1080 just takes too long to load for not enough of a difference from 720. And as long as it's a good caster (think Day[9], Tasteless, HDH) then the video quality comes second.

nurle

Norway308 Posts

June 04 2010 17:30 GMT

#103

On June 04 2010 07:17 Requisition wrote:

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Because SC2 is a better game.

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Need? No one needs more than low. People want more and why wouldn't they? It looks better.

Did u call a game in beta better than SC BW ?
especially when sc2 isnt even good atm. u are stupid!

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

June 04 2010 18:09 GMT

#104

What difference does it make, really?

Well I'm forced to watch HQ cuz everyone who streams has graphics on high and that way you can't see anything unless you can match the visual quality (why can't they stream in low-def

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khellian

Korea (South)922 Posts

June 04 2010 19:36 GMT

#105

720p and higher prefered for me.

djWHEAT

United States925 Posts

June 04 2010 20:03 GMT

#106

This poll is flawed. There should be a poll for VOD and one for streaming. Of course having 1080p VOD's is great, but no one is streaming in 1080p. And when I say no one, I mean those people actively streaming content for SC2.

Most streamers use 360p/480p with my personal preference being 360p because that offers the most accessibility to folks WORLDWIDE.

Secondly, I can still run a 720x480 stream, at 100kbps - which will still look like ass. But "technically" it's a 480p SD NTSC resolution. So there's alot more to the technical specs behind a stream than just it's resolution and just it's bitrate.

Even a 1080p VOD on YouTube is still compressed down to like 2.5kbs bitrate. So that doesn't even count as "High-Def" since say a Blu-Ray player is like 36kbs. The only thing that makes it "High-Def" is the number of lines of resolution (1080).

Not trying to troll, just trying to point out some pretty crucial differences!

omgCRAZY

Canada551 Posts

June 04 2010 21:35 GMT

#107

I chose high because for me, watching the game on Ultra just looks weird (probably cuz I play on medium). High is fine but when you get into Ultra settings Zerg creep just annoys the hell out of me.

zrules

United States88 Posts

June 04 2010 22:49 GMT

#108

Anybody who says they can't accept anything below 720p should read #2...

http://www.cracked.com/article_18571_5-reasons-its-still-not-cool-to-admit-youre-gamer_p2.html

DrivE

United States2554 Posts

June 05 2010 00:11 GMT

#109

720p; 1080p loads so slowly for me lol

koppik

United States676 Posts

June 05 2010 01:46 GMT

#110

Might as well go for 1080p, since I have no issue with it. It's not really necessary. I can't say my starcraft II viewing experience is particularly worse at standard definition.

-orb-

United States5770 Posts

June 05 2010 06:06 GMT

#111

1080p is the best for downloading vods and having it on ultra is always a nice touch but when watching on youtube I actually prefer 720p (altho having the option of 1080p there is nice) since youtube can't usually handle streaming 1080p without you having to wait to buffer constantly or letting it sit for a while.

Mactavian

Canada60 Posts

June 05 2010 06:27 GMT

#112

Blarg! Please, no ultra high quality streams. My comp can't handle that, and really, do we need a crystal clear image that can be blown up to a 42 inch screen? Some of us are still broke from finishing uni.... standard def please.

Feverus

71 Posts

June 05 2010 08:17 GMT

#113

I'd like to see download links of VODs encoded with a recent version of x264 with mbtree and all that. Some of these streaming sites (blip, usteam I think) have very bad quality and still lag horribly. If you need a high bitrate to get good looking 720, you're doing it wrong. I don't care that much about 720 vs 1080 for most content, but below 720 stuff really does look bad.

Anomarad

Canada565 Posts

June 05 2010 10:53 GMT

#114

On June 03 2010 20:45 writer22816 wrote:
Don't care, why would you watch SC2 when you could watch BW?

This guy has it right.

aimaimaim

Philippines2167 Posts

June 05 2010 12:39 GMT

#115

I want my vods pixelated and blurry ..

abrasion

Australia722 Posts

June 05 2010 16:21 GMT

#116

Buffering sucks - high quality but SD is what I like

trancey_

Germany729 Posts

June 05 2010 16:26 GMT

#117

if 1080p wouldn't lag then okay, but otherwise 720p is enough for me.

Kaniol

Poland5551 Posts

June 05 2010 16:50 GMT

#118

On June 03 2010 22:28 Corrupt wrote:
Doesn't matters, SC2 has crap graphics anyways.

You probably just watch low quality streams. The game in maxed details is just BEAUTIFUL!

I went with 720p since there's not too much diff. between 720 and 1080

On June 05 2010 02:30 nurle wrote:

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Did u call a game in beta better than SC BW ?
especially when sc2 isnt even good atm. u are stupid!

Don't call people stupid just because they like the game you don't, that is very immature and inappropriate.
Let's not make stupid splits into sc2-sucks people and sc1-sucks people. I played both these games and i think they are both great and i don't see any point in flaming people just because they stayed with SC1/switched to SC2 (however i only see people flaming SC2, why is that? Fear of SC1 dying? SC1 was "dying" so many times that there's no need to be afraid of it at all).
I still hold huge respect to SC1 even though SC2 appeals to me more than SC1 nowadays does.

Felby

Norway81 Posts

June 05 2010 21:50 GMT

#119

whatever quality that makes all the numbers readable

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

June 06 2010 01:09 GMT

#120

Standard medium/low settings are fine for me. Considering I don't give a shit about graphics and have everything on low when I play anyways.