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Best platform for Rockbox?
scharkalvin:
--- Quote ---The gigabeat is unreadable even under intense direct light. I actually don't know why we don't just power down the LCD altogether like on the Sansa.
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With the OF my Sansa E270 screen can "almost" be read under a tensor lamp.
Might be able to see it outside in bright sunlight. Come to think of it, my wife's Nokia cellphone with a color LCD is totally unreadable without the backlight on. Boy does THAT piss her off. Nokia should light the backlight when the phone rings.
bascule:
--- Quote from: scharkalvin on October 04, 2007, 09:07:50 AM ---I'd prefer a color LCD screen so that most of the game plug ins would work, along with being able to display video clips.
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Both these things work on (all?) the grayscale units.
scorche:
--- Quote from: bascule on October 04, 2007, 11:54:05 AM ---
--- Quote from: scharkalvin on October 04, 2007, 09:07:50 AM ---I'd prefer a color LCD screen so that most of the game plug ins would work, along with being able to display video clips.
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Both these things work on (all?) the grayscale units.
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Well, where the plugins are supported. The Archos devices (obviously) cant run the more taxing plugins.
scharkalvin:
some of the game plugins don't work on the grayscale.
Ie: pacbox isn't listed for the ipod, maybe the emulator needs color?
Also doom must look bad in grayscale, I'll have to try it.
How do you read gameboy roms into files? (my kids have some
gameboy cards lying around).
I'm thinking of putting a 16gb cflash card into my ipod mini 2G when the battery
finally dies (self discharge times are getting shorter now). I already bought a
cflash from newegg that was reviewed as working with the 2G mini. I'll
rockbox the mini then. I also have a Sansa E270 that will get the rockbox treatment.
Checked on ebay and there are lots of cheap iriver h10's in 5-20gb sizes. The h100's
and H300's are rare and more expensive than a 4g ipod color/photo! There are several F series gigabeats available for $100 or less in 10-40gb sizes.
Finally, being a software engineer with a good knowledge of computer hw, I'd
love to design my own player. I work for Niles Audio, the company makes high end
custom multi room home audio / video equipment. Niles has several high end remote control units that use Arm7 controllers with color lcd touch screens. Just the kind
of parts I'd put into a nice player. Just a pipe dream at the moment, but
I'm thinking of an ipod touch clone with a color touch screen LCD (think it's a 2"x3" screen with 1/4 to 1/2 VGA resolution) and 16-32gb of flash (use a cflash module anyway for expansion).
scorche:
--- Quote from: scharkalvin on October 04, 2007, 12:48:13 PM ---How do you read gameboy roms into files? (my kids have some
gameboy cards lying around).
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This requires a special adapter and there are many online stores that will sell them. Google is your best bet for finding them.
--- Quote ---Finally, being a software engineer with a good knowledge of computer hw, I'd
love to design my own player. I work for Niles Audio, the company makes high end
custom multi room home audio / video equipment. Niles has several high end remote control units that use Arm7 controllers with color lcd touch screens. Just the kind
of parts I'd put into a nice player. Just a pipe dream at the moment, but
I'm thinking of an ipod touch clone with a color touch screen LCD (think it's a 2"x3" screen with 1/4 to 1/2 VGA resolution) and 16-32gb of flash (use a cflash module anyway for expansion).
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This sounds great. an open hardware device has been a much talked about item, and you will likely find more about other people talking about such a thing (although it has been just talk) on a thread in the New Ports forum.
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