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TechFan 294 – Switch

TechFan

My Mac Productions MyMac.com Tim Robertson

Gadgets, Technology

3.830 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Tim does a shorter solo show this week and talks about the Nintendo Switch, Annke Wireless Camera, and a little more. Sponsored by MacSales.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to another great podcast in the MyMac Podcasting Network.

0:05.4

Hey, everyone. Tim Robertson here. It is time for TechFan 294. Unfortunately, David can't be here this week.

0:13.1

And I didn't have enough time to find somebody else. I'm just going to do an abbreviated solo show, i.e., it's going to be smaller because it's just me and I don't have a whole lot to talk about. But I do have a couple things. And the first, honestly, it's kind of cool. Nintendo Switch. Yep, I got one. I was kind of psyched to get it, to be honest.

0:40.6

The last time I bought a new video game system on launch day was the Nintendo Wii, which

0:48.0

was like a year or ten years ago or more.

0:51.0

Probably more. I think it came out like 05 didn't it, 06, something, I don't know, a long time ago.

0:56.9

And I was happy to get one this time around. And so I thought I would kick off this episode,

1:06.7

the solo episode, talking a little bit about the switch um it's a different type of video game

1:13.1

system it's really honestly it's kind of like three different types of systems all in one

1:20.0

and let me explain number one it's a home video game council system so it's it you can plug it

1:26.4

into your TV.

1:29.9

It comes with a controller that,

1:31.0

you know,

1:35.1

you're playing game sitting on your couch and looking at the TV and it's just a normal video game console.

1:37.6

However,

1:38.6

it's also kind of like a Nintendo,

1:41.4

uh,

1:41.8

DS,

1:42.8

3DS,

1:43.5

wherever we want to call it.

1:44.4

It's one screen, but you hold it in your hand and you play it that way, i.e. not connected to a TV because the switch itself is kind of like a tablet.

1:57.8

So there's your three different things. It's handheld, It's a tablet. And it plugs into your TV.

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