The center console screen states one thing, the instant economy gauge states another and, the simple math division test basically (logically) states the CORRECT gas mileage, which is not off by a few miles per gallon but, by many.
To wit: The tachometer is the size of a wristwatch tucked into the left corner behind the steering wheel (you can switch the display on the LCD screen), while the option for connecting to an iPhone takes prime and primary placement in the center console screen.
One feature that does sound interesting is the ability to combine split-screen play (with two players sharing a sofa, console and TV screen) with online play.
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This latest contender seems to work in a similar manner to the PSP2TV, by capturing video from the console's screen and piping it through composite or S-video outputs to a peripheral display.
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The update also tweaks and rebrands the "quickplay" item that was introduced just last year -- removing the app launcher from the Xbox guide, and renaming it to "recent" on the console's home screen.
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With it, the console's touch-screen GamePad controller becomes a remote control for your TV and set-top box.
FM, Twitter and Facebook apps that, although fine as far as they go, highlight that these are not really applications that lend themselves to a full screen and a console.
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However, if the original Wii set a bar for intuitive control of a wide range of video games, TVii takes once TV-shy Nintendo and puts it in the driver's seat when it comes to defining a console's second-screen approach to television viewing and interaction.
The car does offer plenty of technology, starting with the iPad-like 17-inch touch screen in the center console.
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Cadillac is also stepping forward with a dead-cool, iPhone-like capacitive-touch cockpit based around a large screen in the central console, situated above a set of artfully designed pressure switches for audio and climate that restate graphically the Cadillac chevron.
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In the center console is the very appealing touch-screen navigation and audio controller, which will synch up with your phone and play your music library wirelessly through the bright, fearsome Fender audio system.
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The new LOVEFiLM Instant app is also enhanced by the second screen functionality of the Wii U console.
The latter needs the wide screen, the former needs the console.
Microsoft's patent suggests that current games console systems are constrained by their reliance on a single screen.
The center console looks like a layer cake, with a large screen sitting atop several rows of buttons and knobs.
Inside the product beats the powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor, which, in addition to the large screen, turns this smartphone into a perfect game console.
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Unlike the PC version, Diablo III on the console will support both offline and online play, including shared screen for up to four players.
Both series also include a gaming mode that cuts the lag between a remote control button press and the resulting on-screen action, making these sets perfect PC or console gaming TVs.
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But SmartGlass is the broadest multi-screen initiative to come out of the major home console vendors, both in terms of the range of possibilities as well as the number of supported devices.
Why do console game require pressing START button to go through a redundant splash screen?
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Together, the Arena app and Atlas controller turn a Kindle Fire HD into a gaming console so you can enjoy mobile games from the couch on a big screen TV without making an investment in new hardware.
Between motion controls and second screen gaming, Nintendo is clearly the innovator amongst the big three console makers.
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However, the man who brought to life Nintendo legends like Mario, Link and Donkey Kong is preaching patience with the console, saying the Wii U, with its touchscreen controller that augments big-screen play, is so different that it will take time for people to understand its real value.
The updates will introduce a wide range of functionality, such as Virtual Console capabilities and shortening the time it takes users to launch software or return to the menu screen.
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Nielsen finds that, as of this past March, men who owned a modern game console like the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or Wii were using their TVs almost as much as women: while males in the broader population typically spend 37 fewer minutes in front of the big screen every day than females, that gap shrank to a negligible 11 minutes when console use came into play.
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Ever since Sony's PSone popularized the concept of game consoles with an LCD screen on top, third party manufacturers have rushed to produce copy-cat devices for each and every console under the sun.
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