The ouya is better than the S3 honestly. I have the note 2 and running through an MHL adapter into my TV it chugs when trying to emulate N64 graphics. Now my Nexus 7 on the otherhand (same specs as the Ouya mind you) pushes all of my N64 games without any slow down. Now my Note 2 has double the ram and a higher clock speed than the Nexus 7 but the Tegra 3 just does graphics better. Honestly that is what the Ouya has going for it. If they would have used a Snapdragon or cheap chinese nock off like the gamestik I dont think it would do very well.
Ouya vs The World (Comparisons and why Ouya has much competition)
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I like my Nexus 4's Snapdragon O.O. It's the smoothest mobile SoC I have ever used. The phone in terms of phones never, ever lags (standard these days for a mid-end or better phone) and games, for once, are supersmooth and look great in XDPI. I really want to see this progress, it has the horsepower to really kick butt. And if we can get optimization it will be insanely smooth on your TV. I'm guessing your TV is either ~1920x1200 or ~1280x800. I have to say that when I load up an iOS optimized copy of Shadowgun, it runs so smooth on 2048x1536 you'd think it was a PS3 gameplay video. Seriously, mobile gaming has so much potential right now. After playing just about every new Xbox 360 title available, I'm still amazed by the visual sharpness on my little N4.
I really didn't get that post. Are you trying to say it has a few known issues, or it has very few known issues? I love my Nexus 4, I loaded up Paranoid ROM on it and it pretty much makes the phone perfect... at least to me.
I have a plan to buy N4, but as I hard that it has few known issue like buzzing sound, heating problem, I am waiting for next nexus release.
I feel like the Shield by nVidia does everything the Ouya does, but better. I am starting to feel that Android is limiting both these systems though.
It should at 4 times the price. Can it be connected to a large screen?
I am really looking forward to trying this out. Waiting for the shipment to arrive...
No, that is like comparing apples and oranges. Go to www.ouya.tv for info. Also do a search for Ou ya games on YouTube. They come in many different grades of quality but, there are some coming online with the same quality I pay $15.00 or more on PS3 store.
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I'm sure you've all seen this and I know its not plug-n-play like the Ouya but the Pi seems to be capable of more than just wheezing through some video playback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mDuJuvZjI
I think the mentioned products above are not comparable to OUYA. My main purpose for an android device will be using XBMC and play casual games on a bigger screen then my HTC One X (for other gaming I use my PS3). I did some research in finding devices which are more compareable:
Mele a200 $69 http://dx.com/p/mele-a2000-1080p-an...layer-w-sata-usb-hdmi-lan-vga-wifi-4gb-131566
MK803 $69 https://www.miniand.com/products/MK803 Android Mini PC
ATV1200 $100 http://www.geniatech.com/pa/atv1200.asp
Minix NeoX5 $100 http://www.minix.com.hk/Products/NEOX5.html
XIOS DS $115 http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html
This list might be a lot longer (I know there are more boxes, but I can't remember the names or keywords I used), please feel free to extend the list.
I'm still not sure what device to buy, for now the OUYA has plus 1 looking at the big community and XBMC announced support for it...
Mele a200 $69 http://dx.com/p/mele-a2000-1080p-an...layer-w-sata-usb-hdmi-lan-vga-wifi-4gb-131566
MK803 $69 https://www.miniand.com/products/MK803 Android Mini PC
ATV1200 $100 http://www.geniatech.com/pa/atv1200.asp
Minix NeoX5 $100 http://www.minix.com.hk/Products/NEOX5.html
XIOS DS $115 http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html
This list might be a lot longer (I know there are more boxes, but I can't remember the names or keywords I used), please feel free to extend the list.
I'm still not sure what device to buy, for now the OUYA has plus 1 looking at the big community and XBMC announced support for it...
I thank you for your contribution, however I was limiting the main list to items that are easily accessable and well known for comparison. If we wanted to, we could just compare Ouya to every single Android device out there, however, the average user (who this thread was created for) isn't going to do all this digging to find all these different models and spend the time comparing them. They will in almost every respect, go with a name brand they recognize, hence the items chosen for the main list. I think everyone else responding is also failing to realize that, while yes, this is xda-developers, and we're all pretty Android savvy, and yes, the Ouya is targeted easily for us, it's biggest challenge is going to be the public market that doesn't know jack about Android or the difference between iOS and Android and will be shopping for gadgets like this in the coming future.
I bought one of them Mk808 USB stick to setup as an HTPC for my family and beside the poor WiFi signal of that model, it's great. Flashed it with latest 4.2.2 and it run smooth. My family don't care if its Android, just that it work, this means easy to use, YouTube, Adobe Flash support, videos playback. This will be the same for consumers who will buy the Ouya.
I have a Nexus 7 right now with Tegra3 chip, I think the Ouya will perform just fine.
I will get an Ouya when it get CyanogenMod rom/support (my minimum requirement for any Android device).
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I have a Nexus 7 right now with Tegra3 chip, I think the Ouya will perform just fine.
I will get an Ouya when it get CyanogenMod rom/support (my minimum requirement for any Android device).
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