After looking at the arguments more, TheW13, it appears that you are confusing Practical with Popular.

If you really want to argue the practical uses of the PC on an HDTV here they are many practical uses (confined to PC gaming & mentioned before too). If you want to argue the popularity of the percentage of people that do so, that's another story. So if you want to come at it from the practical angle you still are wrong, because it can be practical to do PC gaming on an HDTV (while including the family). Is it popolar to do so? Probably not, but then again it could be more prevalent than it is imagined it to be.

menes777

You have to imagine that every person's household is not the same. The reality that you have only 1 tv viewing room and 1 computer is not the same for everyone else.

My pc has a dedicated setup with a projector in the basement. At any time I can switch from watching tv/xbox/PC. There are only a few genres of games I preffer playing on the big screen (like platform games, old-school emulated games).

CPM_basic

[QUOTE="thew13"] it is not a practical thing to do for the general public.Vandalvideo

i've done that in the past to play some movies on a friend's tv. what's the big deal?Ontain

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[QUOTE="menes777"]

Vandal,

I think this guy is going to round and round in circles because for him it's not about what's fact it's about "winning the argument". He claims that this whole argument is based on broad statements and assumptions, yet he throws whoppers of statements to support his arguments. I think what he means to say is that because he doesn't like to play his PC on his HDTV that it shouldn't be done and that consoles are the only feasible option for doing so.

DragonfireXZ95

When did I ever say you can't. Practical and can/can't aren't the same thing.

Again my point - don't make the argument that everyone(or most everyone) has a PC and in the same structure of an argument then mention teh ease of hooking it up to your TV. Becuase when you say everyone you refer to the general population and it is not a practical thing to do for the general public.

[QUOTE="thew13"]Do you really believe the things you say Practical and easy are not the same.It is easy for me to put my bed in the living room, but it is not practical.It is easy for me to wear a parka in 100 degree weather, but it is not practical It is easy for me to bathe in a puddle in the street, but it is not practical t is easy for me use all my DVD's as frisbees, but is not practical nd to use your example - it would be easier to order food than to make it, but it would not always be more practical.Vandalvideo

Realistic in approach and being able to do something are not the same thing

You temper the statement about the bed in the living room with "offsetting variable". well that's the difference between easy and practical

There are almost always 'offsetting variable' in anything you do. Read my original post. My reasons for it not being practical were 'offsetting variables" I stated that when those 'offsetting variable' are not present that it is indeed practical.

For the majority of the general public some 'offsetting variable' is in place, making it not such a practical practice.

Everyone needs to stop appling SW rules and SW population to Real life and the general population.

I would agree that is most likely a practical thing for the majority of SW users, but that's not the debate.

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[QUOTE="XaosII"]

I wouldn't do it. But thats just cuz my monitor is much better than either an SDTV or an HDTV.

I'd rather hook up my monitor to my cable box/consoles than the other way around.

washd123

while my monitor is better i used to hook up my pc to a sdtv just for the bigger screen.

[QUOTE="thew13"]] It's easy, it's not practical And your bolded statement is not what I originally said. Reading comprehension please. Of course it is easy and any who desired to do it could. However, for the majority of PC owners it is not practical.Vandalvideo

Do you really believe the things you say Practical and easy are not the same.

It is easy for me to put my bed in the living room, but it is not practical.

It is easy for me to wear a parka in 100 degree weather, but it is not practical I

t is easy for me to bathe in a puddle in the street, but it is not practical

It is easy for me use all my DVD's as frisbees, but is not practical

And to use your example - it would be easier to order food than to make it, but it would not always be more practical.

[QUOTE="thew13"][QUOTE="menes777"]

I would venture to guess(I have no proof, so I can't state it as fact) that a lot more consoles are connected to PC monitors than PC's connected to standard def TV's.

I admire you for finally conceding the fact that PC users can hookup to an HDTV. Now if that is the standard practice? Another argument for another time. I would think you are correct though, that more PC users use monitors than HDTV's. However, really what's the difference between a LCD-TV and an LCD-Monitor? Not much compared to the CRT's.

Oh and no computing back in the days of the C64 may not have been better (opinion of course) or maybe it was, but you should really lighten up. Not everything is an argument to be won. You really come across as a young person desperate to win his battle that PC users cannot and shouldn't play their games on an HDTV.

menes777

Yet again, a broad sweeping statement. :roll:

Even if not one person hooked up their PC to their HDTV, which of course we know is false. Is it really an advantage for consoles? Of course not. The same way that consoles could hook up to PC Monitors but most do not is not an advantage for PC users.

LOL yeah it's a broad statement, although given the responses from the SW board (and others) I think it would be difficult to find the opposite to be true.

I would venture to guess(I have no proof, so I can't state it as fact) that a lot more consoles are connected to PC monitors than PC's connected to standard def TV's.

I admire you for finally conceding the fact that PC users can hookup to an HDTV. Now if that is the standard practice? Another argument for another time. I would think you are correct though, that more PC users use monitors than HDTV's. However, really what's the difference between a LCD-TV and an LCD-Monitor? Not much compared to the CRT's.

Oh and no computing back in the days of the C64 may not have been better (opinion of course) or maybe it was, but you should really lighten up. Not everything is an argument to be won. You really come across as a young person desperate to win his battle that PC users cannot and shouldn't play their games on an HDTV.

menes777