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Has anyone had experience with the PC Console machines, things like the Syber Vapor series and that sort of thing? They claim to offer straightforward PC gaming through your television with the sort of ease of use not normally associated with PC gaming. The costs are considerable, but not when you consider the price of custom building a high end gaming PC. The Vapor X is stratospherically priced, but the Vapor I seems a lot more reasonable.
Are they any good though? The idea of playing new MMO's and Arma on my television is nice, but what sort of shelf life do these machines have? I presume with them being a sealed unit, they can't be upgraded like a traditional PC? Are they really as good as they say? Little things irk me, like the pads, which look pretty hokey on a £600 machine!
Are they any good though? The idea of playing new MMO's and Arma on my television is nice, but what sort of shelf life do these machines have? I presume with them being a sealed unit, they can't be upgraded like a traditional PC? Are they really as good as they say? Little things irk me, like the pads, which look pretty hokey on a £600 machine!
[quote=P-Jay
As for the PC console, it's not for me - I could buy a decent i5 desktop and a GTX 750ti GPU for that. Having just this week made the switch from PS3 to PC I don't see the point of one of these units - take the time to learn about processors, graphics cards and whatnot and it's easy enough - it's pretty much plug and play.
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For me, it'd suit in that I've already taken over the front room quite unfairly. I have my Xbox One and PS4 in front of the TV, my laptop with speakers on the table and my guitar and amp in the other corner. Okay, so it's a big room but I don't really want to set up an ungainly looking tower PC just for gaming. This sort of thing, coupled with my TV, would be ace. But is it really as flexible as a PC for gaming? I presume you could plug a keyboard in, get a little granny table set up next to your chair for the mouse, and just get on with it? Be playing ARMA and whatever MMO is popular these days by tea time?
As for the PC console, it's not for me - I could buy a decent i5 desktop and a GTX 750ti GPU for that. Having just this week made the switch from PS3 to PC I don't see the point of one of these units - take the time to learn about processors, graphics cards and whatnot and it's easy enough - it's pretty much plug and play.
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For me, it'd suit in that I've already taken over the front room quite unfairly. I have my Xbox One and PS4 in front of the TV, my laptop with speakers on the table and my guitar and amp in the other corner. Okay, so it's a big room but I don't really want to set up an ungainly looking tower PC just for gaming. This sort of thing, coupled with my TV, would be ace. But is it really as flexible as a PC for gaming? I presume you could plug a keyboard in, get a little granny table set up next to your chair for the mouse, and just get on with it? Be playing ARMA and whatever MMO is popular these days by tea time?
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