>> (And hell, half the equipment and content that says "HD" on it isn't 
>> even full resolution anyway... Why allow half a dozen resolutions when 
>> it would have been far simpler for the designers and less misleading 
>> for the public if they allow only one resolution?)
> 
> Because, say, games at full HD may have to cut geometry or frame rate 
> here and there to fit comfortably?

What do TV resolutions have to do with computers? You connect a computer 
to a monitor, not a TV.

>> PS. I am similarly baffled by the current fashion for "widescreen" 
>> TVs. Given that 99.998% of all video content ever created is in 4:3 
>> aspect, what the hell is the advantage of buying a TV with a 16:9 
>> aspect?? I don't understand.
> 
> Yeah, why sell color TVs in a time when 99.98% video content ever 
> created is B&W?  This is one of your "obviously impossible" kinda 
> comments, ain't it?

What, you think just because everybody is being forced to buy widescreen 
TVs, people are going to start filming in widescreen?

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