Every family in which children grow up is faced with a child's request to buy a game console. The parents themselves still remember the TV set-top boxes of their childhood: "Dandy" with
her unforgettable orange cartridges and the well-known Sega. What are video game consoles, mankind learned in the seventies of the last century. The first set-top boxes were much simpler than modern ones. The very first game they played was tennis - two rackets in the form of rectangles and a ball instead of a ball. Later in the 80s, 8-bit color games appeared, and then in the 90s, 16-bit ones. Closer to the 2000s, manufacturers began to make game consoles close to modern ones.
Choosing a modern device
When it comes time to choose an electronic toy for children, parents find that progress has gone far ahead, and more than one of their generations has changed over the decades. What are prefixes in the modern sense? In the production of game consoles, or as they are now called, game consoles, they use the latest technologies, and the consoles themselves today stand like a real desktop computer. Everyone knows that playing video gamesYou can not only on the console, but also on a computer or laptop. This is where the question arises, what is better to choose - a computer, laptop, tablet or still a game console?
Game console
A computer, compared to a set-top box, is more versatile. On it you can not only
play video games, but also study, prepare for lessons, listen to music, watch movies, chat on social networks. Modern game consoles also have some of these functions (watching videos, listening to music). Therefore, those who have a desktop computer at home, and a prefix is bought for a child exclusively for games, can be recommended to make their choice towards the console. Moreover, when downloading games that are designed for a computer, it is often necessary to go through a long registration and installation procedure.
TV set-top boxes
Computer hardware tends to become obsolete, while video game requirements are for
computer capabilities, on the contrary, are increasing. Therefore, in order to play new games, it will be necessary to periodically “upgrade” the computer stuffing, and this pleasure is not cheap. On the other hand, a set-top box requires a TV, and a new generation set-top box requires an LSD TV. And if there is only one such TV in the apartment, then you will have to give it to your child or buy him a portable video game console. And what about set-top boxes that fit in your pocket and do not require connection to a TV?
The first portable set-top boxes appearedin the late 70s and over the decades have been improved, keeping up with the times. Game consoles consist of a display, a controller, and rechargeable batteries. Having a small size, they fit in your pocket, which allows you to use them on the road and in any public place, which is completely inconvenient in the case of a laptop or mobile phone. You can also connect several consoles via wires or via W-Fi, and then up to several dozen people can take part in the game. At the moment, the PSP is the most common game console among consumers. The only downside to portable consoles is the small display and less user-friendly controls compared to set-top boxes.
Having de alt with the question of what consoles are, what types of them are on the modern market, it remains only to make your choice in favor of the model of interest with the necessary characteristics.
