Ouya Expanding Its Presence In Europe.

[Killswitch]

Was always wondering why there weren't distribution deals before. Great move. Hopefully it brings more people into our little dysfunctional family.

[masvil]

I'm from Italy (at this moment) and waiting. In the meanwhile I'm trying to understand if OUYA does it for myself

[James Andrew Coote]

It depends on the country, but home broadband internet connections in China, and in the mid-tier countries like Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia, or in many parts of Latin America, is actually pretty good. Moreover, it's on an upward trend.

The problem I suspect will be more with HDMI: My experience is that many people in developing countries have a TV, but can't necessarily afford to replace it with a brand new one. So often, the TV is an old CRT or early flatscreen TV that doesn't come with HDMI.

[masvil]

So often, the TV is an old CRT or early flatscreen TV that doesn't come with HDMI.

Does it work with a PC monitor with DVI lineIN + adaptor?

[CaptainCapslock]

Quite interesting to hear that we'll soon see the Ouya here in Denmark.
I wonder in which stores they're going to sell it.... I'll keep my eyes open

[zeha]

@ masvil, I have tried it with a 1920x1200 monitor (instead of 1920x1080) and the Ouya was then producing a signal with probably 640x400 or something like that. So I guess it will only work if you have a 1920x1080 monitor (or 1280x720). But then, you still have no audio signal.

There are some active HDMI to analog converters, but they cost about 40 EUR, with those it could be possible to connect to Ouya to any TV, but I have never tried that.

[Magnesus]

Monitors with HDMI should have audio out build in (with a headphones sign). And the 640x400 must be a bug - of OUYA or your computer screen.

[zeha]

As far as I know, this is some kind of a fallback solution. The Ouya is able to output 1920x1080 or 1280x720, and if it does not detect that the device can handle one of those two resolutions, it will fallback to a standard VGA resolution. I have read that a few months ago in a different thread somewhere.

Of course I would assume that a 1920x1200 monitor should also be able to handle 1920x1080, but maybe my monitor does not correctly inform the Ouya that it can handle that input resolution.

EDIT: I should have noted that my monitor only has DVI. So I used a HDMI->DVI adaptor. Maybe it would work better with a monitor that has real HDMI input.

[masvil]

I should have noted that my monitor only has DVI. So I used a HDMI->DVI adaptor.

So you have no audible audio output. Such a shame OUYA doesn't have its own (mainly for headphones).

[zeha]

Yes that's quite sad actually. I hooked it up to a projector, and I had to buy a projector that has an audio output jack, otherwise the audio would simply be lost inside my projector unheard.