RetroN5: Hands on first look

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I imagine he's talking about people like you and me. Dedicated classic gamers with no intentions of leaving original hardware behind but are interested in devices like this for what they're able to do that the originals can't.

Yeah, okay, a small group of the most hardcore will retain their original consoles and CRTs, but I'm talking about the masses. This will pretty much be like when mp3 players became widely affordable and CD/tapes were forever replaced and became obsolete technology. stardust4ever's claim that the RetroN5 is meant to "compliment, not replace" original hardware is like someone saying their ipod is meant to 'compliment, not replace' their vinyl records. That kind of thing might be true for a tiny fraction of people, but make no doubt about it, most people will buy a Retron5 with the exact purpose of completely replacing their old hardware.

There might even be a mini crash in the prices of the hardware the RetroN5 runs on account that nobody will want it anymore, if the RetroN5 sales are high enough. That will be interesting to see.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but does this mean there is not composite video output or any other or just hdmi as the only signal output? Thanks!

That's exactly what it means. The RetroN5 will not work through component, VGA, RGB, S-Video, Composite or any other video connection. It's HDMI only @ 720p. This means it will only work on HDTVs and a tiny number of CRTs that have HDMI output. This is just like the Ouya.

And as for your idea of an unboxing video. Unless it includes a female and her panties, you're right, lots of crickets.

*devises plan of making such a video, and making the video thumbnail a girl in her panties*