Bierbart12 t1_j8dvhze wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:14 PM

There were/are so many TVs with built-in media players, I'm surprised to only hear of a built-in console now

ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_j8dw1hf wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Ah, but did you know about the PC with a Sega Mega Drive built into it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC

Martipar t1_j8e39d6 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:07 PM

The Amstrad Mega PC was a pile of shit though, it was just an underpowered, overpriced PC with a Mega Drive attached with no functionality between the two. It was cheaper at the time to buy a Mega Drive (4 years old at this point) and a better PC than it was to buy the Amstrad. The Sega Teradrive released in Japan was a much better Mega Drive/PC hybrid with a way to program games on the PC and test them on the Mega Drive.

ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN t1_j8emqc6 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Oh absolutely. Yes The Teradrive was better, but that's not saying much as it also wasn't good, it's just the Amstrad version was utterly terrible.

UnsolvedParadox t1_j8gyb0x wrote on February 14, 2023 at 5:40 AM

The concept is pretty cool, though.

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benefit_of_mrkite t1_j8ellap wrote on February 13, 2023 at 7:10 PM

I owned a couple of these and they usually ended up not lasting long.

Muscled_Manatee t1_j8g9jhg wrote on February 14, 2023 at 2:05 AM

My favorite was not a TV with a console built in, but my iMac with Bleem! Best of both worlds…kind of.

MakesMyHeadHurt t1_j8ggacz wrote on February 14, 2023 at 2:58 AM

When I was a kid a friend of mine had a TV (old tube type) with an NES built into it.