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Re:Build it, the (apps) will come?There's no good reason why a majority of the people would want this. There is a small minority who will do it just to show that it can be done, the rest either:
- Will buy an X-Box to play games and DVDs ONLY
- Will not buy an X-Box, but instead will buy a dedicated machine to do whatever you might want to hack into a linux-running X-Box
Why? Because as a computing platform, the X-Box isn't that impressive, especially for $200. The graphics are nice, indeed, but you can buy a P4 tower from Dell for $400 these days, or a Tivo/PVR for a few hundred, a DVD player for $99, you'd have to be really dedicated to mod a perfectly good X-Box (which voids the warranty).
Yea, it's a nice hack for those who really want to see linux running on everything. For everyone else, another dedicated box is a better option. -
What we have now ...
My job has a rather innovative idea
Keep everyone happy by providing lunchtime entertainment
They transformed the breakroom into a movie watching center, complete with 20" tv, this dvd/vcd/mp3/cd player, and a decent stereo....
Cheap electronics, let people bring movies from home, everyone's happy. It actually turned out pretty well: people knew that they had to get their current progects to a break point by lunch, to watch movies, and then they had a nice break, and were ready to work again. -
What we have now ...
My job has a rather innovative idea
Keep everyone happy by providing lunchtime entertainment
They transformed the breakroom into a movie watching center, complete with 20" tv, this dvd/vcd/mp3/cd player, and a decent stereo....
Cheap electronics, let people bring movies from home, everyone's happy. It actually turned out pretty well: people knew that they had to get their current progects to a break point by lunch, to watch movies, and then they had a nice break, and were ready to work again. -
Re:incentives
put one of these in the breakroom
CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT!
$110 bucks for a dvd/vcd/mp3/cd player? not too bad at all.
"raise morale", keep everyone happy, just make sure it doesnt get used except during lunch and legitimate breaks. -
Re:Read-once - Copy-once?
no, dvd-r is not that important, because vcds are already around
some basic dvd copying software, combined with some basic vcd ripping software, would make something like this very very desirable -
Re:The other shoe...
some basic dvd copying software, combined with some basic vcd ripping software, would make something like this very very desirable
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Re:Old news
And the best controller in console gaming history
Totally subjective. I still consider the Saturn's NiGHTS controller the best controller in history.
And DVD movie playback?
Poor DVD playback. My Laptop makes a better DVD player.
awful, wretchedly designed controller
Again, subjective. I happen to love the Dreamcast controller. I don't I dislike the Playstation controller, mind you. But again, it's functionally not much better, though perhaps a quite a more ergonomic for some people (not me...)
It's games are fun.
Oh? I've seen few PS2 titles out yet that I've really been interested in. So far for me the PS2 is nothing more than an expensive Playstation 1 emulator. Not that I'm complaining too much about that, but it is sort of a shame that the best reasons to own a Playstation 2 are all Playstation 1 games.
And before anyone gets bent out of shape
I don't get bent out of shape on such things. I'm something of a realist so I stay level headed when discussing these things. Plus, I'm really a gaming whore. It's all good, and while I happen to find great merit in the PS2, I find it to be a great shame that Sony has displaced so much of Sega and Nintendo's market seeing as how they have little show in the way of first party efforts (though Grand Turismo is the lone exception.)
If I knew more about electronics I'd solder together some kind of adaptor for my PS dual shock controllers.
Perhaps you would be interested in either a Bleempad or Bleempod. The pad of course is a pad for the dreamcast modeled after the Playstation's. The Bleempod is a straight adapter. Unfortunately, they seem rather hard to come by.
I repeat, though, that controller preferences are subjective. I find that the Playstation controller is a wee bit too small for my hands, and the Dreamcast's just seems to fit better for me (as does the N64's) but I would no more force that opinion on anybody than I would force them to wear my shoes. Everyone's hands are different. I know of many controllers that I love that many people hate, including most of Microsoft's Sidewinder game pads. I personally consider the Sidewinders top-notch, esspecially teh Sindwinder Gamepad Pro. But that's subjective. Totally subjective. -
Re:Old news
And the best controller in console gaming history
Totally subjective. I still consider the Saturn's NiGHTS controller the best controller in history.
And DVD movie playback?
Poor DVD playback. My Laptop makes a better DVD player.
awful, wretchedly designed controller
Again, subjective. I happen to love the Dreamcast controller. I don't I dislike the Playstation controller, mind you. But again, it's functionally not much better, though perhaps a quite a more ergonomic for some people (not me...)
It's games are fun.
Oh? I've seen few PS2 titles out yet that I've really been interested in. So far for me the PS2 is nothing more than an expensive Playstation 1 emulator. Not that I'm complaining too much about that, but it is sort of a shame that the best reasons to own a Playstation 2 are all Playstation 1 games.
And before anyone gets bent out of shape
I don't get bent out of shape on such things. I'm something of a realist so I stay level headed when discussing these things. Plus, I'm really a gaming whore. It's all good, and while I happen to find great merit in the PS2, I find it to be a great shame that Sony has displaced so much of Sega and Nintendo's market seeing as how they have little show in the way of first party efforts (though Grand Turismo is the lone exception.)
If I knew more about electronics I'd solder together some kind of adaptor for my PS dual shock controllers.
Perhaps you would be interested in either a Bleempad or Bleempod. The pad of course is a pad for the dreamcast modeled after the Playstation's. The Bleempod is a straight adapter. Unfortunately, they seem rather hard to come by.
I repeat, though, that controller preferences are subjective. I find that the Playstation controller is a wee bit too small for my hands, and the Dreamcast's just seems to fit better for me (as does the N64's) but I would no more force that opinion on anybody than I would force them to wear my shoes. Everyone's hands are different. I know of many controllers that I love that many people hate, including most of Microsoft's Sidewinder game pads. I personally consider the Sidewinders top-notch, esspecially teh Sindwinder Gamepad Pro. But that's subjective. Totally subjective. -
Why?
Use MP3 instead...
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Sorry... I'll stick to a REAL product
I kind of like things that I can buy now at a price I can afford, like this one with a hard drive for $200 or any of these anywhere from $120 to $380 if I just want a portable...
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Sorry... I'll stick to a REAL product
I kind of like things that I can buy now at a price I can afford, like this one with a hard drive for $200 or any of these anywhere from $120 to $380 if I just want a portable...
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