Topic: Play-Yan vs other?

[seen33]

im looking for a media playing device which is at least 1GB big.  I basically want this so i can watch video clips or whatever and show them to people on the go.

does any1 know if the play-yan will work here on notrh americcan DS's and also, whats the differance between the play-yan and the competition?  I prefer SD card too since its like $70 for a 1GB card + i can use it with my digital camera which also takes SD cards.

Im looking for decent enough quality and the ability to fit at least 3 hours of watchable video content on the 1GB card.

so do i wait for this play-yan?  or to I buy some similar 3rd party brand.  I dont really care how much the unit itself costs as long as its less then $90

thanks

[DemonFox]

Apparantly, u really don't care about the price... So yeah, buy Play-Yan. It's an official Nintendo product which makes it the best. And there won't be any problems using it on a north american DS. Why would there be? The DS is region free and even if it isn't, japan and america both use NTSC. I bought a $25,- GBA Movie Player myself. A $90,- Play-Yan at lik-sang is too much for me... Well I CAN buy it but I rather spend that money on games.

[seen33]

ok.. whats this differance in the gba movie player from the play yan..  I dont mind paying a bit more on the unit itself if it is of better quality.  if this gba movie player uses a differnt media tho I may not want it cause some flash media is more expensive then others.

[igotads]

so wait, the nintendo media player thing is gona b 90 dollars?

[DemonFox]

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Originally posted by: seen33
ok.. whats this differance in the gba movie player from the play yan..  I dont mind paying a bit more on the unit itself if it is of better quality.  if this gba movie player uses a differnt media tho I may not want it cause some flash media is more expensive then others.

GBAMP uses Compact Flash cards. Quality can be very good. U can choose between low, mid and high res.
Here are some movies of the GBAMP

GBA Movie Player Demo using Gameboy Player (4.15MB)
http://image.lik-sang.com/download/products/3983/GBAMoviePlayerDemo2.wmv

GBA Movie Player Demo using Gameboy Advance SP (1.10MB)
http://image.lik-sang.com/download/products/3983/GBAMoviePlayerDemo1.wmv

The first movie (and maybe the second too) was made using v1 of the GBAMP which doesn't have the ability to play NES roms. So v2 (which is also smaller) has another option in the menu to play NES roms.

And here is a Gamespot video review on GBAMP v2 (the guy doesn't talk about the NES roms though...):
http://image.lik-sang.com/content/gba-movie-player/GBA_Movie_Player_GameSpot.wmv

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so wait, the nintendo media player thing is gona b 90 dollars?

Yup

[Renny]

$60 at Play-Asia.

[DemonFox]

I usually never go to play-asia cuz a lotta stuff costs more there.
Well I guess not in this case...

[igotads]

will the GBAMP v2 work on my ds?

[MaleficentOgre]

I'm pretty sure. I know the digicam sp works on the DS

[DemonFox]

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Originally posted by: igotads
will the GBAMP v2 work on my ds?

Yeah I wouldn't have brought it up if it didn't cuz the topicstarter asked for one that works with the DS. Yeah i'm absolutly sure, I got it myself.

[seen33]

ok.. I decided to get a GBAMP then.. does any1 know any online Canadian retailers or at least American retailers?  I ordered from lik-sang before and was not pleassed at all.