What do you play WipEout HD on?

[LOUDandPROUD]

@ ProblemSolver - Ah! So, that's how you're able to achieve zone 125! It all makes sense now! LOL!

[ProblemSolver]

Ah no! For a 125 zone run I need a perfect sound system, a perfect light, and
a very comfortable chair. So I usually play in my living room; Have a look.


@Lance: IBM PC-XT? Kewl. Are you still using it?
I went a similar road. The Cphi was my first love, so to speak, and I did also
some Basic programming. I even hacked my first game (called R.A.F., what
a game! xD) on my Cphi by studying its code to get more money for buying
better weapons (in-game). xD

I have a nice little story; I was at Games Convention at Leipzig (Germany) two
years ago where they also showed (kinda of an exposition) lots of old-school
computers including the Cphi. All the people (mostly teenagers) were stunned
by looking at what they saw. Some of those computers were actually running.
And yes, Cphi was running as well. But there was also a clear sign reading;
Don't Touch! Hell, I couldn't resist!

I was typing:

10 PRINT "Cphi for the forEVAR"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

(and hit return)

As I turned around they all look at me with their jaws dropped! I felt like
being a hero, honestly! xD It was a great feeling for me to give my old love
another go.

Next in line was Amiga500 (best computer ever, in my opinion), PC (286,
386, ...), PS2, and PS3.

I always wanted to have an SGI computer (an Indigo 2) back in the days.
Right, I was into 3D graphics on my Amiga500 a lot (Deluxe Paint, Imagine,
and Reflections, if someone does remember). But for me, an SGI computer
was the ultima ratio. Aged 13, I was visiting CeBit (Hannover / Germany) for
the next 5 years in a row to get a little bit closer to my dreams each year. I
grasped every bit of detail they provided. SGI really got me going. In the
following years I climbed to the highest heights. And ten years ago I even
got my hands on an SGI Onyx, a Power Challenge, and a Indigo 2 at my
former university / institute. But that was already the time were SGI was
going to die. I'm with RISC since ever. Hell, I even have a PS2Linux and
PS3Linux running at home. The PS2 uses a RISC MIPS R5900 processor and
two vector units. And the PS3s Cell processor (its architecture) is the best
thing I've seen by a long shot, despite some people, i.e. cry babies -- PS3 is
sooo difficult to program -- mimimi, say otherwise. Its design is native /
back to the roots and RISC all the way down with explicit memory controllers.
That's the way to go if you wanna do serious parallel programming on
multi-core architectures. Once you have your libraries in place, Cell really
shows. The problem today is that there aren't simply enough masters of
computer science around with good programming skills and a thoroughly
understanding of micro-processor architectures. I mean, they all do learn
Java/C# or whatever languages slows your computer down by a factor of ten.
Today, one can finish a master of computer science without ever having wrote
a single line of assembler or without even knowing how a modern architecture
really works. WTF!

Oh ... I'm off-topic.

Just one question; The sorting algorithm you have invented, is it based on
comparisons or buckets? Have you ever done a runtime analysis in the sense
of worst/average/best case, and Master's Theorem & Friends?

Lance-sort. I lol'd! Nice!



PS: If anyone else here is still interested in SGI and stuff, there you
go; SGIstuff.

[Lance]

ontopic:
I don't play HD, but if I did, I would use my little 19 inch....
Samsung with HDMI/DVI inputs or five-part RCA which worked well with my neighbor's 360.

offtopic:
I don't use the XT anymore. When I did, I just used it for Lotus 1-2-3 to do rough horsepower calculations [to hell with kilowatts and newtons] for varying levels of performance for submarines and cars whose design I was playing with. It's a hobby.

I always wanted an SG Indigo, but alas...
Same goes for Amiga. Other interests arose, and I didn't want to work that hard for the cash to get the computers instead of other things.

The sort worked by comparisons and dual index arrays. I made it far more efficient than a Quicksort by specialising for database programs [I had written one, and was trying to make its operation as fast as I could, barring using machine language for everything.] which enabled me to eliminate a lot of useless comparisons.

[diddymal]

I crank my PS3 on a 42" LCD High def, it looks fantastic. I'm looking into a 50" plasma in the next few months though, plus I need to get my amp fixed. I'm running sound off the TV speakers and it's pretty bad.

[Rubix42]

Currently rocking a 52" Sony LCD. Goes to 1080i, but I mostly play in 720p. Attached is a Odyssey 7.1 surround system. Sit about 10' away in one of two chairs. A big ol'comfy armchair, or a easy glide rocker with footrest.

Wipeout is generally played in the armchair. Rocking and playing wipeout messes me up.

Looking into a 60" plasma this year maybe. I want 1080p, and I like the glass front, easier to clean with 2 little young ones running around.

