@@mario64DDBob knows a lot once it's not about PC gaming. A CRT cannot TRULY have a resolution in the way that an LCD or OLED panel can. CRT screens don't have pixels, they have lines. That's what you see when you see an interlaced image. It's accounting for those lines. Bob not knowing that resolution is definitely betraying his console gaming roots despite being a PC guy now.
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZepinterlacing has nothing to do how a CRT displays its pictures, in fact no VGA CRT with 31,kHz did ever use an interlaced signal natively. Since they are analog you can send an interlaced signal to them with your computer if you have custom drivers that output very specific frequencies and resolutions. What you mean is the dot pattern of the shadow mask or the lines of an aperture grill, those define how small the displayed „Pixels“ can get. The electron guns of the tube itself can theoretically display each resolution up to something around 18K, but the pattern limits that. Now when we look at a very cool and specific device, an CRT RGB Projector, we can totally unleash that resolution. That thing just has the pure RGB electron guns which throw light at a screen. No aperture grill or shadow mask between the electron gun and your screen. That makes them incredible devices that can resolutions unimaginable to modern digital devices. They have many different framerates and resolutions they display natively, they have zero motion blur and zero lag. Things that not even the best and most expensive professional OLED can achieve. They are however wildly impractical. They need a perfectly dark room to unleash their potential, they are heavy as hell, they suffer from severe burn in if you don’t use them properly and they draw lots of power. I would love to have one of those beasts, but unfortunately good ones are a rare find. There was one local to me a few years ago but I did let it slide because I didn’t have the technical knowledge back then that I have know. Of course those devices have other huge drawbacks
I'm disenchanted with this tier of devices. When are we gonna progress enough with tech and programming that we can have N64, PSP, etc running smoothly on every device like NES-GBA (for $100 or less)? Have been stuck there for waaaay longer in the portable emulation device scene.
6:33 - Do yourself a favor and open the Retroarch menu, Core Options > Analog Sensitivity (percent) and check to make sure it isn't at 200. That for some reason seems to be its default setting. Not even some weird because-it-was-packaged-by-Powkiddy tweak, it's just... like that, even from a fresh manual install on most devices I've tried.
At first glance, I though the RGB20 Pro was just your phone with an extremely elaborate skin for an emulator. Either way, I do admit it looks aesthetic.
yea, back in the day. It is a strange resolution to be on a device that emulates old consoles in the palm of your hand though. As far as this particular industry goes, it is strange. I feel like everyone making this comment is fucking retarded
Bob, since you are the de facto handheld reviewer on UA-cam, you should do an MKBHD style year end review show. Call it the Handies. Have a best OLED, best mini, best windows, worst handheld, etc categories. Like MKBHD, create trophies to send to these companies. You can 3D print a trophy of a hand tightly gripping a girthy handheld device.
Bobs one of the few youtubers that I watxh every single video for. I'm not even interested in this product (I'm happy with my Miyoo Mini Plus), but its a Bob video, so it's mandatory!
If you like the RGB30 and are willing to do a review on the RGB20 Pro, then you might enjoy another device from Powkiddy called the RGB20SX, or if not that then apparently anbernic made an equivalent to the RGB30 called the RG CubeXX
It's odd that an LCD would have that resolution. Although I recall that being a common resolution on CRT monitors back in the day. I want to say that's the resolution I tried to play Half-Life at on a 16 MB video card and ended up frying the thing after about 3 frames rendered. That took about 4 minutes to render.
Hmmmm. The look is tempting, buuuuuut I did just have to open my RGB30, disconnect the battery, charge port, then reconnect the battery, so that it will now magically charge again. I may wait for Ambernic to become heavily inspired like with the RBb30 / RG Cube situation.
I have two RGB30's and I love how they look and feel but, I sadly have stopped using all of my retro handhelds since I got my Steam Deck. I will pick up my Miyoo Mini for example and turn it on for a few seconds and say to myself "I should use this" but, I just haven't for some reason. Maybe one day I will just take it to work and force myself to use it during my lunch break or something since I am not really taking the Deck to work anyways other than on Fridays.
