MAS sent the Nova via UPS on Wednesday last week and I recieved it last night at about 6 in the evening.
Upon opening the box I noticed that everything was packed very well and plastic wrap covered the unit and the controllers.
Everything was in perfect shape. The Unit itself is large and sturdy and all of my pcb's fit perfectly on the top of it.
The controllers are arcade perfect as well. Large, heavy, and feel perfect.
I use composite video on a high definition Sony TV and the picture, while far from the likes of S-video, is pretty damn nice.
The speaker inside of the nova is actually quite impressive however I had hopes for a volume control.
When I compare this unit to the HGA made by great western trading, the Nova is by FAR the better of the two systems. The controllers of the Nova look and feel professional and there is no comparison to the half assed job blazing the "Made in Pakistan" sticker on the back of the HGA controllers.
The Nova unit itself blows away the HGA in all respects as well. You actually have to open the lid of the HGA to fiddle fuck around with the colors to make the game look good and the composite was easily 2-3 levels BELOW that of the Nova composite.
The HGA actually has the s-video and the composite video inputs located on the FRONT of the unit. One question...why the hell??
Final rating out of ten:
Inovation- While they are both inovative the HGA gets a higher rank due to the internal cooling fan versus the speaker in the Nova that you can't control the volume of.
Nova=9 HGA=9.5
Look-No comparison, the location of the units functions leave much to be desired from the HGA.
Nova=9 HGA=5
Controllers-Again no comparison, the strengths of the Nova's controllers once again outclass the HGA.
Nova=10 HGA=6
Video-While they both are not near the S-video bench mark, the HGA is much lower in quality than the Nova.
Nova=8.5 HGA=5.5
Sound-Not much difference here other than the Nova has an additional speaker located in the unit, small advantege.
Nova=8.5 HGA=8.0
If anyone has any questions, I will be more than happy to answer them...just post them here or write me at Miguel_ut@hotmail.com
Hey Brylmoo I want those controllers buddy!
Time to go and play Mark of the Wolves(amazing game incase you didn't know)
Upon opening the box I noticed that everything was packed very well and plastic wrap covered the unit and the controllers.
Everything was in perfect shape. The Unit itself is large and sturdy and all of my pcb's fit perfectly on the top of it.
The controllers are arcade perfect as well. Large, heavy, and feel perfect.
I use composite video on a high definition Sony TV and the picture, while far from the likes of S-video, is pretty damn nice.
The speaker inside of the nova is actually quite impressive however I had hopes for a volume control.
When I compare this unit to the HGA made by great western trading, the Nova is by FAR the better of the two systems. The controllers of the Nova look and feel professional and there is no comparison to the half assed job blazing the "Made in Pakistan" sticker on the back of the HGA controllers.
The Nova unit itself blows away the HGA in all respects as well. You actually have to open the lid of the HGA to fiddle fuck around with the colors to make the game look good and the composite was easily 2-3 levels BELOW that of the Nova composite.
The HGA actually has the s-video and the composite video inputs located on the FRONT of the unit. One question...why the hell??
Final rating out of ten:
Inovation- While they are both inovative the HGA gets a higher rank due to the internal cooling fan versus the speaker in the Nova that you can't control the volume of.
Nova=9 HGA=9.5
Look-No comparison, the location of the units functions leave much to be desired from the HGA.
Nova=9 HGA=5
Controllers-Again no comparison, the strengths of the Nova's controllers once again outclass the HGA.
Nova=10 HGA=6
Video-While they both are not near the S-video bench mark, the HGA is much lower in quality than the Nova.
Nova=8.5 HGA=5.5
Sound-Not much difference here other than the Nova has an additional speaker located in the unit, small advantege.
Nova=8.5 HGA=8.0
If anyone has any questions, I will be more than happy to answer them...just post them here or write me at Miguel_ut@hotmail.com
Hey Brylmoo I want those controllers buddy!
Time to go and play Mark of the Wolves(amazing game incase you didn't know)