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Thanks for the explanation - I too was wondering about the differences between Type B and C.  Personally though, I still prefer Type C.  Yes - audio quality may be impacted due to the aforementioned crosstalk/distortion potential because of the limited available wire pairs, but ultimately I...

...the image in a way I find much more visible than a capacitive layer. As for whether it would stand up to "rigorous testing" - I have no idea.  *I* can see image change from resistive layers, *I* notice them, but most people probably will not.  I fully acknowledge that I'm picky here - this...

...lot easier here as well. Granted, maybe Linux has gotten better in the 3-5 years since I last put it on a desktop, but I seriously doubt it's any *better* than Android's app distribution system is. And lastly, I have a lot of games already purchased for Android on my phones/tablets - I...

...and accept that the Pyra will be resistive and nothing will change that.  And I'm not an inflexible guy - I might not be the biggest fan of resistive touch, but I'm ok with it - I love my DS and 3DS systems, so I know I'm more than capable of liking resistive touch - I just like capacitive...

...Linux for the most part) I'm sure that Team Pyra will choose a very high quality digi with minimal impact on the display's performance, but I have *never* failed to see the (slight) visual degredation caused by a resistive digi - that extra layer of plastic just never has enough transparency...

Just FYI - pretty much all LCD display panels are TFT whether they're IPS, VA, or TN. According to Panelook this panel is actually ADS, though ED said that BOE told him it's an FFS panel (I trust ED, it probably is FFS or some variant) - either way, those are all above "TN-grade" panels and...

Ghosting is actually the least of my concerns - I remember back in the 90s trying to play Quake on a laptop LCD with ~60-100ms response times! Now THAT was some ghosting... I've never (to my knowledge) used an FFS/HFFS panel, but I did some reading on it and it definitely sounds better than TN...

Does anyone know what the viewing angles are on the BOE screen that they're demoing?  That's all I really care about the screen, but BOE's website clearly does not list the panel that ED is testing, since he's looking at a 720p panel and the ones listed on their site are all 800x400ish

I think it's hilarious how much hate the PS controller line gets, including the PS1 controller.  I've never had a problem with the entire PS line.  Yes i have experienced discomfort with them at times, but at the same levels as discomfort I've experienced with other console controllers of the...

I partially agree - I think it was horrible in execution, but the idea and theory were sound.  One thing a lot of people don't realize is that the N64 controller was meant to be held by any combination of 2 of the 3 total "prongs" while still giving the player a minimum of 2 additional buttons...

I don't understand - how could you wrap the bottom and not wrap the corner?  I really don't understand what your issue is with the corner wrapping.  And while you might not like the DS, it was a very popular system, so there are a lot of people who clearly did like it - given that Nintendo has...

ED has said in the original post that the CPU board being swappable is likely to enable CPU upgrades, so it seems very likely that we'll see new CPU board(s) for the Pyra within a year or two of its release. Again though, I highly, highly doubt we'll ever see an x86 CPU board.  ED probably...

Why else?  Reductions in price and/or power.

...mounted directly to the main PCB, which is more likely to need redesign of the PCB in the even of a CPU change. As far as the CPU goes though, I *highly* doubt we will ever see someone make an x86 chip for the Pyra. The time and money required to design and manufacture a PCB with an x86 chip...

I actually have a question for ED regarding the Pyra's LCD - could you post a more detailed breakdown of the specs on it?  I've searched the forums and I've been unable to get this answered. My main concern is this: is the LCD a TN (Twisted Nematic) or IPS (In Plane Switching)?  IPS panels...

...but it's a niche system and it's not going to make ED rich.  It will hopefully sell enough to cover the development costs and make ED and his team *some* profits for their hard work, but realistically speaking he'll sell between 1000 and 10,000 Pyras in the entire life of the system.  Good...

...to compensate - meaning that an upgrade to any Nvidia chip would likely come at the cost of battery life. Even if an Nvidia chip was, by some *miracle*, compatible and easily able to be swapped in for the existing CPU without needed a ton of hardware/software changes, Nvidia's mobile chips...

... If the button jams it shouldn't be due to the shape of the shoulder button.  My DS shoulder buttons never once jammed, even after MANY years of *heavy* use - so it is more than possible to make a shoulder button that wraps around the bottom without jamming. Personally, I much prefer the...

While I totally support actually having 2 shoulder buttons, has anyone mentioned the fact that if people find the shoulder buttons uncomfortable they can always map 2 of the 4 of them to the spare face buttons - after all the Pyra is likely to have 6 face buttons, so it seems like a passable...

Someone get this man a PS3!