Anbernic RG34XXSP

[copper plinth]

same here, I don't mean to defend Anbernic but I don't see it for now...
I feel like the easiest way to prove this theory would be to prove the overscan and 6 pixel trim

[spice sandal]

I did a test on 240p suite and noticed no issues either, usually this highlights it

[blazing ruin]

I guess they at least did it "properly" unlike retroid. But jesus

whats the full resolution?

[silent spear]

1280 by 960

the full screen is 3.5 inches

[copper plinth]

If we're talking x4 integer scaling, wouldn't 6 pixels trim take at least one of the GBA pixels on each side

[spice sandal]

I'm putting this to bed, it looks fine

The panel name in the dtb is not always indicative of the actual panel

e.g the 406h still references the cube 720x720 panel lol

[copper plinth]

apologies for the non-scientific pictures.
But looking at both top right or bottom left corner, it looks pixel-to-pixel accurate with a screenshot taken directly from PC emulator, I see zero sign of overscan or trimming

[tepid rose]

Anal 👀

https://tenor.com/view/gasp-omg-green-nails-gif-5219652

[spice sandal]

Right, back to development

[west aurora]

https://youtu.be/ChQ88Uf9W2E?si=h_7QdAKiNxkC7unm

[spice sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-homer-simpson-gif-13518564799186478937

[muted vessel]

So however this panel is set up or what other resolution it may or may not be capable of in future handhelds in this one it runs 720x480 perfectly.

[signal axle]

Thanks Gamma

[muted vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/there-you-have-it-boys-case-closed-the-simpsons-gif-13616870

[tepid rose]

Byeeee Dj Khaled I hope you are doing well

[proper hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-appreciate-you-gif-21143481

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/stephen-a-smith-sas-swag-sas-walk-gif-7831502698562140945

Anbernic right now

After getting away with murder case

[west aurora]

Wouldn’t be the first time

[late solstice]

The image would just be stretched. You might like how it looks, you might not but it’s easy to change either way

[sage raptor]

Thank you

[spice sandal]

Just leaving this here for reference. 1x scale GBA will expose any interpolation going on, I don't see that happening here.

[plain hollow]

Woooo

[sterile sable]

That's cool, thanks for all the work!

[spice sandal]

Also tested genesis at 1x to be sure

[upbeat pewter]

so its looking more likely that it is a 720x480 panel, and the same panel manufacturer may also be building a 3.5in 960p panel that will use the same screen controller.

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-based-the-boys-homelander-the-boys-facts-gif-26206051

Honestly how the fuck anbernic does that

Excuse my language

How the hell how the helly how the maxy how the anbernic

[leaden bramble]

Ermmm what the anbernic

[copper plinth]

Disappointing that Phawx would drop this kind of bomb without providing more evidence and letting us scramble to make sense of it tbh...

He had good theories and it's weird that the panel's full size is 4:3 but it's not like some parts of his theory were difficult to prove if true.
The overscan + trim theory would be easy-ish to prove with a comparison.
What Gamma has shown with his microscope is pretty much a confirmation the screen is accurate.

And if somehow Anbernic pulled some magic and this is not an integer scaling screen:

1. Wtf is that actual screen's ppi and what is it doing in a $60 handheld
2. If we can't notice it under a microscope, nobody would notice playing anyway

[tepid rose]

To be honest he wasn't totally wrong but we are glad it's not bad like the screen have issues

[tepid rose]

Anbernic is Anbernic

[copper plinth]

I'm now wondering if the 4:3 base is just a cost saving for whoever made this screen in the case that it's actually a custom 3:2 720p screen

[signal axle]

I think that's what Max is alluding to

[plain hollow]

I don't quite follow, Gaspacho

[copper plinth]

I mean... I don't know. He's claiming he found out it's a 1280x960 panel pretty confidently and that they're doing some weird scaling

He's certainly not responsible for the pitchfork response of some users though lol...

[floral pond]

People are getting a little heated. The device is doing exactly what Anbernic advertised. The only thing I could complain about is that we could have had a handheld that is good for more than just GBA. It's a wierd move, but again, people are getting exactly what it says on the tin.

[plain hollow]

Most of the individuals I have seen losing their shit about this are already the type to love flying off the handle lol

[tepid rose]

Me tho I love it with phawx explanation and gamma testing evidence I love it

[dreamy narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/table-throwing-fight-chair-grab-gif-25165379

I have absolutely no idea what you mean

[tame aspen]

Sup clowns

Any reports of units shipping from anbernics website

[plain hollow]

https://tenor.com/9ggb.gif

[whole hawk]

My theory is that the only reason why it’s working this well is because it’s stretching a smaller image to a larger resolution, unlike the Mini which was taking a larger image and crunching it to fit a smaller resolution.

[floral pond]

I... don't think it works that way? You'd see artifacts regardless.

[tame aspen]

The trick is not trying to use more pixels than you actually have

[stuck garnet]

^

[copper plinth]

Gamma has already posted some really good pictures/footage that there is no sign of interpolation

[stuck garnet]

That's what really boned retroid

[whole hawk]

You would if you noticed them, but it’s arguably way more difficult to notice those than it would be to notice the artifacts in outputting a larger screen to a smaller resolution.

[stuck garnet]

Non square pixels and trying to use an impossible resolution for the screen is what fucked up the rpmini

[ebon dock]

Tldr for today?

[stuck garnet]

Anbernics are square and possible

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/joker-dance-dancing-crazy-joaquin-phoneix-gif-20291166

[narrow magnet]

Why wouldn’t they just use it as 3.5 if the resolution is high enough anyway

[stuck garnet]

Rpmini screen issue but not fucked

[tepid rose]

Anbernic is really joker dark times

[narrow magnet]

I wonder if the screen could be used for other 3.5 devices

[tame aspen]

We need someone with a microscope to count every damn pixel

[ebon dock]

Skimmed

Anbernic even eats non integer scaling lunch and does it better. They really can't help 1uping other company lol

[floral pond]

Anything non-integer is getting stretched to some extent, though? Someone do the Mega Man test and a magnifying glass.

[copper plinth]

It is an integer screen...

Phawx is wrong

[signal axle]

Retroid somehow still lost

[tame aspen]

That’s the anbernic business model

[tame aspen]

Crazy how they hit retroid with a shot fired at the miyoo mini lol

[whole hawk]

Anbernic used a 1280x960 screen, and then crunched it down to output 720x480 onto a 1280x854 “screen”.

[signal axle]

ZPG died for this

[tame aspen]

Rest in peace ZPG

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/jokic-joker-nba-anthony-davis-lebron-james-gif-661042517467904363

Anbernic right now

[whole hawk]

In other words, they fucked up a device by trying to be sneaky instead of just selling it to us as the 3.5” 1280x960 screen.

[narrow magnet]

3.5 1280x960?

[tame aspen]

Anbernic pulled an RP mini but actually made it work

[whole hawk]

Yeah, that’s the actual screen specs.

[tepid rose]

You see how dark this is

[copper plinth]

Dude, are you choosing on purpose to not read what others have discovered in this thread already

[sterile sable]

Why not display 1200x800 at that point then?

5x integer

[narrow magnet]

Now I want this screen on the R36S 🤣

[ebon dock]

Lol skimming people seem like they'll be more chill in this instance

[whole hawk]

Wait what? What happened there then?

[tame aspen]

He can’t see past his anbernic hate boner

[copper plinth]

Gamma has run that screen under a microscope, it's an accurate 720p 3:2 screen

[whole hawk]

Apparently not since it looks like I skimmed it.

[silent spear]

how on earth did anbernic interpolate gba to look pixel perfect on this screen? and if so, why is that not available to people as a shader? like that would be insane

[tame aspen]

Oh shit

Links gaspacho

[whole hawk]

…So then wtf was the 1280x960?

[copper plinth]

this message

[vital minnow]

Bro scroll up 😭

[tepid rose]

Because anbernic their ye is different

[ebon dock]

https://tenor.com/view/rip-bozo-gif-22294771

[tepid rose]

They got balls to do it

[ebon dock]

Anbernic all day in the lower market eating peoples lunch

[copper plinth]

and pictures here

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/alex-jones-gif-14367651

[tepid rose]

Innit even rg35xxsp destroyed last year

[narrow magnet]

so phawx was fake news 🤔

[tepid rose]

Destroyed

[vital minnow]

Just like me fr

[signal axle]

Why sub to Netflix when #1095014087232077935 is free

[tepid rose]

Even miyoo flip v1 and v2 wasn't pulling those numbers

[tame aspen]

Damn so the 34xx really is 720 horizontal

[tepid rose]

When if they actually do rg slide watch and learn how the device would move

[muted vessel]

gamma did that

[whole hawk]

I suppose so, and yeah, honestly that’s good news at least.

[muted vessel]

it looks like the phawx is wrong

and it's just a really weird shaped 480p panel

[tepid rose]

You think it was warriors 2016-2017

[copper plinth]

Even without a microscope, it's easy to debunk Phawx's theory.

His theory relies on an overscan then 6 pixel crop on each side of the width.
He says it's a cropped 1292 screen.
Ok, 6 pixel is 0.46+% of a 1292 width (6 / 1292 * 100)
0.46% of the original GBA width (240) is 1.1 pixel.

This means that if we're cropping 6 pixels on each side of the width of a 1280 screen like Phawx is saying, we're missing more than 1 chonky GBA pixels on each side of the width.

It's dead easy to test, just launch any game with a background and see if a GBA pixel is missing on either side. I tried and neither is missing, I'm getting the full image

[narrow magnet]

Max Zhou reading the retrohandhelds article be like: Did we really do that shit?

[whole hawk]

The thing I still find weird is that Russ straight up found out that his 34XX has the display centered, as opposed to the 34XX SP having the display along the bottom of the panel.

[tepid rose]

Max knows what he is doing lmao

[narrow magnet]

I like the other one better really 🤣

[muted vessel]

display mounted on the front glass differently in each revision?

