Originally posted by: Srimok
Originally posted by: Malachi Constant
It's well worth it in my opinion. If you've got the money to spare. Console + upscaler is 550 bucks. That means the upscaler alone makes it worth the money if it's any good. An XRGB Mini Framemeister costs around 300-400 dollars in today's market if you're lucky.
Now throw in the NESRGB mod, an extra Famicom slot, audio mod, four controller ports, brand new board, etc, and you can easily see where the price tag is coming from. Those are modifications worth several hundred dollars, and on top of that someone has to actually do the work. For a system that is built with the CPU and PPUs from actual Famicoms it's a good investment, provided you see the finer point in using the original hardware over emulation. I'm actually surprised the price isn't much higher considering the aluminum casing.
Only sensible post in this thread.
I love how everyone constantly shits all over the Analogue NT. At $500 it is a tremendous value for what you are getting. For all the people suggesting an emulation box it is obviously not intended for you.
I disagree.
While the part manifest works out like he describes, that does not mean it is actually a "good deal" relative to waiting for something like the AVS (which will be lower latency than an upscaler for comparable picture quality) or just continuing to play your unmodded console on a CRT.
Personally, I don't think the thing is worth paying $500 for, whether it has $500 worth of raw components or $1000 worth of raw components (assuming that it isn't easy to pull it apart and resell the parts for a profit, of course).
But if a person isn't patient enough to wait for the AVS and literally cannot have a CRT (so wants better upscaling and less latency than built-in A-to-D on most TVs) then it could be worth it for them, I guess.
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