unboxing by the Phandroid team...


also, will redirect all the traffic from a thread i started at Android section to this page...

i'm patiently waiting waiting for the email confirming my unit has been shipped!

anyone got the email already?

i guess to the rest of the world... welcome to the age of affordable and disposable consoles...

so far, my only concern is:
* hardware support... in case the hardware dies... overseas users are going to have to go through a lot of hassle. probably end up cheaper getting a new set.

speaking of new sets... those who did not back via kickstarter... you can pre-order on the ouya website. but shipping starts only in June, i believe.

the chipset will follow the mobile phone trend... so can expect a hardware refresh about once a year.

btw... the size of the console really took me by surprise! din can could not believe that the controller is actually bigger than the console!

actually, it will be interesting to see how things will go with the console industry over the next few years... mobile chips are getting faster and powerful every few months. and with more people spending time on mobile phone games (since phones are usually with us all the time -- work, school, bus, train, etc)... many are finding phones to be their gaming companion.

not really sure if OUYA can have access to Google Play or not... or I guess eventually, people may find a hack for it -- just like how people can add follow some steps published on the internet to install Google Play into Kindle (at least that was the case 1 year back). then any games purchased on Play should already work (but probably with bugs). remember... OUYA runs on Android and uses the Tegra chips...

but so far, i'm not really impressed by the games other than those from the BIG studios like FF3.

but see how it goes... maybe i'll just use this as a media player. i do hope it can do that...

i actually backed this project just for the heck of it... just thought this is a cool idea...

This post has been edited by mydragoon: Apr 1 2013, 08:52 AM

one bummer that i found out recently... need credit card to access and even download games... something like that. *sigh*

kns... backer 5xxxx and yet to get my OUYA... :S

mine is with extra controller (total of 2)...

actually... just wondering if anyone is keen... and how much?

This post has been edited by mydragoon: Jun 18 2013, 11:12 AM

just thought of sharing... got my DHL shipping number email today. so... it's coming, it's coming!!!

regarding entering CC... ya, i find that to be a pain. but luckily, can use those test card numbers, which is what i did.

btw, if you are a KickStarter backer, you should have gotten a link where u can get a code and redeem something like USD13.37 (almost 'leet' backwords for geek-speak).

i'm trying to download (sideload) MX Player into OUYA and turn it into a media player. from the developer's website, should i download the one with NEON support or non-NEON. but it list examples that say non-NEON = tegra. i know OUYA uses tegra, so, I should download non-NEON for OUYA?

then next... i'd also download the custom codec to get passthru for DTS... nice...

i tried MX Player on OUYA. jerky when playing 1080p movies. how are you getting your 1080p movies?

oh, sorry.. i mean what apps you tried.

coz i tested with MX and the 1080p movies were kinda jerky... but ya, i guess i'll go mess around some more with the settings fitt -- HW, HW+, etc...

read somewhere that the XBMC in OUYA store is not the official port, but a forked one... anyway, ya, what i read seems to say its still kinda buggy. so yup, i might just wait a few more weeks before i try it out.