Mr. x68k- do you own such a machine? I've wanted one for ages and I'll get one when I have money to burn- very cool machine in its day. And whaddya know? Sharp still make the coolest computers- I can HIGHLY recommend the Zaurus SL-Cxx00 line- these are the best truly portable computers right now, although the HTC uni will be good competition when it gets a proper OS running well on it.
I upgraded my mates GP2X to 2.0 yesterday and I was most impressed- one of the best firm/software upgrades to a machine I've ever seen. World of difference between this and the last official release. The old boot time stank and made a joke of the poor 2x- I wouldn't have dared shown it to a PSP owner or recommended to 2x to anyone. A big selling point in my mind was the ability to plug in a USB2 HD and thats only just been officially supported although I've not got to try it yet as we need to get a power brick for the USB2 drive. I also had problems with very jerky video playback under 1.4 but its looking fine under 2.0. Anyone downplaying this new firmware probably hasn't checked it out or is just trolling.
Now the problem is the hardware. My mate ordered this 2x in October/November of last year so its the original build. Its not getting used much right now as the joystick fell off and got lost within the first couple of weeks and he's yet to replace it- I have no doubt the crappy boot time put him off so he left it with me. I don't read these boards much so
1) Is the stick better on the new model- joypad? (please!)
2) Is the wonky headphone jack problem gone
3) Some batteries don't quite fit in this 2x- we have to pad out the connection with a bit of tin foil so the battery is held in place! Is this fixed?
4) Is the screen still a scratch magnet?
And of course they right royally fucked up going with the one and a bit cpu design instead of a single 400+Mhz. Had they banged in a 2700g too the PSP wouldn't have stood a chance.
If zodttd gets PSX games running at a decent rate on the 2X that will be a massive plus for the platform, if not its biggest selling point alongside its TV-out/ mpeg4 playback.
Finally, is there any chance of seeing mpc and ogg playback integrated into the official firmware?
I upgraded my mates GP2X to 2.0 yesterday and I was most impressed- one of the best firm/software upgrades to a machine I've ever seen. World of difference between this and the last official release. The old boot time stank and made a joke of the poor 2x- I wouldn't have dared shown it to a PSP owner or recommended to 2x to anyone. A big selling point in my mind was the ability to plug in a USB2 HD and thats only just been officially supported although I've not got to try it yet as we need to get a power brick for the USB2 drive. I also had problems with very jerky video playback under 1.4 but its looking fine under 2.0. Anyone downplaying this new firmware probably hasn't checked it out or is just trolling.
Now the problem is the hardware. My mate ordered this 2x in October/November of last year so its the original build. Its not getting used much right now as the joystick fell off and got lost within the first couple of weeks and he's yet to replace it- I have no doubt the crappy boot time put him off so he left it with me. I don't read these boards much so
1) Is the stick better on the new model- joypad? (please!)
2) Is the wonky headphone jack problem gone
3) Some batteries don't quite fit in this 2x- we have to pad out the connection with a bit of tin foil so the battery is held in place! Is this fixed?
4) Is the screen still a scratch magnet?
And of course they right royally fucked up going with the one and a bit cpu design instead of a single 400+Mhz. Had they banged in a 2700g too the PSP wouldn't have stood a chance.
If zodttd gets PSX games running at a decent rate on the 2X that will be a massive plus for the platform, if not its biggest selling point alongside its TV-out/ mpeg4 playback.
Finally, is there any chance of seeing mpc and ogg playback integrated into the official firmware?
