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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/08/09

    In reply to TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don't Cost You Money
    im assuming the IR receiver in your TV runs off an onboard battery?


    because if it isn't, it seems to me you wouldn't be able to turn on the TV 'wirelessly' either, since it depends on the IR remote.


    xbox is RF, TV is IR - it's six or half a dozen as far as i can tell.

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    Image of Eavangel Eavangel
    07/08/09

    In reply to TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don't Cost You Money
    I thought it was bad to just shut off a console during mid-use. You wouldn't just power off your pc by pulling out the plug, why is that a good option for a console? My TV costs $1200 and my PS3 another $400... i don't have the kind of money to go out and replace $1600 worth the electronics because a $35 power saver cuts out the power to these expensive items like a power outage and potentially causes harm to it...


    I'll stick to charging my controllers on some stand i got (that i leave unplugged until i need to use them) and flipping the rocker switch on the back of the Console.


    I do like turning on my console with the controller though...

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    Image of Rob Gomes Rob Gomes
    07/08/09

    @Eavangel:

    You don't do it for a computer because there's running processes that want to be terminated gracefully. The OS could be running apps made by any idiot that knows enough to be dangerous and programs things to not be that robust. So data corruption can occur.


    With a console, their operating systems and utilities are designed with "the user could shut this off at any flipping time" in mind. Consoles just care about save game states and firmware updates -- and they do warn you to not remove memory cards or shut the thing off while it's occurring.

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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    07/09/09

    @Rob Gomes: If nothing else, it is harmful to turn the system off mid-use because of the hard drive and disk drive. The platters on the hard drive, the game in the system, and the motors driving the hard drive or disk could get damaged or worn out if the system repeatedly had it's power cut off while running.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/22/09

    In reply to Castrade Game Box Converter Connects, Upscales Consoles To Any Monitor
    So does the Castrade "cut off" any of the functionality or make any features impotent?
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    Image of Elvis_Himselvis Elvis_Himselvis
    05/22/09

    In reply to Castrade Game Box Converter Connects, Upscales Consoles To Any Monitor
    erm... 'Castrade?' sounds a bit to much like castrate for comfort.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/22/09

    @Elvis_Himselvis: WORST PRODUCT CROSSOVER EVER: Castor Oil + Gatorade = Castrade


    Is it in you? Cuz if it is, it won't be for long!

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    Image of Maier Maier
    05/22/09

    In reply to Castrade Game Box Converter Connects, Upscales Consoles To Any Monitor
    OMG, White gadgets are so sexy! I want that white PS3!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/22/09

    @Maier: Take your gadget racism elsewhere, bigot!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/03/09

    In reply to I Will Force My Kids to Play Chinavasion's Emulator-Filled Handheld
    I ordered one!


    It can't miss! I have memory cards and a ton of ROMS!

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    Image of CapnGeiger CapnGeiger
    04/03/09

    @strider_mt2k: I'd love to know if it actually, y'know, works when you get it. :P
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/03/09

    @CapnGeiger: Sure thing!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/03/09

    @strider_mt2k: Just ordered my Micro SD-to-Mini SD adapter too.


    I have a 4GB card going to waste, and what's a media player without all three seasons of The Venture Bros. on board?


    It's a sad one.

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    Image of jackfrost132 is disruntled enough to stab an air jackfrost132 is disruntled enough to stab an air
    04/02/09

    In reply to I Will Force My Kids to Play Chinavasion's Emulator-Filled Handheld
    Pretty cool, but if you you're willing to fork over the extra cash I recommend getting a psp and hacking it, you can do all that plus psp games, movies, music, there's even an early N64 emu in the works.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    04/03/09

    @jackfrost132:

    That 64 emulator has been in the works for years.

    They aren't making progress anymore.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/02/09

    In reply to I Will Force My Kids to Play Chinavasion's Emulator-Filled Handheld
    If you want your kids to like it, tell them its yours, that its not for kids, set it down, and walk out of the room.
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    Image of madog madog
    04/02/09

    In reply to I Will Force My Kids to Play Chinavasion's Emulator-Filled Handheld
    Quite the list of features from their site. It even plays Crysis, it blends, and sleeps with beautiful woman, and outputs to 16:9. Essentially everything none of us can do while also in a "Delightfully Small (DS)" package.
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    Image of Larry Jones Larry Jones
    04/02/09

    In reply to I Will Force My Kids to Play Chinavasion's Emulator-Filled Handheld
    The Dingoo!


    Deal Extreme has had these for a while $85 plus free shipping


    [www.dealextreme.com]


    Video demo:



    + Watch video
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    04/02/09

    @Larry Jones: That looks exactly the same as this thing... and it's already out... Hmm...
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft Skimps on Shipping Boxes For Owners of RRoD-ed Xboxes?
    Consoles.


    Shmonsoles.

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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    12/13/08

    In reply to Apple Rep Declares the iPhone a Gaming "Console Experience"
    I guess Apple hasn't read the latest console news from th Npd: [kotaku.com]

    Nintendo can't be touched.
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    Image of metaslugx metaslugx
    12/13/08

    In reply to Apple Rep Declares the iPhone a Gaming "Console Experience"
    In other news copious amounts of dope have been consumed by Apple Execs.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/13/08

    @metaslugx: In other news, Ken Kutaragi now works for Apple, Inc.


    "The next generation begins when we say it does."

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/13/08

    In reply to Apple Rep Declares the iPhone a Gaming "Console Experience"
    I declared myself a 6'9" top prospect from UNC-Chapel Hill with a 74% FG rate over 50% from outside the 3 and an average 34.2 ppg.


    The Knicks still aren't going to call me to play power forward anytime soon.

     Reply
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