Always happy to see more RockChip devices, but I wish it was Anbernic using it more since they seem to put out a higher quality product (like the RGB30 looks awesome but has no rumble motor or touchscreen). Hopefully we also see some more powerful RockChip SoCs show up in devices one of these days. I don't dig the vertical form factor much, but I'll agree it looks cool here, and I'm glad that it's mostly a solid color, getting a bit sick of cheap-looking transparent plastic. Will happily stick with my Anbernic RG353M with the same chip for now.
My problem with Anbernic is that they almost never do anything exciting design-wise, and yeah, I get that they're name is big because of how much they've put out, but you should give a chance to these other companies too, a lot of them really stepped up their games!
Yeah should be around 4x for GBA with small bars around it. Pretty great resolution grew up emulating on my crt with the same resolution. Excited for the trimui brick should have a similar screen and be a little more pocket friendly.
Bob's been drinking lots of coffee? NO WAY! That sais It'd be nice to see a replaceable back shell be a thing for some devices that give you different form factors rather than releasing 35 different devices. Heck the only thing bad about the RGB30 to me is that it's just a brick, Imagine there was a back plate replacement that could give it that RGxxCube ergo, at least partly.
If you are into flat back mods then check out the rgb20sx backplate I made. These consoles are pretty fun to mod. Usually requires a different battery than stock. I opted to delete the l2 and r2 buttons since I opted to repurpose a blackberry priv battery.
I have had a Powkiddy v90 for a while, it is pretty good for a $30 GBA SP style handheld that came before Ambernic's. A bit weak, but I enjoy it for what it does...until I decide to spend bigger bucks on something that really wows me or does something that my phone with a controller can't do.
11:16 ArkOS has PortMaster support too. If I remeber correctly one of the main devs behind the PortMaster project is the same guy that created ArkOS 😅 If ArkOS doesn't come with PortMaster app by default then Powkiddy has probably modified the OS in some way. If that's the case then you should still be able to install PortMaster on ArkOS via a dedicated install script
Dude talks about retro handhelds for a living and has used RetroArch for years now and still doesn't realise that using "core provided" as the aspect ratio option will force the emulator to use whatever aspect ratio the emulator core chooses.
8:30 not true. This is the Nintendo-Paradox. You show nintendo games, you get a copyright strike. If you don't show Nintendo games, you don't get a copyright strike, BUT you are doing exactly what they want! Either way they have power over you. You have no free will in the Nintendo-Paradox.
For PSP games where mapping camera control to the right stick would be more comfortable? And PortMaster (I don't think Bob realized ArkOS has PortMaster support). And also the very few PS1 games that had support for a second stick.
im not that old. but im remember when im at public college, our laptop is 16:9 ratio. but the PC that provided by college is all 1024x768 CRT monitor im remember it clearly. yeah maybe wulff den say it weird because nowadays no one will ever use that resolution because most (i mean all) monitor is 16:9 now, aside ultrawide, superwide etc etc. or just maybe weird for handheld.
1024x768 is the standard 4:3 resolution for a long time and hearing it being described as a weird resolution made my bones creak 😢 I played UT99 to Crysis in that resolution 😢
Ok I know this is a video of a retro console but I need more details about the Spice no pumpkin, How long does it last?, does it need to be refrigerated?
Just as a note powkiddy devices are usually hardware ripoffs of ambernic or other products, and it really shows with their life span. I've had 3 and they all had the electronics die within a month or two of ownership. Meanwhile both my ambernics are going strong well after a year into using them. I'd stay away from powkiddy even if they are usually 10 to 20 bucks cheaper.
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1024x768 isn't a "strange" resolution. It was the default 4:3 HD resolution for PC CRT displays on PCs from 1999-2005. You telling me you never used a computer until _after_ 2005?
A lot of people thought it was weird he said this (me included), but he was likely just referring to the fact that you can't integer scale 240p or 480p stuff on it cleanly (which he also showed off in the video), and those were the resolutions of the old analog consoles. It could've been worded better.
