[notaz]

craigix, on 22 January 2010 - 12:07 PM, said:

I currently don't have a Pandora here. As soon as my work was done it was sent on to a dev.

[Vlynndar]

I never say this, but:

Freaking. Awesome.

[Bosbeetle]

[mali]

Oh my....
I should stop rofling, it hurts :D

So in other words, Notaz has got a real Pandora now and doesn't need to work on his crappy dev board any more. Congratulations :)

wait a moment...

This post has been edited by mali: 26 January 2010 - 02:43 PM

[Sphinxter]

Must be nice.

[Tripmonkey_uk]

At least we know it will be getting put to good use :D

[Dead1nside]

@Notaz: That is freaking awesome. Makes you hopeful that this time the cases will be right because it just looks so good already!

Hopefully this means more ports :)

[mindlord]

I think I speak for everyone when I say, "I can't wait to hear your impressions of the (almost) finished device. Oh, and what you do with that extra 128 Megs of RAM you not until now had access to."

[Phawx]

Seriously, when I look at that sweet device Notaz is holding, I want one. This 3rd revision to the case is killing me.

[Nova]

notaz, on 26 January 2010 - 02:15 PM, said:

craigix, on 22 January 2010 - 12:07 PM, said:

I currently don't have a Pandora here. As soon as my work was done it was sent on to a dev.

Best 1000th post ever.

[notaz]

Indirectly on topic - posting about device the blog is about..

mindlord, on 26 January 2010 - 05:43 PM, said:

I think I speak for everyone when I say, "I can't wait to hear your impressions of the (almost) finished device. Oh, and what you do with that extra 128 Megs of RAM you not until now had access to."

I had a 256 board for some time now.. Cased unit impressions below.

Phawx, on 26 January 2010 - 06:10 PM, said:

This 3rd revision to the case is killing me.

Actually it's the 1st rev one.

The lists below are my impressions on the exact unit I have, not on final product which will differ. Before you read them, a little quote from last MWeston's email:

MWeston said:

Those first cases really suck

pros:
- the controls. D-pad, buttons and keypad all very responsive and feel nice. I was told the dpad on this unit is "crappy", but it works fine for me.
- the screen is bright and viewing angles wide (worse than OLED of course but that's different weight category).
- the weight is ok, not much different than "phat" PSP.
- hardware volume wheel, can set to exact volume level I want.

cons:
- few cracks here and there:



- loose hinge, can only have it fully open or fully closed. I think this is the one which suffered Craig's merciless hinge testing.
- completely loose battery when it's cover is open
- L and R buttons don't sit right (1st revision problem)
- volume wheel is too deep for my liking (a bit hard to move with a thumb)
- some light leakage between light pipes
- screen ghosting.. Yes there is some, and I'm very sensitive to it (as well as tearing on Wiz). I would even say it pretty bad in some situations, but much less intensive than PSP1000 (which I consider unusable for 2d games because of ghosting).

full size here
The screen on my unit is different from the final ones though, it acts a bit differently when booting, so this might still change.

[Phawx]

@Notaz

I know you have the 1st one. What I meant was waiting for the 3rd rev right now from China is killing me. Sorry for not splitting my sentence into paragraphs.

[jumpman]

@ Phawx
I knew exactly what you meant! Sometime we all see things slightly differant though, not a big deal!

@Notaz
Hey Notaz, what would you rate the Pandora in comparison to the GP32, Dingoo, GP2X, WIZ, DS and PSP overall? Better, worse, the same? I know you have a revision 1 unit, but without the case problems, do you think hardware, screen, controls have been worth the wait? Also, what can we expect from you at release? Thanks Again!


Chris

[yannv]

notaz, on 26 January 2010 - 10:25 PM, said:

- screen ghosting.. Yes there is some, and I'm very sensitive to it (as well as tearing on Wiz). I would even say it pretty bad in some situations, but much less intensive than PSP1000 (which I consider unusable for 2d games because of ghosting).
...
full size here
The screen on my unit is different from the final ones though, it acts a bit differently when booting, so this might still change.

That's quite notable ghosting, and I agree, it's horrible on the PSP. Common monitors compensate for this with some overdrive; it should be possible to implement with the graphics processor, exagerrating changes frame to frame. That type wouldn't be fully effective on top or bottom intensities, though.

[Gruso]

Maybe that wasn't the best idea for a blog post... ;)