From: belpowerslave@ev1.net   
      
   > > It *really* sucks since most of the scenery is sprite-based. The polygon   
   > > stuff looks alright.   
   >   
   > I'm going to have to see this at some point.   
   >   
      
   Oh, you really don't want to, trust me on that. I don't know how it'd work, but   
   you *may* be able to trick your AiW Radeon into making the res it outputs that   
   of   
   a widescreen TV. From there, all you have to do is enable the widescreen   
   option in   
   the game and you'll be able to see(and even record it).   
      
   >   
   > > No doubt...it's another I couldn't manage to get, and now it always seems   
   to   
   > > go for more than I'm willing to pay.   
   >   
   > You should really be able to find this one for $30 no problem, depending   
   > on which exciting *rare* CD print you get.   
   >   
      
   Wow, really that low nowadays? Hell, that's not bad at all...might be time to   
   put   
   some serious effort into picking it up.   
      
   >   
   > > Yeah, I guess so. I'd just have to get over the initial shock of the going   
   > > rate...   
   >   
   >       A friend of mine in town just won an auction for PDS, PDZ and PD1   
   > for $150 shipped.  Granted the later two go for less than $20, but he   
   > technically paid less than original retail for each (including sales   
   > tax).  I wish there were more nice fellows like the one he bought it   
   > from out there online, they could seriously sell me some good games if   
   > they'd throw in some other good games that typically go for cheap to   
   > help me swallow the high price.   
   >   
      
   I think what's really holding me back is the fact that I've *never* played PDS,   
   just seen pics and movies of it. With Rockman MegaWorld(Mega Man: The Wily   
   Wars),   
   which I paid $99 for, I was able to play the rom of it, which made me want it   
   even   
   more than back when I had just read about it or seen pics of it. So, it's   
   like, I   
   hear PDS is real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real,   
   real, real, real, real, real, real, real, good...but that's it, you know, I   
   don't   
   *know* that I'm going to like it because I've yet to ever test it. :(   
      
   >   
   > > The only time I've ever seen it was on a 60" inch projector, so maybe   
   that's   
   > > why it looked alright. I wonder how it's look on my 34" HDTV...   
   >   
   >     More and more, people are making me jealous of HDTV.  Meh, maybe   
   > it'll be motivation for me to get all of this credit card debt cleared   
   > out once and for all (I've got no car payments, and I just haven't made   
   > it a point to pay them off in school with 0% interest on the cards).    ;)   
   >   
      
   Well, unless you're just really into movies, and plan on getting into either HD   
   DVD or BluRay I don't know that you'd get that much out of it(if you plan on   
   skipping this next gen of systems). With the bullshit networks still lagging so   
   sorely behind in delivering full HD content, it's almost depressing to turn   
   the TV   
   on sometimes.   
      
   I mean, the GC, PS2 and Xbox can all do 480p, but you don't need an HDTV for   
   that,   
   just a component connection to a regular TV. Even then, there are only *two*   
   PS2   
   games that do anything past 480p(Gran Shitrismo 4 and Tourist Trophy{yeehaw})   
   and   
   nothing on the GC. Though it is important to note that they both have a   
   shitload   
   of games that have 16:9 modes, and even at only 480p, that shit looks nice.   
      
   Hell, even the Xbox really only has around 40 games that do anything past 480p   
   right now. Again though, stretching anything that's 480p to 16:9 mode just   
   looks   
   fucking great. Most times, you can't even tell it's being stretched(from what I   
   hear, it's because the polygons stretch animorphically). Ever since I got the   
   TV,   
   I haven't played a single Xbox game in 4:3...(well, maybe the 2D stuff like   
   MAT,   
   SNK vs Capcom, etc)   
      
   Plus, then you need to remember the harsh reality I faced when plugging in   
   older   
   systems to the HDTV...   
      
   All in all, I love the HDTV...and I'd recommend getting one to anyone out   
   there,   
   I'd just also recommend one doesn't ditch their current set to do so. :)   
      
   Bel   
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