OUYA will make its way to Retail Stores

[chyyran]

It would be funny if it sold well against all this 'hating'.

It doesn't matter whether it sells well or not. It's simply not worth $100 in my point of view, and many others. If it does sell well, great, the guys over there at Ouya get to swim in piles of cash. I don't really care, I just want to state my point that the Ouya is not the best solution for gaming, HTPC, price-effective(ness?)

 

[Foxi4]

You really think your PC would fit there?!

That TV there looks like it's at least 40" big and the stereos are at least half its length - yes, I do declare you'd fit a PC in that hole, and if not, get a smaller PC case or have two shelves rather than three. Don't look for problems in this - you can have a tasteful-looking PC under your TV with no issues whatsoever.

 

[IBNobody]

As a fellow HTPC user, I'd like to tell you that the Ouya is frankly, a piece of crap when it comes to HTPC uses. Solely because XBMC for Android is currently very early in development. There are much, much better alternatives for a low profile HTPC.

Here's the Zotac ZBOX, slap OpenELEC or XBMCbuntu on it

Better yet, just build your own Micro-ITX machine if you're looking for low profile. All hardware breaks down eventually. Even the Ouya.

Those are more than $99 and you have to maintain them. They run Linux, and you have to maintain it. If it's all one piece, there's less you have to worry about. If it runs Android, it's pretty much hands-off (but with all the perks of Linux).

 

[KingVamp]

It would be funny if they found all the E.T cartridges Atari hid in the desert while they're trying to find a good spot to bury the left-over OUYA's.

Surely with all those OUYA's rebuilt together, you could resell them as gaming android pc's.

 

[chyyran]

Or if you're talking about building an specific PC according to your and your living room needs

I would buy an steambox, but that doesn't have to do with this case.
I already have a PS3, and I want to buy an PS4,
but honestly, I would enjoy playing my favorite SNES games on the living room.

Oyua is upgradeable, so with time it will emulate even more systems.

Regardless of whether the Ouya will be upgradable (from what I've seen, it's neither modular, nor do they have plans for upgrades), Emulators for PC will always be superior. The demand, power, and ease of programming is much greater for PC.

As well, have you ever built a PC? Half the case is used for airflow. The parts don't actually take up that much space. If you can afford that living room, you can easily build a PC that will fit into ~15cm thick walls. Especially with liquid cooling.

 

[VMM]

That TV there looks at least 40" big and the stereo's are at least half its lenght - yes, I do declare you'd fit a PC in that hole, and if not, get a smaller PC case.

Physically, it fits, but I'm sure you already know that's not the meaning of fit in my post.

 

[chyyran]

Those are more than $99 and you have to maintain them. They run Linux, and you have to maintain it. If it's all one piece, there's less you have to worry about. If it runs Android, it's pretty much hands-off (but with all the perks of Linux).

If you want less than $99, get a ~$40 android stick.

 

[mrtofu]

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[Foxi4]

Physically, it fits, but I'm sure you already know that's not the meaning of fit in my post.

There are tasteful horizontal cases for PC's on the market. In fact, many manufacturers build cases specifically for that purpose. Accept it, your point was made null and void.

1. Get this microATX mainboard with twin PCI-E slots. Equip it with an i7, two NVidia's in SLI and as much RAM as you see fit - it has 6 slots.
2. Get a Horizontal PC Case.
3. Profit?

 

[chyyran]

Physically, it fits, but I'm sure you already know that's not the meaning of fit in my post.

From what I'm getting, you want a cheap, elegant solution, to fit into an extremely expensive looking living room?

Why not get a more expensive solution instead? Slim cases, or like I said, build it into the wall. You already splurged on the room, why not splurge on a shiny new PC? Why be a cheapass now and get the Ouya of all things?

Good bye xbox and playstation.

Though I highly doubt so, even if the Ouya becomes our new gaming overlords, and this is stretching it, Sony, has a highest chance, still not a large one, to go under, but both Microsoft and Nintendo have giant bags of money.

 

[VMM]

Regardless of whether the Ouya will be upgradable (from what I've seen, it's neither modular, nor do they have plans for upgrades), Emulators for PC will always be superior. The demand, power, and ease of programming is much greater for PC.

