What Is The Wiz Good For?
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carlgeorge
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There are more emulators for the GP2X and it has some extremely good ones too. The Wiz has better controls and a better screen plus a bit more power. I personally like my Wiz much more than my GP2X. It is also much better built.
If you like the GP2X and don't see the point in getting a Wiz, then simply don't get one 
The Wiz is basicly a newer model of the GP2X with some extra bells & wistles, the biggest plus in my eyes are the better battery live, better build quality and of course that beautifull screen, the downside for me is the cable, wth were they thinking? What's wrong with plain USB?
The Wiz is basicly a newer model of the GP2X with some extra bells & wistles, the biggest plus in my eyes are the better battery live, better build quality and of course that beautifull screen, the downside for me is the cable, wth were they thinking? What's wrong with plain USB?
chickendung
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I don't like the OLED at all. Sure, it is bright and has great viewing angles, but solid colors look grainy and impure. It's hard to see it from a video of the Wiz, but once you use it you'll see what I mean. The tearing on the Wiz is also pretty bad. If I had been able to find a GP2X F-100, I would have gotten it instead. But, fortunately, I've accumulated enough cash for a Pandora.
I dunno, maybe I'm too picky.
I dunno, maybe I'm too picky.
Well nothing is perfect so far. The OLED has much better contrast, black level, refresh (no ghosting), viewing angles, and even brightness across the screen but yes in solid colors there is a bit of texture. I found in most stuff it isn't noticeable.chickendung said:I don't like the OLED at all. Sure, it is bright and has great viewing angles, but solid colors look grainy and impure. It's hard to see it from a video of the Wiz, but once you use it you'll see what I mean. The tearing on the Wiz is also pretty bad. If I had been able to find a GP2X F-100, I would have gotten it instead. But, fortunately, I've accumulated enough cash for a Pandora.
I dunno, maybe I'm too picky.
LCD has poor contrast, bad "black" level (actually it should be called grey level it can't do pure black), bad viewing angle, ghosting with fast moving things. The brightness is un-even across the screen where the area where the backlight LEDs are is brighter than the other side giving areas of hot spots and washed out graphics.
To me the flaw of the OLED are much less visible than the many of LCD. I guess it is subjective though.
The tearing can be bad although some things have been fixed like Megadrive and GB/GBC.
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Good luck with the Pandora .. it's not going to be the panacea you think. I'll still stick with the Wiz as I can write and port my own stuff with the open source developers tools I already have working to my geeky hearts content.
Dunny
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BrokeDad said:
Why is that? What can the Wiz do that the Pandora cannot?
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Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
What would you do with a Netbook then?
kuru
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I might try and start shoving netbooks and pandoras up everyone's arse who thinks they're interchangable. That's the point they should notice that those devices are not designed for the same use and therefor have no similar form factor. Get to grips with what you want/need and stop those kind of comparisons.varan77 said:
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Nintendo
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Yeah, same here, mate. I'm seriously growing tired of people who compare Pandora to Netbooks.
axiomprime
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I use my Dingoo more than my Wiz.
MiOdd
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No, all previous GP2X applications are not compatible with the WIZ. Many emulators have already been ported over however, but you cannot just take a GP2X application and expect it to run on WIZ.rsuryase said:
I just felt the need to comment here, I paid 350+ USD on my 64gb iPod Touch, another mere handheld device which I felt was totally worth the expense. I'm sure there are many people that feel the Pandora is just as worthy of its asking price. While a netbook may be comparable in price its a completely different machine and I'm guessing it will not be nearly as accessible as the Pandora will be.varan77 said:
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varan77 said:
I'll be getting a Pandora, because it has some things i find very handy in a pocketable device that a netbook can't do, it's basicly a mini netbook
Off course, they'll need to get into shops before i can actually get one...
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axiomprime
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You can get a working car for the price of a Pandora but it doesn't have the same functionality. A netbook would be too big to have with me all of the time and it doesn't have the right buttons and sticks to play 8nit to 128bit games.
I'm all about the Pandora.
I'm all about the Pandora.
