Sure, I can try. Currently I am living in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. I have lived in China for a year now and in two different cities. One was in the far north and although it was a big city, there was very little (that I could find) in the ways of console gaming. However, this city (maybe because it's close to Shanghai) has a plethora of different equipment for sale.
One of the GC knock-offs that I have seen seems to boast a panasonic label. Of course, you've been living in China for 3 years, so you are familiar with the rampant piracy (of logos as well), so that may be bullshit. Who knows? I'll go check 'em out this afternoon.
To be honest with you, I never really paid that much attention to them anyway, because I would rather play with a Light Bright than a GameCube. The only time I have ever really glanced at the knock-offs is when I'm buying PS2 games.
I have been living and working in China for the past year. There is a street in my city dedicated to console games and equipment. Some of the Game Cube knock-off hardware is incredible. They make the game console smaller, prettier, more see-through-ish, higher quality and cheaper.
I know that piracy is the issue here, but it's interesting to see what other designers can do to improve the console.
This might be a stupid question, but has anyone put out a live cd for a playstation 2 or xbox? I would love to run some form of *nix on my console, as it's probably the fastest computer I own.
DVD cams are garbage.
First off, the format used on hitachi DVD camcorders only play back on a limited number of DVD players. Second, you are going to get about half an hour of recording time per "mini" DVD. And third, the price of these little DVD discs are insane. Wait for the third or fourth generation of these products to come out before buying one.
After working for a year at Future Shop, the Canadian Best Buy equivalent, I've found the Canon line to be my favorite. They are reasonably priced, unlike sony, they have high quality lenses, unlike panasonic, and they rarely need repairs, unlike jvc.
Avoid anything with still shots. Stills on Camcorders suck. If you want to take pictures, use a digital camera. If you want to take movies, go with a high-res format like miniDV.
The Canon ZR series is easy to use and will take care of the needs of 90% of people. For those hardcore video people out there, check out the optura and elura series cameras. If you want to get more hardcore than that, you want a beta-cam which isn't really a commercial product. At least, you wouldn't catch me using a beta-cam for home movies.
In a packed resteraunt, my father gave me three Cord Grip, 6 inch throwing knives and an 18 inch Jungle Survival Knife. Our waitress was not impressed.
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Sure, I can try. Currently I am living in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. I have lived in China for a year now and in two different cities. One was in the far north and although it was a big city, there was very little (that I could find) in the ways of console gaming. However, this city (maybe because it's close to Shanghai) has a plethora of different equipment for sale. One of the GC knock-offs that I have seen seems to boast a panasonic label. Of course, you've been living in China for 3 years, so you are familiar with the rampant piracy (of logos as well), so that may be bullshit. Who knows? I'll go check 'em out this afternoon. To be honest with you, I never really paid that much attention to them anyway, because I would rather play with a Light Bright than a GameCube. The only time I have ever really glanced at the knock-offs is when I'm buying PS2 games.
I have been living and working in China for the past year. There is a street in my city dedicated to console games and equipment. Some of the Game Cube knock-off hardware is incredible. They make the game console smaller, prettier, more see-through-ish, higher quality and cheaper. I know that piracy is the issue here, but it's interesting to see what other designers can do to improve the console.
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Wonder if I can download any bootleg court transcripts...
"no one pretends for a moment that they're anything but hideously ugly," Does he mean the lines of code or the programmers themselves?
This might be a stupid question, but has anyone put out a live cd for a playstation 2 or xbox? I would love to run some form of *nix on my console, as it's probably the fastest computer I own.
And the winner is.... the guy who managed to get this article on /.
According to Consumer Reports, Windows XP is a better OS than linux.
DVD cams are garbage. First off, the format used on hitachi DVD camcorders only play back on a limited number of DVD players. Second, you are going to get about half an hour of recording time per "mini" DVD. And third, the price of these little DVD discs are insane. Wait for the third or fourth generation of these products to come out before buying one.
After working for a year at Future Shop, the Canadian Best Buy equivalent, I've found the Canon line to be my favorite. They are reasonably priced, unlike sony, they have high quality lenses, unlike panasonic, and they rarely need repairs, unlike jvc. Avoid anything with still shots. Stills on Camcorders suck. If you want to take pictures, use a digital camera. If you want to take movies, go with a high-res format like miniDV. The Canon ZR series is easy to use and will take care of the needs of 90% of people. For those hardcore video people out there, check out the optura and elura series cameras. If you want to get more hardcore than that, you want a beta-cam which isn't really a commercial product. At least, you wouldn't catch me using a beta-cam for home movies.
I just read on slashdot that *Bill Gates* is going to be KNIGHTED by the Queen of England, but I don't remember taking any hits of acid.
In a packed resteraunt, my father gave me three Cord Grip, 6 inch throwing knives and an 18 inch Jungle Survival Knife. Our waitress was not impressed.