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Thread: Nintendo Revolution optical audio? |
    
New member Username: Sp_nce
Post Number: 1
Registered: Feb-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 07:34 am: |
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Hi there, I've come to this forum to ask a question to you fine people who have more expertise with home audio technology.
Nintendo Revolution is a home console coming from Nintendo.. only thing is they're keeping everything very secretive.
They've filed a patent which we're trying to make sense of at the moment, you can see an image of it here:
http://oami.eu.int/bulletin/rcd/2006/2006_012/000431309_0001.htm
From the right we have 2 USB ports, a fan, then we have a longer AV connection which has been confirmed from Nintendo techies. then the figure of 8 connector is power supply.
There is one tiny mystery port.. we had a thought that it could be digital optical audio out but seeing the standard used on my mac here:
[img]http://images.apple.com/powermac/images/expansionports06262003.gif[/img]
It's not quite the same.. we know it's not going to be an ethernet port because this would raise the cost of the system, and the system already has 2 usb ports and wireless built in.
Your thoughts would really be appreciated, and if you can confirm it t be audio or definitely not digital audio that would be great.
Other therories were that it was a firewire port, or some kind of Nintendo standard port for a reciever that would sit on top of the television.
Thanks in advance.
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New member Username: Sp_nce
Post Number: 2
Registered: Feb-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 07:42 am: |
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Just thought I'd add, the controller for the system is wireless.. and Nintendo's aim for the console is to make it as cheap as possible.. I forgot you might not know much about it.
There's plenty about it on Google if you're interested.
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Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 5773
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 08:05 am: |
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Very interesting |
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