[vital minnow]

No more 960p screen 😕

[muted vessel]

or it could be a 720x540 display partially covered and used as 720x480

[vital minnow]

Fun while it lasted

[narrow magnet]

He’s just as surprised as anyone that they used a 3.5 screen

[muted vessel]

but yeah I think phawx jumped the gun on this without actually checking the pixels

because the screen is in fact 480p

[whole hawk]

So unless they’re 2 different panels, or they’re the same panel with really weird frames, it might legit still just be 720x540.

[spring ginkgo]

I'm sure Max Zhou planted the data about 960p screen just to fuck with Retroid (and remind everyone about RP MIni fiasco)

😄

[narrow magnet]

+1 something he would actually do that guy is petty as fuck hahahaha

[whole hawk]

Maybe?

[tepid rose]

"Don't buy ZPG Unicorn buy Rg cube " classic words 🤭

[muted vessel]

but yeah the pitchforks definitely came out too early here I think lol

retroid still alone in the fake res shame box lol

well, and miyoo

but they kinda sorta fixed it later

[copper plinth]

V10 has a lesser res

[tepid rose]

Lmaooo

[whole hawk]

Honestly, I’m just glad to be wrong since I’d rather that situation just flat out not be repeated regardless.

[tepid rose]

I remember like it was yesterday

[floral pond]

Realized that 2 seconds after I posted.

[ebon dock]

Anbernic fixed their scaling issues IN the same device!? My god, they really did do the stunner on retroid /s

[tepid rose]

I actually feel bad for ZPG it was so dark that anbernic did that

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-brady-zoom-patriots-cheating-close-up-gif-16190044

Max brady

Anbernic brady

[muted vessel]

Anbernic wins again

[ebon dock]

Anbernic when another company tries something new

[narrow magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/math-zack-galifianakis-thinking-calculating-gif-5120792

Gamma counting the pixels

[muted vessel]

jokes aside I hope the phawx and RGC don't get tarred and feathered here

[ebon dock]

Rgc shouldn't

[copper plinth]

Now Anbernic, give us a RG34XXSP Classic pls (no sticks)

[ebon dock]

Phawx, likely won't. Realistically only retroid fans go ape shit over these things

[muted vessel]

I just want an arc pro with a chip actually capable of saturn and a higher res screen

[narrow magnet]

Phawx made me think of the possibilities 🤣

[muted vessel]

honestly more concerned about anbernic blacklisting them than fans turning on them tbh

[ebon dock]

Ah I suppose that's more fair

[tepid rose]

Nah they blessed 🙌

[spring ginkgo]

With ZPG Unicorn its different they are extra petty towards Lao Zhang because he copied their rg3566 dtb or sth

[muted vessel]

fans I expect will still be confidently claiming the 34xx screen is fake based on accusations that were disproven within a day months ago in reddit threads for years

[narrow magnet]

Has there ever been someone that has been blacklisted by anbernic though

Even bad press is press

[muted vessel]

Joey

[spring ginkgo]

Taki Udon

[narrow magnet]

Oh yea lol

[tepid rose]

And taki

[muted vessel]

they stopped sending him units for asking why he was getting his review units weeks after the americans lol

[silent spear]

so after all the drama the rg34xx line of devices might actually be a true 720x480?

[tepid rose]

Joey And taki = Roman Reigns and Cm Punk

[muted vessel]

yeah it's true 720x480, so the mystery of why it's shaped like that continues

[narrow magnet]

Chaos Canada and Taki I made that shit

[copper plinth]

highly likely and if it isn't it's still impossible to tell that it's not a 720x480 under the microscope

[muted vessel]

it might be 720x540 and not using the whole panel or it might just need a big front glass for how it's wired/driven

[whole hawk]

For this I’ll actually give them the apology for thinking they’d pull something like that.

…I’m still not going to consider them in any way a good company for all their quality control nonsense, but I’ll at least recognize that they haven’t done anything intentionally malicious on the hardware side of things.

[silent spear]

yeah I was suspicious when it looked that good under a microscope

perfect interpolation is physically impossible

[spring ginkgo]

I wonder if 960p mode is not left so it can actually accept it as an input or something, the screen was supposed to be used in projectors after all

[muted vessel]

I was questioning everything as to how a 1.78x scale could look so good when non-integer scaling normally makes my eyes bleed on anything less than 1440p lmao

[copper plinth]

respect

[whole hawk]

I swear, right now I feel like Marge in that one moment.

[muted vessel]

and the answer is that it is integer scaled, nothing to see here lol

[copper plinth]

ready to do my own apology when the plot twist gets plot twitsted again lol

[whole hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-bart-bart-no-force-of-habit-marge-gif-9773839971414965074

[tepid rose]

Wow what a apology

[ebon dock]

Fwiw, I hated the miyoo flip for the dual sticks, but something about this one hits a little better after seeing people get in person units

[silent spear]

hmm. in that case it's still be be decided if it's actually a 720 by 540 screen in case it's 4:3

[narrow magnet]

Not the hinge huh

[ebon dock]

You'd have to be unhinged to buy it now. Pun intended

[tepid rose]

You know so funny I know anbernic build quality control is mid but their screen been their master magic idk how they does it

[whole hawk]

I mean, can you blame the guy who had to spend 2 months arguing with Anbernic customer support over the Cube? On top of being one of the people who had the V1 405M and had both issues occur (the shoulder button and the screen adhesive both being shit)?

[narrow magnet]

The miyoo flap/flop? 🤣

[tepid rose]

Hell no I will never blame you

Honestly I would be the same

[whole hawk]

As well as my 40XX H having all the left controls stop working until I soldered a new ribbon connector for that daughter board?

[ebon dock]

You can remove sections of a video no? I feel like that would be best for anyone reporting the screen as wrong

[narrow magnet]

Or add a disclaimer annotation 🤣

[serene oar]

So the conclusion is that it’s 4:3 but the 3:2 area indeed has 720x480 resolution? So the whole screen is 720x540? It’s a very uncommon resolution

[tepid rose]

Basically that

[whole hawk]

And literally almost all my XX devices having some type of annoying hardware flaw (35XX+ and 35XX H both had the shitty RTC clock oscillators, the 28xx, SP, CubeXX, and 34XX all had that shit power button issue that made it so you needed to hold the button for over 5 seconds to turn them on)? The sole exception being the RG40XX V.

[narrow magnet]

it’s still a 3.5 inch then?

[tepid rose]

But now it's making me think how the fuck they are going to do 4'7 inch 960p 120hz screen @muted vessel thoughts

[whole hawk]

Yup, assuming the panel we’re looking at is accurate.

[narrow magnet]

Great still 720p 3.5 is nice I want one on a cheaper handheld

[whole hawk]

Like, I’m absolutely willing to admit I was fully in the wrong for jumping the gun on the SP, but it sure as shit doesn’t somehow make all of this null and void.

[vague marsh]

This could've been good for like ALL the retro consoles if they kept the whole screen lol

[keen forge]

FYI for everyone, added a pinned comment in my video:

Update: according to Anbernic, the screen is indeed a 3:2 720x480 display, that has a custom frame/shroud that is 4:3 in dimensions, to fit the housing. So it may be that Phawx's findings in the software is incorrect data being outputted by the hardware (which is common, these devices are full of all sorts of slapped-together errors). My big takeaway still stands: it has the space for a 4:3 display, and that would have been a better fit for playing 4:3 content with those new analog sticks. At the very least, if it is a custom frame for the 3:2 display, centering it in the housing would have looked a lot better than this weird top forehead that we have going on right now! Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

[copper plinth]

I'd still bet it's just a custom 720x480 panel slapped on a leftover/reused module

oh

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/gavel-case-dismissed-simpsons-gif-11209658

[copper plinth]

I guess we can technically still blame Retroid for this 'nam flashback moment

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/clapping-clap-applause-standing-ovation-gif-15648815

[keen forge]

I think it's only "case dismissed" if we take Anbernic at their word, which is not something I tend to do 😄

[stray torrent]

I feel vindicated for buying the 40XXV then

[tame aspen]

I feel vindicated in buying the 34xxsp

[stray torrent]

I'm thankful the 1280x960 thing was wrong

[tame aspen]

Same

Happy and sad

[vital minnow]

I'm not

[vague marsh]

1280 would be awesome tho

[spring ginkgo]

Gamma just did investigation if you will scroll above and he confirms it displays native res

[tame aspen]

Happy this isn’t another retroid shit show , sad cuz 1280x960 isn’t real

[stray torrent]

^

[copper plinth]

we also have Gamma who's ran the display under a microscope and some test screens.

[keen forge]

Yeah but we can't trust Gamma, we all know he is in the pocket of Big Anbernic

/jk

[copper plinth]

linking to his images again.
We should probably pin this

[tepid rose]

🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[narrow magnet]

Big

[tepid rose]

Hehe

[spring ginkgo]

yeah, sure thing RetroidGameCorps /s /jk

[copper plinth]

The pixels are paid actors

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-lol-cant-stop-laughing-gif-14341553

[stray torrent]

lmao

[tepid rose]

Hahahaha

[narrow magnet]

Anbernic no

[ebon dock]

I mean anbernic isn't going to blatantly lie to you like you would expect from retroid nowadays. /S???? Lol

[vague marsh]

I'm over the h700 handhelds anyway give whatever that helegaly thing has

[mellow pasture]

Moving forward anytime a device has a big ole bezel, I'm going to be screaming that there's a screen underneath it and nobody better call me a conspiracy theorist

[whole hawk]

I’ll blame them both. Retroid for doing it in the first place and making it a real worry from then on, and Anbernic for making it ridiculously easy for me to believe they would do it thanks to them being so utterly willing to lie in incidents like the Cube.

(There we go, don’t know why it replied to the wrong comment).

[plain hollow]

Somehow I just assumed you were American lol

I was not expecting the Glasgow accent

[simple mist]

Wild to see retroid mini round 2

[tame aspen]

It’s not

[stray torrent]

everyone who uses discord is an american, gamma is just faking it

[tepid rose]

Scottish Dj Khaled

[simple mist]

Oh?

