Apr 20

The $130 Digital HD Video Camera

Gadgets, Computing 2 Comments »

If you are looking for a high definition video camera to mess around with, the Aiptek A-HD 720P High Definition Camcorder is your answer. I was looking for an inexpensive camera to make some videos for YouTube and this does a great job. Anything comparable is much more expensive.

  • 1280 x 720 H.264 Video @ 30fps
  • Connect to TV/VCR/DVD player to record video, pictures and audio
  • Charge with USB or AC Adapter without removing battery
  • 5MP CMOS sensor with still images up to 8MP
  • 2x digital zoom with fixed focus

I made my first video which shows my X-Arcade stick w/ Amiga port in action. Unfortunately, the original HD video is too large to upload. It has been compressed multiple times and the aspect ratio has been changed by YouTube.

Jan 01

Gadgets - Super Joy III

Gadgets, NES/Famicom Comments »

I picked up a used Super Joy III a few weeks ago to mess around with. I knew that the quality would be fairly low and it would not come with the amount of games it promised, but it was worse than I thought. It promises about 76,000 games and comes with around 100. The graphics are a little worse than the originals as well. That being said, it does have a connection to plug in Famicom games. With an adapter, original NES games  can be played on it as well.

I was thinking of doing some sort of controller mod with it but it doesn’t seem worth it to me. I am pretty disappointed with the amount of games on it (although I would have known this with a bit of research). Some of the guys at benheck.com have done some interesting things with it if you want to check it out. I might do something with it later on.

Super Joy III