Scarlett.
13-06-2013, 01:12 PM
Sony has confirmed that the PS4 is HDMI only. That means the console will not display games on non-HDTVs. The Xbox One also lacks the ability to be played through component or S-Video.
This seems like a necessary sacrifice and an expected one. I’m not too bummed out about it personally though I will miss being able to use the same cable as I did on my PS2 on my PS3 for S-Video. That was always a neat little nod to previous Playstation consoles.
It was pretty obvious the PS4 lacked a non-HDMI port once we got a good look at the back of the console, as you can see below.
http://gimmegimmegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ps4back-450x154.png
Just thought everyone should know. I honestly think its a good point in time to have dropped old SDTV ports, since HD TVs are cheap these days.
EDIT: Apparently the reason for no AV output is because each of the consoles have a blu ray player, and using BluRay means agreeing to AACS standards, under those standards AV was "sunsetted" back in 2011.
This seems like a necessary sacrifice and an expected one. I’m not too bummed out about it personally though I will miss being able to use the same cable as I did on my PS2 on my PS3 for S-Video. That was always a neat little nod to previous Playstation consoles.
It was pretty obvious the PS4 lacked a non-HDMI port once we got a good look at the back of the console, as you can see below.
http://gimmegimmegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ps4back-450x154.png
Just thought everyone should know. I honestly think its a good point in time to have dropped old SDTV ports, since HD TVs are cheap these days.
EDIT: Apparently the reason for no AV output is because each of the consoles have a blu ray player, and using BluRay means agreeing to AACS standards, under those standards AV was "sunsetted" back in 2011.