[tame aspen]

False alarm

[simple mist]

What's the verdict?

[narrow magnet]

Brazilians are americans

[simple mist]

Ah

[stray torrent]

Must be exhausting to keep doing the accent all the time eh gamma?

[tepid rose]

They got away with murder not guilty

[narrow magnet]

He likes peaky blinders so it’s fine

[copper plinth]

lol that's actually what people did in this chat as soon as they revealed the 5head bezel marketing footage

[whole hawk]

Gamma confirmed its 720x480, and the only potential weirdness is that it might be 720x540 if what Russ found in the regular 34XX has anything to say.

[simple mist]

I just hopped on and saw a bunch of "it's not the advertised screen" and then saw people mentioning 1280x960 and got really confused lol

[tepid rose]

I can imagine how gamma said we are best eh in his accent 🤣🤣🤣

[plain hollow]

Wait what

I have never watched Peaky Blinders

Is there a Scottish gang in it

[tepid rose]

What

[whole hawk]

Maybe if we do that, we can successfully convince them it’s not worthwhile to ever cover parts of the screen.

[plain hollow]

I know the show takes place in Birmingham though

[tepid rose]

You never watch Peaky Blinders

[plain hollow]

Nay

[tame aspen]

That’s just wrong tho

[tepid rose]

Bonkers

[stray torrent]

That's my frustration, if there's room for the entire screen, give us the entire freakin screen man, it's not hard

[dusky trout]

It seems like people who were sad the display was 3:2 are still sad, and people who liked it have nothing to worry about because the scaling is pixel perfect.

So, seems like a nothingburger. If you didn't like the screen ratio before you definitely don't now, and if you do like the display then this doesn't matter. Or at least that's my perspective lol

[ebon dock]

Funny that this resolved by a morning cup of coffee all things considered

[whole hawk]

Nah, the biggest reason why I was pissed about the RP Mini by the end of all the news is directly because they could’ve avoided it all from the start by selling it as the proper LG Wing screen and I’d have outright been more interested.

[stray torrent]

Bezels are a relic of the 2010s

[vital minnow]

I still want that 960p sp
Just 4.7 inches

[copper plinth]

3:2 with no black bars is awesome.
Plenty of great 4:3 devices out there.
I just want to play pokemon romhacks and pretend I'm playing on og hardware

[narrow magnet]

They were irish so same gaelic roots

[tame aspen]

Nah bezels can add to an aesthetic

[whole hawk]

If a company actively is hiding parts of the screen to pretend it’s a different one, they literally only have themselves to blame for whatever complaints or controversies occur from there.

[tame aspen]

Look at the RP2S

[stray torrent]

What about a 3:2 dual screen clamshell 😍

[jade horizon]

nobody would complain if they would have put in the effort to revisit the screen by moving the active area up by a bit and skipped the sticks tho

[ebon dock]

Best device retroid has released. Mini V2 has potential but wildly I find the ergos on the rp2s better

[vital minnow]

5:3 top screen or bust

[whole hawk]

Yes, and I’d vastly prefer the bezel be the screen itself so that I can customize it however I wish and whatever text I want.

[copper plinth]

I can't argue with that

In fact I would reverse-complain. Don't really remember what it's called anymore.

[whole hawk]

If they have the room for enough screen for me to have “Gameboy Advance SP” text underneath the game, I want that extra screen.

[vital minnow]

Be happy?

[stray torrent]

There should be more variety in clamshells across the board

Which thankfully we're starting to see this year

[tame aspen]

Preach it

[signal axle]

Like I said.. if you were into the device before the theory, not much has changed for you to not want it after. Just internet finding reasons to be upset

[narrow magnet]

I want a clam shaped clamshell

[tame aspen]

Still waiting for a worthwhile 2S successor

[copper plinth]

careful now, that's how you end up content with your collection and stop buying more devices

[stray torrent]

The RP2S was a steal at $80, shame it isn't a thing these days

[whole hawk]

Well, I do still prefer the RP Mini over the 2S, but I won’t lie that the ergo bumps arguably shouldn’t even be there with how little they actually do for the device.

[ebon dock]

Would still be the best sub 100$ device

[vital minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-tanamen-gecky-incorporeal-gif-21102682

[stray torrent]

Yeah and still better than the A527 iirc

[plain hollow]

[whole hawk]

Basically, I’d rather they have gotten rid of the ergo bumps to make it a way more literally rounded RP2S.

[stray torrent]

I doubt we'll see anything faster than the T618 under $100 until next year at least

[vital minnow]

Rp classic sp (with joysticks) would be endgame edc for me I think

[jade horizon]

yeah, would be fun if it actually had an active area of 720x540

[tame aspen]

Anyway

Have y’all hear about the 34xxSP

I heard it’s got a really nice screen

[narrow magnet]

There’s a budget t620 in the works…

[ebon dock]

The one with the messed up scaling?

[gaunt coral]

I just want to confirm the size of the image for a GBA game will be bigger on the 34xx vs the 35xx?

[ebon dock]

/s.

[stray torrent]

I hadn't heard, which one is that

[vital minnow]

shauninman.com

[whole hawk]

Yeah, it’s looking to be nice given it’s gonna have the same 720x480 screen I like in the 34XX, but with 2GB RAM for more port support.

[jade horizon]

same size, but integer scaled on the 34xx

[tame aspen]

Anbernic stays winning

[narrow magnet]

It’s unannounce so…

[tame aspen]

[whole hawk]

And it’ll have sticks so that the 2GB isn’t wasted on a device that can’t play ports.

[stray torrent]

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the t618 anyway, no linux/portmaster support

[whole hawk]

Hopefully they do better with quality control so that I’m not stuck with the same shit power button my 34XX has.

[ebon dock]

Anbernic best in the game obviously (jk I don't really care, also AYN top dog ez)

[stray torrent]

A527 is a great compromise between software support, price, and performance

[tame aspen]

Ayn stinky

Anbernic top dog

[whole hawk]

…Ok, so I guess Sniffer wants to mess with Superbottle now.

[dusky trout]

Honestly $60 just doesn't cover the costs of testing every individual unit extensively, if a manufacturer tells you they're doing it at this price point I'd be pretty skeptical anyways. I just accept the chance of a lemon with these

[tame aspen]

Yeah @ebon dock you suck

[stray torrent]

Am I the only one who doesn't care in the slightest about power buttons as long as they work when you press them

[whole hawk]

Yeah, that’s why I care.

[ebon dock]

Jokes aside I have loved most of anbernics stuff lately. Even with the onslaught of devices I mostly thought, yeah that looks good. The 40xxv still might be the prettiest device I've seen in this space

[tame aspen]

Take ur smelly Ayn garbage elsewhere

[stray torrent]

Oh is yours defective?

[narrow magnet]

Best power button is a device with a battery door

[jade horizon]

me who just got literal e-waste in today and it's good enough to play games on still

[narrow magnet]

you play games?

[whole hawk]

My 34XX doesn’t turn on if you press it the first time no matter how long you hold it, and then when you press it a second time, whether or not it turns on depends on how long you held it total for both (if I tap it ones and then hold it for 10 seconds, it works. If I held it for more 10 seconds or even more the first time then it works with just tapping it for the second time).

[stray torrent]

I'd be surprised if any of us play games

🙏

[jade horizon]

yeah I whooped Ridleys ass two times today on the R36plus and R46S

[tame aspen]

Play Games?

Never heard of her

[ebon dock]

You bought a retroid flip 2 🫵😆😆😆

[whole hawk]

It regardless already takes holding it for 10 seconds or more for it to turn on, and then it adds an extra bit of confusing nonsense in that it requires pressing it twice.

[stray torrent]

That's crazy

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/byuntear-cat-mocking-gif-13935821400850516732

[narrow magnet]

I thought we just test games if they run on the e-waste

[tame aspen]

Yeah I’m selling it

[stray torrent]

Guess you get what you pay for unfortunately

[ebon dock]

Oh real shit?

I was just joking lol

[whole hawk]

Really? I thought you liked it?

[tame aspen]

Yeah

Selling both my flip 2 and classic

[ebon dock]

Oh dang even the classic

The classic looked dope tbh. Was so close to copping

[tame aspen]

I was planning on selling my classic shortly after I took it out of the box

[jade horizon]

gotta test the buttons and fix the horrid pre-set, the r36plus literally had bezels for SNES displayed while EVERYTHING is at full screen instead of core provided

[whole hawk]

I’m frankly more surprised by the Flip 2. With the Classic, Sniffer at least was already saying they didn’t like it much when they first got it.

Meanwhile with the Flip 2 they were actually one of the people recommending it to others.

[stray torrent]

The year is 2030. Anbernic has launched the RG45XX H. It has Nintendo-switch style sticks, and uses the Allwinner H700 chipset, which can handle everything up to PS1, with some N64, PSP, and Dreamcast.

[ebon dock]

Yeah I mean any reason you ended up not liking em?

[jade horizon]

which would be fine if those are literally 30bucks by then

[tame aspen]

Dpad ruined the entire classic for me

[stray torrent]

Retail price is $70, but will likely drop to $50-60 a few months after release

[tame aspen]

Vita style dpad is ass

It was passable on the flip 2 cuz it wasn’t a retro first system

[signal axle]

2030 is only 5 years away

[stray torrent]

I'm legit depressed thinking about how little $30 will be worth in 5 years

Bigmac meal comin in hot

[whole hawk]

Yup, that much I already knew. I like the Vita D-Pad, but I won’t blame anyone for wanting a Sega style D-pad with the Saturn buttons.

[spice sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/dramatic-music-the-simpsons-dog-suspicious-looking-gif-17006364

[copper plinth]

I love that dpad for pokemon and tetris

[spice sandal]

https://youtu.be/_6LoXoonOZE?feature=shared

[stray torrent]

A dpad has to have only two qualities to be acceptable for me: no false diagonals, plus easy intentional diagonals

[jade horizon]

yeah, felt stupid having written that the second I send it, $70 in 2030 will be worth what $30 are now anyway

[whole hawk]

So is there any reason with the Flip 2 though? Like is there any issues that you thought wouldn’t bother you much, but ended up not liking (like with me and the MiniLED for the O2 Mini)? Or did you think it’s a good handheld for what you liked using it for, but just flat out decided having a whole device for that use case isn’t worthwhile.

