Comments on: Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Review

By: andy

andy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000

ive got two of them psp’s at home and the family are mad over the psp even the new psp go which i dont like much because sony have done away with the psp’s umd so it means you have to download everything. i guess it was sony’s way to tackle the iphone or ipod dominance in the marketplace

have to admit that the psp is still a favorate and love playing need for speed genre on long journeys, the nintendo ds is a good console but i prefer the accesabilty of a psp.as for the speakers one of your comments well you can purchase the sub woofer for a psp which with a internet connection to the raido stations or winamp player sounds fantastic

as for the flash update on you tube, what is the whole point, simply use your memory card and save the videos as mp4 and use sites like vix.com

By: cashmoney

cashmoney — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:37:36 +0000

why haven’t they made an update for the flash player. we can servive without youtube.

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:41:22 +0000

Why would you buy conversion software? An excellent free program called PSPVideo9 does and excellent just of converting videos into PSP format.

By: Zandir

Zandir — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:02:09 +0000

I have had my PSP for a while now and here are my pro’s and con’s on the device.

PRO’s:
Wireless
Awesome Screen
Nice standard controls
Fairly nice battery life

Con’s:
Needs a harddrive.
Memory sizes to small to fully utilize the ablities of the device.
Doesn’t come with conversion software to put video’s on the device. ($19.95 additional charge from Sony or $49.95 for a better version of a media manager.)
UMD to slow for gameplay.. Spend most of your time waiting for zone’s/areas to load.
Movies to expensive. (UMD’s can only be used here.. No where else. DVD’s can be used anywhere.)
Can’t hookup to a TV.

Personally as a reflect back on my purchase.. I would have much rather spent the money on something else and I’m looking to sell mine off. This device has to many limitation to use this to it’s full potential

By: flamaest

flamaest — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:10:28 +0000

MitchellO wrote:

Here are some pics of the update process. You need the power plugged in to do it, and a Memory stick (my update from v1.0 to v1.5 Japanese PSP was 14Mb).

darn, you had one of the RARE Jap 1.0 versions.. you could have used the hacks out on the newsgroups to play the RAW ISO’s! Now you upgraded to 1.5 which is locked from playing the ISO’s from the DUO..

By: danielg

danielg — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 03:46:02 +0000

battery life on average is around 3-4 hours for intense gaming. There are several after market battery add ons that will double or even triple your battery life. So its really not much of a worry.

By: maxmiro

maxmiro — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:22:00 +0000

what about the battery… how long can u use it before recharge and is there any recharger coming with the psp?

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 06:26:35 +0000

Regarding dead pixels, its the luck of the draw. I have read sony will replace it, but don’t hold me to it. My screen is perfect. Absolutely awesome. MAKE SURE YOU GET A CASE!! ITS SCRATCHES SOOOOO EASILY.

Haven’t tried multiplayer yet (PSP not available here in Aus, got mine imported ).

Cons would be expensive memory (512Mb Sandisk MS Pro Duo cost about the same as 1Gb SD) and easy to scratch screen. Other than that its PERFECT!!

By: maxmiro

maxmiro — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:04:08 +0000

I am interested in buying a PSP since its 300$(with no games or anything.. can prolly get a bundle with wayne gretzky game for 340 but i dont really like that game) since i live in Canada i would like to know what are the main pros and cons(yeah i know you are all fans but would like to get accurate cons) like ive heard problems with death pixels, the umd disc ect…
I would also like more info about the multiplayer option, how does it work… do you need to be with a person that has a PSP or you can plug it on your modem…
What are the best games?

anyway i would like to get any useful infos (should i wait for the next generation?)

Thx!

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:59:38 +0000

I made myself a screen flip cover while I wait to get a case. What do you think? PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] PSP Flip Cover Pic[/IMG] Only prob is it blocks the UMD door, and need to be removed before you can open it. But I only have one UMD, so for me its not really a problem!!

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:31:46 +0000

Well he guarenteed no customs so it was good. I have been lucky too. I have ordered several things (nothing this expensive though) and never had to pay customs.

By: ToolkiT

ToolkiT — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:29:59 +0000

Then you probably got lucky (I’ve been lucky a number of times too) but I allways caculate it in the price just in case..

I’ll probably ask my friend to go to the shop and pick it up himself.. that way it will arrive in time and we know it is in stock..
Only trouble is he will have to advance me the money..

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:17:53 +0000

I didn’t. No customs, or anything.

By: ToolkiT

ToolkiT — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:16:29 +0000

trouble is you get hit with import duty

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:44:33 +0000

I still suggest ebay. I have seen several auctions for the PSP of eBay UK.

By: ToolkiT

ToolkiT — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:12:41 +0000

Actually I have moved from Australia to the UK… still too close from a B&M store

I’m looking for a online store so I can pay with my credit card and know it is not a scam.
A co-worker of mine (from the US) is comming to europe very soon so I want to ask him to bring it for me..

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 04:16:09 +0000

PSP Update 7 PSP Update 6 PSP Update 5 PSP Update 4 PSP Update 3 PSP Update 2 PSP Update 1 Here are some pics of the update process. You need the power plugged in to do it, and a Memory stick (my update from v1.0 to v1.5 Japanese PSP was 14Mb).

By: Masterchief

Masterchief — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:53:33 +0000

ToolkiT wrote:

Does anybody know a good webstore that has the PSP in stock and pref not in a bundle or in a bundle where you choose the games yourself.

The only stock I’ve seen so far has a bundle with games I’m not after

TIA

The only online stores that sell them without a bundle are toys r us and bestbuy.com. I know toys r us is out of stock, not sure about best buy online.

Also, for anyone looking for a 1 GB MS I suggest you put down an order at ebgames.com (yeah they are on backorder but this will secure yours once it comes in). They seem to be the only place that has actually gotten the 1 gig MS duos in stock (yellow ones. blue ones are sold out everywhere too). I was lucky enough to get mine two days before the psp launch.

By: aybara

aybara — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:40:14 +0000

MitchellO wrote:

Well I live in Australia, so that might be why.

Well, yeah, that would do it I think.

Unfortunately I see them offering bundles for awhile. Although I wonder why EBGames stopped letting you choose the games in the bundle, they were doing that when I pre-ordered originally.

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:29:50 +0000

Well I live in Australia, so that might be why.

By: aybara

aybara — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:25:48 +0000

ToolkiT wrote:

Does anybody know a good webstore that has the PSP in stock and pref not in a bundle or in a bundle where you choose the games yourself.

The only stock I’ve seen so far has a bundle with games I’m not after

TIA

I assume you do not live close to a Brick and Mortar store that may have them? The Best Buy and CompUSA stores in my area have them for sale stand alone and in bundles. They have plenty of each still.

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:50:57 +0000

I’d suggest ebay. I got mine there, and got Ridge Racer. I have seen many auctions that have the PSP Value bundle plus a game that you can choose.

By: ToolkiT

ToolkiT — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:05:30 +0000

Does anybody know a good webstore that has the PSP in stock and pref not in a bundle or in a bundle where you choose the games yourself.

The only stock I’ve seen so far has a bundle with games I’m not after

TIA

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:38:38 +0000

MitchellO:

Great pix!

By: MitchellO

MitchellO — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 06:58:57 +0000

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