So the PSP arrived...

[Dagless]

It's got a little too many scratches, a dead pixel (liar seller :( ) and the UMD drive seems knackered.

I don't know much about the PSP but if I hear the drive constantly spinning, the little disc loading bubble is going and nothing happens at all (going on 10 minutes now) after I've gone at it with a little cleaning kit - is it broke?

I'm thinking about building a Pandora battery now, telling the seller I'm going to return it and buying myself a slim later today. I'll lose a bit of homebrew till it gets ported but it seems like the best option. Much rather get a brand new system now.

[MacRumorUser]

^ That sucks. That's always the risk with used items on ebay....
Get onto the seller / paypal / ebay and your CC company.



Does the Slim with alternative 3.17 M33 firmware not run all the homebrew stuff then ? I know it runs all the emulators and ISO's...

At least you'll be get getting a new machine, with 12 months warranty and better battery life and improved UMD read speed.

[Dagless]

I've emailed the seller. He seems like a nice chap and even if he doesn't kindly accept a refund there are always plenty on buyer protection things on eBay.
I'm building a Pandora battery now. It's a 40 step process just to make the thing!

How is the Slim compared to the old model, btw? Get me all excited :)

[MacRumorUser]

^ Mine only shipped yesterday, so it's gonna be end of next week, or maybe the week after (depending on how many days off the postman takes during the holidays)

Fingers crossed it's all resolved quickly for you.

What's a pandora battery anyway ?

[Markleshark]

What's a pandora battery anyway ?

Thats what I was thinking. Edit: Quick google and it looks like it's something to do with downgrading and/or unbricking...

[TBi]

I hope you get your money back for the bad PSP. That kind of seller give all the honest sellers a bad name!

Anyway the new PSP-Slims are prettier :D

I'm pretty sure the pandora battery is specially designed to put the PSP into a special test mode where you can flash the firmware, even if the PSP is bricked. Probably the method used by Sony to do this in extreme cases.

[Dagless]

I think he's a good seller. Has a good rating at least and was very helpful in emails.

Well I'm trundeling along building a Pandora for a slim. I really hope this works as I've only got a small window before I have to send the PSP back! Don't usually have much luck with these things.

And yes the Slims do look very pretty :) I really wanted one but I was told so few homebrew apps worked on it - then I found out too late that most of them have been updated to work again :o

[MacRumorUser]

I see you can buy a pandoras battery for $38 AU (£16.80) including shipping and a 1GB Duo Card with the firmwares on it.

Would that not be easier than building one ? Or maybe I'm just too frickin lazy. Even though I have modded a few consoles in my time (PS2, Slim PS2, Xbox, Wii) I have only ever done so to simply allow import play, so never got into this homebrew or backup scene.

[Markleshark]

I keep meaning to mod my xbox, never really got round to it.

But thats off topic... I hope you get everything sorted jimmi.

[TBi]

I keep meaning to mod my xbox, never really got round to it.

Modded XBOX & XBMC is a wicked combination! I'm so glad i modded mine, even if i rarely ever use it to play games.

[Dagless]

Holy Christ the Slim is a thing of beauty!

I'm in love.

Fingers crossed - about to get M33 on it.

[twoodcc]

sorry to hear that about your psp. if i were you i'd get the slim one anyway

[sikkinixx]

eah the slim is a lot better. The buttons are nicer, the d-pad was way better, the weight is a lot better than the psp 'phat' and some newer games do load a couple seconds sooner which is nice.

Good luck hacking it :o I wasn't brave enough to hack mine, only my ipod :p

[Dagless]

3.71 M33-4 is now on my brand spanking new PSP. Honestly though this is a huge update over the old one. Yea the buttons are really something nice!

Oh yea, had to buy some package. Got Star Wars something-or-other with it. I think Squadron is in the title. It was only £5 more than the usual base price.

Super cheeky of Sony not to include a memory card though. A 32mb one just for saves would have been nice...

Brb I'm going to get all romantic with it.

[twoodcc]

3.71 M33-4 is now on my brand spanking new PSP. Honestly though this is a huge update over the old one. Yea the buttons are really something nice!

Oh yea, had to buy some package. Got Star Wars something-or-other with it. I think Squadron is in the title. It was only £5 more than the usual base price.

Super cheeky of Sony not to include a memory card though. A 32mb one just for saves would have been nice...

