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Angel's Love Slave
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Review time! And this time, its gonna be good! For I am reviewing the Hitachi Navi GPS HiSaturn! 
I know I know, I was supposed to do this a long time ago. But I only got around to taking pics tonight... so... yeah!
The Navi (as I will refer to it from here on out) was released back in '98. I have HEARD that it was released in both the US and in Japan, but I cannot confirm this. I can confirm that the console itself cost a whopping $1000 and the TFT backlit-matrix screen (which was sold seperately) was sold for $500. Its interesting to note that the region set for the Navi is the US. Why it wasn't Japan is beyond me. But onwards!
Looks: 10/10
Aesthetically, the Navi is by far the sexiest Saturn out there. I mean, LOOK AT IT!
Its so flat. And it has so many fun buttons on it. And the LEDs are VERY bright! But wait, what about with the screen attached? Well...
The screen itself is much larger than I originally thought it would be (a bit bigger than the DS' top screen, as you can see here
The screen is a TFT backlit matrix screen (the highest quality type of screen there is today, same as the PSP). The image is superb.
Functionality: 10/10
Well, it works perfectly as a Saturn. Plays the games, plays your CDs, etc. Also built into it is a karaoke machine. The machine has two mic inputs and volume knobs for each mic. It also has various sound options for the karaoke, as well as pitch/tone controls. Very cool.
The screen itself has tint/brightness knobs as well as volume control. It also has a switch for "Front/Rear", but I'm not sure what this does.
The screen has a speaker built into it, and I must say, the sound quality is SUPERB! My roomate had to turn it down while he was taking pics of PDIIZwei because it was too loud for him. Heh.
The screen connects into the back of the Navi here:
Also pictured are the power inputs.
Another point of interest is that the Navi has A/V INS! Meaning, you could run something INTO the Navi Saturn for it to be displayed on the screen.
The Navi also comes with a car power cable for the car-cigarette-lighter-thingy. I haven't had the chance to test this out yet, but the concept alone is amazing.
As for the GPS, the Navi uses the Naviken CDs, which I assume are in Japan only and would only work in Japan. Granted, leaving a $1500 in my car would be retarded, so we'll just assume it works well and give the system the nod for it.
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I know I know, I was supposed to do this a long time ago. But I only got around to taking pics tonight... so... yeah!
The Navi (as I will refer to it from here on out) was released back in '98. I have HEARD that it was released in both the US and in Japan, but I cannot confirm this. I can confirm that the console itself cost a whopping $1000 and the TFT backlit-matrix screen (which was sold seperately) was sold for $500. Its interesting to note that the region set for the Navi is the US. Why it wasn't Japan is beyond me. But onwards!
Looks: 10/10
Aesthetically, the Navi is by far the sexiest Saturn out there. I mean, LOOK AT IT!
Its so flat. And it has so many fun buttons on it. And the LEDs are VERY bright! But wait, what about with the screen attached? Well...
The screen itself is much larger than I originally thought it would be (a bit bigger than the DS' top screen, as you can see here
The screen is a TFT backlit matrix screen (the highest quality type of screen there is today, same as the PSP). The image is superb.
Functionality: 10/10
Well, it works perfectly as a Saturn. Plays the games, plays your CDs, etc. Also built into it is a karaoke machine. The machine has two mic inputs and volume knobs for each mic. It also has various sound options for the karaoke, as well as pitch/tone controls. Very cool.
The screen itself has tint/brightness knobs as well as volume control. It also has a switch for "Front/Rear", but I'm not sure what this does.
The screen has a speaker built into it, and I must say, the sound quality is SUPERB! My roomate had to turn it down while he was taking pics of PDIIZwei because it was too loud for him. Heh.
The screen connects into the back of the Navi here:
Also pictured are the power inputs.
Another point of interest is that the Navi has A/V INS! Meaning, you could run something INTO the Navi Saturn for it to be displayed on the screen.
The Navi also comes with a car power cable for the car-cigarette-lighter-thingy. I haven't had the chance to test this out yet, but the concept alone is amazing.
As for the GPS, the Navi uses the Naviken CDs, which I assume are in Japan only and would only work in Japan. Granted, leaving a $1500 in my car would be retarded, so we'll just assume it works well and give the system the nod for it.
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