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The DS: Ressurect It For Me
Electrobes | 7:19 AM on 12.21.2007 7 comments


I am interested in getting the R4 for my DS. My poor DS hasn't gotten play (Yeah baby) in a while. I was about to buy it when I saw a shit load of other things that started to confuse me.. like the M3 simple, EZ Flash, and what not. I mostly figured out what's out there.. but am still a little confused. So I am here to ask you your opinions on what I should get.

1 - Along with playing ROMs do some play music, movies, pictures while others don't? If so, are there specific formats that they support?

2 - If they all do the same (Granted if they use only one slot) do you guys have a preference to one over the other?

3 - Are there memory limitations? (I saw the 4GB being supported but not considered stable). Will there be a new version soon that will support bigger memory cards?

4 - I do have Windows but really only use Linux (The latest Ubuntu). Can I use any of these storage devices with Linux?

5 - Anything else you would like to add?

Any info would be appreciated...muchos grassy-ass!

I tried in the forums but like in real life I getz ignored.



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Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2007 07:59
Justice
The R4 and M3 are pretty much one and the same albeit a few differences
I have a M3, with a 2GB, and I've got 44 games on there so you won't be wishing you had a 4GB that much
I also don't condone the actions of [irates YARRR!
Dynamic Sheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2007 09:11
Dynamic Sheep
R4!

That should be enough to pique anyone's interest.
dgenerate's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2007 09:26
dgenerate
I have an R4 and haven't tried any other cards.

I haven't had a problem with my R4 yet. I'm using a 2GB MicroSD card, and with a few games and a lot of music, I am wishing I had a bit more space, but it's very simple to swap files on and off the card.

I use my DS as an MP3 player, since I'm cheap and don't have a separate one. The maximum volume is low, and if you plan on carrying a lot of music, you're going to eat into that 2GB pretty quick.

The video format is pretty crap, only because you have to reencode it into a special format first. The picture and sound quality are fine.

I wrote about the R4 a couple months ago when I first got mine: Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your DS?
Electrobes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2007 09:51
Electrobes
Sweet! Thanks everyone.. it pretty much confirmed what I had previously thought. I am going to get the R4 then, anyone have a preference as to where to get it?
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2007 10:38
Justin Villasenor
If you're going to use it to watch video and listen to music make sure you have a pair of headphones, those little DS speakers just don't have that much power.

Here's where I got mine Electrobes.
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