Brb I'm going to get all romantic with it.

congrats on the purchase! ithought they came with a memory card though? maybe just in the US, i don't know.

be gentle now! :p

[Dagless]

I'm amazed the PSP isn't significantly more popular than the DS. Could be me, but the last truly great game I played on the DS was Dawn of Sorrows. Nothing this year has really grabbed my attention whereas the PSP has built up a steady library of good games (but not amazing, nothing I've played yet even comes close to DoS - on both systems!).

I like how easy all the homebrew stuff is now. It's a cake walk compared to what it used to be.

Cave Story on the PSP is just my dream come true.

FF7 here I bloody come!

[2nyRiggz]

Sad to hear about your PSP jimmi but enjoy it none the less...The PSP slim is damn light and the buttons are very responsive. I'm feeling the need to slap that custom firmware on my PSP slim.

How come your psp didn't come with a memory stick.....mines came with a 1gig card.



Bless

[Antares]

Brb I'm going to get all romantic with it.

Gross. Too much information...

[twoodcc]

Sad to hear about your PSP jimmi but enjoy it none the less...The PSP slim is damn light and the buttons are very responsive. I'm feeling the need to slap that custom firmware on my PSP slim.

How come your psp didn't come with a memory stick.....mines came with a 1gig card.



Bless

yeah i thought it was supposed to come with a memory stick. maybe only in the US?

[GFLPraxis]

I'm amazed the PSP isn't significantly more popular than the DS. Could be me, but the last truly great game I played on the DS was Dawn of Sorrows.

Last great game I played was Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Don't know where you're living :P

[ChrisK018]

I'm amazed the PSP isn't significantly more popular than the DS. Could be me, but the last truly great game I played on the DS was Dawn of Sorrows.

I seem to recall you championing the DS, and buying, then quickly returning a PSP a number of months ago. What has precipitated this massive shift?

I have both, and like 'em fine, but in a pinch I'd go with the DS.

[Mr. Sexy]

You can make Pandoras battery in under 5 minutes, if you hardmod it. That's the easiest way, and goood luck with homebrewing your PSP, I've been doing it since 1.5.

[JackAxe]

I'm amazed the PSP isn't significantly more popular than the DS. Could be me, but the last truly great game I played on the DS was Dawn of Sorrows. Nothing this year has really grabbed my attention whereas the PSP has built up a steady library of good games (but not amazing, nothing I've played yet even comes close to DoS - on both systems!).



You must have been under a rock! :p And Dawn of Sorrow came out "two" years ago. How come you haven't played Portrait of Rune? In it's own respect it's a great game. And what about Magical Starsign?!!! :mad: This game is GREAT and all of ye monkeys are just ignoring its glory. It's certainly better than FF 3, FF 4, and putrid vomit like Childrend of Mana, or most of Square Enix's puke these days.

Lots of great games on the DS, you're just bored and spent too much time nibbling on your foot or something. :p

We'll race to see which version of CaveStory gets done first, the PSP or DS. :) SO nyaaaaa. :p :p :p

<]=)

[Coded-Dude]

Last great game I played was Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Don't know where you're living :P


beat me too it(also, I really want to get Contra 4) - but thats all off topic.

Congrats jimmi on the purchase welcome to the "Dark side" ;)
(I'm assuming you got the white PSP with Vader on the back)

FYI: I believe the daxter bundle does infact come with a memory stick.

[Dagless]

Oh heavens no! Went for the black one as I mostly play at night, mostly.

I've been living a lie with the DS! Some games were good, notably New Mario and DoS (did not like PoR one bit :o ). But I'm so friggin addicted to GTA:LCS and LocoRoco that it isn't funny. I've got a slew of games hitting my face this Xmas so it's only going to get worse. I found Pokemon Pearl to eventually turn into a terribly mediocre game in the end, I just totally gave up and used repel potions at that snow area. No fan of the new Zelda either. Contra 4 hasn't grabbed me like "Super Probotector" has on the VC. All this big titles haven't stuck!

The DS's reign is over for me till the next uber-stellar game.

:o

... Oh come on! As if I'm known for my consistent attitude to systems and games :p

[ReanimationLP]

I've noticed that since Sony released the Slim PSP, a ton more people are looking for PSPs compared to DS Lites.

[JackAxe]

Maybe where you live. :o

<]=)

[Dagless]

One little question since our European PSP Slim takes after Lara's waist- can you subscribe to text RSS feeds? I'd like to sit there with the PSP on a dock or something and make a little "beep" noise whenever one of my regular sites posts something new.

