It looks fine. The realism of the graphics doesn't go down with the low quality TVs anymore than the realism of live-action video does. It just doesn't look as pretty.
It will look better than a previous generation console, but you won't be getting the full benefit that HDTV users get.
Some games, mainly early 360 titles, have issues when played in SD. Dead Rising has a lot of text, and that can be very hard to read, but really comes down to the TV you use.
ur still getting the same experience on sd tv. the only thing is that some text u can't read or have to go up to the screen. i recently bought a 32" lcd because of it. i was tired of playing games can't read anything.
from comparing the graphics on a stanrd r a little fuzzy.
Who Cares? Gaming is about immersion. Not how solid the pixel count displays itself on high def. This reminds me of people who are worried about their own particular home entertainment system. Even if you have the best picture in the land to watch the special cable channels that offer it.
YOU are STILL watching essentially POOP!...that's not to say that I myself do not own HDTV. I play on both standard and high def(multiple consoles) its just that when I'm playing a game graphics do enhance the experience but what TV you play it on does not...only the mind set of having to play it on a HDTV set makes people not enjoy the overall experience and that's rather shallow.
Not that your shallow for asking...just a generalized rant.
The reason I was asking is because HDTV's are too expensive and my friend told me that the graphics looked like crap on SDTV's. Graphics to me arn't a big deal because I value gameplay over graphics and bad graphics wont lesson my enjoyment with the console. But if I spend $300 on a console, I want to see an noticable improvement, even on my SDTV.
It looks good, but as others have said you won't be able to read the text in some games. Don't even bother trying to play Dead Rising... that was one of the games that made me want the 360, and I think I've played it twice since I bought it. Even on a 35" I can't make out any of the text.
I have an SDTV and I have to say that the graphics look great. Sometimes I have trouble reading small text, but apparently I have my own issues with my eyesight so I'm not sure if it's worth blaming my TV for.
HD doesn't make the graphics any better, it just makes the picture a lot clearer which I think is important. I've played a lot of 360 on my SD TV and things like the map in GTA4 are almost unreadable aswell as menus inf Ninja Gaiden 2. For that reason I now play on my 22'' monitor with the VGA cable. It's a lot cheaper than buying an HD TV and just as good.
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