First Look on Viewboy DS2TV Adapter Prototype

Although these two are just prototypes, these will still be good news especially for Nintendo aficionados. Both projects are converters displaying the image of your Nintendo handheld on television sets. One is for the Gameboy Advance SP, the other is for the Nintendo DS system. Both these new innovations are based on the same kind of mechanisms as that of PSP Blaze Adapter wherein the image is being captured through a lens and mirror dispositive placed inside the product, then rendered through an AV Cable. If these babies ever see the light of mass production, then Nintendo gamers would have the chance to share their gaming experience with the people around them.

But even if its largely good news, the products have its setbacks. First of all, this method implies splashing out a low-resolution image, optimized for a small screen, into a larger and wider one on the big TV. Thus some colors will look washed out and the graphics won’t be amazingly bright. Furthermore, any fingerprint or dust you leave on the handheld TFT or on the protective window of the TV Adapter will show up in a very obvious manner on your larger panel.

The problems do not end there, since the Nintendo DS variant offers two different screens, and one of them happens to be touchable with a stylus or your fingertip. There is no work-around for this which means that only the top LCD display can be broadcasted on a larger screen, and whatever needs to be done on the touchscreen, well, stays on the touchscreen. So you’d have to focus your attention from the DS to the tv from time to time.
 

As for the price tag, the makers are planning to give their babies a SRP of 29.95 US$. The prototypes works only with Gameboy Advance SP (not with GB Advance or Micro) or with Nintendo DS (not with Nintendo DS Lite). But if this becomes the next best thing, they will most likely tweak the device for it to be compatible with all models. More importantly, they are also on the lookout for OEM buyers or other potential partners with an assembling arm and distribution channels, in order to bring the idea from conceptualization to mass production. For now, everything is still up in the air.

Although these two are just prototypes, these will still be good news especially for Nintendo aficionados. Both projects are converters displaying the image of your Nintendo handheld on television sets. One is for the Gameboy Advance SP, the other is for the Nintendo DS system. Both these new innovations are based on the same kind of mechanisms as that of PSP Blaze Adapter wherein the image is being captured through a lens and mirror dispositive placed inside the product, then rendered through an AV Cable. If these babies ever see the light of mass production, then Nintendo gamers would have the chance to share their gaming experience with the people around them.

But even if its largely good news, the products have its setbacks. First of all, this method implies splashing out a low-resolution image, optimized for a small screen, into a larger and wider one on the big TV. Thus some colors will look washed out and the graphics won’t be amazingly bright. Furthermore, any fingerprint or dust you leave on the handheld TFT or on the protective window of the TV Adapter will show up in a very obvious manner on your larger panel.

The problems do not end there, since the Nintendo DS variant offers two different screens, and one of them happens to be touchable with a stylus or your fingertip. There is no work-around for this which means that only the top LCD display can be broadcasted on a larger screen, and whatever needs to be done on the touchscreen, well, stays on the touchscreen. So you’d have to focus your attention from the DS to the tv from time to time.
 

As for the price tag, the makers are planning to give their babies a SRP of 29.95 US$. The prototypes works only with Gameboy Advance SP (not with GB Advance or Micro) or with Nintendo DS (not with Nintendo DS Lite). But if this becomes the next best thing, they will most likely tweak the device for it to be compatible with all models. More importantly, they are also on the lookout for OEM buyers or other potential partners with an assembling arm and distribution channels, in order to bring the idea from conceptualization to mass production. For now, everything is still up in the air.