GBA Video Carts

i really like then and its a shame nintendo never went with http://www.caimans.net/gbavideo/index.shtml and decided to use actimagine video codec

using caimans 7.35mins of HQ video is about 4.8mb

 

Lol, those things are sweet. I have 3 of em, just a cool novelty more than anything.

 

Anybody remember the PSP UMD video discs ?
Those thing were cool ! Remember, no smartphones back then.

 

Sony really tried to make UMD a legitimate format for video. They tried really really hard for a year or so.

 

Problem was price point. They costed more than the DVD release and no extras. Honestly psp did better than vita cause you could easily mod it.

 

And there were no smartphones back then.
Touch screen smartphones started to become truly mainstream in 2009.

 

There were two problems with UMD movies:

1. Nobody wanted to buy movies that you could only watch on a tiny PSP screen
2. It was easier (not to mention free) to just put a movie file on a memory stick that you could play with the PSPs built-in video player

 

I still have my spider man 2 umd, bought to have at least one. The reason I never bought more was price, lack of extra features, and the fact you could just put movie files onto a memory card.

 

i had a Nokia 6630 Symbian smartphone back in 2004 and used to watch downloaded 3gp movies on it all the time lol

 

Most people didn't have a phone capable of that and even if they did, the quality and watching experience was poor.

 

I was lucky enough to have an iPod that showed video, so I could watch on that tiny little screen.

 

cool tv ad for gba video

 

It's like TV, without the TV!!!!

 

Too bad this thing is useless now, as most Western countries use the Digital TV signal, despite what TV may say in sitcoms.

 

Not if you get creative!

 

yeah it sucks i had a mobile phone i bought new for 19.22usd free shipping that had built in analog tv only thing i used it for used it off and on for about a year then they switched off analog tv