And Sony I would also completely love an email client!

[Markleshark]

One little question since our European PSP Slim takes after Lara's waist- can you subscribe to text RSS feeds? I'd like to sit there with the PSP on a dock or something and make a little "beep" noise whenever one of my regular sites posts something new.

And Sony I would also completely love an email client!

I'm not sure jimmi, but on the email client thing if it's half as bad as the browser is/was then I certainly wouldn't want one. :eek:

[Dagless]

:D in all fairness the Slim browser seems much better than the old fat one. Maybe it's the extra memory? Either way it's not entirely unusable this time.

[Lone Deranger]

That's the latest hacked firmware isn't it?
Would it be against forum rules to ask where you got the install software from? I'm in need for it so I can play latest game purchase (WipeOut Pulse).

btw. Love your avatar! Can't beat pixeled animations. :D Only 400 more posts to go before I can add one myself... :eek:

3.71 M33-4 is now on my brand spanking new PSP. Honestly though this is a huge update over the old one. Yea the buttons are really something nice!

[Dagless]

psp-hacks.com has it all.

And thanks :) it's a walking animation from a game I'm working on. My first gif too, come to think of it!

My sister has fallen in love with LocoRoco and I suspect my brother will do the same for GTA. I might not be the only one with a PSP.
Yea, nobody around here has one any more which is more than a shame. No Ad-hoc for me.

[Lone Deranger]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll go and check it out. Can't allow Sony to take away my PSP retro gaming functionality. :D

Multi player gaming on the PSP can be great fun. There's about 5 or 6 of us at work that come lunchtime initiate some full on WipeOut action. :)

What program did you use for stacking up the animated gif? I've used ImageReady in the past for it, but it's a bit of a kludge for that.

psp-hacks.com has it all.

And thanks :) it's a walking animation from a game I'm working on. My first gif too, come to think of it!

My sister has fallen in love with LocoRoco and I suspect my brother will do the same for GTA. I might not be the only one with a PSP.
Yea, nobody around here has one any more which is more than a shame. No Ad-hoc for me.

[asxtb]

We really are opposites Jimmi. :p
You used to be pro-DS and anti-PSP and now you're pro-PSP. While I, on the other hand, used to be pro-PSP and anti-DS (well not really anti just more pro-PSP. And I'm sure you were the same way) and now I'm pro-DS.

Although if I had to choose between the two and wasn't allowed a console, I would go with the PSP. It has more of the games I like.

[GFLPraxis]

Oh heavens no! Went for the black one as I mostly play at night, mostly.

I've been living a lie with the DS! Some games were good, notably New Mario and DoS (did not like PoR one bit :o ). But I'm so friggin addicted to GTA:LCS and LocoRoco that it isn't funny. I've got a slew of games hitting my face this Xmas so it's only going to get worse. I found Pokemon Pearl to eventually turn into a terribly mediocre game in the end, I just totally gave up and used repel potions at that snow area. No fan of the new Zelda either. Contra 4 hasn't grabbed me like "Super Probotector" has on the VC. All this big titles haven't stuck!

The DS's reign is over for me till the next uber-stellar game.

:o

... Oh come on! As if I'm known for my consistent attitude to systems and games :p
You'll change your mind with the next big DS release. Anyway...

Let's have some fun with this. :D

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1493248&highlight=psp#post1493248



DS
+Battery life
+cart based
+touch screen
+no loading times
+no heat or motion or anything
+plays GBA games (massive thing considering the legendary GBA games)
-looks

PSP
+graphics
+looks
-BATTERY LIFE
-disc based
-size
-have to be careful with screen (nintendo realised that the exposed screen thing dosnt really work)
-new to it all (read; dosnt have a clue)
-will NOT be able to play FPS. other than Doom or with a goldeneye style *hold shoulder button to look* movement. bad idea.


and the unwritten rules for handhelds?

+Must have long battery life
+Must be able to take a lot of damage
+Must not have superfast 3D graphics (isnt that for consoles?)
+Must not use discs (loading, vibration, kills battery, savefiles dont like discs, easier to damage than cart)
+Games must be able to pick up and play with no fuss (portability)

The PSP is alright, but they're trying to be a console. and im only after the Zelda's, metroid's and mario's. and they really remind me of Windows, a patchwork system. trying to do everything but badly
not even the DS is brilliant in my eyes. the handheld genre was always one of fantastic gameplay as they couldnt produce beautiful graphics the game makers efforts were focused elsewhere, be it gameplay or music or whatever. Advance Wars, Tetris, Mario Land, Mario Advance, Metroid Zero Mission etc. and now that handhelds are all going 3D we're going to lose the only solid place for 2D gamers, like it used to be consoles for 3D and handheld for 2D. bugger.


