My Tv is 1080p Native...yet games dont seem to look as good....

Ok so like it just seems that looking at screens online of like mass effect or assassins creed look way clear and crisp but then when am playing them on my Westinghouse 37' 1080p Native in HDMI it doesnt look as good. My main question is even though it says 1080p supported on the back of the game, should i put it in 720p? will it look better?

"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.Tha_lazyboi

dude its a good tv. its won TV of the year from PC gamer...

1. a lot of games arent actually 1080p, just upscaled to resemble it

2. if you're sitting close to bigger tv, its going to look worse

[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.gamespotcrazy

dude its a good tv. its won TV of the year from PC gamer...

Dude, if it was a good tv then this thread wouldn't exist. Westinghouse is adequate when considering the lowest end televisions, it does not come close to being comparable to half decent HDTV's let alone "good" televisions and if PC gamer actually awards the television "TV of the year" and it wasn't a cruel april fools joke then you would be better off not listening to them anymore. Don't get me wrong, if it's all you could afford it's still better than an SDTV but there is a good reason it is so much cheaper than even mid range televisions... Remember, televisions are no different than any other aspect of life, you get what you pay for.

I didn't know Westinghouse made 1080p but the guy above me is right they are low end tvs, maybe cheap but again like said above you get what you pay for. I would use 720p if it really looks that though I have read that you can't even tell the difference between 720p & 1080p unless you have a tv at least 42 inch if not a 50+ inch

Low end tvs aren't always worse or at least not in my opinion I have a Olevia 32 inch HDTV and it looks way better then my brother's 32 inch Toshiba HDTV he has with both movies and games.

"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.Tha_lazyboi

A lot of publicity stills released are usually better than the actual game, with better AA and AF, take Halo3 for example. The game will probably be more jagged, or more noticeable with motion as you play. I'm sure if you connected your PC to your 37 incher and viewed those screenshots you like so much, it would look exactly the same as it did on your PC monitor, thus, it's not your tv that's the problem with the game, but the game's fault.

Anyway nearly all, like 99%, of 360 games are 720p or lower. Only 2 games I know of as months ago are 1080p. Setting the 360 to 1080p despite that isn't the problem, as I would think the 360 upscales 720p to 1080p better than a lower end TV would. As the TV, despite giving it 720p, itself has to upscale it to 1080p in order to display fullscreen.

And even if it's not a $5000 Sony LCD, a lower end LCD will look amazing with HD games. Sure the blacks might not be as good, or bright enought to make your eyes bleed, it still gets the job done without spending a fortune. I mean, it the quality with the higher end ones made such a difference, why don't people pay $1000+ for their 20 inch widescreen PC monitors instead of the $225+ range?

"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.Tha_lazyboi

i have a westinghouse and its an amazing tv.... so yeah.. don't talk

[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.ibanezdropd

i have a westinghouse and its an amazing tv.... so yeah.. don't talk

yeah well i have a sony, its alot better than your "westinghouse"

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[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.itsme185

yeah and you prob payed a pretty penny. Westinghouse makes good tv's yo...

i have a westinghouse and its an amazing tv.... so yeah.. don't talk

yeah well i have a sony, its alot better than your "westinghouse"

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[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.itsme185

i have a westinghouse and its an amazing tv.... so yeah.. don't talk

yeah well i have a sony, its alot better than your "westinghouse"

yeah and you prob payed a pretty penny. Westinghouse makes good tv's yo...

Don't ask these fools at gamespot for TV advice. Many here think if it isn't Sony, Samsung, or Panasonic it is automatically suck. Go ask the guys at www.AVSforum.com.joey101010

Indeed avsforums is great, but some can be overwhelming if they're non-experienced in these area.

Like yourself, there are several people that cruise gamespot forums that also goto avsforums. This guy may be better off within Gamespot posting in Hardware, but believe me there are plenty of people that don't worship Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic.

"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.Tha_lazyboi

People don't seem tounderstand that when you buy the cheapest most garbage TV possible, that it will give you the cheapest most garbage quality possible.

[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.gamespotcrazy

dude its a good tv. its won TV of the year from PC gamer...

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[QUOTE="Tha_lazyboi"]"Westinghouse" theres yourr prob bud.itsme185

i have a westinghouse and its an amazing tv.... so yeah.. don't talk

yeah well i have a sony, its alot better than your "westinghouse"