R4 DS also know as
R4 DS Revolution is a next generation flash card used with the Nintendo DS & Lite consoles. The
R4 DS seems to be the most popular NDS card at this stage, the
R4 DS will totaly unlock your Nintendo DS console. Watch movies, play MP3's and store hundreds of homebrew apps all on the this little but powerful Nintendo DS flash card. The
R4 DS is just an amazing little device which is the same size as the original NDS cart, the
R4 DS is a complete solution with no need to purchase any additional components and is truly the easiest to use media enhancer out there. To simply put it, the R4DS is a must have peripheral for any regular Nintnedo DS or NDS lite owner.
R4 DS is quite easily one of the best slot 1 Nintendo DS flash card on the market. ROM compatibility is virtually 100%, just as long as you buy the right brand of memory. Otherwise, it is 99.8%. The best memory to use would be the Kingston MicroSD range which is know to work better then Sandisk on these units.
It is safe to say that the
R4 DS has been the most successful DS flash card on the market, now after 18-months of it’s release it has out sold any other flash card hands down, even though there are newer cards out and about now with some new features like MicroSDHC support, that has not stoped the sales of this great little card, the skins collection for the
R4 DS is also huge, there is over 5000 skins available online from various skins sites. This is kind of neat if you want to make your R4 look just like your favourite movie or game, it’s safe to say there are more skins for the
R4 DS card then any other card on the market. Some of the skins they have on the NDSThemes website look amazing, if you go ahead and buy an
R4 DS make sure to check out their skin site as you won’t be disappointed. The
R4 DS GUI is newbie-friendly yet functional, which is something the competitors forgot to ensure, there will be no getting lost in menus or system settings with this card, they kept it simple yet functional like we said above, because these devices are being used mostly by children, making sure there is not a whole bunch of settings that can be unnecessary played with can be a good thing, all you see if what you need to see to play your homebrew or movies without any fuss.
With the
R4 DS they ditched their in-house media players for finally caving to the superior Moonshell and tied it into the OS, Moonshell has been known since the beginning to be the best media player for DS, it works on all cards and truly is the best option over some in-house half done media player, note that you will need to convert you AVI or MPG files to DPG format to use them in Moonshell, just do a search in Google for AVI to DPG and you will find a bunch of software that will do the converting for you. The best movies to convert to use with the R4 DS would have to be Ipod movies, they are just the right resolution to be using and will convert much quicker then movies made to watch on PC’s or TV. You will retire your Passcards or Superkeys, as the
R4 DS Revolution can boot any popular slot-2 Nintendo DS flash card. Skinning adds beauty to functionality. The best part is that the
R4 DS retails for around $50 - $60AUD, which in the end is a great price compared to other cards on the market, such as DSXtreme the only high-rated slot 1 Nintendo DS flash card to date which retails for 3 times the cost of the
R4 DS. If you choose to buy R4 DS, you are choosing a definite winner in the Nintendo DS flash card arena.
Hardware wise, the build quality of the
R4 DS revolution is top notch, the fact you can remove the micro SD from the
R4 DS without removing the whole card from the NDS slot is great. After selling thousands of these great little cards, we would be lucky to have more then a handful that became faulty, of the few we did get faulty most were DOA and very few have ever been returned after being used. They even bundled the
R4 DS with a couple of nice extras, the key ring card carry case and the USB micro SD card reader which are great little freebies with the R4DS that help further justify the price tag which is already very affordable, unlike some of the carry cases that do come with other flash cards, the R4 is made of very strong plastic and is really a protective casing instead of just a cheap plastic case that really has no purpose. if you're looking for a great slot 1 Nintendo DS flash card with unlimited storage capacity using Micro SD cards, 100% ROM compatibility, complete "drag 'n' drop" & ease-of-use, huge skin collection,
http://www.gameplayfun.com/category-s/1.htm works out about £6 pound but you will need the mmc card found here
http://www.gameplayfun.com/category-s/1.htmworks out about $6 for a 2gb card
i use the dstt one better than a
R4 http://www.gameplayfun.com/category-s/1.htm works out about $8 with the 2gb card and you get free p&p
hope that helps