PSP sales fans really should note: that the DS sold 60,000 (or was it 6000) more units than the PSP in the PSP's own launch week in Japan. erm *KAPOW!*

when will people realize that the PSP is just a portable PS2 (portable at 2 hours battery life? hmmm) that brings nothing new to the table at all. heh and i thought mac owners loved innovation and need i go on about how the Gameboy has already beaten down 13 competitors in the past, 75% of which were more powerful that the GB. that the DS is backwards compatible. that it has double the battery life and is half the price (round about).
nintendo knows handhelds which is why they dropped uber real graphics for simple graphics which saves a hell of a load of battery power.

"buy another battery!" they say
Lik Sang stock official DS batteries for £6.99, PSP batteries are £35.99 or at least they were when i imported my DS a month ago.

Joe Public likes things cheap.


Firstly, absolutely no game can beat Zelda, Metroid and Mario gameplay wise, which is the only thing that counts to gamers, not PSP multimedia people. Need i bring up links to Metacritic with their world-wide scores?

You wouldn't see me dead with a PSP just now, to me its like the Xbox. at first there was absolutely nothing bringing me to it. its just overpriced faulty hardware. But then a few years later I bought one, chipped it, and now using it as a Media Centre. So many i'll get a PSP when the price drops to something barely reasonable for a handheld gaming machine.



If i were you i'd just go out and buy a 2nd hand PS2. After all the PSP is just a watered down version of that but with early Dreamcast quality graphics with the high possibilities of a faulty screen, analogue button/stick thing, low battery life, overpriced console/memory sticks/games, terrible sales figures etc...


:cool: My revenge is complete.

Granted, most of these are from 2005...but still :p

[ChrisK018]

^Zing!

This is just about hand held game platforms, so obviously jimmi is not going to roast for his comments, but does this mean that he has been caught dead? Who caught him? That whip-wielding Belmont family?

[Dagless]

We know that :cool: the PSP launch was so pants, it took me this long to really get into it. But I'm there now and I've dragged my brother along too - he's buying the broke PSP. Bypassing the broken drive by him dumping his purchased games to a memory stick but he might get a laser replacement (we believe this to be the problem now).

Mind you I didn't like the Xbox on launch. Took a good 2 years before I got one of them. I tend not to jump into systems too soon :p

Not happy with the Slims battery life, it's verging on intolerable.

[JackAxe]

It's OK to like the PSP, but to shun the DS in an instant. HOW DARE YOU!!! :mad:

And I can no longer speak to you, because a TRUE 2d side scrolling nerd would have drudged passed the first few levels of Portrait of Rune to get to its good part. :mad: I had to level up my characters 13 or 14 times before the game started to become enjoyable. The game has its own thing going that's almost as great as Dawn of Sorrow.

I'll talk to you again in about a month once your new system nostalgia has warn off and you're back to your senses. :p

<]=)

[MacRumorUser]

Not happy with the Slims battery life, it's verging on intolerable.

How bad is it?


I picked up a few cheap PSP games today. First time in ages.

IQ - Practical Quota, Gitaroo Man Lives, Mercury Meltdown for only €12.99 each and Silent Hill Origins for €17.99 :)

[Dagless]

It might be okay for you, I've got my UMD clock speed set to 300mhz to combat the framerate problems in Liberty City Stories which cuts the battery to 3 hours. It's not great especially coming from DS Lite and GB Micro land.


Hours later

Just watched the whole of I, Robot and it only took off 30% of the battery. I find that a little astonishing as it's almost a 2 hour film! Maybe the system loads more of the film into the RAM to cut down laser time?

[GFLPraxis]

It might be okay for you, I've got my UMD clock speed set to 300mhz to combat the framerate problems in Liberty City Stories which cuts the battery to 3 hours. It's not great especially coming from DS Lite and GB Micro land.


Hours later

Just watched the whole of I, Robot and it only took off 30% of the battery. I find that a little astonishing as it's almost a 2 hour film! Maybe the system loads more of the film into the RAM to cut down laser time?

