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[–] [email protected] 140 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Honestly it's better than just having a generic name which they apply over several generations, with the only difference being the year at the end (which they might forget to add on some listing's). So long as it has a simple way to find the size and resolution from the model id, the rest can be kinda funky as long as I can Google it.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 7 months ago (3 children)

xbox one

xbox one x

xbox series x

I agree with you so much

[–] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS Lite

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DSXL

New Nintendo 3DS

New Nintendo 3DSXL

“I picked up a used New Nintendo 3DS”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

“Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series”

“…& Knuckles”

[–] mapletree 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don’t actually know anything about the DSi! I’ve had almost every other type of DS, but never a DSi.

[–] mapletree 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

According to Wikipedia it seems to be an upgraded version of the DS with a better CPU, speakers and larger screens, but lacking the GBA-cartridge port

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

lacking the GBA-cartridge port

Unacceptable!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

And has cameras.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's basically somewhere exactly between the DS and the 3DS. It has games & apps you can get from the eshop (can't remember if that's what it was called), it has cameras, but the games will have about the same graphics fidelity as regular NDS games. It had few games exclusive to the DSi. Alternatively just think of it as an NDS with a home menu and eshop

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Interesting! As a first-day adopter of the first DS and a huuuuuge proponent of Wood r4, that’s fascinating to me! I feel like that’s similar to the PSP Go.

[–] mapletree 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I own a DSi XL myself, but I've never seen an original DS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I never preorder anything but when the original DS came out, I walked down to the mall before it opened to pick up my preorder.

Took it home and… found one dead pixel. Had my dad take me back to the store later and get a whole new one!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Star wars battlefront

Star wars battlefront 2

Star wars battlefront

Star wars battlefront 2

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

......and the 2ds lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Gotta get that new new (3ds xl)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

or AMD's ever changing naming schemes for GPUs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I mean, I'll take the stupid XTX crap over whatever the hell Nvidia is doing with Ti super bullshit

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

if you can actually find it on the monitor (face it, you threw the manuals away last year) – it’s embedded in the black plastic in 8 pt type or it’s only on internal components (void the warranty when you open the case) or it’s a quarter inch QR code in metallic foil your phone won’t focus on

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or if it still works, you can use the DDC interface to get its model no.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah. The carcass of a dead ancient dragon can be used to interface with the infinite void, which will help determine the causality that generated the Model no. of the monitor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good news, at least for the US folks. A warranty can't be voided just by opening up an item. Does not matter what the manufacturer says.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Except apple juice cans.

/s

Sorry I'm tired 😴

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've got a bin where I put all my manuals. I've also started putting extra components that come with it but I didn't need at the time in there, sometimes even attached to their respective manuals so I can figure out wtf they are for when I come upon them at a later date.

It's been working pretty well for me so far. I don't need the manuals or extra components often, but it's so nice knowing exactly where to look when I do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I’m the type of psychopath that reads manuals for fun so I have multiple boxes for things I’ve bought over the years. I have manuals for things I’ve thrown away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

On a lot yeah, but even then if it isn't used and/or doesn't make lot of logical sense, it's very, very annoying. A decent example of using both are Alienware ultrawide monitors, which in their name generally have the year, and a model number as well. However, if that model number and the year aren't listed (not that uncommon in my experience looking at used ones), it's hard to tell if you are getting the current model or last year's, as they often look soo similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Huh? I've never seen a monitor that didn't have a sticker with the model and serial. Although they sometimes stick it behind the Vesa cover.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

they usually have it in the menu too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

The problem I have with this naming scheme as a consumer is it is hard to find which models are roughly equivalent. Like theyll have their mumbojumbo generic name like ABC24P and this is what you find on reviews but then theres ABC24PE, ABC24PU, ABC24PI3Q and often finding info on if it is just some regional release, different panel or what is actually the difference is problematic.