New Games Thread

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by MikeK

Someone lend me some cash:

http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-...another-planet

I want one too.

[Nick Koan]

And here is a game for Dean.

Guitar Hero: Air Guitar Rocker

http://www.gearlog.com/2008/01/guita...tar_rocker.php

[sperry]

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

And here is a game for Dean.

Guitar Hero: Air Guitar Rocker

http://www.gearlog.com/2008/01/guita...tar_rocker.php

Pshht... who wants to see a video of a guy playing virtual air guitar when we could be watching him play real air guitar.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

And here is a game for Dean.

Guitar Hero: Air Guitar Rocker

http://www.gearlog.com/2008/01/guita...tar_rocker.php

That video was awesome!

[100_Percent_Juice]

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

I want one too.

Everyone settle down. Nothing to see here. Nobody plays crisis.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Everyone settle down. Nothing to see here. Nobody plays crisis.

Screw Crysis... that would be the *shit* for online racing.

[Dean]

Originally Posted by MikeK

Someone lend me some cash:

http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-...another-planet

Why would they only give it 900 vertical pixels....

[Dean]

Originally Posted by sperry

Pshht... who wants to see a video of a guy playing virtual air guitar when we could be watching him play real air guitar.

My thought exactly...

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by Dean

Why would they only give it 900 vertical pixels....

Because then the video card is just running 2 1440x900 monitors, which is the most common widescreen resolution at this point.

[van]

Originally Posted by R4ND0M_AX3

is 1.2 new?????? I thought that's what I've been playing since last spring.

I didn't say anything about it being new but I just got it and I'm loving it, even with just 1 track. sorry

[Double Phister]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

Because then the video card is just running 2 1440x900 monitors, which is the most common widescreen resolution at this point.

I thought 1920x1200 was.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by R4ND0M_AX3

I thought 1920x1200 was.

My 22" screen is only 1660x1050. You're talking crazy talk buddy.

[Double Phister]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

My 22" screen is only 1660x1050. You're talking crazy talk buddy.

my 24" dell ultrasharp wide is 1920x1200

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

My 22" screen is only 1660x1050. You're talking crazy talk buddy.

Now that's a weird res. The standard is 1680x1050.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by R4ND0M_AX3

my 24" dell ultrasharp wide is 1920x1200

'Spensive. And 19" widescreens are still more common than larger ones.

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

Now that's a weird res. The standard is 1680x1050.

Whoops.

[Double Phister]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

'Spensive. And 19" widescreens are still more common than larger ones.


Whoops.

Actually my 19" at home that runs 1600x1200 is the same size if you were to chop the "wide" part off.

[Kevin M]

You buy 'spensive monitors. I feel inadequate now.

[sybir]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

You buy 'spensive monitors. I feel inadequate now.

Don't look at my room either, then, lol. Overkill is a good starting point. I think my desktop right now is 3200x1200 on two 21" LCD's with a 3rd output at 1920x1080 on the 37" LCD.

Yay bachelor.....eep.

[100_Percent_Juice]

^You probably don't even need to step into the sunlight for your daily dose of vitamin D.

[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by sybir

Don't look at my room either, then, lol. Overkill is a good starting point. I think my desktop right now is 3200x1200 on two 21" LCD's with a 3rd output at 1920x1080 on the 37" LCD.

Umm...

..that's pretty cool.

And here I thought I was pimp with two 19 inchers.

[doubleurx]

1920 x1080 is the new widescreen standard for 1080P HD resolution.

I use a single 37" lcd widescreen at work but I am contemplating using 2 42" lcd's this summer, maybe stack the 37" on top in the middle..................than I will go blind!

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by doubleurx

1920 x1080 is the new widescreen standard for 1080P HD resolution.

What's stupid, though, is that HDTVs use the 16x9 ratio, and computer monitors use 16x10 or 16x9.

[doubleurx]

Originally Posted by Nick Koan

What's stupid, though, is that HDTVs use the 16x9 ratio, and computer monitors use 16x10 or 16x9.

Agreed - the whole 16X9 ratio is just plain silly. The concept was to use a ratio that is a standard in the movie industry so you see what the director sees. The reality is they don't use 16X9 - it's more like 16X6 ratio. That's why you still see those damn black bars top and bottom on DVD.

[100_Percent_Juice]

Few things would make me mad as a child and this was one of them. "why would you make the TV a square and movies a wide rectangle?"

[Dean]

Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Few things would make me mad as a child and this was one of them. "why would you make the TV a square and movies a wide rectangle?"

[craggy old man mode]Look here sonny.... In the olden days movies were 1.33:1(4:3) and when TV was invented, it matched that aspect ration.

In the 1950s, movies went "wide screen" and TV took 50+ years to catch up, largely due to consumers not caring and lack of a standard means to transfer larger images...

Most still imagery is still 4:3 by the way.

And widescreen sucks for doing any work that will end up being printed!

Now where did I put my teeth?[/COMM]

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