No din goes like a Dingoo goes
Posted by Ashens on September 23, 2009 at 18:32 pm
Well hello Dolly! And greetings to any other dead cloned sheep who may be reading.
What a month it’s been. On the Big Plus side I’ve enjoyed massive success by securing funding* for a pilot of a future project, and filmed a couple of web sketches with proper TV comedians who you’ve probably heard of and everything. On the Big Minus side I’ve spent the best part of the last 40 days drowning in a sea of technical problems, unexpected copyright issues, bizarre legal implications and ill health. Still, it beats working in an office. (As does death by asphyxiation.)
ANYWAY. Here’s a video! Which I had to upload three times before YouTube stopped choking on it. ANYWAY. You’ll notice it’s my first video in bandwidth-tastic HD. I wouldn’t actually recommend watching it in HD – it’s only some hands in front of a sofa and the focus is questionable – but the larger upload seems to drastically increase the quality of the standard version. The actual review is of the Dingoo A320, an almost nifty Chinese handheld emulator console thing.
Have a click on this if you fancy a Dingoo yourself. Ebay is full of them at the moment, so hopefully some programmer-types will pick them up and fix some of the problems. I’ve also heard rumours that game accessory company Blaze are thinking of re-badging the A320 for retail in the UK, which could help the software situation if true.
On a different note, why the flipping heck is YouTube’s large HQ/HD player in 2:1 aspect ratio rather than 16:9? Who on Earth is producing videos in 2:1, let alone uploading them to YouTube? Is it something to do with offering full Hollyowood movies in the future? Why am I wasting my time asking so many questions that nobody can answer? Can I go now? (Yes.)
*By which I mean several people far more competent than me did the hard work securing the funding. Obviously.
