Hardware GBA SP Brighter screen vs NDS Lite screen

[Dead Ghost]

Is the screen of GBA SP Graphite brighter version, same in quality as NDS Lite's screen?

 

[shaunj66]

Almost. The refresh rate is a bit slower on the GBA SP SE, so there's a bit more ghosting, but it's still an awesome screen.

I play all my GBA and GB games on my GBA SP SE

 

[Dead Ghost]

Can the ghosting distract you when you play fast games?

 

[jon_jon]

I've heard when playing GBA games on a DS, some colors are not reproduced correctly. Anyone had this experience?

 

[sti360]

they're pretty good when compared to each other
it looks sharper on the ds, but that's because the pixels are closer together

 

[Destructobot]

I've heard when playing GBA games on a DS, some colors are not reproduced correctly. Anyone had this experience?

I think the issue is that the original GBA had a very dark screen which made the colors look less vivid, and the original SP front light made the colors look washed out even though it was brighter. To counter this a lot of GBA games have very bright saturated colors, and when you play those games on a DS lite they look very bright & fruity indeed.

 

[sti360]

just a quick pic i put together
gba sp graphite top left, onyx ds lite
both at max brightness

 

[Arm73]

I don't know I had a GBA(not SP) with an afterburner light and it looked really washed out.
When I got my first DS(phat) I realized that the new SP SE had a far better screen, and I lost my sleep over that untill I decided to get one.
The GBA SP SE screen is so much better than the original DS, that for a while I went back to GBA gaming only.
Then I got a DSL, and I agree that the screens are a little bit sharper and the colours look somehow cleaner then on the GBA SP SE, but when playing in GBA mode I have those black bars around the screen and the image looks slightly smaller than on the SP, therefore I still use the SP for every GBA game(and also GB and GBcolor) and the DSL only for DS games.
I often think of the GBA SP SE as the defenitive gameboy machine, backwards compatible with every game,and I will use it forever when it comes to gameboy games.

 

[remisser]

THERE ARE... FOUR LIGHTS!!! (sorry, star trek reference)

 

[BvG]

From left to right: Game Boy Light (Japan only), GBA SP (first edition), Nintendo DS, Game Boy Micro, Nintendo DS Lite.

That's all my Nintendo handhelds with back- or frontlit screens. The only one I don't own is the GBA SP SE. I want to buy it when it's 50 euro's or so.

 

[Dirtie]

Yeah I'd like to pick up a brighter edition SP as well - too bad they don't sell them here.

Anyone know a place I can import from for relatively cheap? So far my only option is ebay.

 

[adgloride]

I was going to get the GBA SP with brighter light a few months ago. I got the gameboy micro instead. Seemed a waste of money to get one with a brighter light when I already had an SP. If I see a cheap SP second hand and in good condition, I'll get one.

 

[-KangaRod-]

How can you tell the ones with the brighter screen apart from the ones with the old front lit screen?

I'm currently playing my GBA games on my Micro cause I don't like the front lit screen of my SP. Do they sell the SP SE in Japan?

 

[spas]

I wanted a micro but I could not find one second hand and did not want to fork out £70 for one but then they went down to 55 after xmas

55 British pounds = 107.75600 U.S. dollars

So now I am getting very temped..

UK USERS ONLY
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/97652

£55 micro free shipping

 

[-KangaRod-]

How can you tell the ones with the brighter screen apart from the ones with the old front lit screen?

I'm currently playing my GBA games on my Micro cause I don't like the front lit screen of my SP. Do they sell the SP SE in Japan?

I love mine, and its worth the money, but you could still probably find it cheaper if you wait, or shop on ebay.

 

[Kliviwiki]

I wanted to get a GBA SP, but I was affraid the brighter screen would be like the fat DS one (you can't see very well when the lights are off, even with direct sunlight). Here´s my doubt: Does the brighter screen GBA consume more battery? I quickly tested one on a store, and it seemed like that even if you pressed the button to turn off the light, there still was a weaker light on. On the original SP, you could play normally diring the day with the lights off, and that's what I want to do, to save some battery life.