(I remember you really liked playing something with it, I just can’t remember specifically what).

[plain hollow]

NGL I don't see the problem with the Vita D-pad aside from it not being nostalgic lol

[stray torrent]

Somehow 75% of devices manage to screw at least one of these up

[plain hollow]

It's very good in terms of function

[tame aspen]

Edges are too sharp, hinge angle is terrible

[stray torrent]

Let's be honest though I doubt we'll ever see anything besides barebones handhelds below $30 or so

[sterile sable]

Its a retroid device so you'll need to buy a grip for it

[jade horizon]

I'm still confused as fuck about the whole scaling mumbo whumbo on the 34xx devices tho if it's really a 1280x960 screen, them covering shit up should result in 3.2" of usable screen

[stray torrent]

Yeah it's actually 720x480, check the pinned message

[tame aspen]

$200+ device but felt like $50 build quality

[whole hawk]

Eh, I liked using my RP5 and RP Mini without grips, and the same is true for the Flip 2, although I did get a grip with the Classic to try out.

[plain hollow]

Was curious about the actor because I assumed they weren't actually Scottish

Turns out he's a Kiwi lol

[whole hawk]

…Ok, that feels like the exact opposite of what you were saying when you got the Flip 2, but I guess changing your mind is reasonable.

[ebon dock]

It's mostly fine, not the best, but not something to complain about for me

[stray torrent]

It's a miracle the flip 2 exists compared to the state of handhelds just a few years ago

[sterile sable]

Its just something I tend to see when retroid products launch, everybody asks for grips . They make good products overall though

[whole hawk]

I don’t feel much of a need for a grip on the Classic per se, I just thought it might be nice for using at home.

[jade horizon]

Sniffer is always sniffing up the current thing and discards his fandom a day after getting a new device

[stray torrent]

I remember all the videos with the sketchy Chinese handhelds that could barely run ps1 at $400

[ebon dock]

Ergos are a travesty

[whole hawk]

…Holy shit, I was about to say “that’s a bit mean to say”, but that actually does track.

[ebon dock]

I'm blown away people were cool with the rp5 launch. At that point you should prioritize sticks placement

[tame aspen]

The eternal search for the perfect handheld continues

[ebon dock]

Ayn portal ez

Next question

[tame aspen]

Odin 2 mini was the closest so far

[stray torrent]

I mean technically there is a perfect theoretical handheld out there if you set parameters for perfect

[whole hawk]

…Yeah, I can agree with that.

It’s not pocketable, but we’ve got more than enough pocketable handhelds for that to be a non-issue when recommending the Portal, and it’s arguably still portable if you have something bigger like a backpack or that Fanny pack thing.

[ebon dock]

I hate the literal perfect. Nothing can ever be literally perfect. But for a device you could use for years with basically no huge issues, the ayn portal is perfect

[stray torrent]

I'm not particularly interested in non pocketable devices, imo it kind of stretches the meaning of handheld

[tame aspen]

34xxSP probably

[tame aspen]

But you’re literally perfect

[whole hawk]

I think the only device that could ever be legit “perfect” is something like a modular handheld that functions similarly to raspberry pi stuff (the brains and everything are in a smaller box that you can plug into various handheld “cases”).

[stray torrent]

Also do you really need a bigger screen than 4.5-5" for any type of game?

[jade horizon]

lol, I ain't here to sell cotton candy

[dusky trout]

My handheld take that will have me put to death by this community is anything bigger than the SP is too big to fit in my pocket, so it needs to compete with the steam deck and usually they don't.

[whole hawk]

Since by that point, you can just plug it into a smaller device shell for portability, or you can plug it into a bigger and more ergonomic shell for at home use.

[whole hawk]

Or you can plug it easily to a dock for using with a TV.

[vital minnow]

Definitely a take

[stray torrent]

Wonder how long before we can run PS3 on SP tier devices

Probably a good decade at least

If not longer

[tame aspen]

Anyway not so much a perfect device for every system, more so a device that just feels perfect

[dusk bone]

https://tenor.com/view/espresso-classy-pinkies-up-sips-tea-sipping-gif-7250101

[tame aspen]

Control and portability wise

[whole hawk]

I don’t bother with putting anything bigger than my phone into my pants pockets, so the handheld just has to fit in my jacket pocket or in my travel bag to be “portable”.

[finite gate]

I feel ya lol

[jade horizon]

the 35xxSP is fine

[vital minnow]

I pocketed my trimui smart pro

[finite gate]

beyond jacket pocketable handhelds like rp5, everything competes with my steam deck

[dusky trout]

I feel that, to be fair I do keep a slightly bigger handheld in my airline luggage. But otherwise it's just being used at home if I can't put it in a front pocket lol

[jade horizon]

honestly I'm so not interested in the 34xxSP due to it being as small as the original SP, which is just extremely uncomfortable to use for me

I'm just here for the screen drama

[stray torrent]

Hot take even the OG SP is too thick to be properly pocketable

[dusky trout]

35XXSP was just a little too big for me but it's a personal thing, I keep a lot of stuff in my pockets haha

[stray torrent]

My definition of pocketable is phone+case thickness

So like 20mm

Anything else creates a comical bulge

[dusky trout]

Yeah that's the thing for me, like my pants will technically fit quite a lot because jeans pockets are huge but I don't want to look like a goofy mf at my law firm

[vital minnow]

Kind of killed my hype for the flip 2 when I found out how thick it is

[stray torrent]

Idk what kind of pants yall wear but I'm not exactly a small person, I have no clue how you'd fit an SP into skinny jeans without looking totally ridonkulous

[vital minnow]

I mean, the same way I fit a wallet

[dusky trout]

...I'm not skinny enough for skinny jeans, let's just leave it at that LOL

[ebon dock]

We calling wrong takes hot takes now?

[finite gate]

is he wrong though? 35xxsp fell out of my rotation because it's just too bulky for my pants and jacket pockets

if you want to put it in a bag or something sure all good

but I have other bag handhelds lol

[dusky trout]

That's why it got relegated to the suitcase for me too. I think it's just personal preference how big of an object you wanna carry, I mean as a kid I carried a DS in my pocket but as an adult I think that's too large

[stray torrent]

If you have a bag, may as well bring a steam deck 😂

[jade horizon]

normalize rolling in with Engelbert Strauss work wear into your law firm, so you can just carry your Odin 2 Portal in your pants

[whole hawk]

I hate skinny jeans regardless, so most of my pants are baggy enough for even stuff like the Flip 2 to be fine enough.

Only reason I still don’t put them in there and just use jacket pockets or travel bags is because I just don’t like the feeling of them bumping into my leg whenever I take a particularly big step (over like a puddle or something).

[ebon dock]

Oh I thought we meant actual OG sp

[dusky trout]

Yeah it's that and also past a certain size I can't easily grab the other stuff I keep in the same pocket, like my wallet and earbuds. I hate having to take a thing out of my pocket just to be able to grab something else

[stray torrent]

Only a 1.5mm difference

[whole hawk]

Don’t start this war.

[dusky trout]

1.5 mm is plenty big, or so I've heard

[ebon dock]

Don't let anyone lie to you

Size matters

[vital minnow]

Nothing wrong with a little pocket bulge tbh

[finite gate]

how many <20mm thick handhelds are out there anyway

[jade horizon]

the r46s is pretty thin... annoyingly so even IMO, but that's still 22mm iirc?

[vital minnow]

Smart pro is pretty thin

[jade horizon]

oh yeah that actually should only be 20mm

[vital minnow]

A lot of candybar handhelds are pretty thin if they don't have built in grips

[dreamy narwhal]

a touch over 20mm yeah

28XX comes in pretty thin at ~16mm

[ebon dock]

You know what. What a fucking cool time we live in where everyone gets something dope nowadays with these handhelds

[whole hawk]

Oh hey, the RP Mini V3 chat got killed as well.

[whole hawk]

Did you take it down yourself, or was that also Ban since he was already taking down the SP V2 chat?

[vital minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-gif-19260546

[whole hawk]

I don’t think “taking down effective meme channels that have no actual evidence of being real devices” is comparable to 1984.

…Maybe it’s comparable to “The Giver” since it’s trying to strip away whimsy and tomfoolery for the sake of making things nice and tidy.

[silent spear]

why? wasn't it comfirned to come out at some point?

[whole hawk]

That’s the thing, it was confirmed to come out as a screen mod for the Mini, and the panels would also be available for future devices. It was never confirmed to be a separate device.

[vital minnow]

The mini v3 does have backing though, Retroid David mentioned they were working to develop a new custom screen

[silent spear]

so they just wanted to make a 3.7 inch 1280x960 display with the huge bezels??

how does that make sense?

[whole hawk]

No, they didn’t say anything about it being the same screen size or a different size, just that the internals for the device would fit (albeit likely needing longer ribbon cables if the screen was bigger, since you’d need to make the device wider and move the controls further outward).

[plain hollow]

I guess they anticipated people being pissy about it not being 4:3?

[stuck garnet]

there was a V2, which is the diy kit or fixed screens they just sold
theres also a V3 with a new bespoke screen that is supposedly coming around the end of the year

[whole hawk]

Most people were recommending the screen be 4” to 4.4” (since that’s the screen dimensions of 4:3 on the RP5’s screen), with some people recommending that they instead do a 1440p 4:3 screen since that would integer scale with practically everything.

[whole hawk]

Right, but at the same time the V3 used to be the V2 before we even found out about the original V1 Mini screen being the LG Wing one covered with bezels.

[stuck garnet]

right

but there IS supposed to be a third device now

[jade horizon]

Moderators killed it

[stuck garnet]

as far as we know its still coming

[vital minnow]

We haven't really seen anything to the contrary

[whole hawk]

RIP, it makes sense but still sucks. Oh well, at least we can talk about it in the regular Mini channel.

