We don't think you can classify the above DS TV adapter as portable. But hey, we report, you decide.
[Image courtesy of Famitsu]
We don't think you can classify the above DS TV adapter as portable. But hey, we report, you decide.
[Image courtesy of Famitsu]
Reader Comments (33)
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:04AM (Unverified) said
So mush for being a "portable" device...hell the add-on for the Game Gear was waaaay smaller then that thing.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:07AM (Unverified) said
looks pretty hi-fi yo.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:08AM (Unverified) said
"...we report, you decide."
FOX news anyone?
FOX news anyone?
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:09AM johnz said
Awesome! It would go great with my briefcase phone.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:09AM (Unverified) said
Reminds me of the TV Tuner for Game Gear...but that was more portable than this DS tuner.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:12AM aDub said
That is so fugly. It fell of that one tree and hit every branch.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:20AM (Unverified) said
please tell me this is third party! Hopefully if and when Nintendo releases a TV tuner (Assuming this is not by them) it is much more... uh sleek. No better way to kill a beautifully new designed ds lite than with a black brick TV tuner.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:29AM greatslack said
It's like a sony watchman, only worse.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:37AM (Unverified) said
I think its to act a defensive device incase those nasty perverts try to lure children away while in pictochat /sarcasm
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:42AM (Unverified) said
All I need now is the Zach Morris cell phone from the TV show "Saved by the Bell." hehe
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:49AM (Unverified) said
that thing better come with cinemax for that size...
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:50AM (Unverified) said
that thing better come with cinemax for that size...
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:55AM (Unverified) said
"please tell me this is third party!"
The Japanese says it is sold by a company called Agatsuma Entertainment, and will be available in Japan beginning 29 April (delayed from 20 April). It runs on six batteries for four hours, and recieves "terrestrial analog broadcasts".
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The Japanese says it is sold by a company called Agatsuma Entertainment, and will be available in Japan beginning 29 April (delayed from 20 April). It runs on six batteries for four hours, and recieves "terrestrial analog broadcasts".
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Posted: Apr 11th 2006 1:56AM x23 said
not only is it larger than the Game Gear TV adapter... i think its getting awfully close to being as large as a Game Gear itself.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 2:36AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
I think I've seen that thing ages ago...
Nintendo has made their own TV tuner for Japan (granted, it can only receive signal from 1seg, but I wouldn't be a surprised if a US version was made to receive UHF/VHF waves...). Nintendo's own device plugs into the Slot 1 of the DS, and is only about double the size of a DS Game Card.
See it here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Random/DS-TV.jpg
Nintendo has made their own TV tuner for Japan (granted, it can only receive signal from 1seg, but I wouldn't be a surprised if a US version was made to receive UHF/VHF waves...). Nintendo's own device plugs into the Slot 1 of the DS, and is only about double the size of a DS Game Card.
See it here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Random/DS-TV.jpg
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 2:49AM (Unverified) said
That's old news BPMΩ...it's covered on here numerous times and all over the place.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 3:06AM ZeroCorpse said
The TV tuner for the Turbo Express was smaller than this--- IN THE 1980s!!!
Hell, I have a Casio portable TV, and IT is smaler than just the tuner add-on shown here. STUPID STUPID STUPID.
Hell, I have a Casio portable TV, and IT is smaler than just the tuner add-on shown here. STUPID STUPID STUPID.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 4:30AM (Unverified) said
Haaaaaaaahahaha! That clunky tv tuner matches the clunky design of the original DS very, very well.
The only improvement I can imagine is powering the whole thing with a car battery glued to the bottom.
The only improvement I can imagine is powering the whole thing with a car battery glued to the bottom.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 5:09AM (Unverified) said
This is 3rd party and judging from the size it most likely includes PHILIPS tuner - the same that was used in GBA TV tuner and ATI TV / Video All-in-Wonder cards for PC. Will require 4 AA batteries and it runs HOT. Batteries die in ~2h (on GBA)
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 5:10AM (Unverified) said
This is 3rd party and judging from the size it most likely includes PHILIPS tuner - the same that was used in GBA TV tuner and ATI TV / Video All-in-Wonder cards for PC. Will require 4 AA batteries and it runs HOT. Batteries die in ~2h (on GBA)
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 7:02AM (Unverified) said
just another reason not to buy the brick ds.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 8:03AM (Unverified) said
haha. bad idea. I'll wait for a DVB-T Europe one.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 8:59AM (Unverified) said
You guys are being too hard on the DS. This picture is just the beta version. Here is the final product:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1126/dstv6dd.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1126/dstv6dd.jpg
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 9:22AM (Unverified) said
this thing is a heap... i have a DS and i'd never get that
even if that is third party, who wants to watch tv on their 2 inch DS screen? isn't nintendo supposed to be all about the games? the DS is great portable. they're making so many good games these days and now they're trying to feed us this bullshit... waste of money
even if that is third party, who wants to watch tv on their 2 inch DS screen? isn't nintendo supposed to be all about the games? the DS is great portable. they're making so many good games these days and now they're trying to feed us this bullshit... waste of money
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 9:46AM (Unverified) said
.....well, at least you can chuck it at someone if you need to...
It's a 2-in-1 feature...monster TV adapter but adequate DS Theft Deterrant System :-p
Hell extend the antenna and poke the person's eye out.
It could work....
It's a 2-in-1 feature...monster TV adapter but adequate DS Theft Deterrant System :-p
Hell extend the antenna and poke the person's eye out.
It could work....
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 11:24AM JRMG said
Yeah, this is a 3rd party product. This was actually touted around the same time as the launch of the DS, but has been delayed for ages. Worse, is that now the original DS will be discontinued and it's waay too big for the lite.
I think it had a cable input though.
I think it had a cable input though.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 11:44AM (Unverified) said
*sigh* IDIOTS! GAWSH!
Here is a REAL image of the REAL tuner...
http://image.lik-sang.com/images//large/nds-tv-tuner.jpg
Here is a REAL image of the REAL tuner...
http://image.lik-sang.com/images//large/nds-tv-tuner.jpg
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 4:02PM (Unverified) said
Holy crap thats fugly, you think nintendo would have learned from sega and the game gear.
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 4:16PM (Unverified) said
That girl in #27's link...
I'd tuner...
I'd tuner...
Posted: Apr 11th 2006 5:16PM (Unverified) said
Don't worry, Nintendo released it's own TV tuner that fits in the cartridge slot, and it's tiny.
Posted: Apr 12th 2006 2:51AM (Unverified) said
@ Drizzle:
You might want to actually read the posts other have made b/c this TV tuner has NOTHING to do with Nintedno itself.
You might want to actually read the posts other have made b/c this TV tuner has NOTHING to do with Nintedno itself.
Posted: Apr 12th 2006 3:11PM (Unverified) said
This is a thrid party device originally for use with the GBA. Its for sale now at Lik-Sang and for only $89.
This has been around so long that it pre-dates the SP (thus the wide shape).
The Nintendo official I'm sure will be more like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Random/DS-TV.jpg
This has been around so long that it pre-dates the SP (thus the wide shape).
The Nintendo official I'm sure will be more like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/BPMdotEXE/Random/DS-TV.jpg
Posted: Apr 12th 2006 6:25PM (Unverified) said
Heh heh, what would be cool to see is a three pronged adapter so you could play your gamecube, ps2, or xbox/360 (and n64, ps, etc.) on that. Other wise that thing looks pretty much whacked.
