#Anbernic RG28XX

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knotty quest
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Maybe would have gotten the "need to unplug the battery to make the device work again" thing

main pollen
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huh, really? i gotta test that, are you on theRA?

knotty quest
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No, Gamma

main pollen
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oh, understandable then

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i have an arc-s

clear rampart
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Anbernic gonna pump and dump the H700 onto every size and shape handheld.

knotty quest
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I think the dev is experimenting with an Android TV-based build for cutdown RK3566 devices

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But yeah, reliable sleep mode (and also Wi-Fi not dying ever) is a brilliant thing to have

atomic dew
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I wonder if they have a long term plan for an eventual xy upgrade from h700 in a year or so

knotty quest
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I mean, there will be an upgrade, sure. But I suppose they won't know a specific chip until they find a good deal

main pollen
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i think the next standard should be wifi and bt on everything, maybe even bluetooth audio

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power and efficiency wise, the h700 is really good

knotty quest
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Oh yeah, BT audio is really underrated

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Sure, the lag will always be noticeable, but I just can't bother to carry separate earbuds just for my handheld

main pollen
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that's the part i really love with android handhelds

main pollen
atomic dew
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I'm always listening to audiobooks so game audio is less of a selling point for me tbh

main pollen
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for me a game without sound feels too empty, i dunno

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especially retro ones

clear rampart
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Usually I only have one ear listening to something and then the game playing on speaker. Then swap ears every once in a whie.

main pollen
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lol, that's me all the time

knotty quest
main pollen
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oof

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i guess it has an old bluetooth chip

knotty quest
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Yeah, I really feel a lot of wireless issues are Rockchip's fault more than anything

nova veldt
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100% this. Without minUI, I dunno how usable it would be

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And there’s still problems, like you said

shy jasper
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Yah, it's such a shame

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Hopefully we get a community fix/proper cfw at some point but I'm not holding my breath

trail jungle
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Wow I'm so sold if the a30 has usb c headphone support. I love my pixel c headphones

fathom estuary
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sony a105 here doggylol practically a slimmer MM

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shy jasper
worn elk
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this is actually cool cuz it makes this one of the only devices that rotates into tate the correct direction for wonderswan lol. so wonderswan games that make u rotate mid-game like klonoa will work well without u having to flip the screen every time it goes tate

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i realise that is incredibly niche lmao but still

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but yeah i think i might buy this. i dont really need it but I want it lol. and i like the orange

reef socket
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alright. I think it's the right micro device for me. Compared to the Trimui smart, bigger screen, much better perfomance and battery and only 5mm longer

wraith ravine
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Russ has a unit and dropped some early impressions on his channel earlier today, in case you missed it

reef socket
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I was there 😉

opaque glacier
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What were the impressions? Can’t seem to find that

wraith ravine
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#🐈│retro-game-corps message

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keep scrolling from there

reef socket
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#🐈│retro-game-corps message

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ninja'ed

opaque glacier
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Button size is a bit of a bummer but I can adjust to that

spring wadi
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Middle on next week this will be on sale

clear rampart
opaque glacier
clear rampart
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Doesn't help that he calls a lot of his first videos about a handheld "first impressions" lol

reef socket
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consider them as initial first impressions then 😄

bleak fiber
ancient garden
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I guess if I wanted to test one RK3566 device out, it would probably just be better to buy a used RG353v - dualboot Android for the lols
It's better documented than the Allwinner right?

knotty quest
ancient garden
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yeah

knotty quest
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Sounds likely, but I think one of the devs would be able to answer this better

main comet
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What is going on with this grip here?

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My pinky finger hurts just looking at this

wraith ravine
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that's what happens when you put actors who have never played a handheld on your promo for your handheld

opaque glacier
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no that's just peak gaming grip

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the correct form

worn elk
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it's a gang sign, they're repping their set

real zephyr
past cloak
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I prefer to hold mine Jedi style.....they don't last long is the downside.

opaque glacier
real zephyr
drifting tusk
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Maybe the 28xx is an ai hallucination and that freeze frame is proof, ai is terrible at hands after all.

meager sage
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This timer has the colourway I’d get if I got an orange and a white and button swapped lmao

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solar charm
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ohh! yes, blue buttons on orange would look cool 😄

real zephyr
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Just counting them minutes until Russ's review today or tomorrow 👀

foggy cipher
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About the lack of wifi, do you beleive that it will be possible to use a Wifi->USB-C dongle of some kind ? This wouldn't be convenient for Retro-achievements but for initial scraping with Batocera for instance, or SSH access from time to time, it would do the job.

shy jasper
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Well we know it supports USB host so it just depends on the software

foggy cipher
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So, I need to ask MuOS and Batocera devs, right ?

shy jasper
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I dunno about that, but if they plan on supporting the device & the firmware already has a networking stack then odds are pretty good it'll work

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Dunno about stock yet, not that anyone will actually run stock (if there are other options)

atomic dew
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I might run it for a bit on stock, just to see how it has progressed, there's been notable changes since it first launched with the plus

ancient garden
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RetroGameCorps' review is out!

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Street date is probably before the end of this month right

opaque glacier
clear rampart
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And in the like second sentence of the video I did not put "28xx" and "2.8 inch screen" together at all prior. Which also means I never put "35XX" and "3.5 inch screen" together.

reef socket
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Makes sense though :). Rg and xx on the other hand...

ancient garden
worn elk
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yeah this seems like a winner. as long as cfws can figure out the screen/bootloader

small oxide
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D-pad only games

worn elk
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ooh yeah

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i cant belive russ was playing f-zero x without an analog stick lol

small oxide
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I think on anbernic firmware, tapping the power button makes the dpad fire analog inputs and tap again to go back

ancient garden
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Not sure how they got that thing figured out

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RetroArch keymapping tends to be strict

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how is the fps counter positioned like this? is it adjustable in the settings?

