staxx wrote:If you have a nice lcd tv then i'd say go with the 360 elite, just because its almost a waste to buy a ps3 or 360 without a good tv to get the best out of the graphics.
I know I may get shunned for this... but honestly, you don't need a new lcd tv to enjoy a ps3 or 360, at least certainly not in my opinion. I've barely played the next gen systems, but I've watched them be played. Truth be told, they just aren't my thing. But there's one thing I've noticed. The games look GREAT on a regular tv, and I don't think that they "hinder" the game graphics.
I was once at Best Buy watching my bud play on the display 360 right after release, and the salesperson there was like, "Yea, it looks great doesn't it? You really need high definition to enjoy this. It looks terrible without it." He was replying to a comment that I made about the graphics on Call of Duty (I think it was). Anyways, he then proceeded to "back up" what he claimed, and took a little panel off of the back of the display, apparently flipping a switch to disable the HD. He said something like, "big difference without the HD eh?" and my friend and I were kinda thinking the guy didn't know what he was talking about. See, when he did that, the graphics seemed better, so I asked him if he actually turned it off. He said he did, and welcomed me to look at the back of the display. Sure enough, he had... and I thought it looked BETTER after he did that because with the game's already existing anti-aliasing, and other various graphical adjustments, the normal display looked fine... but with the high definition, it actually created VERY noticeable pixel goofs around the edges of objects.
Sorry for storytelling/ ranting, but that's just my honest opinion. I mean, I saw a commercial the other day on tv that was advertising a hitachi hdtv. I'm sure you guys have seen it; it's the one with a girl in a dress walking a white leopard or something. The camera zooms in and you can even see the indents in its tongue and stuff... truly a good picture. But... you have to keep in mind that you are simply watching a commercial, and that the great image you just saw did not require an hdtv to appreciate it...
-DarkPacMan77-