[vital minnow]

And it makes sense that they'd make a successor to release alongside the rp6

[stuck garnet]

its fine to lock it for now anyway until we get actual movement on it later

[jade horizon]

And unlike huffis thread the 4:3 mortgage screen is confirmed by Retroid themselves 😭

[stuck garnet]

no need to have a channel open for it forever

[vital minnow]

No need to take it down either tbh

[stuck garnet]

its not down, its just locked

https://discord.com/channels/741895796315914271/1348657419542073436

still there

[jade horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/well-see-you-in-just-a-few-william-newberry-goremiser-smite-see-you-in-a-bit-gif-18016924

[whole hawk]

It’s specifically the custom screen that might end up in the new 4:3 option, the Mini V3 was directly stated to be a screen mod for the current Mini, with them being open to the idea of using it in later devices as well (and very likely guaranteed to do so since, well, why the hell would they waste the money a custom screen costs just for a single optional mod?).

[vital minnow]

I might be misremembering but I don't really think that's the case, why would they call the screen mod the v3?

[stuck garnet]

they didnt?

[whole hawk]

It’s them very likely using it in “a future device that isn’t the Mini” that is the same reason why we’re recommending they do a 1440p screen for future proofing.

[vital minnow]

Rhetorical question

[stuck garnet]

originally the v2 was the new screen 4:3, bespoke
then the v2 became the screen mod and the bespoke screen was v3

[whole hawk]

They didn’t, they first called the planned device with that screen the “V2 Mini” (and then the fixed Mini became the V2), but the screen pretty much never had an official name.

[stuck garnet]

if we could stop calling the screen mod the v3 that would go a long way to making the convo less confusing

[vital minnow]

I haven't see anybody call it that except right now tbh

[stuck garnet]

^

[whole hawk]

Imma just call it the “4:3 OLED” since this is unironically supposed to be the first OLED panel that’s less than 5” and 4:3.

[stuck garnet]

that works

[whole hawk]

That or the “Retroid Bespoke” screen, like you were calling it.

[stuck garnet]

yeh

its "bespoke" because they are supposedly having a screen made just for them

which is unusual for these companies

[vital minnow]

Zarathustra reference fr

[stuck garnet]

since they usually use factory seconds or old stock

[jade horizon]

Since the post is locked I can't even change the name to something like Retroid Pocket 4:3 1440p OLED mortgage screen device

[stuck garnet]

@compact tiger

change it

[whole hawk]

Damn, we can’t immortalize the screen as the “Mortgage Killer”.

[compact tiger]

Change what

[stuck garnet]

change topic name for https://discord.com/channels/741895796315914271/1348657419542073436

[compact tiger]

Why

[stuck garnet]

amusement mostly

ban...

its definitely real

[jade horizon]

wow... that's offensive

[compact tiger]

You didn't say for who's amusement

[stuck garnet]

[jade horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-kitten-annoyed-irritated-tantrum-gif-13045775

[compact tiger]

Seriously though, if you've got like actual proof of a V3 we're happy to open it back up for you. But like
We need an image or a patent or something rather than just hopes

[stuck garnet]

just retroids offhand post for now yeah

we will have to wait for the end of year to see if it appears

[compact tiger]

I'd personally wait till something more direct comes

[stuck garnet]

yep

i hope they do it tbh

[compact tiger]

If a V3 mini hits I'll eat a block of cheese during the podcast

[stuck garnet]

habanero?

cheddar

[compact tiger]

Ew

[stuck garnet]

pepperjack?

[compact tiger]

Sharp Cheddar is gross

[dreamy narwhal]

make it a challenge, calcified 1970 government cheese

[stuck garnet]

if you think sharp is bad try aged multi year cheddar

i bit into one of the crystals one time and it was so bitter

[compact tiger]

I have

It's terrible

[stuck garnet]

i like sharp for cooking and mild for eating

since cooking mellows it out

[compact tiger]

Yeah I can't do sharp on its own
But in something else

[spring ginkgo]

I thought RPMini V3 is confirmed? So the mortgage on Retroid CEO's house was for nothing?

[vital minnow]

How does anbernic plastic usually feel in their budget devices

I have a rg406h and it feels fine but not sure if they use cheaper plastic in their xx line

[spring ginkgo]

Their plastic usually feels nice. Apparently even BatleXP 350 feels good.

[stuck garnet]

yeah it feels fine

theres no real flex or creaking if you press on it

[jade horizon]

they said the screen is still happening, so while we may not get a direct replacement for the V1 mini anymore, a device with a 4:3 OLED panel will happen, very likely within the next 7-10months IMO

[signal axle]

The only oddity was like the battery cover being very slightly raised on the 35xx sp. this one doesn't have one

[stuck garnet]

funny enough my battery cover on my 35sp has always been flush

[signal axle]

Weird yeah I heard about it from a few others and mine had it too lol

It's not too bad though. You would only notice if you actually looked for it

I've tried screwing it a few different ways and I think it's just the plate lol

[tame aspen]

What’s up 34xxSPers

Has the screen drama died down yet

[plain hollow]

I think so?

[tepid rose]

Probably yeah

[tame aspen]

Good

[late solstice]

So is it or isn’t it a native 3:2?

From those teardown images it definitely looks like some screen is being hidden. I’m still working through the 9000 messages above

[upbeat mesa]

Anbernic says it’s a custom screen and Gamma’s findings are pinned. #1332421146074939443 message

[tame aspen]

From what I gather max zhou says it’s a 3:2 panel in a 4:3 housing

[pearl flax]

has anyone taken a picture of the device's backlight on with the housing off?

[orchid echo]

It's 4:3 screen housed and scaled to be 3:2 - See Le Phawx video.

[pearl flax]

[tame aspen]

Phawx’s video is wrong

See gamma pins

The display is not 1280x960

It’s 720 pixels horizontal at the least

[tame aspen]

Order me another unit and I’d gladly do a teardown

[calm kindle]

that’s a good point, it would be wider than the bezel but Phawx just showed it taller?

[tame aspen]

Well I shouldn’t say the phawx’s video is wrong, just that his conclusion about the panel being 1280x960 is wrong

[orchid echo]

Yeah. Tracing the device to origin it's going to be as Phawx said. There is nothing wrong with 1.78 projection they have done - it's good even. Bottom line. If you like it buy it. This is not the retroid scandal. That's said, vendors should be much more open with the community, since we care so much and are willing to dig in so deeply.

Ultimately it means we really love these products, and the work by the engineers who build them, perfectly marketed or not.

[tame aspen]

#1332421146074939443 message

[signal axle]

Well if it's literally just a 720x480 with a shroud then anbernic was open about it lol

There was literally nothing to discuss

[tame aspen]

Gammas tests and anbernics claims seem to align so

[signal axle]

Yep. And if what gamma said about dtb sometimes using the wrong name is true, then that would make sense as to why it said it was a different display

[tame aspen]

Yup

[signal axle]

Any press is good press for Max Zhou at this point. Masterclass

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/xrd-exrd-crypto-btc-eth-gif-23801255

Max zhou when he sees controversy

[olive trail]

I don't know why everyone immediately freaked because it reported a different resolution.
That was super common with older monitors/TVs.
To the point that there were warnings not to switch to those resolutions unless you were sure it was actually supported.

[frail dagger]

Because people in this community like drama

[signal axle]

the internet

[olive trail]

It's part of the reason why your resolution gets swapped back in 15 seconds if you don't manually hit confirm afterwards.

[tame aspen]

Twas a slight overreaction

Now

When do these ship

[olive trail]

That said, they should've oriented the screen so it had a big chin instead of a big forehead for people to place stickers underneath.

Like those GBA bottom bezels.

[signal axle]

Agreed. According to max that decision is because the drivers and wires are located there lol

[muted vessel]

the rp mini fraud has everyone on edge looking for hidden screen inside their handhelds lol

[olive trail]

Honestly, this is the problem when a well liked and respected person shares info that turns out to be incorrect.
It gets spread like wildfire and even if they edit the video/pin a comment and release a correction video most people will only remember "Yeah, Anbernic faked the screen"

[tepid rose]

https://tenor.com/view/cr7-penaldo-cristiano-ronaldo-gif-14843852

[vital minnow]

He did say it looked fine tbf

[muted vessel]

yeah I expect to be seeing claims anbernic faked a screen even years from now on SBCgaming etc

[tame aspen]

To be fair I don’t think phawx explicitly said it was a fact, just that “this is what is being reported, this is what that could mean, and this is how it could be happening”

[olive trail]

But you have to know what the implications would be coming off of RPmini-gate.

I fully assume he meant well, but there were so many ways to have double checked.

[signal axle]

Phawx is basing it off what his Linux cmd spat out. It was almost impossible to be correct with the way he went about it

[dusky trout]

My order from the US warehouse is "shipped" but tracking hasn't updated yet

[signal axle]

Its more impressive that phawx's theory got us here and I don't see anyone else doing what he does

[olive trail]

Yeah, I don't want to come off like I'm saying he did something wrong. If anything it's nice having people look into suspicious things like this.

[upbeat mesa]

I was more hopeful it was a real 4:3 higher resolution screen and we would see a new version. The 3:2 I am personally not interested in.

If it had no sticks and centered 3:2... that statement would be different of course.

[tawny dagger]

Yeah, about that...

[spice sandal]

I think @blissful estuary followed some solid leads tbh, but yeah there's a lot that can obfuscate the reality. I had no idea that the panel was that big under the shell, so that was a cool discovery.