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clear rampart
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It's because, as he said, the screen is rotated.

This is how the software is expecting the screen to be used. It's also why, when he shows off DBZ, the subtitles are on the side.

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As for if it's adjustable, no clue

ancient garden
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oh i'm quite early into the video

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will this become a minefield for custom firmware somehow?

clear rampart
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I would assume it's something they'd have to keep in mind, but I doubt it'd be a massive hinderance either.

fathom estuary
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did russ not compare/mention the MM or i completely missed it

clear rampart
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I don't think so. The most he mentions is that Miyoo has the upcoming A30, and asks if viewers will wait and see with that device before getting a 28XX or not.

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The only comparisons are to the recent 35XX devices, the 280v/m, 300x, and the TrimUI Smart iirc.

fathom estuary
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interesting where they sourced this screen

ancient garden
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Somehow it's adjusted for the HDMI out...?

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The rotation part, not the scaling part

fathom estuary
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they probably rotated it when through HDMI ya

clear rampart
fathom estuary
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1st review vid and not yet convinced to get it having an MM already frog_think

spring wadi
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Rotated screens. Hopefully cfw devs can fit it. I think it's always a headache for them.

meager sage
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Yeah portrait screen makes me less certain good cfw will come really quickly

reef socket
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how to shoot yourself in the foot with this

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anyway, I think this is not better on the a30 side, I think I read that the Onion team would have to consider the feasability of a turned around screen

ancient garden
fathom estuary
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i have the ktr1 already for longer play with 2 hands anyways so its not the end

opaque glacier
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Didn’t expect a rotated screen

nova veldt
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Huh, well that might explain why suddenly both are able to use 480p 2.8” screens when miyoo had so much trouble procuring them before

brittle kraken
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huh, rotated screens are quite common in retrohandhelds, looks like anbernic just did a bad job setting it up here

atomic dew
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clear rampart
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tbf, so many of these handhelds just throw random letters and numbers into their names, I didn't think much of it.

atomic dew
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yeah, until they went out of phase with the XX theirs had a clear logic of screensize/generation/modifier suffixes

clear rampart
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I more meant all handhelds. Because the entire market was filled to the brim with randomly lettered and numbered handhelds, I never put much thought into why Anbernic's were named the names they were.

opaque glacier
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Now all we need is a release date

reef socket
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rgb30 is a 4 inch screen

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in all logic

atomic dew
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powkiddy are probably the worst for naming, at least the r35 etc people just randomly increment theirs, you get all sorts of weird shit from pk

clear rampart
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Powkiddy alone is probably why I never put thought into why a handheld is named anything.

summer flame
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Fwiw this device looks banger

clear rampart
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Definitely getting this handheld.

toxic ether
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Why no wifi mariodead

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I'll buy this when they re-release it with wifi

clear rampart
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Wifi is a non-factor for me. It'd be nice to have, but not having it doesn't impact me either way.

worn elk
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yeah its a nice to have but not a big deal at all

clear rampart
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But then I also don't use RetroAchievements, and for a handheld like this I'd probably just use MinUI or something similar.

worn elk
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retroachievements are useless on a pocket device. im not gonna play this at home. if they allowed an offline mode sure but they don't so i couldnt care less

clear rampart
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Could hotspot it with a mobile phone, like Russ mentioned in his video.

And I don't really care about having box art or title screens for the UI. I'd rather just have a basic list view.

spring wadi
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MinUI is the best for smaller handhelds

wraith ravine
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stands for "cheap" basically

wraith ravine
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also does not appear to be rotated on the A30

wraith ravine
reef socket
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I knzw I read it somewhere

wraith ravine
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oh okay

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then I guess it's confirmed it's also rotated on the A30

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kind of weird that both Anbernic and Miyoo would end up with a rotated screen at the same time

reef socket
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Same screen?

wraith ravine
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maybe they copied something of each other's hardware design internally

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possible yeah

meager sage
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My guess is the MM would’ve struggled with a portrait screen based on its relatively ancient architecture

clear rampart
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I can't imagine there are that many 2.8 inch at 640p by 480p screens to choose from.

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Likely they both just went with whatever the cheapest one is.

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Does the A30 also have the same brightness issue, where lowest isn't that dim and highest is not that bright?

main pollen
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i'll wait on this until cfw is figured out and the portrait screen isn't an issue, but i'm excited for it still

wraith ravine
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but it's worth noting that Anbernic has a "night mode"

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whatever that does

clear rampart
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C'mon Anbernic, just give us a date.

storm dove
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Since its a different screen I think it should have its own channel separate from the other XX Plus models 🤔

main pollen
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yeah, miyoo mini and mini + have separate channels anyway

worn elk
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yeah sounds like cfws wont work for this straight out the box at least so there might be some notable differences

main pollen
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shouldn't there be a channel for the a30 too, now that they're basically in the same almost-released state?

real zephyr
# opaque glacier https://youtu.be/WcKsti3iy7U?si=dIpGzMO5iKXqUa48

Well, huh... The 28XX was a device I was really interested in but the screen being so dim and rotated so you have to manually configure it for correct aspect ratios kinda killed my interest. If custom firmware is able to fix those two issues then my interest may be renewed, but for now though the RG35XX H just seems like a better (albeit slightly larger) device for outdoor on-the-go use with less hassles to deal with.