Did you watch I, Robot off of UMD or the memory stick? The memory stick would GREATLY save battery life as the disk doesn't spin.

[Dagless]

UMD. Came with the guys PSP along with Advent Children *urgh*.

[bryctucker]

Hey i have a PSP and the most common problem when this ocurrs is that the plastic Of the front cover of the UMD is pushed in and holding the Disk still

Hope that helps

-Bryce

P.S. the psp lasts longer on the movies becuase the processor doesn't run aslong because it doesn't have to comprened the actions you want it to do like in the games

also not to dis the DS but the PSP is better because the 2d Games arnt that good sorry, the PSP rules

[JackAxe]

∆∆ The world you live in must be cool! :cool:

<]=)

[Dagless]

Yea that was a bit of a shock statement!

[JackAxe]

Even you can concur about the greatness that is Dawn of Sorrows, my PSP migrating friend. :p

And PLAY PoR. Trust me on this! I was let down at first to and it took me several attempts -- about 2 months after buying it -- to get into it. But once I passed that threshold, the game really started to shine and I could not put it down. I didn't play it for 100% completion like DoS, but I did go back and unlock all the goodies. It has its own collecting thing, that's fun, but just not the same since they didn't include the option to customize weapons -- this really ticked me off at first.

I bought a Black DS lite yesterday. I did so in mourning of your gaming flip floppiness -- to use a phrase I picked up from the last rigged election here in the US. Ok, I was going to buy one anyways, it was my Bday. :)

<]=)

[Dagless]

I did try it! I beat the 2nd or 3rd boss before I stopped trying to think of it as a successor to DoS and gave up on it. I don't like the character switching gameplay and the music isn't all that memorable compared to Aria and Dawn.

I can finally play Symphony of the Night thanks to the PSP (hah, 2D). Like hell I'd use the 360 dpad for that game.


And joy of joys I broke my iMacs keyboard. So I'm out of work till after xmas. PSP came at the right time :D

Aaaand SW Battlefront: Renegade thingy is friggin awesome. What a powerful game! Running, flying and all that. Really impressed with that game. Surprised I got it for only £5 with the system!

[GFLPraxis]

also not to dis the DS but the PSP is better because the 2d Games arnt that good sorry, the PSP rules

Aw, that's cute, did your mommy help you sign up on this forum too? :D

Okay, just kidding, but honestly I only ever hear statements like that from kids.

Anyone who can't appreciate a well-designed 2D game has no taste in gaming, period. And the DS has a LOT of 3D games. Zelda, Mario Kart, Metroid...

[MacRumorUser]

^ Nah GFLPraxis, it is when you hear statements like this that you realise....... we have become 'old'. I'm affraid were last-last gen at this stage :D

Kids of today :rolleyes:;):p

[Dagless]

So I'll be sending the broken PSP back tomorrow. I got brother a slim today which I just installed M33 on (really easy now!). And now my sister wants one too :D

This is kinda great.

(and to finish off the keyboard story - picked up one of them new Apple Keyboards today! This is the first thing I've used it for! It's so awesome too :D )

[GFLPraxis]

^ Nah GFLPraxis, it is when you hear statements like this that you realise....... we have become 'old'. I'm affraid were last-last gen at this stage :D

Kids of today :rolleyes:;):p

I'm 19, believe it or not :D

Although I think most of the teens around me act like idiots.

[MacRumorUser]

I'm 19, believe it or not :D

Exactly......

Get your bloody zimmer frame ready granddad..... ;):p:D



Realised I was old the other day. Was helping down at the local school and had to set up some chairs and there were a bunch of 14/15 year olds and I said
"lads can you just sit up and arrange those seats so the face the same way as the ones on this side"..... A pretty simple request....

They got up. They just moved to other seats and sat down :mad:

I blew my lid and said "Yeah great!! Thanks a f***in bunch", and they looked at me like :confused::confused::confused::confused:

Ignorant little feckers :p:D and I even thought to myself... "bloody kids these days' :D

[bryctucker]

GFLPraxis, i had a GameBoy for a while and their good but the psp is better to me because you can put music on the PSP's MS and listen to it, share photos between psp's and get on the internet. theres more than that but im not dising the DS and 2D games.

[Dagless]

You can do all that with an M3!

Does anyone actually use a PSP (or DS) for music, or even send pictures around?

[MacRumorUser]

You can do all that with an M3!

