Multi-Player gaming on the same TV? DualView reviled!

[PogoWolf]

This year at CES, HDTV manufacturers are trying figure out a way to make the choice of buying an HDTV a bit harder then just choosing between LCD, plasma, 42 inches, or 46 inches.
But something else caught my eye..  How about 120 hertz refresh rate on your new HDTV?

Granted, HDTV signals are usually broadcast in 30 frames per second and movies at 24 frames per second so why 120 hertz besides that it'll show visibly smoother motion and sharper pictures in action scenes.

But the 120 hertz has other possibilities.  If the TV can produce those frame rates then you'll be able to see the digital version in full 3D of Beowulf at home! 

Yet, there's not a lot of digital movies yet, but what else do we do with our TV's?  

Yep.. Play Video games!

and that's where some Genius(es) at Texas Instruments Inc. brain farted one of the best ideas this gamer has ever heard.  The concept of 'DualView'
the idea  is that two gamers, wearing shutter-equipped glasses, will be able look at the same screen but see different images. 

That means the screen doesn't have to be divided down the middle for two-player gaming!!!

Kick the frame rate down a little and you should be able to support 4 player Halo matches on ONE TV with each gamer seeing their own view in full screen!

Dude(ette), HOW freaking cool would that be!?

 

[Via Yahoo News]

pogowolf Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:13:59 +0000

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