>> He claims it's 1900x1600 or something absurd...
> 
>   Given that I have been using 1600x1200 for something like 5 years, that
> doesn't sound so absurd.

Yeah, but LCD monitors usually only go up to 1024x768, or maybe 
1280x1024 if it's expensive.

It looked impressively sharp though. CRT has the advantage that it works 
properly at *every* resolution, but I think LCD has now reached the 
point where it actually looks sharper. I'm thinking about getting myself 
an LCD at some point. However... having just spent a whole heap of 
money, I guess it won't be any time soon...! o_O

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> Yeah, but LCD monitors usually only go up to 1024x768, or maybe 
> 1280x1024 if it's expensive.

All decent 24" Wide-LCD's have native resolution of 1920x1200 (which, 
with 60Hz refresh rate, has lower pixel clock than 1600x1200@85hz). 
Heck, even all decent 22" Wide-LCD's have native resolution of 1680x1050.

Personally, I'd miss 4:3 -monitor if I was forced out of CRT on my 
desktop. LCD's, especially wide ones, take an incredible amount of 
desk-space with proper resolutions, when 19" CRT can take 1600x1200 easily.

> It looked impressively sharp though. CRT has the advantage that it works 
> properly at *every* resolution, but I think LCD has now reached the 
> point where it actually looks sharper. I'm thinking about getting myself 
> an LCD at some point. However... having just spent a whole heap of 
> money, I guess it won't be any time soon...! o_O

Check the panel type and don't get TN ;).

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And lo on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:17:17 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

>>> Heh. I know from experience that the controller on the PS3 is  
>>> virtually unusable.
>>  So unusable my 6 year old cousin can play a game with it despite it  
>> being too large for his hands. Ah come on One Of Us, Join Us, Forsake  
>> the Mouse and pick up the Joypad.
>
> NEVER! :-P

I'll remember that if you ever post how much Wii Sports is tiring you out  
:-P

Okay taking Warp's view into account I'd be the first to agree that the  
mouse is a better aiming mechanism for FPS games and it's really annoying  
that despite the fact the PS3 supports both USB mice and keyboards very  
few (as in only one) games seems to support them.

As for usability sure if you're trying to do a long range snipe of  
someone's head tweaking the sticks is annoying, likewise 180 degree  
rotations, but for the most part you do get used to the sticks.

>>>> HD output
>>>
>>> My PC can output resolutions so high my monitor can't handle it. :-P
>>  Ah but do you have a 40" widescreen LCD monitor? :-)
>
> No. My bedroom is significantly too small to fit one. :-P

How about a 32"? Of course it should be hooked up to the main television  
so everyone can join in.

> My sister has one though. I find that having the screen so far away  
> means you can't see the detail quite so well. It *does* look impressive  
> though. Mind you, Benny has a 25" LCD that looks pretty amazing. He  
> claims it's 1900x1600 or something absurd...

That does make me laugh - look at all the detail my 1080p screen picks up,  
oh but you have to sit further away from it.

>>> What I _do_ know is that Abe's Oddessy and Abe's Exodus are on PC, but  
>>> the next one is _only_ available for Xbox. :-(
>>  Yeah after Exoddus they switched over to XBox odd they didn't release  
>> it for Windows too given the similarity in platforms.
>
> Exclusivity contract, much? ;-)

Yep must have tied themselves to Microsoft :-P

>>> The opening sequence is pretty damned easy, and the signs walk you  
>>> through _all_ the controls. Even the PC ones. ;-)
>>  But you are being chased.
>
> Not in the PC version.

Hmm I recall "Run Abe Run" a flick screen and a wall you have to clamber  
up with a squig following you.

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>> NEVER! :-P
> 
> I'll remember that if you ever post how much Wii Sports is tiring you 
> out :-P

My hands can't withstand the G-forces. o_O

> As for usability sure if you're trying to do a long range snipe of 
> someone's head tweaking the sticks is annoying, likewise 180 degree 
> rotations, but for the most part you do get used to the sticks.

I'd imagine for spinning round on the spot, the sticks are probably 
easier. (I constantly run out of desk space. Do you have ANY IDEA how 
much stuff is in my bedroom?) But playing CoD4 it was just impossible to 
hit anything. :-S

>>>> The opening sequence is pretty damned easy, and the signs walk you 
>>>> through _all_ the controls. Even the PC ones. ;-)
>>>  But you are being chased.
>>
>> Not in the PC version.
> 
> Hmm I recall "Run Abe Run" a flick screen and a wall you have to clamber 
> up with a squig following you.

In the PC version, the game starts, and you casually walk around until 
the first ledge. As soon as you haul yourself up it, a Slig rushes in. 
But by then you're out of the way. So unless you climb back down again, 
you're really in no danger. (The Slig, however, is liable to get 
possessed and blown up. Muhuhuhuh!)

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And lo on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:35:05 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>> As for usability sure if you're trying to do a long range snipe of  
>> someone's head tweaking the sticks is annoying, likewise 180 degree  
>> rotations, but for the most part you do get used to the sticks.
>
> I'd imagine for spinning round on the spot, the sticks are probably  
> easier.

No, so much so that some games have a dedicated 180-turn button though 90°  
movement can be quite quick. As I say it's the fiddly stuff that you wish  
you had a mouse for. I might go so far to say that you shouldn't play  
console FPS games the same way you play PC FPS games. Rather then jump out  
of hiding and sweep your sights over the enemy bam bam; you need to adjust  
to the fact that you're not quite as nimble and thus slow down a bit.

> (I constantly run out of desk space. Do you have ANY IDEA how much stuff  
> is in my bedroom?)

I can well imagine it being taken up by large amounts of musical equipment.

> But playing CoD4 it was just impossible to hit anything. :-S

Ah yes just for fun here's a comparision video of CoD4 on PS3 and 360 -  
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27571.html oh and because you probably  
haven't seen it http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38636.html currently a  
PS3 exclusive.

>>  Hmm I recall "Run Abe Run" a flick screen and a wall you have to  
>> clamber up with a squig following you.
>
> In the PC version, the game starts, and you casually walk around until  
> the first ledge. As soon as you haul yourself up it, a Slig rushes in.  
> But by then you're out of the way. So unless you climb back down again,  
> you're really in no danger. (The Slig, however, is liable to get  
> possessed and blown up. Muhuhuhuh!)

Hmm I'm sure I got shot there.

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