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Post by kokovec on Dec 3, 2016 0:11:18 GMT -5
I picked one of these up today and I have to say I'm not impressed with the quality of the product.
The audio suffers from high frequency interference and the LCD has a problem with color saturation.
I tried to capture it on video but YouTube's encoding kind of masks the problem.
I'm going to see if I can exchange it to see if it's just a bad unit.
The one cool thing about this unit is it being able to play ROMS off an SD card.
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Post by TrekMD on Dec 3, 2016 1:06:50 GMT -5
I just ordered one of these and I'm picking it up tomorrow. We'll see how my unit works.
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Post by VectorX on Dec 5, 2016 0:40:20 GMT -5
Looks like a bad unit to me if you look at Classic Game Room's review of it:
Mark specifically talks about how good the screen looks and it sounds good as well (Asteroids sounds pretty spot on).
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Post by gliptitude on Dec 5, 2016 16:35:33 GMT -5
Great to have an SD card slot for ROMs and portability is great too. I'd like to see more Atari-like controls though. Or maybe just controller ports to use your own, (I think I remember this portable works on a TV too, so that wouldn't be a crazy feature to include).
It seems like most people who got one of these really like it and I agree kokovec may have gotten a defective unit.
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Post by TrekMD on Dec 5, 2016 22:06:23 GMT -5
There's a zip file on Atari Age that has all the games that are compatible with the system. TONS of games you can add by SD card.
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Post by kokovec on Dec 6, 2016 0:29:52 GMT -5
So I brought mine back and got another one.
The new one works really well.
The screen is not that great in my opinion as it has a very narrow viewing angle and gives me eye strain after a while.
Maybe my eyes are just getting old.
Other than that it plays well.
I'm going to have to get the AV cable to try it out on an CRT.
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Post by VectorX on Dec 6, 2016 0:46:21 GMT -5
Good to hear except for the eye strain  |
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Post by gliptitude on Dec 6, 2016 13:49:52 GMT -5
Good to hear kokovec. It's so cool that these work on TV too. With a few more features and a retro-re-styling (like the other models) this would be the be-all-end-all Flashback console. .. I suppose that would push it past the viable price point though  |
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Post by kokovec on Dec 7, 2016 11:03:16 GMT -5
I ordered the AV cable a couple of weeks back so hopefully I get it soon.
I'm starting to warm up to the FB Portable now that I've had some time to play with it.
They did a good job with it.
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