[signal axle]

Yeah based off the information provided he was being sent into a hole of lies

[spice sandal]

this is the 406v device tree, note how it still references the cube LCD in the name:
https://gist.github.com/TheGammaSqueeze/7bba3b8c9d178ea860e75850ec921a77#file-406v-running-kernel-dts-L2028

[signal axle]

So it is entirely possible that the 1280x960 is just referencing the 406h

Their naming guy got everything a device late

[spice sandal]

Potentially, it's just a FB mode that's enabled, probably some whacky config

Or could be related to HDMI timings

[signal axle]

Ahhh okay

[calm raft]

Straight from Max Zhou: "The panel driver chip supports multiple resolutions, but the screen glass is 720x480"

Basically, Phawx is wrong and Anbernic didn't falsely advertise any of the specs. You can actually get integer scaled 3x GBA. But I hope Max Zhou still puts out that video of him prying the panel open to show where the actual screen ends

[spice sandal]

Yup

Haha if they donate a screen to me, I could probably delaminate the glass

https://tenor.com/view/goofys-trial-murder-ill-do-it-again-gif-15434208

[signal axle]

I thought that said dominate

Same thing

[blissful estuary]

Yea this is fair.

Still going to do an update video tho

[upbeat mesa]

Just to be funny... wasn't he the one who also told us the H700 devices were DONE?! 🙂

[blissful estuary]

So the model number for the display is just a bogus one.

[signal axle]

Yep

Or likely

[spice sandal]

Sometimes they'll use model numbers that may have a compatible display controller, but yeah theres no consistency there and the panel string has no bearing on driving the display itself

[blissful estuary]

I guess the only other question is if the PMU is reporting the battery size correctly or that's bogus as well

[signal axle]

It's actually a 6000mah

[blissful estuary]

Lol

Bigger battery than Switch 2

[spice sandal]

More than likely they entered a lower number in the device tree for that too

[blissful estuary]

The problem for me with the PMU is when I challenge it, it does show 100% capacity and 3000000 uAh

But I bought a device that can run tests on batteries externally

So I'll be able to externally verify

[plain hollow]

I still hate that they lied about the battery

It doesn't make much of a difference with the device

But they still fuckin lied about a component that's not quite as good as advertised

[oak solar]

I didn't pay attention to the chat

is the screen based or cringe

[sage raptor]

It’s fine. Part of it is hidden under the huge bezel but it doesn’t really change anything

[oak solar]

So it's mid

[muted vessel]

It might be a 3300mah battery they treat as 3000 in software just to have a buffer against over-discharge and to account for tolerances but it’ll need tools

[tame aspen]

I doubt a missing 300mah would shave a significant amount on time off of play

[plain hollow]

Well it's actually a really good screen lol

[tame aspen]

34xx screen is amazing

[plain hollow]

Even if it's just 720x480, the colours and brightness are great

[plain hollow]

That's fair

It does look basically the same as the one used for the 35SP

So you might be right

[ebon dock]

Wait why copping this if you got that lol

[tame aspen]

Cuz

[ebon dock]

Totally fair

[cunning pollen]

Yep, could be a mistake in their devicetree

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/patiently-waiting-waiting-waiting-patiently-still-waiting-gif-3590841176648399679

[toxic bronze]

It won't surprise me at all if their devicetree is filled with errors and typos

[urban jetty]

Probably like 256gb sd Cards that actually have 230gb available

[tame aspen]

Me when gibibytes

[languid grove]

Nah, that's just the difference between Gigabytes (GB) and Gibibytes (GiB).

[neon wharf]

if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it probably is a duck

that's the first thing that's taught in game programming class

practically everything in tech is like that

a horse is just a human class with 2 extra legs

never assume something is an error , typo or mistake without checking documentations. 1 "assumed typo" fix can bring the whole thing down

[amber mural]

Dear Anbernic, shame on you!
Best regards, Retroid

I knew this device was 💩

[tame aspen]

Sorry buddy you’re a little late lol

Screen issues have already been debunked lol

[amber mural]

I still don't believe Anbernic's statement.

Ofc they're going to defend their device.

[tame aspen]

Gammas tests seem to align with their statements

[amber mural]

But for me it's still a 💩 device!

[viscid sapphire]

Ordered 7 days ago from Ali - arrived at my door in Australia just now. No way that this was getting damaged in transit - the packaging is extensive.

[jade horizon]

Well if it's a 1280×960 screen it's just insane to go trought the efforr to scale it to 720×480

[tame aspen]

My unit finally shipped

[vital minnow]

Dang we still talking about the screen?

[neon wharf]

people just need a reason to be outrage, let them be

[jade horizon]

Outrage looks quite different

Anbernic not going trought the effort of moving the active area up makes it look weird, if this is indeed a 4:3 panel tho

[signal axle]

but it's not

Lol

[jade horizon]

Well, the huge forehead makes it look like one at least

[muted vessel]

it is weird because if we accept that it is a 3:2 screen in a 4:3 housing why did they centre it in the housing for the 34xx but then bottom align it for the 34xxSP

[signal axle]

the two things I've heard are
1: max said theres some wiring or whatever in the forehead
2: the analogue sticks (?)

The analogue sticks thing was mentioned by stubbs but I'm not sure if that means like there needed to be more room for it to fold?

or because they needed to create like a bevel to make it not touch the sticks. I don't know

[muted vessel]

could be a ribbon cable durability concern

since the cable has to go through the hinge

[signal axle]

yeah it was something like, the drivers and cables are running through the top

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[jolly heart]

The wiring is at the top and they can't rotate the screen 180 degree because the driver does not support it

[muted vessel]

the 34xx (not sp) has it more centred though

[neon wharf]

maxzhou said he will be doing a teardown of the screen soon and expect the sorry videos from the "foreigners"

he will be waiting forever, we all know "foreigners" don't apology ever, the best he can get is an acknowledgement of mistake

[stark heath]

Ah I don't think I said analogue sticks, but I thought they were leaving room for the magnets was my original theory 😆

[signal axle]

Not sure where I heard that then.. Lol

[stark heath]

Isn't it Anbernic who doesn't apologize ever? They kind of just swag it off and move on to the next handheld? 😂

I don't expect apologies from the dastardly foreigners either though

[spring ginkgo]

yeah they prefer to blacklist people for constructive criticism 🤣

[indigo swallow]

I imagine Phawx is very much on that blacklist now.

[neon wharf]

who's currently on the list now?

[spring ginkgo]

Joey, Taki and now Phawx? xD

I wonder if RGC and RH guys will get on it as well because they reposted the findings of Phawx 😄

[neon wharf]

i get joey, but is taki really?

[spring ginkgo]

He was for a loooong time already 😄

[neon wharf]

taki just doesn't make much video nowaday

[spring ginkgo]

Unless they forgot about him because indeed he doesnt do any videos

[neon wharf]

he can just cross the street to get it, no need to send it to taki

[stuck garnet]

taki is too busy not finishing his 42 products

[neon wharf]

as I understand it, taki is a screen quality control contractor right? doing youtube is just a hobby

[spring ginkgo]

Not sure, I think he was an youtuber first and become contractor later on

He was an OG good quality reviewer, the first guy getting into the details and being more critical when there were only RetroDODO's and ETA Primes in this space

He was well liked and respected until he criticized Retroid for RP3 shortcomings and started to bash anything made by Retroid and AYN 😄

[neon wharf]

I like taki, hope his business is doing ok, I have no interest of buying his expensive niche products but hope him all the best

[spring ginkgo]

His idea for business is very good, but you can tell he is inexperienced because he is trying to do too many things at once

(like MagicX xD)

[indigo swallow]

It's all good though. He fixed the issues with the retroid 3+.

(Are we still doing those jokes?)

[spring ginkgo]

ah yeah, exactly a lot of people didn't like this statement (especially the Retroid guys, I guess because of their argument), but apparently he really did chose the t618 etc for it ;D

[indigo swallow]

T618 was the GOAT chip.

[spring ginkgo]

Its interesting that still its better than most of the chips we see in low and mid end devices lol 😛

But I have to say Anbernic's T820 was a pretty good successor to it, still keeping their devices super affordable and just enough to push for more GC and PS2

[indigo swallow]

Aye. RP flip is still my most used device, and still more powerful than most of the stuff people talk about here

T618's had a great price point, and covers all the systems up to PSP nicely. Big jump in power needed to fully cover the next stuff like 3DS and GC.

[spring ginkgo]

I have to say RP Flip 2 is super tempting

[jade horizon]

My OLED screen is just like 9months behind schedule... his buisness can go belly up for all I care

[indigo swallow]

It does seem nice.

Honestly, I don't want to play anything more advanced than psp on a small screen anyway, so my flip 1 is fine.

But it's nice to know that the flip 2 is available when my flip 1 does eventually break.

[spring ginkgo]

5.5" is significantly bigger though

[plain hollow]

Yeah but the Flip 1's display is already bigger than the original PSP's

You wouldn't get a whole new device just for a better screen

Or at least I wouldn't

Oh I misunderstood

[indigo swallow]

Meh. 3/4". Bigger and better.

But I don't feel the need to spend £200+ on a device that I will just be playing the same games on.

If I wanted pocketable GC/3ds/Wii/PS2 it would make more sense.

[mellow pasture]

Means you'll have to question it on every device moving forward, these companies really don't understand what losing credibility means in the long term

[plain hollow]

Kehoe might be right at least

[mellow pasture]

They already are under scrutiny because some people think their batteries are going to explode if they use the wrong charger, but now the battery isn't even the right size they claim either

[plain hollow]

I'd believe it, since physical size of the battery is the same as the 35SP

Or at least looks like it

[mellow pasture]

Yeah I mean let's hope that's the case

[dusk bone]

https://tenor.com/view/pick-me-blake-shelton-the-voice-choose-me-over-here-gif-16888083

[toxic bronze]

Where can I find the Gamma tests results?

[muted vessel]

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[tame aspen]

Pins

[toxic bronze]

Oh thank you both. I didn't see it.

[plain hollow]

Gammas won't do his magic on H700 devices because they're on the way out, right?