Does anyone actually use a PSP (or DS) for music, or even send pictures around?

Yeah when you first get one..... then the novelty wears off.

I never use my 360 or PS3 or Wii for looking at photos at either.

[Dagless]

I've got my iPhoto library synced to my iPod though. But then there's no second thought put into copying the right pics across!

I'd love the PSP to have a 360-like functionality of playing MP3s in games. GTA requires you to use a special app and some other games just have god awful music.

[Chone]

I've got my iPhoto library synced to my iPod though. But then there's no second thought put into copying the right pics across!

I'd love the PSP to have a 360-like functionality of playing MP3s in games. GTA requires you to use a special app and some other games just have god awful music.

That would be pretty darn awesome but don't some games (like WipeOut) have such features?

BTW, have you bought Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles yet? You can never go wrong with portable Rondo of Blood AND Symphony of The Night.

[GFLPraxis]

You can do all that with an M3!

Does anyone actually use a PSP (or DS) for music, or even send pictures around?

My iPod holds so much more than any PSP or DS ever could. I use that.

[GFLPraxis]

GFLPraxis, i had a GameBoy for a while and their good but the psp is better to me because you can put music on the PSP's MS and listen to it, share photos between psp's and get on the internet. theres more than that but im not dising the DS and 2D games.

A GameBoy? That's not a DS. The DS has lots of 3D games.

Also, who cares about the rest? The PSP can't fit enough media to be extremely useful as a media player, and I'm buying a system to play games. The DS has good games.

[Dagless]

The sort of awesome thing is you can buy an 8gb PSP memory stick ex alpha duo plus, or an 8gb iPod Nano for the same price :D
Or at least the price from the Sony Centre yesterday.

But that's more a rant than a story. The 4gb card I bought off eBay is as naff as hell. Playing FF7 last night and the thing crapped out on me!

[2nyRiggz]

I custom firmware my phat PSP and I downloaded Silent Hill 1 on the thing and I felt like I was 19 years old again playing it for the first time..The game is beautiful on the system now I'll try to get RE1 on the thing.


Bless

[Dagless]

I was surprised at how well it works too, all the problems of old TV connectors and even old TV's just fly out the window. FF7 looks beautiful and I can't wait to get onto Abe's Odyssey and Rayman again. The latter should look superb.

[bryctucker]

I know but you still can't put music on a DS and a psp has a larger screen than a iPod will ever have plus an ipod has a HDD which equals shorter battery life.

Im a sony fan, i hate microsoft the nickel and dime for everything you have, just like the format war i hope that Blu-Ray wins and HD DVD loses

And i dont' need much storage so i have a 1GB stick for my PSP

[Mackilroy]

Microsoft doesn't make the DS though...

Also, several iPods are flash-based, which extends battery life, and all the iPods have longer battery lives then the PSP anyhow.

[MacRumorUser]

Im a sony fan, i hate microsoft the nickel and dime for everything you have, just like the format war i hope that Blu-Ray wins and HD DVD loses


With grammar skills of such a high calibre on display; how on earth could anyone argue with such a well thought out stance?

[Dagless]

Haha, this guy is golden!

Does he honestly think the iPod battery life is short? Isn't it banging on 20 hours for video? Opposed to the lovely max of 5 hours on the PSP (still have to get it beyond that short of sticking the CPU to 111mhz). Even my last gen iPod gets 8 hours video and stores 10x the amount of Sony's biggest memory card for the PSP :)

And if you missed my post - you CAN put music on a DS. It's called the M3 Adapter and lets you run homebrew, music and videos (and eBooks) using a memory card that's worlds cheaper and more widely available than Sony's format :)

[ChrisK018]

I'm curious; if you have an iPod, a DS, and a PSP why would one go through the hassle of downloading, getting special adaptors and whatever else is needed to get music onto the PSP and DS? I mean, wouldn't it just be easier to stick with the iPod?

Seems like more trouble than it's worth to me, but then again I don't do any homebrew stuff. Is that the reason, or is it more for the pleasure of rising to the challenge?

[apsterling]

I know but you still can't put music on a DS and a psp has a larger screen than a iPod will ever have plus an ipod has a HDD which equals shorter battery life.

