Anyone tried a Dingoo? Interesting looking cheap mp4 player / handheld emulator

[EightBySix]

Dingoo

Open source emus / Linux compatible, etc. Reminds me of a gpwiz I used to have

What caught my eye was the fact that it can have TV out and wireless controllers... Might be a good candidate for a tiny cab, in addition to mobile games.

[Dcpmark]

I have one that I got years ago. It was really nice at the time. They aren't made anymore, and the replacements haven't necessarily received much developer support. But there some much more powerful options available now. Check out this site for all your choices:

http://boards.dingoonity.org/index.php

[Bender]

GCW zero just came out it's available at think geek
MAME was just released for it on Xmas

The dingoo a230 is no longer made, but the dingoo a330 (not the Gemini a330)is essentially the same, but has a different  form factor, you can still find those new on ebay
The Dingoo a380 was not originally supported well but now is, I don't like the 16:9 screen
(all the others are 4:3)

The wiz and the caanoo are great but no longer made

For some reason I love these little handhelds and have most of em
So feel free to ask me any questions you might have

[RabidRabit]

For some reason I love these little handhelds and have most of em
So feel free to ask me any questions you might have

Okay, ermmm, can you send me one free of charge, postage paid?

[Le Chuck]

I can. PM me your name, address, mother's maiden name, and a cc # so I can confirm your identity!

[RabidRabit]

I can. PM me your name, address, mother's maiden name, and a cc # so I can confirm your identity!

Okay, PM incoming!  Are you sure you don't need my bank account and routing numbers as well?  That's what I gave to my Nigerian friend who is doing me a huge favor.  Kind of a 'I scratch his back, he scratches mine' type of thing...

[DarakuTenshi]

I was a pretty big fan of the Dingoo but as others have mentioned there are better things now. I think Dingoo came out in 2009 ... They were really cheaply made and I ran into many problems with them so eventually I gave up on it.

[dcninja]

no but i had a jxd7200 or 7300 whatever they are... they're all korean made pieces of junk with poor build quality and shoddy firmware. from what i've seen if you want a portable, use your phone with a bluetooth controller - or hack up an ouya which is the only non-mainstream android device to get it right so far.

[s_busby_uk]

I bought a JXD7800 on the advice of a forum member from another board and I concur - it was plasticy and rubbish. Did ignite a small passion for androids though.

Wikipad are bringing out an attachable controller that will snap to your tablet at some point in the future that has piqued my interest somewhat:

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/01/03/ces-wikipad-launching-gamevice-tablet-controller

[Dcpmark]

I bought a JXD7800 on the advice of a forum member from another board and I concur - it was plasticy and rubbish. Did ignite a small passion for androids though.

Wikipad are bringing out an attachable controller that will snap to your tablet at some point in the future that has piqued my interest somewhat:

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/01/03/ces-wikipad-launching-gamevice-tablet-controller

If you are interested in Androids for emulation and pocketability is not a requirement, check out the Nvidia Shield. I have one, and not only is it good for portable emulation but the game streaming functions (both PC and cloud) are an amazing bonus. The only cons for me is that the screen is permanently in landscape so vertical games are smaller, and the D-pad is not very good.

[RandyT]

As much as I hate to give the company good PR (waited about 8 months longer on the Kickstarter than was indicated) the GCW-ZERO is a very nice little device.  The thing that saves it, after all of the drama surrounding the launch, is that the developers have really done a great job with the software for the device.  The Dingoo would have had nowhere near the following it had, were it not for some of the same devotees who have turned their attention to the ZERO.  How long this lasts is anyone's guess at this point, but it may be worth taking a chance if you like the classics and indie titles.  How much further they can go with it will depend on whether they can get a good handle on the GPU, whether a developer decides to make use of it and ultimately, whether the producer of the hardware can get it together enough to iron out some of the QC and delivery issues to keep demand strong.  Media player support is a bit sparse at the moment, but I suspect that will change at some point.

For a more polished and ready to go platform, Android is really the way to go.  The iReadyGO Much i5 looks like a very interesting device and it's also a phone.

[ark_ader]

Buy yourself a PSP and a Pandora battery which will soft mod it.

You can pretty much run all the emulators and it will cost you $70.

[BobA]

How about an ouya?   Haven't heard much here about it lately.  Probably shipped late like some kickstarters.  It set the bar for hardware kickstarters.

[dcninja]

ouya isn't portable, unless you make it portable. it is as small as a soda can. I LOVE IT. The actual games it has are few and far between in terms of good ones, but there are a few nice ones on it. There's also atari 2600, nes, snes, genesis, tg16, psone, n64, and mame all downloadable free from the ouya store. I combined that with a 64gb usb flash drive and I've got every console I want on my tv, just like I have every arcade on my arcade machine...i got ouya knowing full well i'd use it as an emulator box and anything else would be icing on the cake... where else can you find an emulator box that small with wireless control for $100 - oh and with plex (another free download) you can stream your movies and tv shows to it also - or xbmc, that's on it too.

it's probably my fav piece of hardware over the past 5 years.

[rpgposer]

Buy yourself a PSP and a Pandora battery which will soft mod it.

You can pretty much run all the emulators and it will cost you $70.

This isn't a bad idea. I have an original fat model, but emulated SNES games won't run at full speed without a frameskip of 3 or 4.  Fine for Shiren, not so fine for Super Mario World.
Older consoles and PS1 work great.

[Bender]

Buy yourself a PSP and a Pandora battery which will soft mod it.

You can pretty much run all the emulators and it will cost you $70.

This isn't a bad idea. I have an original fat model, but emulated SNES games won't run at full speed without a frameskip of 3 or 4.  Fine for Shiren, not so fine for Super Mario World.
Older consoles and PS1 work great.

MAME does not run well on the PSP  in my experience
I agree great for PS1 might even be the best handheld for that

[TheShaner]

Careful, I hear it will eat yer babies.

[hsr]

Not mine, but saw this on CL today
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/ele/4260620502.html