Trip Hawkins - this thread is for you :)

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Post by mattyg » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:38 am

I have at least one early dvd player that will not give up and a couple of cd players - I just think that when something is relatively new it tends to be over engineered - take blu ray for example - I have one of the first Sony units playing non stop in the store - no issues - the current batch from Sony and Samsung have had 100% failure from continuous flogging.

I know that at home it is unlikely that they'll crank up the same hours of running time in a year but why should it matter?
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Post by UnholyTancred » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:50 am

mattyg wrote:I have at least one early dvd player that will not give up and a couple of cd players - I just think that when something is relatively new it tends to be over engineered - take blu ray for example - I have one of the first Sony units playing non stop in the store - no issues - the current batch from Sony and Samsung have had 100% failure from continuous flogging.
If only PS2s were built like that ;)
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Post by 3DOKid » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:59 pm

...or indeed any console in the past 10 years.

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Post by BryWI » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:54 pm

yeah i agree with that. but its always the cd drive thats the first thing to go unfortunatly. Usualy the laser.

also..

my release day ps2 is still goin strong! lol.

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Post by 3DO Experience » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:41 pm

BryWI wrote:my release day ps2 is still goin strong!
now is the time to bring up a good amount of luck
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Post by bulletbob » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:16 pm

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Post by NikeX » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:49 pm

And we can see you here as well as R.J. Mical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8JXLtsPTSc

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Post by 3DOKid » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:43 pm

I do like Trip and RJs enthusiasm.

I remember that clip from when it was broadcast on TV here in the UK. That show used to be on around mid-day on a Saturday. I think, if i remember correctly, that show was broadcast around the launch date of the 3DO in UK.

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