Im a sony fan, i hate microsoft the nickel and dime for everything you have, just like the format war i hope that Blu-Ray wins and HD DVD loses

And i dont' need much storage so i have a 1GB stick for my PSP

Larger screen than an iPod will ever have? Who gives a crap? My iPod Touch is less than a quarter of an inch smaller, and it's got a touch screen. My DS, when screen area is put together, is bigger- and has more inventive, ingenuitive, and fun to play games. Hear me, games like Yoshi Touch and Go, Warioware Touched, and others. Admittedly older ones, but... Not all iPods have HDD and short life. For example our buddies, the Classic and the older 5G iPod, had marginally better life than the PSP. And you can put music on the DS, but it's no better than music on the PSP.

Sony tried to do TOO much with the PSP and failed most things. You simply can't be all in one, with that intent. (iPod Touch is incredible, for not trying to perfect anything outside of Music, Video, and Internet, but managing games quite well)

To put it on your level:

iPodz pwn teh PSP, adn Ds cna play musak too. Teyh boht haev better life.

Consider yourself PWNT!

[2nyRiggz]

Wow..when you guys beat down you really beat down. I don't use my PSP or DS for music...never have and never will...my ipod is for that. PSP is for games as I see it...I don't even use it for movies(maybe I should though)

Music:
ipod>>>>>>>everything else

Handheld Games
DS>PSP>>>>>>everything else


Bless

[zap2]

Here is a picture for you!

[Dagless]

Haha, nice one Zap2 :D

I actually thought watching a film on a PSP was a nice experience so long as you have somewhere to put it.

[MacRumorUser]

e so long as you have somewhere to put it.

I read that and a Futuarama episode sprang to mind

"If your hands get cold, place them between your buttocks. That's nature's pocket"

[GFLPraxis]

I know but you still can't put music on a DS and a psp has a larger screen than a iPod will ever have plus an ipod has a HDD which equals shorter battery life.

The iPod may have a HDD, but it also has a bigger battery, and surprise surprise, it actually lasts a lot longer!

Im a sony fan

Nothing wrong with that, just be careful that you don't have the -boy suffix attached.



And i dont' need much storage so i have a 1GB stick for my PSP

See, if you actually used it for anything more than a novelty, you'd realize why it's not so good as a multimedia device.

Anyone who buys a PSP as a media device is kidding themselves. It's a gaming device.

[Dagless]

Well Tomb Raider Anniversary is a very feature filled looking game! I'm just onto level 2 now and it plays so smoothly compared to the old games. Really loving this.
Eternia is just beautiful. I "do" RPG's at night so I haven't gone into this beyond the first few minutes.
VCS looks so much better than LCS, the addition of AA is welcomed!
FF Tactics will have to wait too.

I think I signed up to PSN as well. I'm not entirely sure what happened.

[bryctucker]

Yes but the 1 GB stick held my whole I, Robot moive and still had 100 songs on it

and raggedjimmi (sorry if i didn't spell your name right) you have a 320 GB ipod because the max size for the MS is 32Gb

VCS is a good game, i have both of them, but next im looking to get a PS3

[Dagless]

So why are the Sony shops only selling 8gb MS Pro Duo cards :rolleyes:

edit: oh that's why, you're going off the "theoretical maximum capacity" rather than storage that you can actually buy. Stop destroying yourself in this one thread alone :o Sony cards max at 8gb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_memory_cards

[ReanimationLP]

The sort of awesome thing is you can buy an 8gb PSP memory stick ex alpha duo plus, or an 8gb iPod Nano for the same price :D
Or at least the price from the Sony Centre yesterday.

But that's more a rant than a story. The 4gb card I bought off eBay is as naff as hell. Playing FF7 last night and the thing crapped out on me!

Yeah, 98% of the cards sold on eBay are knockoff junk.

[GFLPraxis]

Yes but the 1 GB stick held my whole I, Robot moive and still had 100 songs on it

and raggedjimmi (sorry if i didn't spell your name right) you have a 320 GB ipod because the max size for the MS is 32Gb

VCS is a good game, i have both of them, but next im looking to get a PS3

1 GB stick holds one movie? So? My iPod has twenty movies and has plenty of room for music, and it's only the old 60 GB model.

I don't understand the second part. "you have a 320 GB iPod because the max size for the MS is 32 gb"? Huh?

I used to use my DS for music. Then I realized how annoying it was to have to pull the big hefty thing around in my pocket and get it out to change songs and it couldn't fit too much...

iPod > everything for music.