[Jambo]

At a desk with a 21" 1080P monitor when at my student home.

Proper home 32" 1080p Sanyo, 5.1 surround and nice comfy armchair

Am getting a cockpit sorted for my G25 wheel so will see how comfy that is and that may be my gaming seat in general also.

[crawdad62]

I play on a 46" Sharp AQUOS LCD HDTV. Sound goes through a Pioneer VSX D608 receiver. I used to use the receiver's 5.1 output but since I play late at night I use some old (but very nice) AKG K240 headphones. Now I use them all the time regardless of when I'm playing.

[sh1kamaru-]

Playing on a Viewsonic VX2260WM here, 21.6" Full HD, I think this is perhaps the cheapest way to play full hd, it's really great for HD, but the 720p games don't look good at all, but I don't mind.

[Hemicrania]

32" samsung LCD and sony 5.1

but I need a bigger tv...

[silverfoxy]

I've also got a 32" samsung. Don't have surround, to be honest, the sound from the telly is more than enough for my years of damage from clubbing ears !!

Also recently picked up a 19" samsung for the bedroom so I may have to take the PS3 up there on Thurs night to have a good blast on Fury !!

[Asayyeah]

We are almost on the same boat SilverFox about ears ! (note that on my side it could also possibly come from an old habit of 'shaking' something but ermmm it's not the place here to talk about that )

Playing on a samsung 32p the weekends , and a 20p Sony for the weekdays, no 5.1

[Hellfire_WZ]

Now playing on an HP LP2475w 24" monitor on full 1080p SEXY

[andybob35]

It largely depends on what tv ive hijacked for the evening...

40" 1080p LCD with 5.1 at home or 28" old skool CRT with 'bubble' screen at ZoNeS' It doesnt matter what tv you play on, its 60fps.

I think playing it in the cinema would be the best wipeout experience... anyone work at a cinema? hmmm.

[ProblemSolver]

Isn't PAL 50Hz only? Meaning, no 60fps on a PAL TV.
NTSC (Never The Same Color xD) is 60Hz, if I remember correctly.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Most sets over here support both 50Hz and 60Hz as standard now.

[AnErare]

I think playing it in the cinema would be the best wipeout experience... anyone work at a cinema? hmmm.

Where I work we've got 3 4:3 projector screens measuring in at about 2,25x3 meters. From what I've heard there used to be guys playing their consoles on them years ago during the night shifts

Sadly that isn't allowed anymore because those particular buggers are damned expensive

At home I play on a Samsung T260HD, also wired to my desktop pc, spaced at about 4 feet or 1.2 meters in front of me. For audio I use a Luxman L81 amp coupled to Spendor BC1 Mk2 monitors. The HiFi are from the 70's and years older than I am but still going strong

[_Rubbernuke_]

I Hijack the main TV (1080p 42'' LCD) when I can, although the wife is on a mission to distract me all the time when I race...

When I lived with a mate we both had 720p projectors in the flat (boys and toys!) and we often projected our games onto the living room wall, but after about an hour you would get overwhelmed, or have nightmares (playing Bioshock or Crysis with life size monsters is bad for your mental health!).

[Lance]

I would have thought that with hi-def digital, there would be no PAL or NTSC since those are analogue CRT standards for a scanning electron beam.
?

[lunar]

I think you are right, Lance, though region coding still seems to exist in other areas for some reason.

Isn't PAL 50Hz only? Meaning, no 60fps on a PAL TV.
NTSC (Never The Same Color xD) is 60Hz, if I remember correctly.

I`m not totally sure about the answer to this one, and whether playing Wipeout HD in High Definition gives you more FPS. I certainly noticed a smoother experience when switching from PAL to HD. Many PAL TVs will do 60HZ, but I think PAL TVs will always be 50HZ with Wipeout HD, and hence not 60FPS, because the PS3 will not tell the TVs to switch to 60HZ even if they are capable of it. The PS3 has no option for 60HZ on a PAL TV I think. I believe this was the case with my old Panasonic SD which would switch to 60HZ with some PS2 games that had that option to force the TV to switch, but with Wipeout HD there was no way to make it switch to 60HZ and therefore it did not do 60FPS when playing in Standard Definition. Does this make sense? I am willing to stand corrected here if necessary.

[mic-dk]

Well, you guys are mixing up fps and Hz. You can run 60 fps fine in what ever Hz you like. Whatever fps the PS is running has no bearing on what refeshrate the screen is using. It could run 16 fps and still be in 50/60/100/120/200Hz.

*** Beware! Willy waving ahead ***

My Pioneer 5090 runs the 60fps at 100Hz in glorious 1080p.