[muted vessel]

I don't think they have the right libs to run gamma

[plain hollow]

Those damn libs

They're turnin the chipsets gay

[pearl flax]

he got blacklisted by anbernic when he did his rg552 review

he called them out for letting cfw developers fix their devices instead of doing good day one software and i suppose they got pissed

[tame aspen]

Taki videos are just him whining and complaining about everything wrong with a given device

Except the RP3Pro of course

[pearl flax]

tbf i think his heart's in the right place, and he can give out very good criticisms about a device

but i thought he was a bit more visibly biased than other reviewers

[dusky trout]

I think more negative reviewers have a place in the community, someone needs to apply that kind of pressure, but I also personally don't enjoy watching reviews that are totally negative rather than critical in constructive ways

[ember cargo]

lowers pitchfork slowly

[jolly heart]

【周哥拆解34xxsp屏幕，回应遮盖传言、分辨率问题。34xxsp和34xx是同一块屏幕。-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/oXi8cMg

Teardown by maxzhou himself

[signal axle]

really cool

[spice sandal]

what a youtuber makes a mofo do

respect to max for showing the teardown though

[signal axle]

yeah its great to hear him talk about it

at least what I can understand lol

[spring ginkgo]

I still think he did it on purpose to fuck with Retroid 😄 why he left in db exactly the same resolution that Retroid claim RP Mini had?

[dreamy narwhal]

how many D's of chess is that 🤣

[spring ginkgo]

MaxDs xD

[toxic bronze]

Maxzhou made Phawx make a video that made the community shout "Anbernic you have 3.5" 1280x960 screens why don't you just do a 4:3 clamshell with sticks", so Maxzhou can release 35xx sp pro max next month with again an H700 inside, "you asked for it"

[jade horizon]

that wasn't much of a tear down, pry the panel open and show us there ain't any screen hidden 🔥

[spring ginkgo]

TBH its quite strange that the ribbon cable is hidden to make it look exactly as if it was 4:3 xD

but still, it could be his pettiness and jab at Retroid

[toxic bronze]

Maybe it's the shell mold

[jade horizon]

having one solid piece makes assembly easier, but quite frankly them not just putting the damn thing the other way around to not have the five-head is what throws me off

[slender bone]

i dont speak ching chong, can someone translate

[gaunt coral]

That pesky foreigner Phawx is shadow banned for his kung fu treachery!

[stuck garnet]

Tiny bit racist

[tame aspen]

What do you expect from a default pfp

[signal axle]

sounds like 34xx MuOS img should work off rip, just no fold to sleep func obv

[finite gate]

peeps are really putting moderation to work today lol

[compact tiger]

Imagine banning the same guy 4 times
Couldn't be me

[signal axle]

thats a repeat problem user

[compact tiger]

Steamdeckp gone

[signal axle]

Steamdeck P Nas

[compact tiger]

I prefer an AI NAS

[silent spear]

Wasn't he the same guy who called retro game corps a pussy for not complaining to anbernic about the rg34xxsp screen?

[compact tiger]

Yes

[tepid rose]

Yes

And got rude to others as well

[muted vessel]

Every time I see him post he’s flaming someone lol

And apparently is also a bigot

[ember cargo]

hey now, some of us are just legitimately lazy

wait, I don't think that really works as an argument

nevermind

[mighty ingot]

Has anyone thought about using the five head like an arcade marquee?

[gaunt coral]

For those who havent seen Black Dynamite, a hilarious blaxploitation action comedy, thats where "Kung Fu treachery" is from. Not being racist 🙂

https://tenor.com/view/black-dynamite-who-the-hell-is-interrupting-my-kung-fu-interrupted-rude-pissed-gif-5322491

[blissful estuary]

The good news is I've realized that it's actually insanely easy to verify things.

[gaunt coral]

Not sure if you saw above, I think gamma measured the pixels

[blissful estuary]

This is confirmation it is indeed 720x480

[vital minnow]

The French strike again

[blissful estuary]

I bought a digital microscope and pushed single pixels to 720x480 and it's as clear as day only a single pixel is illuminated

Will use this in a follow up video

[gaunt coral]

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Hopefully Anbernic dont blacklist you

[blissful estuary]

Perhaps, we shall see. I don't think so

[signal axle]

collecting some cool tools for future reviews

[gaunt coral]

@blissful estuary is the battery actually 3,000 though? Does the label show 3,300 if you open it?

[blissful estuary]

I also bought an external power analyzer for USBC at 160watts and direct battery connection

Basically have to assume any information I get from these cheaper embedded devices have absolutely bogus data

So I'll need to externally verify

[gaunt coral]

Not suprised. Its not like they have consumer regulations to abide to

[blissful estuary]

For the battery side, it would be most helpful as I could get realtime total system power information

But at the very least the 5h15m battery life is official worst case I recorded (could be do to screen can get brighter)

[gaunt coral]

Compared to other similar anbernics?

Maybe the heat from the cpu is reducing the battery? I know it doesnt have a heatsink, but if i put thermal paste on the cpu/gpu would it lower the heat?

[blissful estuary]

I'm not sure why it would be difficult to apologize. In my video, I did a direct pixel comparison and even myself was in disbelief at what the system was reporting. But I wasn't negative on the device (outside of 3:2 not being great for 4:3 content) and even said it is my favorite GBA handheld at the end.

My mistake was not leaving it as an open question despite having lots of coincidences. I should have got proper verification.

As a result, I do need to apologize to Maz Zhou because I made him waste some of his time that he didn't need too.

I also need to apologize to basically everyone for wasting their time because of how it all rolled out.

But that's not difficult. I recognize where I went wrong and have this as a learning opportunity to do better. No one's perfect

[blissful estuary]

Don't think it would appreciably. Nor would it really change power dynamics.

Reality is that the chip itself is likely using ~1 watt which is not much of anything to concern. 1+ watt used by display/WiFi/ram this is nothing

[gaunt coral]

So is the heat coming from the battery? I dont have my unit yet but it sounded like from stubbs, this unit is hotter than the 35xx sp

[stuck garnet]

Better you wasting our time than some other chucklehead

[signal axle]

I think it's great that your theory led to a response from Max and provided more clarity on why things are made the way they are. Leaving it open-ended would've been better video-wise but I think this brought a lot of valuable information and response that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise from the community+Anbernic

I love this kinda shit.. Especially if things are constructive and we can have active discussion on it

[muted vessel]

that tracks - the 28xx has amazing battery life with the same chip, presumably due to smaller screen, dimmer screen, and no wifi.

[dreamy narwhal]

the no wifi is a pretty big part id guess

[signal axle]

this is one of the few or even first times I've seen Max respond directly to a video like that. He didn't sound upset (I have a novice level of Mandarin understanding lol) and it was pretty cool to watch and listen to

granted if he made a comment on "the foreigner", I may have skipped it. But his tone and what he was explaining in regards to the screens was mostly educational

[blissful estuary]

Most likely culprit yea

[neon wharf]

something is lost in the translation here, my comment was not directed at you or anyone in particular. It was a comment on western culture where everyone is so afraid of being sued, no one ever publicly apology or admit wrong doing even they wanted to

[tepid rose]

Max knows it was a mistake amd he probably knows that phawx didn't do anything wrong

It's great theory which explained why the screen was like that

[gaunt coral]

Thats not a western culture. Thats American culture. Here in Canada, we dont sue people for anything. Same in the EU.

[blissful estuary]

To clarify, I took no offense at all. ❤️

[copper plinth]

Problem is as a content creator you'll get a little outside of your comfort zone and talk about some of that stuff. And you know yourself that you're just kinda throwing some ideas out there.

But your audience who's even less familiar with the subject is used to take you as a source of truth and will take your word for it.

I guess the main mistake was to present this info a little too confidently. Also some of your theories (especially the overscan one) were really easy to debunk even without a microscope. 6 pixels on each side of a 1280 screen are easy to see if they're missing to the naked eye on a GBA game. (albeit while looking at the screen from quite up close)

[blissful estuary]

You can actually search my receipts (maybe even on twitter) I use the phrase "Trust is a currency" and for sure that has been watered down. Going forward, any claim I make will have to be backed by something more concrete.

for the overscan, there is play there as I wasn't even certain on what the uniform scale could be. 1.78<>1.8 would be nothing or more respectively.

But yea, I should have trusted just the straight pixel comparison I did in my video as well. There was mutually exclusive ideas I was holding on to and I wouldn't let go of the bogus 1280x960 and weirdo LCD model data tied along with the weirdo "extra" display when opening the front lid

truth be told, I didn't even open the front lid first

the sequence of events was

• get power data directly
• oh let me get display model
• wth is 1280x960 thats 4:3
  well that would mean physically there is more screen and then opening and seeing it

so it was just a string of coincidences that led to me holding firm to this idea

[indigo swallow]

It's ok to Phawx up sometimes. We all do it.

[blissful estuary]

eyyyyy

[copper plinth]

It would have been quite an interesting find if it ended up being a different screen for sure. And it's become more important to check especially after the Retroid fiasco! (the Retroid Classic would be my perfect vertical but I refuse to buy more from them after the Retroid Mini gaslighting saga)

I guess the Anbernic / RG34XXSP haters were really just too ready to light up on anything

[blissful estuary]

Your point on trust is what cripples me most. I've long invested in my word having value and to devalue it pains me

[copper plinth]

I'm not sure people outside of maybe 50 people across this discord and reddit will care to be honest.

I was really just trying to word that sometimes someone can be throwing some ideas to start a conversation about something curious. But the people listening are no there to open a convo and more to feed on some "pre-packaged" opinion, if that makes sense?

[blissful estuary]

It does indeed

[copper plinth]

Hopefully Anbernic takes it gracefully, in any case they could use a little reminder that we're on the lookout for any chicanery

[tepid rose]

Cmon it's phawx one mistakes it's minor

[copper plinth]

I definitely agree with you, but as humans nobody's above some pettiness.

[tepid rose]

Anbernic would be fine max probably knows he meant no harm just a good theory stuff

Like he didn't even bash them like how taki would

[covert basalt]

phawx does more technical stuff in the reviews than a lot of other content creators

its not like he's throwing out random theories, he even explains and shows his reasoning

[tepid rose]

Exactly that's why it's phawx

[copper plinth]

I'm not saying they would be right to hold a grudge, quite the opposite!