@@SoundToxin you absolutely can, as XGA (1024x768) is anamorphic 4:3 to SVGA (800x600) and VGA/NTSC (640x480) (this also includes QVGA (320x240)). You would integer upscale for fullscreen 1:1.
i gonna get this , into this scene for years, own over 100 handhelds, you know "its a shared sickness", so don't hate on Pow kiddy, they rock, in their own way.. but for me on the "low end" Top is Anbernic, but i LOVED everything pow kiddy has done, (but they are more surly prone to "sudden catastrophic failure " and ive lost a few, (but they are cheap) recently grabbed the rgb10max3 ,its badass , in 100 bucks range, (better spend then this IMO) but this does look super cool
why force sticks to handhelds that dont even run systems that could use them? it could look cool but rn it looks like some weird phone case imagine it at the size of rg280v with that design. would be great
Hearing 1024x768 described as a really strange resolution made my beard instantly gray
right?
the 4:3 resolution of kings.
Yeah my nice ol crt desktop PC had a monitor with that resolution. Remember that Vista didn't like it.
Jajajaja feel you imagine if that is "Strange" imagine other simple and basic things.
Strange is relative. It’s strange for these devices designed to emulate old consoles.
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd hear someone say that 1024x768 was a very strange resolution. That's literally XGA resolution.
It's painful.
he really just says a lot of things without knowing
@@mario64DDBob knows a lot once it's not about PC gaming. A CRT cannot TRULY have a resolution in the way that an LCD or OLED panel can. CRT screens don't have pixels, they have lines. That's what you see when you see an interlaced image. It's accounting for those lines. Bob not knowing that resolution is definitely betraying his console gaming roots despite being a PC guy now.
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZepinterlacing has nothing to do how a CRT displays its pictures, in fact no VGA CRT with 31,kHz did ever use an interlaced signal natively.
Since they are analog you can send an interlaced signal to them with your computer if you have custom drivers that output very specific frequencies and resolutions.
What you mean is the dot pattern of the shadow mask or the lines of an aperture grill, those define how small the displayed „Pixels“ can get.
The electron guns of the tube itself can theoretically display each resolution up to something around 18K, but the pattern limits that.
Now when we look at a very cool and specific device, an CRT RGB Projector, we can totally unleash that resolution.
That thing just has the pure RGB electron guns which throw light at a screen.
No aperture grill or shadow mask between the electron gun and your screen.
That makes them incredible devices that can resolutions unimaginable to modern digital devices.
They have many different framerates and resolutions they display natively, they have zero motion blur and zero lag.
Things that not even the best and most expensive professional OLED can achieve.
They are however wildly impractical.
They need a perfectly dark room to unleash their potential, they are heavy as hell, they suffer from severe burn in if you don’t use them properly and they draw lots of power.
I would love to have one of those beasts, but unfortunately good ones are a rare find.
There was one local to me a few years ago but I did let it slide because I didn’t have the technical knowledge back then that I have know.
Of course those devices have other huge drawbacks
It's not even like the dimensions are arbitrary. Yes, it's not multiples by 10, but 2^10 by 2^8×3 are pretty numbers too.
Bro has like 50 Game Boy clones at this point 😭
In each room. He needs one for each game released.
Everyone needs at least 12
He uses them to heat his apartment.
I'm disenchanted with this tier of devices. When are we gonna progress enough with tech and programming that we can have N64, PSP, etc running smoothly on every device like NES-GBA (for $100 or less)? Have been stuck there for waaaay longer in the portable emulation device scene.
It's $50 for anything up to n64, $200 for anything that can play past it lol. Weird gap
The requirements for the chips go up exponentially
I think i saw someone working a n64 emulator for funkey
oh Kamala supporters cant afford bob's bullshit either?
@@Goludan huh???!!?!!?!!
8:29 Passed the Yoshi's island test.
Nintendo: here it comes...
Bob: but i wont be showing that.
Nintendo: DAMMIT! HE GOT US!
6:33 - Do yourself a favor and open the Retroarch menu, Core Options > Analog Sensitivity (percent) and check to make sure it isn't at 200. That for some reason seems to be its default setting. Not even some weird because-it-was-packaged-by-Powkiddy tweak, it's just... like that, even from a fresh manual install on most devices I've tried.
