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[Sensei]

DF at 1920x1080 is cool, but on a huge tv you're definitely not going to see the entire fortress at once unless you use a really small tile set, and then you'll probably not be able to distinguish what anything is. And yeah, you definitely won't be reading any text, especially if you use at small tile set. It won't be playable, I'm sure.

Maybe lay it flat, like a board game table? Because if you play like that obviously you won't be using it as a normal TV. Hella bonus points if you get a touch screen for mouse stuff and an appropriately placed keyboard for everything else.

[KaelGotDwarves]

I played DF on my 50 inch plasma and got ascii burned into the screen. let this be a lesson! dont buy a god damn plasma

Yes, my family did that research before purchasing our new LCD screen.

Plasma is terrible for that reason alone, and I'm surprised it hasn't suffered horribly business-wise.

Plasma is already industry-dead technology.

The new wave are the LED tvs. Good god the clarity on those Samsungs make Pixar movies look 3D theatre.

[Treebiter]

Plasma has been mostly abandoned by the industry but I wouldn't say dead by any means. Panasonic still make great Plasma Sets and show no indication of stopping. Also, as far as I know, no true LED TVs have been released yet. The Samsung range of LED sets are normal LCD screens which use LEDs for backlighting. This does give better light distribution and allow the sets to be much thinner but it doesn't make them LED TVs. In fact they've even gotten into trouble for advertising them as such! But yeah... I imagine ASCII would present an awful burn risk on one. 

I have a 37" Panny Full HD LCD TV in my bedroom mounted on the wall at the end of my bed. There's definately something to be said for building a fortress/melting Elves whilst lying tucked-up in bed with a wireless keyboard.

By the way, I'm a long-term lurker (2-3 years) making my first post (In bed ill with flu) so hello everyone 

[Volatar]

DF at 1920x1080 is cool, but on a huge tv you're definitely not going to see the entire fortress at once unless you use a really small tile set, and then you'll probably not be able to distinguish what anything is. And yeah, you definitely won't be reading any text, especially if you use at small tile set. It won't be playable, I'm sure.

Maybe lay it flat, like a board game table? Because if you play like that obviously you won't be using it as a normal TV. Hella bonus points if you get a touch screen for mouse stuff and an appropriately placed keyboard for everything else.

My dream: To be the first to play Dwarf Fortress on Microsoft Surface 

[Mel_Vixen]

heh Lets plug in a beamer or even better one of the new Digital-cinema projectors.

Which would be a nice thing actually: Toady staying before a Cinema-screen presenting us the new DF version in all details.

[SmileyMan]

Is anyone a projectionist in a digital cinema?

Hearing "^{Beyond Quality!}" in THX would be quite fun too......

[Dwarf]

Microsoft Surface 

The fuck is that. They want me to install a software just to look at a few damn pictures?

[Ayeohx]

?!  How well does DF run on the netbook?  What's your frames like?  How many wee bastards do you have running around?

I've got a big laptop but 100 dwarfs starts slowing it down.  I couldn't imagine my Acer Aspire One taking anything over an embark party on a 2 x 2 map.  ...that sounds freakin sweet!!!!  Time for some fun!

[Sean Mirrsen]

Microsoft Surface 

The fuck is that. They want me to install a software just to look at a few damn pictures?

Microsoft mindset at its finest, spreading into every market possible. Silverlight is just a replacement for Flash.

And Surface is essentially a giant multitouch-enabled tablet PC. I'd rather buy a circular chamber for a NES lightgun to play Hogan's Alley.

[Ayeohx]

Surface is an awesome technology. Like most things Microsoft it was purchased off another company (or the whole company was purchased, can't remember).  It's got a lot more going for it that simply being a giant touch screen.  The theory is to sync with other tech that is laid on top of it.  Pretty much for anything from data transfers to identifying a beverage that was placed upon it.  Excellent tech for dining houses, sales counters and my living room table (someday!).

[Volatar]

Microsoft Surface 

The fuck is that. They want me to install a software just to look at a few damn pictures?

Microsoft mindset at its finest, spreading into every market possible. Silverlight is just a replacement for Flash.

Yes, Silverlight is Microsoft being Microsoft.

However, from my experience, Silverlight is actually more efficient (clientside) than Flash. Its weird. 

[Roundabout Lout]

And Surface is essentially a giant multitouch-enabled tablet PC. I'd rather buy a circular chamber for a NES lightgun to play Hogan's Alley.

YESSSSS

24x24 tileset then? I have a 42 inch LCD as well, was thinking about doing this, but it didn't seem practical.

Clearly, I wasn't thinking like a dwarf just then!

[Shades]

Reminds me of this http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariel/2849380682/ image from a set Zemat posted about back in 2008

[Asmodeous]

Microsoft Surface 

The fuck is that. They want me to install a software just to look at a few damn pictures?

Microsoft mindset at its finest, spreading into every market possible. Silverlight is just a replacement for Flash.

Yes, Silverlight is Microsoft being Microsoft.

However, from my experience, Silverlight is actually more efficient (clientside) than Flash. Its weird. 

It is MS being MS, but let's be honest Silverlight vs Flash? Silverlight wins. However due to it being MS and more importantly it being "MS being MS", people won't gravitate to it as much.

[Shades]

Flash as already won though, silverlight faces a very steep uphill battle to even get close to the user count.

Of course ms has the advantage of being able to pre-install silverlight on new os's