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Friday, I attended the 2008 IHRSA show which is an international health and fitness trade show held in San Diego.

Note that these products are intended for fitness centers and school athletic programs.

Two booths this year was my main attraction; Shokk.US in partners with Positive Gaming unveiled their new Impact Arcade style home pad this year.


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Here is a break down of their new pad and booth:

• Constructed from a plastic composite. This makes for a very light weight, yet durable pad.
• The arrow panels are held in much like the arcade panels, by brackets, instead of being screwed directly into the pad.
• Two steel buttons allow navigation through menus ala start and select, pictured here.
• The booth, which was very small, featured two of their new dance pads and other fitness equipment.

• Pump PRO X displays three difficulties on screen, pictured here. The software recognizes which chart you are playing and scores you on that difficulty auto-magically.
• Navigation through the menus and song select was done by a regular usb keyboard
• With the monitor screen they had on display, the use of wireless pads, and the lack of ability to see your judgment while playing I was getting very low scores due to lag/latency.
• With the upside being their large booth, the downside was the setup of the audio. There would be times were you would hear no audio as it was only outputting either in mono or from one mid range with no treble or bass.