0:25 - I must've missed it when he went pro on the 3D printers, good lawd.
At first glance, I though the RGB20 Pro was just your phone with an extremely elaborate skin for an emulator. Either way, I do admit it looks aesthetic.
me too 😂
2:06 I too get out of bed already wearing my glasses and shoes ready to slurp down a pumpkin spice latte 😋
2:22 That's my favorite Chappell Roan song
GET OUT-
7:46 "...a very strange resolution." Man I feel old >_>
Tak and the Power of Juju... Recognized the music immediately
At this point Bob could just post a video doing nothing but ads and I'd watch the whole thing.
That godzilla game ❤ oh the memories! I had already forgot about it
is wild how many seasonal spices are just Cinnamon + Clove + Ginger
pretty much any Xmas Spice mix will save you the recipe
Pumpkin Spice = Mulling Spices
Yes, I am commenting on the ad.
Facts. I'm always shocked people don't know that
1024x768 is a strange resolution? That's the native 15 inches 4:3 monitor resolution we used to play back in the day.
yea, back in the day. It is a strange resolution to be on a device that emulates old consoles in the palm of your hand though. As far as this particular industry goes, it is strange. I feel like everyone making this comment is fucking retarded
It’s strange within the realm of retro devices because you’re unable to do integer scaling as explained in the video
Ahhh my daily addiction continues
I like your no BS honest reviews on these devices!
BRO. Was that the Tak and the Power of Juju intro music??
N O S T A L G I A
usually I skip tha video sponsored parts but I Only watch yours kuz there always Tremendously funny!! 😂
Bob, since you are the de facto handheld reviewer on UA-cam, you should do an MKBHD style year end review show. Call it the Handies. Have a best OLED, best mini, best windows, worst handheld, etc categories. Like MKBHD, create trophies to send to these companies. You can 3D print a trophy of a hand tightly gripping a girthy handheld device.
Nah. RetroGameCorp is my goat
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was and would always be some crazy fan render. So cool it exists.
The tak and the power of juju intro music is so real
Its not chai tea, your just saying tea tea
-Miles Morales.
Bobs one of the few youtubers that I watxh every single video for. I'm not even interested in this product (I'm happy with my Miyoo Mini Plus), but its a Bob video, so it's mandatory!
Damn, Powkiddy hired a designer!
If you like the RGB30 and are willing to do a review on the RGB20 Pro, then you might enjoy another device from Powkiddy called the RGB20SX, or if not that then apparently anbernic made an equivalent to the RGB30 called the RG CubeXX
Bob mentioned in a previous video that he's burned out of reviewing Anbernic's XX series. I do love my RGB20SX though, it's so good.
Really dig the Prusa XL with 5 extruders
That’s quite the printer upgrade in the background 😂.
Yo, you have a Prusa XL. I can't wait for content on that!
I would love these device if it had a 2.8" screen, were smaller and thinner! The visuals are awesome!
This device looked like an emulation app on a phone when I first see the thumbnail
Wipeout cameo always gets a thumbs up!
I prefer the pow-kiddy rgb20sx because of its Resolution and screen size perfect for playing Pico-8 Games
"Exposed little bottom" you say? Now im interested
Seek help.
Seek help. 😊
It's odd that an LCD would have that resolution. Although I recall that being a common resolution on CRT monitors back in the day. I want to say that's the resolution I tried to play Half-Life at on a 16 MB video card and ended up frying the thing after about 3 frames rendered. That took about 4 minutes to render.
I dig it. It needs an led mod to light the clear window at the bottom.
You went from an Prusa Mini to a 3,5k Prusa XL with 5 toolheads in what, 6 months?! NICE Printer can you show off some prints in a video?
Was wondering when a Coffee from my home country would show up 😜
I know I don’t need it, but man it looks great!
Be careful Bob! Big coffee is gonna come after you for this!
Please make more random videos like the coffee ones
Hmmmm. The look is tempting, buuuuuut I did just have to open my RGB30, disconnect the battery, charge port, then reconnect the battery, so that it will now magically charge again. I may wait for Ambernic to become heavily inspired like with the RBb30 / RG Cube situation.