[tepid rose]

To be honest unless you did something extra wrong to them like it's not like ayaneo would be

[covert basalt]

but then there's still the question about the battery haha

is it 3000 or 3300mAh like they advertised

[rose summit]

I don't think there was anything on that video that should merit any such "devaluing". I understood pretty much next to nothing of the technical stuff (only myself to blame for that), but I saw questions, an attempt at finding answers and credit given where credit was due. Questioning things is healthy behaviour, and even if there were misunderstandings or misgivings in the findings presented, I think it was clear for everyone to see that it was coming from a place of respect to both the audience and the brand. And, honestly, brands should be open to clarify issues such as these, it does less harm than good for everyone involved. The RP mini fiasco is too fresh in everyone's minds, for good and for bad, and the biggest issue there was the lack of transparency

TLDR, sorry

[weary pine]

Anbernic… concerned with durability? 🤔

[muted vessel]

I mean if having a bunch of extra length on the ribbon below the screen made it bend and bind or something it could have been immediately obvious

[whole hawk]

I still think he was going too easy on them considering what Anbernic decided to pull for the RG353 devices “official” firmware.

[whole hawk]

And no sticks.

[young dragon]

A lot of the things even flew over me as a Chinese but basically they used a screen panel without the glass overlay as a comparison, and showed that above the display window is not unused pixels, but rather the cables and structural material. So the screen is FULL.

[clear hatch]

The hinges on my RG34XXSPs feel amazing to me -- better than the 35XXSP, the Flip, and the V90 (OG). I'm very impressed. The buttons, while slightly louder than my Flips, are probably quiet enough for my spouse. Now I just need to get rid of the skittles on the black unit stat for my indelicate sensibilities.

[plain hollow]

I could only compare them by sight, but I believe the button caps the 34SP has are bigger than the 35SP's

[clear hatch]

I get 7.6mm on both

the D-Pad is wider on each direction on the 35SP, but the overall width is very close if not the same

these are quick measurements with a very cheap caliper

[tame aspen]

My 34xx flippy gets here Tuesday

[clear hatch]

I grabbed a gray and a black, but since I have a cobalt GBSP i’ll probably get an indigo eventually

definitely feels more pocketable than the 35SP

[tame aspen]

Good to hear

[neon wharf]

they do, people love to bash anbernic but forget they are one of the OGs. Maxzhou has been making hombrew games and console hacks since the 90s. Anbernic is just him and his friends making big while doing what they love

[sage raptor]

Do the buttons feel any harder than the Flip, or just slightly louder?

Tbh I think my Flip buttons are just barely too mushy. Don’t want to click, but wouldn’t mind just a tad more tactile.

[whole hawk]

Is Anbernic shipping them to US buyers already?

…Or wait, do you just not live in the US?

[sage raptor]

I just ordered from the Ali store yesterday. Shipped from CA and should be here in a week.

[covert basalt]

i'm going to wait on a sale. im happy with the 34XX for now

[tame aspen]

Mine shipped

Scheduled for Tuesday delivery

[olive trail]

I know you came from a good place 👍
It's kind of a shame that being a trusted source makes backlash/fallout over incorrect information exponentially worse since that misinformation will fly faster than any correction can address.

I feel like the SBC/Retro Handheld community is relatively close though.
Besides from getting more concrete evidence yourself on issues I'm sure you can reach out to others for a second opinion before committing to a video.

[gaunt coral]

Why is there a big crack/big line on the screen compared to the 35xx?

[minor terrace]

I think it's just the seam line between the plastic it's more prominent on light color like gray or white

[clear hatch]

@gaunt coral @minor terrace that’s right, the seam is more obvious on the gray plastic of the 34XXSP. Oddly the seam is smoother on the Flip

Flip on the left

[minor terrace]

Miyoo has always taken better care of processing their plastic

But looking at it closer the seams seem to have fused amazing

Maybe they're using softer plastic?

[clear hatch]

oh it comes apart easily enough :)

I had it open earlier

[minor terrace]

That's awesome so they probably sand it down to make it smooth

[weary pine]

Miyoo flip seems like the best device if they fix the hinge. Such a hard decision with every device having a large downside. I personally think the buttons are too hard on the 35xxsp v2 so that is a dealbreaker for me :/

[stark heath]

I doubt anyone will truly devalue your word from this man, that follow-up vid will help for sure, and also shit happens. You try your best each time, I have rarely ever seen you make mistakes. Never forgot. This guy Phawx!

[weary pine]

As someone not following to closely, Phawx saw the 34xxsp screen reporting 4:3 in a software then he mistook the driver area as unused screen. Not a big deal, I think people would be overreacting to say such a mistake is “trust shattering”

[stuck garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-song-invader-zim-gir-gif-7674344

[dire siren]

It came

[proper hawk]

Oh no, a Grey Model....watch out for Hinge Issues.....whoops wrong device

[dire siren]

Not with anbernic

The device feels solid af

[serene oar]

Solid game. How does the dpad feel? I played it on 34XX and it made me realize the dpad is subpar.

By the way shouldn’t this channel be moved out of upcoming?

[ember cargo]

nah you are cool, happens to all major YouTubers, years of trustworthy content are not going to be trashed because of this

though I will never forgive you for making me buy the original GPD Win Max on your recommendation that it was not too large or heavy only to find out that it was indeed too large and heavy

(in fairness that was pre- steam deck or ally so it was still a solid device for its time)

[languid grove]

Skill issue

[ember cargo]

fair

that was before I started lifting so my opinion might be different now if I still had it

[blissful estuary]

"Do you even handheld, bro?" 😆

[dire siren]

Dpad is identical to the miyoo mini

[proper hawk]

TIL Phawx Lifts, so Handhelds are lighter by his standards

[ember cargo]

Russ has been claiming that he's a professional weight lifter for years, and every time he casually mentions it on his videos he sounds so dead serious that I honestly can't tell if it's a long running joke or not

I feel like it has to be a long running joke but I'm afraid to ask at this point

[minor terrace]

Oooooh that's good news

[dire siren]

I'm struggling really to fine any complaints about about the device, the '5head' is no way as big as people are making out, it looks alot more normal than in the pictures

[tame aspen]

It’s called a sleeper build

[proper hawk]

Would love to see Russ do some Fitness Tuber Guest Appearance lol. Just Casually appear play some games do a "Daily Workout with Me" go back to Playing games & Testing 🤣

[gaunt coral]

Do we know if knulli is working on the RG 34xx sp?

[simple widget]

You probably can boot it just fine but it might need some fixes for the 3:2 screen.

[dire siren]

The sticks wont work

[gaunt coral]

My question was is if we know if knulli is working on a version for the 34xx sp, not if I can use an existing version.

[dire siren]

Your answer is yes but the sticks won't work

[gaunt coral]

So they cant implement an OS with working sticks? Do you know why?

[dire siren]

Im sure they will but it will take time to develop

They will need the device in hand to do it

Likely they haven't received

[whole hawk]

Well then, that’ll teach me to not order from GoGameGeek then, even if I only did so because I still had a leftover 20% discount code.

I literally point blanked asked them if they would be shipping them via their local US Warehouse and they said they would.

Fast forward to yesterday and they sent a tracking number for YunExpress shipping from China around 4AM, and they also never actually handed it over to the shipping company and only made the tracking number order.

[tame aspen]

Oof I learned the hard way on why not to preorder from GGG. I ordered my brick from them and it took an extra 2 weeks to ship compared to aliexpress

[whole hawk]

Yeah, I’m honestly fine with the wait, I’m mostly just annoyed at the fact they lied right to my face about the US Warehouse shipping thing.

[sage raptor]

Will MinUI run on this?

[tame aspen]

Yes

Not sure if it’s supported at the current moment but it usually does support the H700 devices

[dire siren]

I seem to have an issue with wifi on mine

[dire siren]

It looks like knulli actually have a working build

Yeah knulli doesn't work with the sticks or the menu buttom

[gaunt coral]

No menu button kinda sucks

[dire siren]

Does anyone know where i can find the stock OS? My computer now wont recognise the stock sd 😭

[gaunt coral]

So the battery is labelled Anbernic and 3300, so curious if they are being decieved by the battery supplier or linux is reading it wrong

[dire siren]

The link of the anbernic website will not allow access to the gdri e

[halcyon grail]

You could try modded stock https://github.com/cbepx-me/Anbernic-H700-RG-xx-StockOS-Modification

[dire siren]

Im trying that but it has hung on 17.2%

[halcyon grail]

Huh, strange

If your PC isn't recognising the stock microSD card, it might just need you to assign it a drive letter. Put the microSD card into your PC and then go to Disk Management in Windows.

If you can see the microSD card listed there, just right-click on it and click "Change drive letter and paths"

[dire siren]

I tried this

Whats strange is it recognises it on my mac

Im making a bootable image of it atm

[plain hollow]

Well the "menu" button is the one button above the D-pad and face buttons

Even has an M on it

It's just that in essence, it's more the hotkey button

You hold menu + select to go back to the menu IIRC

But menu + RT is speed up for example

[upbeat pewter]

He meant the menu button doesn't work with knulli atm

[plain hollow]

Ohh

My bad

[dire siren]

The stockmod has actually worked as is pretty nice

[tame aspen]

Maybe try rocknix?

They have a 34xxSP version too

[opaque pond]

What are the odds that they are going to release an RG35xxSP with the twin sticks?

[sour crypt]

Unlikely imo

I think we’re more likely to get something with more power like an RG406SP with sticks

Actually no maybe they would do a 35xxsp+ or pro with sticks, could happen

[plain hollow]

I don't see Anbernic having much in way of H700 chips anymore

[covert locust]

https://youtu.be/zLfiWJYKHAw

[whole hawk]

…Please tell me this isn’t a fake thumbnail and those are actual handhelds. They actually look really neat.

[plain hollow]

I think it's AI

A lot of the keyboard is just nonsense

[earnest pecan]

what your keyboard doesnt have 3 Os on it?

[floral pond]

AI Thumbnail is the fastest way to make me block your channel.

[vital minnow]

PEAK

[tame aspen]

Why does Monday have to be a holiday