The PlayStation 4's camera sure is a nifty bit of kit: you can while away the hours in The Playroom or simply control your console with your voice. You can even play Just Dance 2014 with it if you're so inclined.
One of the only downsides to this nifty tech is Sony's insistence on using a proprietary cable plug. Sure, it looks like USB, but on closer inspection you'll find that it's in fact something new, which plugs into the dedicated port on the back of your PS4. For many gamers, the provided cable length of two meters will suffice – but what if you're one of those strange people with a wall mounted TV, or, worse yet, a projector? My friend, you're out of luck!
A simple Google search reveals no end of gamers have this problem, and have taken to drastic DIY measures, like cutting the cable of their optical accessory and attempting to slice in a section of Cat5 wire, often destroying their camera in the process of their desperation. Why hasn't Sony come up with a solution for this problem yet?
Fear not adventurous gamer, for help is at hand! On Amazon, you can now buy a PS4 Camera Extension Cable, lovingly crafted by Calibur, which will add an extra two meters to your cable length. Simply insert the male member into the female opening and you're in business. The packaging boldly boasts of this 'easy plug and play' solution, and that you will suffer no signal loss. We've tested it and it works – amazing scenes.
The PS4 Camera Extension Cable can be purchased from Amazon for the princely sum of £15.99.
Let us know your thoughts on the whole proprietary cable plug doodah. Following the use of proprietary memory for the PlayStation Vita, has the Japanese giant gone too far this time? Will you be buying this cable? As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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"Simply insert the male member into the female opening and you're in business." Wait, what is this a guide for again?
@get2sammyb : steady on
I do HATE Wires :-/ Wish they were a thing of the past(they seem sooo erm 80's) Maybe 1 day everything could be wireless
@eliotgballade @get2sammyb careful now.
Il get it, but they need to invent a Bluetooth wall socket plug thingy so u can connect your PS anywhere in the room out of reach of lil kids I HATE LIL FINGERPRINTS ON MY PS 😠😚💨💨💨
I could fill a medium sized suitcase with all the wires lying around the floor between my PC, laptop, ps4, vita, PS move, ps4 cam, dualshocks, freesat, TV, DVD, megadrive, cloud drive, phone charge, mp3 charge and I also charge my toothbrush from the same area. Literally looks like someone spilt a giant pan of squid ink spaghetti all over the floor.
@Bad-MuthaAdebis
@get2sammyb I have an 8 plug extension leading from a two plug extension and also various 3 plug splitter thingies. No labels, yay.
I really hate proprietary plugs and wires. And memory cards. I was so happy to find out my new Tab 4 is standard mini USB. (Maybe its not mini, maybe nano or micro, whatever it is the 3 phones in my house now use.) I suppose their reasoning was the Xbox Kinect has a proprietary port, might as well make one also, but USB should be adequate, at least the 3.0 version should be fast enough and it supplies power. But no, everything has to be proprietary these days.
Is this paid content?
@get2sammyb @eliotgballade @Johnnycide Down with this sort of thing.
@JohnnyBastos yeah it's 'paid' in the sense that I paid for this overpriced extension cable out of my own money!
Sony's insistence on proprietary components is very annoying. I just picked up a couple of microSD 64GB cards for a helmet-mounted camera of mine for about 1/3 of what I paid for my 16GB vita memory card. And the camera cable? Yes, that's a pain. And here's another reason why!
Many of us have our TV's wall mounted, with the cables in the wall. I need an extension in order to put the camera atop the TV and run the cables through the wall. If it were USB; then I could use CL2 rated USB cabling which is the appropriate cable for going in the wall. While in many areas (mine including) low voltage wiring is a bit more lax; in some areas that could actually be a building code violation. (I still use in-wall rated low voltage cabling for insurance purposes. Insurance companies love to deny claims for silly things like that; so it was well worth the extra couple of bucks to get in-wall rated speaker, HDMI, etc. cables)
I'd need a couple of extensions in order to make this work. And as you mentioned; projectors? What if I had a cabinet that the PS4 was in that would require 150 feet of cable to get to the console in order to put the camera by the screen? (It doesn't have to be nearly 150 feet away for it to require that much cable by the time you go up walls, into ceilings, etc.)
The fact that this isn't a wireless accessory is baffling. Or that at least the wireless connectivity isn't an option.
Frankly, there isn't much you can do with the camera right now. I don't find playroom all that exciting. The audio controls are next to useless. BUT; my neices and nephews LOVE just dance and that was worth paying the discounted black-friday price for the PS4 camera. But I am frustrated at how short the cable was and having to put it at the non-ideal height of the low entertainment cabinet we have under the TV; because I'd need extensions to run the cables into the wall and up on top of the TV (my TV is wall mounted with cables hidden in the walls)
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