This really looks like some neo tokyo tech
I just hate that they make the shoulder buttons stick out so much for no reason. The flush ones on the Miyoo Mini are way better for the pocket.
The video was cool, but that Spice no Pumpkin recipe was 👌
I have two RGB30's and I love how they look and feel but, I sadly have stopped using all of my retro handhelds since I got my Steam Deck. I will pick up my Miyoo Mini for example and turn it on for a few seconds and say to myself "I should use this" but, I just haven't for some reason. Maybe one day I will just take it to work and force myself to use it during my lunch break or something since I am not really taking the Deck to work anyways other than on Fridays.
Hey my favorite UA-camr made a video!
chai tea spice includes more spices, like cardamom, cloves, star anise, and ground pepper..
Always happy to see more RockChip devices, but I wish it was Anbernic using it more since they seem to put out a higher quality product (like the RGB30 looks awesome but has no rumble motor or touchscreen). Hopefully we also see some more powerful RockChip SoCs show up in devices one of these days. I don't dig the vertical form factor much, but I'll agree it looks cool here, and I'm glad that it's mostly a solid color, getting a bit sick of cheap-looking transparent plastic. Will happily stick with my Anbernic RG353M with the same chip for now.
My problem with Anbernic is that they almost never do anything exciting design-wise, and yeah, I get that they're name is big because of how much they've put out, but you should give a chance to these other companies too, a lot of them really stepped up their games!
GBA and Gameboy should scale pretty well using integer scaling on this? Tested using a scaling calculator.
Yeah should be around 4x for GBA with small bars around it. Pretty great resolution grew up emulating on my crt with the same resolution. Excited for the trimui brick should have a similar screen and be a little more pocket friendly.
Bob's been drinking lots of coffee? NO WAY!
That sais It'd be nice to see a replaceable back shell be a thing for some devices that give you different form factors rather than releasing 35 different devices. Heck the only thing bad about the RGB30 to me is that it's just a brick, Imagine there was a back plate replacement that could give it that RGxxCube ergo, at least partly.
When are we getting a Funkey S variant in 4:3? Shut up and take my money! 😂
I have always wondered how his home looks like with all handhelds lying around
My RGB20 Pro came with ROCKNIX.
i want one , just because it looks so cool
"Chai tea"
YOU SAID TEA TEA AAAHHHHHHHH
Shrimp scampi!
Watching the vid in 1.75 playback speed feels so natural!
Bob will you do an office tour or a what's in my bag video?
That is a very slick looking device, but I am really happy with my Anbernic device and don't see any reason to ditch it for this.
If you are into flat back mods then check out the rgb20sx backplate I made. These consoles are pretty fun to mod. Usually requires a different battery than stock. I opted to delete the l2 and r2 buttons since I opted to repurpose a blackberry priv battery.
>1024x768 which is a strange resolution
Guess I gotta go sign up for AARP now
I have had a Powkiddy v90 for a while, it is pretty good for a $30 GBA SP style handheld that came before Ambernic's. A bit weak, but I enjoy it for what it does...until I decide to spend bigger bucks on something that really wows me or does something that my phone with a controller can't do.
11:16 ArkOS has PortMaster support too. If I remeber correctly one of the main devs behind the PortMaster project is the same guy that created ArkOS 😅
If ArkOS doesn't come with PortMaster app by default then Powkiddy has probably modified the OS in some way. If that's the case then you should still be able to install PortMaster on ArkOS via a dedicated install script
My favorite Gameboy is the pocket ... I'm waiting on the closest device to it that'll play at least up to PS1 ... Im waiting on the Trimui brick ...