As well, have you ever built a PC? Half the case is used for airflow. The parts don't actually take up that much space.If you can afford that living room, you can easily build a PC that will fit into ~20cm thick walls. Especially with liquid cooling.

Or if you're talking about building an specific PC according to your and your living room needs

Yes, I did, and as I said, If you built a PC acording to those needs, then it's fine.
If you have a PC that compatc, the shelves would be enough for it.

No need for breaking your walls on such ordinary thing

 

[IBNobody]

If you want less than $99, get a ~$40 android stick.

Are you sure that they sell those with both built-in WiFi and built-in Bluetooth?

 

[chyyran]

Yes, I did, and as I said, If you built a PC acording to those needs, then it's fine.
If you have a PC that compact, the shelves would be enough for it.

No need for breaking your walls on such ordinary thing

My PC is custom built. Anyone who buys a pre-made PC for gaming is an idiot. Piston/Steambox included.

Are you sure that they sell those with both built-in WiFi and built-in Bluetooth?

Built-in WiFi is a must. Many sticks come with a bluetooth dongle that works with it, or work with most if not all.
Check Wololo's review of the MK802 stick to see how he set it up.
The MK802 is ~$30-60 dollars depending on shipping, and retailer.
However, what you pay is what you get. And Android is a shitty way to watch TV anyways, XBMC is basically the best way to set up an HTPC, and on Android, it's shit.

 

[VMM]

There are tasteful horizontal cases for PC's on the market. In fact, many manufacturers build cases specifically for that purpose. Accept it, your point was made null and void.

My whole point was:

This is not a good solution.
If you have any better solution like a compact PC, ok, but that doesn't have to do with the case

 

[Fishaman P]

If this gets popular I will be PISSED.

The reason? We need an open gaming system with a strong CPU and a strong GPU with OpenGL ES 3 support.
I want my Dolphin!

 

[VMM]

My PC is custom built. Anyone who buys a pre-made PC for gaming is an idiot. Piston/Steambox included.

Wasn't your PC that on the photo I just reposted?

 

[Foxi4]

My whole point was: This is not a good solution.
If you have any better solution like a compact PC, ok, but that doesn't have to do with the case

My solution is called "MicroATX mainboard with twin PCI-E, 6 RAM memory slots and an LGA socket in it", as in my edited post. That can easily rival any high-end PC and remain relatively small in size.

 

[IBNobody]

My PC is custom built. Anyone who buys a pre-made PC for gaming is an idiot. Piston/Steambox included.

Ever realize you keep fixing the same problems over and over and over? If you haven't gotten tired of that yet, wait another 10-20 years. It gets old.

 

[chyyran]

Wasn't your PC that on the photo I just reposted?

I only have limited resources, and chose a balance between size, form-factor, power, and price. If I could afford that room you posted, I'd buy a much more low profile, and expensive case, with liquid cooling.

Ever realize you keep fixing the same problems over and over and over? If you haven't gotten tired of that yet, wait another 10-20 years. It gets old.

What problems? The only problem I've faced is my disappointment in Emulator Frontends. They suck. HyperSpin is ugly, and has no scraping, and ones that do scrape my ROMs are ugly. Rom Collection Browser is good for XBMC, but I like a standalone solution.
In 10-20 years, that PC will be obsolete, and I would have built a new one, or upgraded it to the point where the original hardware no longer exists. Its part of the fun! Hell, in 10-20 years, the NAS that holds my TV show collection would have broke down anyways, so it doesn't matter whether the PC gets old or not!

 

[FAST6191]

PC in the wall and 1M thick walls..... my masonry bit and I have visited a few houses with a basement to build a file server (read half nice NAS) and a couple of media clients in them and run a HDMI cable (they go up to 15 meters) plus remote control wire up through the floor.

I see we are having an aesthetics debate of sorts though and other than that nice photoshoot being hugely impractical and built in a room bigger than most I have seen in houses I am not seeing the initial problem or problems with the "fixes", I guess this is why I do not get called to make things look pretty. Probably relevant XKCD- http://xkcd.com/670/

That said re: Alienware.

My conclusion... to look cool one need only attach gaudy LEDs to things.....