What they need to do is get is to add PVR capabilities and perhaps some internet surfing capabilities to this thing and then get into bed with some of the large cable or satelite companies.
Heck, I'd be tempted to sign up if the cable box recorded my shows and gave me a ton of games to play for one low price.
I'm surprised that this hasn't been done yet. This would be great for those people who want to play the games and/or surf the net without having to buy and configure a PC. It would be great for my grandparents who could keep in touch and play bridge with their friends in Florida.
I agree, having a hard copy is a must. A friend of mine had downloaded (and paid for) Bejeweled for his cell phone. Well, a couple months later, something wierd happened and the copy of the game on his cell phone got corrupted and became unplayable. When he called his cell phone company for support, they told him he had to redownload it (and pay for it again) if he wanted the game back. I can see crap like this happening to users of the Phantom. At least for those who own PC games can reinstall if the game gets corrupted without having to rebuy it because they own a hard copy.
That old Disney Movie called "The Monkey's Uncle" about a college wiz kid named Merlin Jones who has to build a human powered flying machine to save his college's football program. After many problems he gets it to work by using another one of his inventions (liquid strength) to boost his stamina to keep the machine going for the specified amount of time.
Back in the early 90s I was upgrading to a new hard drive and was off by a pin on the IDE cable and didn't know it. I put everything back together and flipped on the computer. The hard drive light just stayed on and nothing seemed to be happening, the screen remained blank. Suddenly, smoke started pouring out of the computer. Of course this made me too paranoid to try it again so I took it into a local shop. They told me they'd have to ship the motherboard out to the manufacturer to have it checked. Of course, right after they shipped it out, UPS went on strike and I was stuck without a computer for 6 months. Talk about computer/internet addiction withdrawl.:-P
..the Last Starfighter. When a player completely masters the game, a signal will be sent out over the net. Shortly after, a recruiter will show up to take the person away to battle.:-P
I am happy to see the price come down, perhaps it will lead to the Xbox and Gamecube to continue to actually be competitive. Competition is good for consumers.:-)
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why I always ask for cash each year for my birthday and christmas... ^_^;
they found themselves being upstaged by claria or some other spyware company with their legion of zombie computers.. :-P
What they need to do is get is to add PVR capabilities and perhaps some internet surfing capabilities to this thing and then get into bed with some of the large cable or satelite companies. Heck, I'd be tempted to sign up if the cable box recorded my shows and gave me a ton of games to play for one low price. I'm surprised that this hasn't been done yet. This would be great for those people who want to play the games and/or surf the net without having to buy and configure a PC. It would be great for my grandparents who could keep in touch and play bridge with their friends in Florida.
I agree, having a hard copy is a must. A friend of mine had downloaded (and paid for) Bejeweled for his cell phone. Well, a couple months later, something wierd happened and the copy of the game on his cell phone got corrupted and became unplayable. When he called his cell phone company for support, they told him he had to redownload it (and pay for it again) if he wanted the game back. I can see crap like this happening to users of the Phantom. At least for those who own PC games can reinstall if the game gets corrupted without having to rebuy it because they own a hard copy.
That old Disney Movie called "The Monkey's Uncle" about a college wiz kid named Merlin Jones who has to build a human powered flying machine to save his college's football program. After many problems he gets it to work by using another one of his inventions (liquid strength) to boost his stamina to keep the machine going for the specified amount of time.
Back in the early 90s I was upgrading to a new hard drive and was off by a pin on the IDE cable and didn't know it. I put everything back together and flipped on the computer. The hard drive light just stayed on and nothing seemed to be happening, the screen remained blank. Suddenly, smoke started pouring out of the computer. Of course this made me too paranoid to try it again so I took it into a local shop. They told me they'd have to ship the motherboard out to the manufacturer to have it checked. Of course, right after they shipped it out, UPS went on strike and I was stuck without a computer for 6 months. Talk about computer/internet addiction withdrawl. :-P
..the Last Starfighter. When a player completely masters the game, a signal will be sent out over the net. Shortly after, a recruiter will show up to take the person away to battle. :-P
I am happy to see the price come down, perhaps it will lead to the Xbox and Gamecube to continue to actually be competitive. Competition is good for consumers. :-)