Dude talks about retro handhelds for a living and has used RetroArch for years now and still doesn't realise that using "core provided" as the aspect ratio option will force the emulator to use whatever aspect ratio the emulator core chooses.
hey man, can you in these OS'es or custom OS'es. connect bluetooth headphones? how about streaming games from the device to the TV
8:30 not true. This is the Nintendo-Paradox. You show nintendo games, you get a copyright strike. If you don't show Nintendo games, you don't get a copyright strike, BUT you are doing exactly what they want! Either way they have power over you. You have no free will in the Nintendo-Paradox.
i struggle to see the need for 2 joysticks when it can't run many 3D games
Agreed
For PSP games where mapping camera control to the right stick would be more comfortable? And PortMaster (I don't think Bob realized ArkOS has PortMaster support). And also the very few PS1 games that had support for a second stick.
im not that old. but im remember when im at public college, our laptop is 16:9 ratio. but the PC that provided by college is all 1024x768 CRT monitor im remember it clearly. yeah maybe wulff den say it weird because nowadays no one will ever use that resolution because most (i mean all) monitor is 16:9 now, aside ultrawide, superwide etc etc. or just maybe weird for handheld.
That coffee looks good
Need a LED light inside circuit
1024x768 is the standard 4:3 resolution for a long time and hearing it being described as a weird resolution made my bones creak 😢
I played UT99 to Crysis in that resolution 😢
I was playing in that resolution in the early 2000's on my Viewsonic CRT playing Counter-Strike 1.5/1.6
Ok I know this is a video of a retro console but I need more details about the Spice no pumpkin, How long does it last?, does it need to be refrigerated?
Come on !!!! 🤬😡 I just bought the Retroid pocket mini yesterday...
2:04 jump scare
TAK MUSIC HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII
They should have kept that look, but used the 1:1 720p screen at the top. A vertical 1:1 is not common in the marketplace.
O damn my rgb20sx came with rocknix and it looked so good, but the device crashed every 2 min after a update
Sim-on-a-mon...
Do do da do da
Sim-on-a-mon... ... ...
Just as a note powkiddy devices are usually hardware ripoffs of ambernic or other products, and it really shows with their life span. I've had 3 and they all had the electronics die within a month or two of ownership. Meanwhile both my ambernics are going strong well after a year into using them. I'd stay away from powkiddy even if they are usually 10 to 20 bucks cheaper.
1024x768 isn't a strange resolution it was simple in our childhood
really said “chai tea”
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Mine shipped with Rocknix from powkiddy, which version of ArkOS does it run?
Is that Tak gba music in the beginning? Pls pls pls there is NO WAY!
why is nobody talking about him calling tea 'chai tea' like ur saying tea tea cause chai means tea 😭😭
1024x768 isn't a "strange" resolution. It was the default 4:3 HD resolution for PC CRT displays on PCs from 1999-2005. You telling me you never used a computer until _after_ 2005?
A lot of people thought it was weird he said this (me included), but he was likely just referring to the fact that you can't integer scale 240p or 480p stuff on it cleanly (which he also showed off in the video), and those were the resolutions of the old analog consoles. It could've been worded better.
@@SoundToxin you absolutely can, as XGA (1024x768) is anamorphic 4:3 to SVGA (800x600) and VGA/NTSC (640x480) (this also includes QVGA (320x240)). You would integer upscale for fullscreen 1:1.
Could u tell me if it has Avatar the last airbender on both Gameboy and NDS possibly🙏🏼 if it does im gonna buy instantly
i gonna get this , into this scene for years, own over 100 handhelds, you know "its a shared sickness", so don't hate on Pow kiddy, they rock, in their own way.. but for me on the "low end" Top is Anbernic, but i LOVED everything pow kiddy has done, (but they are more surly prone to "sudden catastrophic failure " and ive lost a few, (but they are cheap) recently grabbed the rgb10max3 ,its badass , in 100 bucks range, (better spend then this IMO) but this does look super cool
Exposed bottom, LOL
the a20 was a nightmare
02:11 is that the karlson music??
powkiddy the LONG WAY
Yo how are you liking the prusa xl? would love a vid on your experiences with it.
why force sticks to handhelds that dont even run systems that could use them? it could look cool but rn it looks like some weird phone case imagine it at the size of rg280v with that design. would be great
Star Wars Style :D
it reminds me of those ai generated devices from a few months ago
I’d honestly wanna try Terraria see if that works on there as a poor I think that would be absolutely fantastic