gonna be shit no matter what huh? Oh well, at least it wasnt just me being over picky or anything. I wouldnt be so bothered but Ive got a few games I'd like to play/finish such as Shadow of the Colossus and Devil May Cry 3... meh

I guess I'll have to hack it lookin not so good

or play it on the little TV

Thanks for the comments by the way, much appreciated

PazJohnMitch 13 Jan 2008 05:15:07 17,276 posts
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We had this thread recently.

Most of the problem is that you have gone from a 360 to a PS2. PS2 games look slightly worse on a HDTV than a normal TV however not to the extent every one else is saying. It takes a few minutes for your eyes to adjust then it is fine. (To me at least).

The PS2 looks as good / bad as I would expect on a HDTV. Essentially if it looks hideous you are sitting to close to the TV. The Wii however is another issue. It looks far worse than I would expect on a HDTV. I am hoping that a component lead will sort it out a bit.

FooAtari 13 Jan 2008 08:52:07 3,955 posts
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PazJohnMitch wrote:
We had this thread recently.

Most of the problem is that you have gone from a 360 to a PS2. PS2 games look slightly worse on a HDTV than a normal TV however not to the extent every one else is saying. It takes a few minutes for your eyes to adjust then it is fine. (To me at least).

The PS2 looks as good / bad as I would expect on a HDTV. Essentially if it looks hideous you are sitting to close to the TV. The Wii however is another issue. It looks far worse than I would expect on a HDTV. I am hoping that a component lead will sort it out a bit.

I said that a while back and got totally shot down. IMO games on the Wii on an HDTV do not look as good as (some games) onthe GC on a SD TV. For example Metroid Prime on a good quality CRT looks better than Prime 3 on an HDTV. Surely this is because the Wii is only 480p or whatever?

SirScratchalot 13 Jan 2008 08:59:55 7,921 posts
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It depends a lot on the HDTV and a lot of the settings.
Most TVs are delivered with atrocious colours and brightness set and contrast set to make them look good next to other sets in a showroom.
I can honestly say my Wii looks awesome on a 42 inch display, above 50 SD will start to look a bit sad but even on projector it's possible to get some pretty nifty looks if you know what you're doing.

So basically: Turn of any dynamic contrast you might have, turn down color saturation and brightness since they give small objects a slight "halo" and well, game objects tend to be small and move a lot giving it a smudged look.
Also, if you've got a cheapo cable it might give some awful colors, try playing with the color settings. An easy way to get everything right for the input is to run a calibration CD on your PS2, do run it on the PS2 since things look different from different sources and inputs.

OnlyMe 13 Jan 2008 09:04:11 3,135 posts
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Not a PS2 game, but for some reason, Final Fantasy 8 looks better on my LCD HDTV than my old CRT SDTV. Both running on a PS2, but it's connected via component on the HDTV, and S-Video on the SDTV.

I was really surprised to say the least. Apparently, my HDTV upscales better than I thought.