If you were looking to upgrade your current 32bit PC to Windows Vista and enjoy high definition content on it then you’re not going to be happy with what Microsoft had to say
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Proudly making the full transition to Ubuntu Linux. Windows XP will be the last M$ OS I interact with.
Gaming will be left to consoles, where everything is proprietary anyway.
Good call, Patness. Boy-howdy, is it ever a slow process to introduce a new OS in education or corporate situation where I work.
No need for HDTV, just looks them with normal good computer screen which doesn’t too full screen antialiasing and blur filtering (flattening every material to same blurred mess) and they look crap.
720p is already much better and 1080p is like from other world when it comes to accuracy and amount of details.
Why do you think in Japan HDTV has been common for so long?
You’ll find HDTV resolution trailers from here, check some of them and compare to what DVD movies look.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/
And no need for installing their crappy unQuicktime bloatware, do Google search for Quicktime Alternative
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t think there’s a definite improvement with HDTV and such as I’ve seen plenty of them in action including some of the first ever put on display at the last Summer CES I attended over 10 years ago, just that for as nice as it is I’m not that unhappy with standard DVD resolution that HDTV becomes a “must have” for me.
I’d love to have an HDTV, preferably one not hobbled by DRM schemes, but I can’t justify the cost.
I’m not interested in HDTV.
I don’t so much watch TV as listen to it while doing something else at the same time. Obviously picture quality is not a concern in my case. DVD or cable is good enough for me and I’m not upgrading until the old equipment croaks and HDTV stuff doesn’t come at a premium. Even then, I’m sufficiently pissed off about DRM to eschew HDTV kit.
In short, HDTV isn’t going to help Microsoft sell me Vista.
Les: Just use an S-Video cable, quality is much improved over standard video cables that come with DVD players, game consoles, etc. They are really cheap too for the 6’ cables (which really, is all you need for hooking up a console or dvd player). Added benefit of using S-Video: Most video cards out there have S-Video ports, enabling you to use your tv as a second monitor very easily and cheaply
Gee, another crippleware from M$ … this and the promise “all DirectX10 games will only run on Vista” seriously makes me sad. While the sole thing they want with that is make the people who wouldn’t have bought Vista to begin with otherwise buy it anyway, it will certainly succeed in making a sale to me quite improbable.
But then, being a sucker for the most recent games, I might end up buying it anyway – Windows is the gaming platform of today’s PC landscape.
Or I just go Mac. Might be the better option after all.
Sooner or later I’ll most likely have to buy Vista if for no other reason than the need to be familiar with it for my job and the best way to be familiar with it is to use it every day. But I doubt I’ll be rushing out to buy it.
Incidentally, Microsoft has backpedaled a bit on this since the original announcement. It seems that Vista 32 bit will play legit high-def content using third party applications, just that Microsoft won’t be supporting it directly themselves.