Turbo Express's screen looks really small.
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Turbo Express's screen looks really small.
It's the exact same size as the gameboy's screenQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkDragon
Do you have the screen sizes for all the consoles in the poll ? That would be nice to know.
Okay maybe buggy is the wrong word, but it was still shoddily made.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
Gameboy - 2.6 inQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkDragon
Gameboy Color - 2.6 in (althought, worth noting, that the GBP had a bigger screen)
Gameboy Advance - 2.9 in
Sega Nomad - 2.8 in
Sega Game Gear - 3.2 in
Neo Geo Pocket Color - 2.7 in
Atari Lynx - 3.5 in
Thats interesting how the GBA has a smaller screen than the Game Gear and Lynx even though it came long after them.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
I had more fun with the Nomad than anything else in the poll. The Turbo Express would be second.
Did you actually have one? It was the highest quality of the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastardcat
You gotta also keep in mind the resolutions of said screens, and the size of the unit itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkDragon
The GG and Lynx might have bigger screens, but they're lower resolution and they make up a considerable amount of the unit's size.
Then there must have been a batch of bad ones, because the issues of faulty capacitors and lots of dead pixels popping up, come up often when searching for info about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black_Tiger
All capacitors die. It's not a common problem, it's a guaranteed problem. After 22 years, yes, capacitors will swell and need to be replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastardcat
Same with screens and dead pixels.
In 22 years, the GBA will have bad capacitors and dead pixels.
Actually, wait, I just looked and you're copy and pasting straight from wikipedia. smh
So you haven't ever held the system you're bashing?
Are you sure that doesn't have to due with the age of the systems? There's issues with early Model 1 Genesis systems that need to have capacitors replaced these days too you know. That doesn't mean they needed it when they came off the assembly line though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastardcat
In fact for a lot of older electronics capacitor replacement is becoming a common issue. Most likely because we are reaching the end of the shelf lives of the capacitors used in these electronics. I know this is a rather big issue in vintage audio equipment where there are cases of Amps that were brand new in boxes, never before used, that when hooked up exhibited the exact same problems as one that had been run for years and needed new capacitors. Some capacitors only have a shelf life of maybe 2 decades if I remember correctly. And that's if they weren't ever used and kept in optimal storage conditions. These are systems that came out 15-20 years ago that were heavily used and not stored in the best conditions. Do the math.
Case in point - my PC Engine Duo is in need of a total capacitor replacement, which I'm shipping off to a guy from PCEngineFX to do. My PC Engine Duo worked flawlessly for 20 years. You'd have to be crazy to say it is shoddily built just because I have to send it away to have it's caps replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118
The info I was reading was talking about back when the system was new. NEC was plagued with people complaining that the their handhelds stopped working. It was found that they had been using cheap-o capacitors, and their LCD screens were so cutting edge, that they hadn't worked out the issues with burnt out pixels yet.
The info you were reading doesn't cite any sources, and I've been active on news groups since 1989, and I never saw any complaints about cap problems. Cap problems, in fact, didn't form until at least 2000, and actually more recently (i.e. 2005-present). You're spurting second hand info without sources. I don't believe you, and no one who has spent a great deal of time with this hardware does either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bastardcat
In fact, the only source on the cap problem on the entire wiki page is a post by D-lite, the guy who is reparing my PC Engine Duo right now, who specifically says it's a problem with caps aging due to capacitor plague. When they say that "even new turbo expresses can experience cap problems," they mean that a MIB turbo express today might have the problem because caps naturally die with age. This wasn't a problem back in the day.