Anbernic RG406V In-Depth Review

The Anbernic RG406V is an interesting combination of familiar and new; it features an established chipset and shell, but with brand new analog sticks and a high-resolution screen. Let's see if these incremental updates are enough to consider picking up this handheld.

This was a review unit sent to me by the manufacturer. All opinions are my own, they did not see this review ahead of time, and no money was exchanged in any way.

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Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:54 specs and pricing
03:50 unboxing and impressions
12:43 controls and I/O
20:54 screen discussion
25:16 software experience
29:46 RG406V vs RG556 vs RG Cube
31:42 emulation and screen testing
41:21 GameCube and Wii
47:24 PS2 and streaming
51:55 summary (likes and dislikes)
55:23 conclusion

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[Playerdrew]

Damn, Russ. You almost get these reviews out as fast as Anbernic releases new handhelds. Much props!

[ryanbane]

Just sending a little support your way from a long time viewer. 😊

[jpRetroGaming]

While you were away gabbing your snack and drink; Anbernic announced 3 more handhelds 🙄

[jotunros]

I was almost set on the rg cube then this got announced, the sticks are better and it even has the better 4:3 screen you mentioned would be nice in your extended review of the rg cube. So now we wait for a better horizontal version with the same sticks and probably the same screen.

[Jadisons]

Hey Russ, your videos have been so helpful across the board. Thanks for everything!

[Nick-hzno]

I have no desire to own this device. I just enjoy listening to you talk about integer scaling and hall effect sticks. I really hope they refresh the RG556 like you mentioned!

[buenogoodlive]

At this point, Anbernic should just do a "build your own device" option where you can pick any of their devices designs thus far and pick your own parts.

[GeoffreyCapes]

I honestly love the design and I’m glad that at least one company is able to do this. My 405 feels great in my hands, I wouldn’t change it in terms of ergonomics and style.

[eyeball]

The cardinal snapping was never caused by the quality of the sticks, it was a software issue that they happen to have fixed at the same time they changed the sticks. My source is the fact that the community recently released a fix for the XX series that gives proper analogue input.

[caiogabriel]

This review made me excited for the furute RG 406H. That 4" 4:3 720p screen and new analog sticks seen really cool for an device like the RG Cube .

[craciunator]

All I want is an rg405m, with a little more powerful chip, slightly thinner, and has HDMI out, if they can make the bezels thinner and make the device any smaller then that is a bonus.

[QuietMisdreavus]

If you have it in you for another big deep-dive, i think an explainer about the various "tiers" of emulation performance would be wonderful. It's common to hear that a device supports "up to PS1", or "some GameCube", or "all but the most demanding PS2 games", but i think a walkthrough of what systems are more or less demanding than others, with even some examples of devices that support various "tiers" of performance, and possibly some shoutouts of variously demanding games on each system, would be really helpful to put all these devices in context.

Anyway, great review! This device is really interesting; i do hope that the new display panel and the upgraded analog sticks are a harbinger of things to come with Anbernic. The future keeps being exciting!

[mdr]

A RG556+ with the upgraded sticks, d-pad from the ARC-D in non-glossy snes-gray plastic with snes gamepad-sized skittle buttons 🏅

[BitBandit]

I think that an H version, horizontal and with better positioned analogues and horizontal triggers, will be a must-buy for me. Regards from Spain and thanks for your review 😘

[goovindnarula]

this was one I was REALLY looking forward to. Thanks for the video!

[kylesmith]

Any plan to do an, 'Anbernic devices ranked' video?

[RetroMoments]

Have one ordered already! Definitely looking forward to trying it out!

[tiredsleep]

i think this is a perfect christmas gift for my son

[yogi]

omg 56 mins. Appreciate the work you put into these videos, Russ!

[Sadtiric]

This is easily going to replace my 405V! 💚I loved that thing, but it had it's shortcomings. The fact that this updated unit is dropping for about the same price, especially so soon, is mind-blowing!