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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:34:32
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So firstly bear in mind that the pics you rip from Animal Crossing are tiny in size, I have like 50 pics and I checked, on the SD Card this is less than 8 mbs. So the pics are poor quality to begin with.



Anyhow,  I play Wii on different TVs depending on where I am and I noticed that when you capture AC screens, it takes the pic according to the TV you are using, ratio, size, quality, HD or SD.



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Notice what HDTV does to the picture? Look at the bird Pave, jaggy, bitty, dull, stretched. Just all around, it adds a significant nastiness. Pay attention to the text in particular, a big giveaway. I've often seen screens of Wii games and funnily enough the good screens are how it looks on an an SDTV and frequently, whoever it is captures bad screens and that is how the game looks on an HDTV. Spooky.



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Look at the HUD, the writing and where the money is written in the top right hand corner. See the jaggies on the diving mask or around all the items. Ugh



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This pic is awful, look at the bird(s) faces. Look at the text! The f-ing text is jaggy!




If you dont play on an SDTV you might even be left with the impression that the system was weaker than GC. What a terrible situation. Until someone gets off their ass and makes a decent mass market external upscaler, as far as I can see the only option is to get one of these fancy Toshiba Regza ZR Tvs, which supposedly upscales any signal coming into it with Resolution + technology.



I have the DVD player with the same tech and it seems to work on DVDs at least.

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:07:17
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Both pics look the same to me. 

I remember IGN saying SD consoles look a lot better on a Plasma HDTV than an LCD HDTV.  Plasma supposedly has a much softer and less jaggy look than LCD.

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:10:47
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Look at the words "VIVA"

I use a plasma HDTV

I added another pic and description.

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:20:00
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Look at the bird, Pave character model closely. Its all jagged and bitty.

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:46:02
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Sorry, man, but they all look the same to me; they're all equally jaggy. 

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:23:46
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Yeah you do see a difference, but I do not really care. I mean I am enjoying Castlevania 3, so Wii graphics are fine.
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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:05:13
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"Sorry, man, but they all look the same to me; they're all equally jaggy. "

Yeah, it's called Wii.

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:47:50
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WTF Raven. Sad If you can't see the distortion and pixellation on the writing, you're either trying to annoy me, or you need to have your eyes checked.


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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:14:09
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I see the pixellation, sure. But I don't see the difference between your SD pic and those HD pics. They all look the same quality to me. 

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:05:04
Yeah I see what you mean. You can adjust the settings but you can never get it JUST right.

I was playing MGS3Uneasy not too long ago and UGH!

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:06:35
They're both SD, one is just widescreen...?

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:59:40
Let's just admit this is fail.

If you want to do proper comparisons, you need to get identical shots on both the SD and HDTV. Not entirely different pictures with entirely different styles of writing. You can't compare a back button to story text.
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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:03:10

Raven check the top SDTV pic, the text "Back" in the bottom right hand corner. Then check any kind of text or numerals on all the other pictures. While the words on the SDTV pic are completely clear and smooth, in all the other pics the text is jagged and pixellated. It's easier to make out on the text, but this is happening across the whole screen Sad

AC is like a toony cel shaded game so it actually shows up less so with an art style like this. If I could snap some Endless Ocean pics I could cry. It ruins the immersion when an HDTV adds jagged lines to your air tank Sad

LOL Yarcofin, you've set a challenge, I will see what I can do.

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:08:14
Yarcofin, you can compare the Back button to the my money count. Look at the pic with the diving mask, see the top right hand corner money count.

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:56:20
Does the same thing happen with EDTVs? Cause the sky town on MP3 for example, was full of jaggies. Still managed to look great, though.

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:33:26
EDTV is just progressive. So no, it should look better assuming you are using the correct cables and and settings.

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:18:31
Indeed it does look better. Much crisper, but most noticably, the colour is SO much richer on 480P.


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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:33:22
I am taking comparison pics for Yarcoffin at the moment. I will do a new blog once they are done. Will snap a Samus pic for you.

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:21:55
One F.

Yark-o-fin
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Yar-coffin

And I really didn't care that much, but okay Nyaa

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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:14:28
Yarbo what?

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