Oh, that's good to know. I guess I have it ingrained to not turn on a console without a game.  

Yeah, I felt pretty weird doing it the first time after I'd heard it was an option, but it's definitely easier (and less "destructive," if you've changed a bunch of settings) than resetting the whole thing to factory defaults.

Yeah booting without a cart is always an option. The menu doesn't work 100% of the time. If the NES experiences a hard freeze or the cart fails to boot due to dirty pin connector, software error, bad cheat codes, or otherwise, the button combo to return to the menu will likely not work.

If the AVS CPU crashes, it will halt until power cycle or reset and most likely not send out a polling signal to the controller. Without a proper polling signal, the controller cannot send inputs back to the AVS. Workaround is to reset the game if it freezes, then you could return to the menu assuming the game actually boots. When in doubt, clean yer games and try again.

I heard they are selling like hotcakes at PRGE.   Hope he sells twice as many tomorrow and ten times that when he gets home!
congrats!!!!!

Is he in danger of running out of stock at the show? At least whatever units he brought with him to Portland?

Either way, this is terrific news!!!  

EDIT: Speaking of PRGE, sucks I live in Louisiana and couldn't go. I need to drop by AtariAge and find out what's going on at Albert's booth. Yup, since 2012, I swing both ways!  

The USB port broke on my AVS pretty quick. Happened after about a week of light use. Mine actually broke off completely and was rattling around on the inside. Unfortunately, there was not much I could do to prevent it. I had only used the AVS five times total.

...Except you could have reinforced it like bunnyboy showed in pictures. Or used epoxy like many of us did. It just needs a little extra support to fight lifting when inserting the plug.

Going strong here and I have no fears that it will be damaged as I have removed and replugged many times moving between rooms, testing, and travelling.
 

There is also a part being made to reinforce the plug aswell. My USB port should be reinforced as it was a later order, but I have not checked.

Other members have used epoxy, but I remember there being a warning about the use of that by Bunny. Check earlier posts.

Yes he is in danger of running out of units at the show. As of close of business last night he only had 4units left. I am not going to say how many he brought, but it took a while for us to unload them all Friday night.  

So, what has sold more, online or at the show? I am just curious.  

That's awesome. I had no doubt this would do well outside of NA. Glad to hear

Online I'm sure, judging by the fact order numbers at RetroUSB have increased by thousands since the AVS launched.

I am so happy for one he's selling these out...  

I was an early adopter and the USB port broke before I even knew there was an issue.

There is apparently a piece being made for the USB connector. Either way, you should email their support about your issue.

^^ yup email [email protected] and they'll get you fixed up kbob25

Yes and going forward it seems there is no concern of ports breaking off.

Mine has the tiny screws on the USB port. I think that's a stop gap until he gets a new PCB revision with through hole part.

Thanks so much! Yes, already contacted them. They had to send me a new unit with the port reinforced.

Glad to hear they fixed it kbob.  
 

I was finally able to give the AVS a spin when some friends stopped over on Saturday and I was very happy with the results!
The visual quality and no lag control was great. I also used a couple of 8Bitdo Bluetooth controllers with it and really loved the setup.



Still blown away with seeing this type of quality from a NES on an HD display. 
Here are a few snapshots I took off the screen. Keep in mind they are off the screen and taken with an iPod Touch..








I do look forward to having the cart connector replaced though because I did have a few games which just wouldn't start-up on the AVS, but worked on my NES launch system.

I couldn't help but notice the "border color" option mentioned in the AVS manual is nowhere to be found in firmware 1.10 or the newer betas. I posted a thread about it here:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

I decorated mine too. Thanks for the inspiration. I had to wait a while for my AVS to finally arrive before I could apply them:


EDIT: What happened to the "add attachments" option?  

Any clues about where I can get a sweet NES decal for my front panel?

eBay. From page #141 of this thread:
  Updated link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182148049...

 

Thanks for the heads up there. Just got myself one. The whole console looks naked without something there.