PS2 games look OK on big screen TV?

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#1 hydralisk86
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Do they look OK?

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#2 KHAndAnime
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Depends what you think looks ok.
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#3 KhanhAgE
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I play all my PS2 games on a HDTV and they look great. But make sure you're using component cables and not composites.
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#4 Stinger78
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Depends what you think looks ok. KHAndAnime
This is almost always the answer in the case of someone asking how things look. But, to add to the topic, most games run at 480i (640x480 resolution) and will be stretched to fit the screen. God of War II can be run in 480P mode which looks better, and Gran Turismo 4 / Tourist Trophy can be run in 1080i which looks even better.
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#5 BlackendV
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The image will look better with component cables but if the game is a poor game graphically it might show the flaws more. How big are you talking?
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#6 bigM10231
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[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Depends what you think looks ok. Stinger78
This is almost always the answer in the case of someone asking how things look. But, to add to the topic, most games run at 480i (640x480 resolution) and will be stretched to fit the screen. God of War II can be run in 480P mode which looks better, and Gran Turismo 4 / Tourist Trophy can be run in 1080i which looks even better.

people say 1080i doesnt look as good as 480p on gt4
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[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Depends what you think looks ok. Stinger78
This is almost always the answer in the case of someone asking how things look. But, to add to the topic, most games run at 480i (640x480 resolution) and will be stretched to fit the screen. God of War II can be run in 480P mode which looks better, and Gran Turismo 4 / Tourist Trophy can be run in 1080i which looks even better.

The game won't become stretched if you set the HDTV's image to 4:3 instead of 16:9.
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#8 XxF1N4L-ST4NDxX
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I play my PS2 on a 42" HDTV and it looks fine :)

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#9 x-2tha-z
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Big screen TV? Why is the size of the screen relevant? It would be more useful if you told us if this big screen TV was a SD or HDTV.
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#10 Stinger78
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people say 1080i doesnt look as good as 480p on gt4bigM10231
Interesting. At least on my TV that is 1080-native, 1080i looks "as good" as 480p - but like they said "looks good" depends on the person.
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#11 Stinger78
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The game won't become stretched if you set the HDTV's image to 4:3 instead of 16:9. KhanhAgE
In my personal preference, everything I display on my 1080-native set I stretch to full screen as I feel more immersed in what's on the screen. To me it feels more like a home (movie) theater. Along those lines, and what someone else posted, what looks good comes down to the individual and personal preference. It's the same reason I'll turn down AA and vsync in almost every PC game I play on the screen as I feel I get a better framerate overall.
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#12 aryoshi
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They don't look bad on them at all, on my TV, there's a little black on the left and right sides sometimes because of resolution, but it's easily ignorable, not a problem at all.
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#13 KHAndAnime
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I'm surprised people are saying this. PS2 looks abominable on HDTV.
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#14 LovePotionNo9
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PS2 looks great on my old big screen SDTV but looks like complete garbage on my big screen HDTV. If graphics matter to you, you might not want to get rid of your old tv just yet.

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Very early on PS2 games don't even show up on Component. The sound works but the video is not there. When you switch to Composite everything looks blurry and pixelated.
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Very early on PS2 games don't even show up on Component. The sound works but the video is not there. When you switch to Composite everything looks blurry and pixelated.gokuofheaven

Huh? Which games? This seems ... impossible ...

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#17 T_REX305
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they look great. and a little bit better.