- Hello, if you're looking for a home planetarium,
I've got two here you might want to consider,
and you've probably come across 'em already.
One is the original Sega Toys Home Planetarium.
And the second is the newer Sega Toys Flux.
I have previously reviewed both
and I thought you might like to know
what the main differences are.
So before we get into the nitty-gritty of the differences
when in use, let's first take a look at the packaging.
The original Sega Toys packaging was fairly basic.
It just had the plastic protection,
and then once you took out the planetarium,
you'd probably just throw away the packaging.
The new Flux is a much better packaging design
and actually it's something that you could store the Flux
in afterwards, and it looks like a really nice gift box.
It looks a lot more premium than the original.
The contents of the packages are pretty similar for both.
You get the planetarium.
You get a manual and star map,
and you get a couple of projection disks.
The main difference between the two
comes in the form of the power supply.
The new Flux uses a USB power supply,
which makes it much easier to plug into things.
You don't actually have to plug it into a power socket.
You can plug it into a power bank,
so you might want to use this outside
rather than keeping it indoors.
In terms of look and feel,
the Flux has a nice matte finish now.
The previous original Homestar
had a very plastic, shiny finish,
and it looked a little bit cheaper
than the price tag might suggest.
The controls are the same on both,
and both have lit controls to tell you
what you've selected.
Unfortunately neither of them have the text lit.
So, in the dark you can't always see what the options are.
You need a little torch to see what it is
you want to turn on and off.
They both use the top-loading mechanism,
and they can both take the same disk.
So, if you already have a Homestar collection of disks,
it will work in the Flux.
So, let's see how the two compare.
On the left, I've got the original,
on the right, I've got the newer Flux.
They're actually both on at the moment,
and if you can just see, there we go.
So, you can see that the Flux is projecting on the wall.
You can just about see it.
The original though I can't see anything.
I have to turn off the Flux.
I can't really see anything on the wall
from the original, so the Flux is looking like
it has a more powerful projector.
Let's lower the lights a little.
"Alexa set study to 50%."
So, now I can really see the Flux
that's really much, much clearer.
The original though, the original still can't see anything.
Let's turn the Flux off again.
No still not really seem much.
"Alexa turn off the study lights."
So, now the original is visible.
Let me power up the Flux.
Now look at that; that is much better, much clearer.
They're both very good
but there's a big improvement in this newer version.
Everything looks much crisper.
It's almost like going from standard definitions
to high definition.
Let me move that one over a bit,
just separate them out a bit more.
There you go, you can see they've both got the same
star mapping, but the newer Flux perhaps 'cause
it's doing a better job of keeping it more condensed,
it's a lot more spread on the original compared to the Flux.
Let me just show you slightly higher up.
Certainly for brightness, this is where this
needs to be further back.
If we can get it further back and get it in
comparable distance, there we go.
So I've had to put the, there's the Flux,
you see it's a little bit further back,
but now it's pretty much overlapping.
If I just turn the Flux off,
you'll see what I mean by that.
So there's the original.
Let me turn the Flux on,
and it's overlapping, but it's so much brighter.
Both are actually very quiet.
So, here I've got them both on.
I wouldn't say there's a noticeable difference.
I'm gonna shift the microphone next to 'em.
Let me know what you think below
which one sounds louder?
First up the Flux.
(gadget whirring)
Really nothing in it.
They could both be on, well they are both on
at the same time and I'm not noticing one louder
than the other.
There's just a whisper of a hum as the motors rotate
the star fields around.
One thing I did notice while filming this is that
while running both, the original Homestar
seemed to gets quite a bit warmer than the Flux.
I'm not quite sure why that was.
I don't know if it's using a different ball,
but less efficient ball that's giving off more heat,
but some things bear in mind that the Flux is overall
is newer, of course it's going to be better
and that will be the one I recommend,
but there is nothing wrong with the original Homestar
if you can pick that up second hand
at a lower price.
You'll just get much more satisfaction out
of the newer Flux.
It's a brighter bulb.
It's a clearer image and it's just
a better package all around.
I hope you found this quick comparison useful.
Let me know in the comments below,
which one do you think you would go for
if you are picking one.
If you had to spend a little bit more,
would you go for the Flux over the original?
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