does ps3 games look good without hd

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#1 lsesrekmsa66
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do ps3 games still look good without an hdtv, or is hd pre-requissite if i buy a ps3? I could get hd, but that is unlikely, and i still want a ps3.
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#2 braindead_hero
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yes it looks fine, however some games such as burnout paradise are a bit harder to play but that is more down to the game than the system

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#3 420Token420
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do ps3 games still look good without an hdtv, or is hd pre-requissite if i buy a ps3? I could get hd, but that is unlikely, and i still want a ps3.lsesrekmsa66

Well of course HD will make it look better .. but SD doesn't make it look bad either ..

You don't need to game on a HD TV, regardless of what people say .. just play the games, it's well worth it, whether it be on HD or SD ..

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#4 ChiSoxBombers
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it still looks good, but obviously not as fresh and satisfying then when its running in HD
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#5 McnabbsPHIeagle
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HD is the best but without hd looks good too.
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#6 SilentRooster2
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I usually just play mine in sd (ragular def) and it looks and plays great.

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#7 HaDoKeN_NaTe
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yea games look fine in SD....of course..once u play in HD...its hard to go back...unfortunately i have to go back to SD once i move out for college....so im enjoyin the hd and 1080p of mgs4 as long as i can!!...but back to ur question lol...playin in SD is just fine and still does look pretty amazin..so no...it is not necessary to get an hd tv
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#8 jimm895
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You can use a SDTV until you can get a HDTV that way you will really appreciate the HDTV's resolution.
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#9 zman_786
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i once played mines in SD n it was just fine
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#10 analog10
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It will still look great in SD. HD makes it much crisper. The only real problem with SD is that text is really blurry and hard to read.
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#11 stevemanu10
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It will still look great in SD. HD makes it much crisper. The only real problem with SD is that text is really blurry and hard to read.analog10
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#12 NuKkU
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it looks better on HDTV but it doesnt look bad it still looks great on a SDTV i play mine on a SDTV
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#13 stevemanu10
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Tell ya a story bout a sdtv playing RFOM picked up the bullseye. Got the book bout the gun couldnt read a word of it. Next day bought a 42" plasma, 1080p tv. Much much better....
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#14 ash10692
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I have SD, and I think it looks awesome. But if you care about graphics that much, maybe you should get a HDTV.
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#15 1noteshort
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i have a 12 inch SD tv, and yes wide screen took a tad to get used to, but i live with it and it looks great still. just if they ever put a football game in widescreen on a sd, then ill be mad

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#16 shaunchgo
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I had to play in SD yesterday while my wife was watching a movie in HD. I quit after 5 minutes of SD blurriness. Ok, it's not that bad, but I felt like I was playing a PS2 game with decent graphics.
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#17 WeaponX295
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The games still look really good not amazing like on HD but I have a SD tv and I've been playing PS3 for almost a year now.

The text fonts in games can be small and blurry making it hard to read, Assassin's creed was like that menu was almost impossible to read. Also in GTA 4 navigating the cell phone can be a pain.

But don't let the lack of an HDTV prevent you from playing the PS3 IMO non of the exclusive titles really suffer. WarHawk, Heavenly Sword, Resistance FOM, and Uncharted all looked just fine.

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#18 Masterbeat2
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If you play in SDTV you probably can't read it properly

In HD its so crispy and god damn its just amazing:)

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#19 Bitties
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SD is ok, but after I got that HDMI cable I was pissed that I only had SD for awhile. To me the difference is enough to do whatever needed to be done to get HD.
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#20 Sk8ter_213
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"does ps3 games look good without hd" is like asking "do celebrity women look good without make-up" *puke*

some games are fine but most are too choppy and depending on the size of your SDTV the image is reduced.

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#21 Darth_Sibbs
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Basically SD is fine but HD is better IMO it doesn't affect the gameplay at all and hell the story is the same regardless
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#22 lsesrekmsa66
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are ps3 graphics better than every other console other than 360 without hd? thats all i need.
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#23 bushidotu
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HD would make the games look better but i played my ps3 on a SDTV and it looks good still only big diffrence was the words my god they were so hard to read and blurry