Bought a PS3

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.Lethal

.Lethal

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I got a PS3 60gb with a few months warrenty left, 10-12 games and 2 blue ray movies for £300.

So to celebrate I got myself a copy of MGS4 for £22 which I cannot wait to play! The only downfall to all this is that I have to play on a 28" CRT tv until I move out in October grr.

I'm looking forward to Tekken 6 and Street Fighter 4 too ;) hopfully there out soon.
 
Wait till you get and HD TV before plugging it in, you'll only be disappointed with the graphics. Its like night and day. Thats what I would do anyway. :P

You got a crazy insane deal there, all that for £300 is a steal!
 
I can't remember the games :eek: I snapped at it because I knew it was a bargin, I will have to post back on the games. Off the top of my head I remember..

blue ray
Casino Royal

games
Fifa 08
Resistance
Call of Duty 4


I'll edit this post in a bit :)
 
Either figure out how to connect it to your monitor or just play PS1/2 games until you get that HDTV. I played for months on a SDTV and i really wish i didn't, it was a waste of time frankly an example of how poor it is would be that my super stardust score tripled just from moving from an SDTV to a HDTV, the games just aren't designed for SD resolutions.
 
Robert1986 said:
Wait till you get and HD TV before plugging it in
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There is no way I can wait until October knowing I have a PS3 and MGS4 in the very same room :p

I tried to persuade my wife to let me get a 46" Sony X series tv for around £1600 but she won't budge until we move :rolleyes:
 
Streeteh said:
Either figure out how to connect it to your monitor or just play PS1/2 games until you get that HDTV. I played for months on a SDTV and i really wish i didn't
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My PC monitor is a Samsung 226BW (bought from here) it is 22" 1080p compatible etc etc etc but I don't think I can connect hdmi to it, I will check on that.

Is it worth playing on a 22"?
 
Damonic said:
I tried to persuade my wife to let me get a 46" Sony X series tv for around £1600 but she won't budge until we move
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Do you have a monitor with DVI-D? Or you could just get a V series, the 40s (V4000) are only 647 now, and do 1080p, Bravia Engine 2, 24p etc, Id hate to play MGS4 on SDTV tbh.

edit: if you get a HDMI-DVI cable it should work with that screen, you probably wont get 1080p though as the native res is 1680x1050.
 
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Damonic said:
My PC monitor is a Samsung 226BW (bought from here) it is 22" 1080p compatible etc etc etc but I don't think I can connect hdmi to it, I will check on that.

Is it worth playing on a 22"?
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If it's HDCP compatible (which i think it is) then all you need is a HDMI -> DVI cable and some form of audio cable as DVI carries the same video signal as HDMI just without sound.

I would certainly use the monitor over your TV, i had a 32" crt and a 20" monitor, the games looked so much better on the monitor.

[EDIT] That monitor will work best at 720p. It isn't 1080p compatible, it's 1080i compatible which is inferior to 720p but that isn't a huge issue as most games are 720p.
 
Metalface Mark said:
If its a samsung 226bw it isnt 1080p compatible, not that it really matters though.
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My mistake, I'm probably getting it mixed up with some high def feature it has.

Ahh Streeteh nailed it. I was thinking of HDCP that it is. So Im going to need to buy 2 cables for this?

Nanoman the wife loves the glass around the X series... tbh so do I which doesn't justify it being double the price but if it will keep her happy and I can get that I think it will do. £647 is bloody cheap though, can you PM a link to it?
 
Damonic said:
Ahh Streeteh nailed it. I was thinking of HDCP that it is. So Im going to need to buy 2 cables for this?
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Yeah, as previously stated you need a HDMI -> DVI cable for the video.

Your audio solution depends on what type of speaker system you have:

If you have one supporting optical, that's easy, just buy an optical cable

If you have one that uses a headphone plug like most PC speakers then you'll need some way of consolidating the 2 coax cables into a single headphone jack.
 
Play it on your monitor or HDTV, or whatever. But DEFINITELY play it in HD, the whole experience is just so much poorer in SD. I don't care how you do it, but play in HD!!11oneone
 
Streeteh said:
Yeah, as previously stated you need a HDMI -> DVI cable for the video.

Your audio solution depends on what type of speaker system you have:

If you have one supporting optical, that's easy, just buy an optical cable

If you have one that uses a headphone plug like most PC speakers then you'll need some way of consolidating the 2 coax cables into a single headphone jack.
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My speaker system is a BOSE Companion 3 and my soundcard is an Asus Xonar DX

http://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/home-entertainment/personal-audio/computer-speakers/companion3/index.jsp

I found the LCD TV for £645 delivered (Sony V series 4000) but I am suprised that the same model but 6" bigger is so much more expensive (over £1000).
 
Damonic said:
I found the LCD TV for £645 delivered (Sony V series 4000) but I am suprised that the same model but 6" bigger is so much more expensive (over £1000).
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Yea its quite silly really, id prefer to get the W series with XMB in 40" inch than the KDL46V4000 as it would still be cheaper and offer much better features and PQ! Even if youre losing 6inchs, I dont think the size increase is worth it.
 
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