When PAL have such high resolutions
WiiGeePeeYou (Hollywood) what IS it ?
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Well, I assume by Wii2 comes out there will be an HD standard. So 512 at least should be mandatory.
16:9 square pixels progressive should be 1024x576
So ti will mean that the wii 2 will have to contain 512 megs of memory.But right now it is totaly useles.Simply it haven't got the bandwith and the processing power to be able to use the additional memory.
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Even so, I would like someone to show a single proof that such a resolution exists within the pal-standard...Or that there is a sdtv that can display it. I think it's pretty safe to say that we won't be seeing any Wii games with progressive 1024x576 output.
Only if square pixels are used, they could easily stretch the pixels.
My generic 32" TV does. Further information:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/v...previous&sid=17822be8fec4ab1ea9d4c4345d4bc2d6
"I use Powerstrip to generate a 1024x576 25Hz Interlaced resolution for my 32 " Widescreen CRT TV"
(That's the same way I did it, actually)
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/74528/art/benq/videoprojector-pe7800.html
A projector that displays it.
http://www.consensus.com.au/ITWritersAwards/ITWarchive/ITWentries05/F2LG.htm
"All Australian SDTV broadcasts are in the 1024x576 widescreen format."
http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2004-March/066474.html
"For square-pixel output and processing in raytracers and the like, the industry standard is to use 768x576 for 4:3 PAL and 1024x576 for 16:9 PAL"
http://www.projectorcentral.com/choosing_resolution.htm
"On the other hand, everything changes if you live in a country where PAL or SECAM is the video standard. These systems deliver 576 lines of video per frame, rather than the 480 lines per frame of NTSC. So in this environment, the 1024x576 resolution projector is the ideal solution for DVD and standard definition video. Indeed, Texas Instruments dubbed their 1024x576 DLP chip the "Matterhorn" because of its unique applicability in the European market where PAL and SECAM are established standards."
DuckThor Evil
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Ok thanks. I knew there are projectors that has that as a native resolution, but didn't know that the signal is actually used somewhere, or that there are CRT tvs that can display it, so thanks for the information.
PAL is a fairly common TV standard with hundreds of millions of sets across europe. The vast majority of installed sets are CRT
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Another Wii dismantled, including Wiimote Sensorbar, etc.
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1201/nintendo.htm
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1129/nintendo.htm
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1201/nintendo.htm
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1129/nintendo.htm
Now that is high tech 
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1201/ninten24.jpg
Interestingly, it's 5 LEDs per side, and not 4 as reported. Okay, that's not interesting at all.
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1201/ninten24.jpg
Interestingly, it's 5 LEDs per side, and not 4 as reported. Okay, that's not interesting at all.
Now that is high tech
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1201/ninten24.jpg
Interestingly, it's 5 LEDs per side, and not 4 as reported. Okay, that's not interesting at all.
Yeah there was already an article from IGN explaining that the sensor bar is just two IR light sources used to center the Wii controller. They also did an article on experimenting with house hold things to replace the bar, two candles actually worked almost as well
I'd expect third parites to quickly start bringing out sensor bar replacements soon, probably wireless ones.Does that article mention the size of the cores by the way?
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DuckThor Evil
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Dude I live in Finland. I know that. I just didn't know that there are normal CRT TV-sets that can actually show 1024 pixels on a horizontal line.
My question is what's the point of those anyway? (aside for maybe selling them as faux HDTVs).
DVDs are never encoded anywhere near that resolution - and afaik, neither are SDTV broadcasts, so what's the point of such a display?
Anyway, like PS2, GC games quite often didn't use square pixels even on 4:3 NTSC (and now PS3 bc has IQ issues with such games), and 16:9 games never used square pixels - period, regardless of them being NTSC or PAL.
So this isn't really an issue of PAL getting shafted - it's just how things always were with SDTV gaming, and a few people that have displays that go beyond regular spec won't change it.
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Well on RocketMBAs post (2328) was info that they are broadcasting at that resolution in Australia, but other than that I haven't seen any use for it either. I would also see the possibiliities of 1024x576 pal games as very slim, even if they are using square pixels for 480p.
We have Pokeman for graphics...
But we have Elebits for its physics...
Hot damn, your opinions please:
LINK 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=x-j9wA6ilBA
LINK 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X1I-OeZ3wB4
LINK 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hszOo99xL7w
Is this all Havok or some mystery PPU chip?
But we have Elebits for its physics...
Hot damn, your opinions please:
LINK 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=x-j9wA6ilBA
LINK 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X1I-OeZ3wB4
LINK 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hszOo99xL7w
Is this all Havok or some mystery PPU chip?
The car collisions look fine to me, it's the boats that suck.
But it is BS. There is insufficent broadcast bandwith for such a high resolution. We have PAL-B which has the same resoultion as all the other 50 Hz PAL variations. SDTV over here is 720x576 50i
The article MAY have meaning SDTV digital television broadcasts, but it is still wrong. Hell according to the Australia governement if your TV can display 720x576 at 50Hz progressive then it can be called a HDTV.
Info about television in Australia: http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=15
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