With Valentine's Day around the corner, ZDNet's contributors and editors were reminded of all the technology they were infatuated with, either in their past or present, as well as anything that might've left them bitter and broken-hearted.
Why it stole and broke Andrew's heart:
"Twenty classic games in a cute little miniaturized version of the original PS 1, and it's only $60 at Best Buy (and -- this just in -- $53.99 at Amazon)! But: 1) The controllers are wired, and the wires are relatively short, so you either have to buy USB extension cords -- adding perhaps 20 percent to the cost of the console -- or sit on the floor, close to the TV. I suppose that's retro, but it still sucks. 2) It doesn't include a power adapter, so you have to rummage through your own boneyard of USB chargers and squint at the black-on-black writing to make sure you find one that's 5V and 1A. 3) As reported by our colleagues at CNET, Sony used PAL/European images for 9 of the 20 games on-board so the scan rate doesn't match up correctly with North American TVs (and others than use the NTSC system)."
See it now: PlayStation Classic on Amazon
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