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[Arkay Firestar]

Thank you for sharing your intimate first moments with the Pandora with us, astewardson! Some of the best videos we've had yet.

[tyke]

Quake II looks awesome! very smooth, what clockspeed is the cpu running at here? standard 500-600mhz or overclocked?
Almost forgot, Thanks for the video Tyke

500mhz

[TylerAW]

Is it only me or is the hinge a bit too loose... :/
I don't know...

I believe it's supposed to be that loose (this is actually what I was talking about in that other thread...). It seems it's loose enough that you should use it in the locked position when in your hands, but tight enough that you can use it in the unlocked position on a table (for watching videos, or perhaps if you hook up an external keyboard & mouse). I just wish it didn't snap to the locked position so easily so that it would be possible to leave the screen angled like the DS...maybe it's not so bad in person?

Also, FWIW, my DS Lite also swings into the locked position if you shake it like he does in the video.

If you were to play it in an unlocked position and you weren't shaking the thing around will you be fine?

[God Ginrai]

Is it only me or is the hinge a bit too loose... :/
I don't know...

I believe it's supposed to be that loose (this is actually what I was talking about in that other thread...). It seems it's loose enough that you should use it in the locked position when in your hands, but tight enough that you can use it in the unlocked position on a table (for watching videos, or perhaps if you hook up an external keyboard & mouse). I just wish it didn't snap to the locked position so easily so that it would be possible to leave the screen angled like the DS...maybe it's not so bad in person?

Also, FWIW, my DS Lite also swings into the locked position if you shake it like he does in the video.

If you were to play it in an unlocked position and you weren't shaking the thing around will you be fine?

Depends how "enthusiastically" you play. If you mash buttons, then likely you will shake your unit unintentionally. That might make your screen wobble, I don't know because I don't have my Pandora yet.

-God Ginrai

Edited by God Ginrai, 26 May 2010 - 10:55 PM.

[Kicker]

Depends how "enthusiastically" you play. If you mash buttons, then likely you will shake your unit unintentionally.

Boy, if I had a nickle for ever time I've unintentionally shaken my unit from playing over-enthusiastically...

[Tensuke]

Boy, if I had a nickle for ever time I've unintentionally shaken my unit from playing over-enthusiastically...

Sounds like a quote for the knob polishing thread.

And from astewardson's video, it looks like if you have the screen tilted up but not locked, it'll stay up by itself if you set it down, and it'll stay up with moderate shaking while holding it. You might cause it to drop if you furiously shake it after losing a life in Contra or something, but it doesn't look too inconvenient to just prop it back up if you must.

[TitanUranus]

Perhaps a tiny blob of PVA glue in the hinge will make it a bit less susceptible to vigerous shaking while not preventing it from closing (also PVA glue should easily peel away if it doesnt do what you want it to. Or try popping a [*I AM NOT STUPID SPAMMER - THIS WAS INSERTED BY A STUPID PIECE OF SHIT CODE*] V1AGRA in the SD slot, that might stiffen things up nicely. Of course you might find it locked in that upright position for many hours, and not be able to close your lid.

Edited by TitanUranus, 27 May 2010 - 02:23 PM.

[Tensuke]

Or try popping a [*I AM STUPID SPAMMER*] in the SD slot, that might stiffen things up nicely.

I don't think a camel would fit...

[Aethix]

Or try popping a [*I AM STUPID SPAMMER*] in the SD slot, that might stiffen things up nicely.

I don't think a camel would fit...

No, camel turns into "moron".

[WizardStan]

Or try popping a [*I AM STUPID SPAMMER*] in the SD slot, that might stiffen things up nicely.

I don't think a camel would fit...

No, camel turns into "moron".

He actually said [*I AM STUPID SPAMMER*]

[Prometheus]

I suspect it was probably the item that spammers sometimes tend to refer to as "VIAGAR".

[WizardStan]

I suspect it was probably the item that spammers sometimes tend to refer to as "VIAGAR".

boo, you spoiled the joke I was trying to get going.

[Reciever]

I cannot wait to watch these videos on my pandora.

[Aethix]

I've stumbled upon a new video by a certain Techmoan.



Exceptionally drool-worthy.

[Azure]

^ Anybody else notice how the casing around the LCD bulges at the bottom middle (0:37-0:38)? Also, as seen in the beginning of the video, it looks like there's an unevenness in the gap when closed...