GameCube HDMI dongle

[ShoothimNow]

I think MetalJesusRocks could have been bit less of a dick about this.

I must have missed the video / forum post?  I watched the unveiling and the deathkiller video.  Both, he was very generous about it

[Megatron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvd-73clV6E

They're referring to an updated video. 

[Hesch]

Yeah, I've seen that one. He's not a dick in it

[TDIRunner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvd-73clV6E

They're referring to an updated video. 

Yeah, that's the video I was referring to when I said that I felt he handled it very well.

[Arseen]

OK I admit:

After rewatching and knowing the full story he doesn't look that dick anyore, but on first watch before knowing whole thing he definitely did.

[Too Beaucoup]

Just checking back into this thread to say my 2.0 dongle is still working fantastic! 1.0 and 2.0 should definitely be considered prototype. But, Zeldaxpro just released new footage of the 3.0 and he's 3D printed a Gamecube plug that will only go in one way and separates the pins. I'll be getting a 3.0 as well. As far as Metal Jesus goes, it's good that he addressed the problem. However, even though I consider 2.0 a prototype, if you don't trip on your cord and yank your entire console off of the shelf, your Cube will probably be just fine.

If you watch his video of it happening, the damn Gamecube is hanging by the cable with the entire weight of the console pulling on the adapter and HDMI cord. And although, if the plug had been probably 3D printed and the pins separated, the Cube probably would have been fine, it did irritate me a little bit that he titled his follow-up video "Adapter killed my GameCube". Actually, the adapter did kill it, thanks to your careless, drunk friend, which is fine, but he's got people thinking it's solely the adapter's fault, which it's not. I've had mine for 6 months and it works perfectly and my Cube is just fine. I also don't jostle my consoles around when I play or stumble around drunk when I'm playing. Go figure, that mine still works. 

[wiggy]

Just checking back into this thread to say my 2.0 dongle is still working fantastic! 1.0 and 2.0 should definitely be considered prototype. But, Zeldaxpro just released new footage of the 3.0 and he's 3D printed a Gamecube plug that will only go in one way and separates the pins. I'll be getting a 3.0 as well. As far as Metal Jesus goes, it's good that he addressed the problem. However, even though I consider 2.0 a prototype, if you don't trip on your cord and yank your entire console off of the shelf, your Cube will probably be just fine.

If you watch his video of it happening, the damn Gamecube is hanging by the cable with the entire weight of the console pulling on the adapter and HDMI cord. And although, if the plug had been probably 3D printed and the pins separated, the Cube probably would have been fine, it did irritate me a little bit that he titled his follow-up video "Adapter killed my GameCube". Actually, the adapter did kill it, thanks to your careless, drunk friend, which is fine, but he's got people thinking it's solely the adapter's fault, which it's not. I've had mine for 6 months and it works perfectly and my Cube is just fine. I also don't jostle my consoles around when I play or stumble around drunk when I'm playing. Go figure, that mine still works. 

Technically his careless, drunk friend is solely at fault.   There is no fault on the part of the adapter, as it performed no action of its own to cause any such damage.   It would be like blaming the floor for breaking a piece of glassware that someone dropped upon it. 

And entirely in appropriate click-bait title that isn't at all fair to the product

[Megatron]

Technically his careless, drunk friend is solely at fault.   There is no fault on the part of the adapter, as it performed no action of its own to cause any such damage.   It would be like blaming the floor for breaking a piece of glassware that someone dropped upon it. 

Not the only report of this happening - and if the adapter doesn't fit in the port, and a bump causes it to fry the gamecube, then the product is defective.  No excuse for not having a piece of plastic or something to keep the pins from shifting while in the port.

[Too Beaucoup]

Technically his careless, drunk friend is solely at fault.   There is no fault on the part of the adapter, as it performed no action of its own to cause any such damage.   It would be like blaming the floor for breaking a piece of glassware that someone dropped upon it. 

Not the only report of this happening - and if the adapter doesn't fit in the port, and a bump causes it to fry the gamecube, then the product is defective.  No excuse for not having a piece of plastic or something to keep the pins from shifting while in the port.

It, indeed, isn't the only report of it happening. The problem is, we have no idea what those people actually did to their adapter when it failed. Did they knock their Gamecube off the shelf, were they moving it around a bunch while it was running? Now, obviously, the Cube shouldn't fry just from moving it a bit, but it still makes me wonder how their devices failed. I've seen people claim they didn't touch their Gamecube and it still fried. I find those claims hard to believe as you know damn well there are people that abuse their items and don't want to fess up about it. Either way, yes, the adapter plug should have been 3D printed from the start. Version 3.0 looks incredible and I can't wait to get mine. But, my 2.0 is still working flawless.

[wiggy]

Technically his careless, drunk friend is solely at fault.   There is no fault on the part of the adapter, as it performed no action of its own to cause any such damage.   It would be like blaming the floor for breaking a piece of glassware that someone dropped upon it. 

Not the only report of this happening - and if the adapter doesn't fit in the port, and a bump causes it to fry the gamecube, then the product is defective.  No excuse for not having a piece of plastic or something to keep the pins from shifting while in the port.

I just meant that one instance specifically.  I can appreciate that the early designs were simply unfinished prototypes and had some significant flaws

[TDIRunner]

Anyone else included on this mass email???

Anyone who buys something from this moron deserves to have their
gamecube fried.  Bob from RetroRGB and others told him for months his
adapter was garbage and he ignored them.  Dumb fuck doesn't even know
how to use email in 2017.

[TDIRunner]

OK, so this has been fun.  I was on the email list for when the GameCube HDMI dongle was back in stock.  When the creator sent out the email, apparently he sent the info out in a mass email, but didn't BCC everyone.  So someone "replied all" with the message I quoted above.  Now there is a bunch of back and forth with people arguing.  It's like a YouTube comment section in my email inbox right now.  Shit. 

[Too Beaucoup]

I got a couple emails from Zelda about ordering my 3.0 but haven't seen the back and forth that you speak of. That's kinda funny. LOL!

[Tech13]

I got the emails too. I try hard to avoid this kind of toxicity now.

[Arseen]

I got a couple emails from Zelda about ordering my 3.0 but haven't seen the back and forth that you speak of. That's kinda funny. LOL!

Same here.
Order info e-mail recieved and answered, but nothing else.