Gadgetory

it's been a little while since we've had a video idea that was something that was extremely unnecessary over-the-top and not at all something functionally someone chair ever do but at the same time is really cool so let's do one of those the idea here is simple Nintendo has the switch the 3ds all the handhelds they've ever done Sony has the Vita but Xbox still has not really dived into doing handhelds just yet and it's just got me thinking more to be like to have Microsoft franchises on a portable handheld device so we made one kind of now obviously at this moment we cannot take an entire Xbox 1x and cram it down into a small hand out that system is already as it is very compact so instead the idea here is that we are taking an Xbox one X and transmitting that signal to a portable setup in this case we're using a 7-inch small HD screen rigged onto our Xbox one controller which looks successful right now but there were a few trials and errors with this idea the original idea we had was to grab one of those Xbox one controller phone clips you know the things that you attach that you can watch Netflix or do a phone call or something at the same Hema gaming I'm honestly actually not sure why a lot of people use those but the idea was we were gonna grab one and attach the smaller HD screen which was a 5 inch and clip that on and use that where they became an issue though is that while the 5 inch screen isn't that heavy the receiver for the wireless HDMI signal we're using is much heavier so when you have that whole package together the phone clip really wouldn't handle it all would just snap off or maybe even scratch the controller it was just it was just not gonna work it was a bad idea so instead we upgraded to using one of these camera arm clips which this screen is actually designed to lock on to perfectly fine so that works really well and the Xbox one controller happens to be just the right size for it to still clip comfortably on - so how is this all working we've already explained the monitor on the arm of the controller that's all setup but how are we getting the video signal so on the back of the small HD is this thing called the Teradek a really high quality HDMI wireless transmitter and receiver package it's usually used for filming on TV sets that kind of thing it basically allows you to transmit a 1080p signal over a pretty good distance while having virtually no latency so now that we've got this whole thing rigged up I mean it's a little bit of monstrosity but it works and on the One X's end it's really simple you just take a 1x hook it into a wall for power and then for the HDMI signal you plug in the transmitter for the Teradek and once you have that all together you have a functioning handheld Xbox one X I mean it's a little heavy a little unsightly a little awkward actual to use but you can pick it up and play games handheld I mean we even have cut head running right here and yeah just walk around playing the game so it works the only thing about it though is that as we have it set up right now it's not really a 3ds or switch or Vita kind of situation it's more the Wii U Wii U you're still tied to being in so much distance from the Xbox itself I mean you're not even just limited by how far the Teradek can communicate but also by the controller when once you're out of range for the Xbox one controller to work with the system it's just not really a worthwhile setup so we had a even crazy ready to take this one step farther the solution is simple if you need to be within a certain range of the Xbox just bring the Xbox with you so all we did was get a backpack with some breathability so the Xbox doesn't overheat but we have the Xbox hooked up to a portable battery that's giving it all the charge it needs all lit being plugged into the tear duct which has its own battery as well so you just keep this guy on your back and you have plenty of clothes ative distance to still use this little portable setup right here so is in practical and insane and kind of dumb as this idea is which by the way make sure to scribe for more stuff like this but doing it actually really kind of giving this idea I can't wait for hint Hill to reach this level I mean don't get me wrong I love the switch as it is right now but it still limits you to a 720p resolution screen and even when you're playing more pretty games on it they're not really hitting the same graphical levels as something could on next box 1x where you're getting you know a 4k image that's super sample then brought down and in 1080p resolution ends this beautiful handheld experience I want that to happen hopefully soon