Media Batman: Arkham Knight

[Platty]

Congratulations batfan!

You will now want (need) many, many more figures!!!

 

[batfan08]

Because I'll have finally seen what their faces look like without a bunch of visible pixels? Damn.

 

[Platty]

Yep. Haha.

 

[batfan08]

Congratulations batfan!

You will now want (need) many, many more figures!!!

The funny thing is that it says a lot about my priorities when, for the past 10 years, I've been more concerned with paying $200 for an action figure than shelling out a few hundred bucks for an HDTV to watch all of my Blu-Rays on. It's nice, though, because I feel like this is the day I'd been building towards. Ever since Blu-Ray came on the scene, I've refrained from purchasing a single DVD in the hopes that, some day, I'd be able to watch them all on a TV that didn't look like a microwave from the 1980s.

 

[Platty]

is this your first console too? You may find yourself wanting figures of characters from other games

 

[batfan08]

Nope, third. I played through the previous Batman games on the same giant (as in the thing's a relic that weighs a **** ton, even though it's not that big) TV, in standard, 480p. I've watched other people's HDTVs before, but I'm curious as to how I'll respond to it being my sole viewing experience from here on out. I'm getting hyped, too. I'll probably look up some tutorials on how to properly calibrate it and everything.

 

[Platty]

ah right. They pretty much sort themselves out! Man I bet you can't wait to play this.

I'm so pumped, I can't explain, I've taken the day off work and everything. I've labelled it as batman day for months now. My girlfriends going crazy.

 

[batfan08]

ah right. They pretty much sort themselves out! Man I bet you can't wait to play this.

I'm so pumped, I can't explain, I've taken the day off work and everything. I've labelled it as batman day for months now. My girlfriends going crazy.

I know, man. It's super exciting. It's getting harder and harder to wait, though, with people getting early copies and everything. Generally, I don't really give a **** if something gets spoiled or not, but, for some reason, I'm trying to put myself on lockdown for this one.

 

[Platty]

Yeah me too. I watched a video review a few days ago and I saw the suit you start in and I was pretty bummed out, I even wanted to avoid that until I played it. Like you, I'm not particularly bothered about spoilers but I am for this. I can't wait!

 

[pturtle]

Ryan Pliskin will be glad to know that I've officially joined everybody else from 5 years ago: I purchased an HDTV today, and I should be picking it up tomorrow. Once they process my payment and ship my PS4, I'll be ready to "be the Batman" come Thursday!

Congrats man!

What size TV did you get?

 

[batfan08]

40". I typically watch the most TV and movies in my bedroom, so, I figured that was about perfect for those conditions.

 

[franpincho]

65" FTW.

 

[Solidus]

Man! Some of you guys are purchasing your first HDTVs?! Better late than never, it's a fantastic experience watching movies and shows, as well as playing games in HD.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Ryan Pliskin will be glad to know that I've officially joined everybody else from 5 years ago: I purchased an HDTV today, and I should be picking it up tomorrow. Once they process my payment and ship my PS4, I'll be ready to "be the Batman" come Thursday!

Congratulations! I remember the jump from 720p to 1080p was quite significant, and I imagine going from 480p to 1080 would be mind blowing!

Just remember to have your brand new HDTV calibrated to a some degree at least. Most HDTVs out of the box are not set up to home viewing conditions. There is nothing better than watching movies/playing games on a professionally calibrated display.

 

[twistedfreak]

The frame rate test video looks fantastic. Really beautiful. Batman's first suit in the beginning looks so much better than that armored one you get later.


And this has been confirmed, pretty big spoilers below.

Spoiler

Jason Todd is Arkham Knight, pretty damn disappointing. So much for Rocksteady's "Arkham Knight is a 100% new character made for the game".

Not surprised at all. This is who I figured would be the Arkham Knight. I would have been surprised if this character was not the Arkham Knight.

 

[FSLAR]

Congrats batfan, took you long enough to join the party but a good time to join still! I remember getting mine late 2012 after a...altercation with my sister and my old awful SD TV...that somehow support HD and looked god awful. I only use 720p cause I'm too cheap to buy 1080p cables for everything but my Wii U, and since I'll have to switch back for YouTube anyway, but the difference is so good. It's hard to go back to anything lower, even if it's just cables.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Congrats batfan, took you long enough to join the party but a good time to join still! I remember getting mine late 2012 after a...altercation with my sister and my old awful SD TV...that somehow support HD and looked god awful. I only use 720p cause I'm too cheap to buy 1080p cables for everything but my Wii U, and since I'll have to switch back for YouTube anyway, but the difference is so good. It's hard to go back to anything lower, even if it's just cables.

Wait what? Are you using component cables? There's no such thing as 720p cables.

 

[FSLAR]

Wait what? Are you using component cables? There's no such thing as 720p cables.

Component yeah.

 

[Solidus]

All this talk about 720p and 1080p. But, now there's 1440p and 4K resolution displays, and DSR on the PC... oh, you guys .

 

[batfan08]

Congratulations! I remember the jump from 720p to 1080p was quite significant, and I imagine going from 480p to 1080 would be mind blowing!

Just remember to have your brand new HDTV calibrated to a some degree at least. Most HDTVs out of the box are not set up to home viewing conditions. There is nothing better than watching movies/playing games on a professionally calibrated display.

That's a very informational video. Now, would I be able to find those calibration tests on YouTube, and run them from the PS4's YT app?