[iTeen]

hey if anyone want's a psp in great condition for $100 bucks pm me...
i really don't like psp's...idk y.:eek:

[bryctucker]

Yes your right, the iPod is better for music, but i am a gammer, PSP is better to me. the second part about the 320 GB iPod if you would have read above it raggedjimmi or someone said that their ipod could hold 10x any psp, the psp (or the Memory Stick) has a max storage of 32Gb so that means that he has a 320 GB ipod. The only people that i have a grude against is Microsoft

please excuse my poor grammer.

but you didn't know that i am looking for an iPod touch, i do like ipods i just dont have the money to get one the PSP i have now i traded an Realy Old iPod MINI for it ATM a 300 Dollar Value.

and again please excuse my spelling

[Chone]

Wow this thread got carried away pretty fast...

To get on topic... hey Jimmi, how easy is it to create a pandora's battery and get the whole custom firmware thing going on on a slim? And what good homebrew is available for the PSP?

[Dagless]

Yes your right, the iPod is better for music, but i am a gammer, PSP is better to me. the second part about the 320 GB iPod if you would have read above it raggedjimmi or someone said that their ipod could hold 10x any psp, the psp (or the Memory Stick) has a max storage of 32Gb so that means that he has a 320 GB ipod. The only people that i have a grude against is Microsoft

Are you absolutely and completely blind? Did you not read my post above?

Sony do not make a 32gb Memory Stick Pro Duo. They max at 8gb. 32gb is the theoretical maximum storage! Just like how there is a "theoretical maximum storage" capacity of 100's of gb's with HD-DVD and BluRay

Tell me. If you (http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=32gb+memory+stick&show=dd) walked (http://www.sonycentres.co.uk/subsubcategory.asp?did=76_345_74__537) into a shop (http://www.sonycentres.co.uk/subsubcategory.asp?did=76_345_74__429) today and bought a Memory Stick Pro Duo what would the maximum capcity be? :rolleyes:

Wow this thread got carried away pretty fast...

To get on topic... hey Jimmi, how easy is it to create a pandora's battery and get the whole custom firmware thing going on on a slim? And what good homebrew is available for the PSP?

Very. There's an app floating around for Windows - Pandora's Easy Battery GUI. It's really useful indeed. Just connect the USB to the homebrew enabled PSP, go through 4 steps (which is just clicking "Go" 4 times over), run the app it installs on your PSP and bam. Battery and memory stick are ready. Then just put that into any PSP.

The odd thing is I read the slim PSP can't run 1.5 homebrew. So you won't see the Pandora menu and you'll be running it blind. But it showed up on mine :confused:

[zero2dash]

PSP is a great system now, I wouldn't have thought of buying one until now either.

PSP Lite is definitely 10x better than the original model.

My DS has generally collected dust for the last year and a half, I grew out of the 'phase' I suppose. (similar to the Wii 'phase') Nothing on either I'm dying to go out and buy, really.

I got the Star Wars PSP pack and bought Lumines and WipeOut for $15 and a 4gig Memory Stick Pro Duo for $40 on sale (sweet deal while it lasted)...downloaded the LocoRoco demo, that will be my next purchase. The game is too damned cute!! Gamestop (evil devil corporation that they are) is running a great promo til Dec 30th - buy 2 used games or accessories, get 1 free...I'll be stopping by there later to browse the used 360/PSP game section. ;)

[JackAxe]

Yep, PSP is a great system for "you" right now. I do find it a bit ironic that you deem the PSP as a system for now and that you wouldn't have bought it until now, but yet you picked up PSP launch titles.

When I look at the 2008 list of games for the PSP (http://psp.ign.com/index/release.html) and DS (http://ds.ign.com/index/release.html), the DS's selection has more to look forward to IMO. I personally like RPGs on portables and the DS has twice as many coming out next year according to this list. Not too mention just more games in general.

<]=)

[zero2dash]

Yep, PSP is a great system for "you" right now. I do find it a bit ironic that you deem the PSP as a system for now and that you wouldn't have bought it until now, but yet you picked up PSP launch titles.

System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.

And who cares what titles I bought and when I bought them or how old they are; what, no one can be a cheap gamer these days? :rolleyes:

Now I know why I hardly post here anymore; anytime you say anything that can remotely be connected to negative towards Nintendo, the excuses and mudslinging commences. Whatever :cool:

When I look at the 2008 list of games for the PSP (http://psp.ign.com/index/release.html) and DS (http://ds.ign.com/index/release.html), the DS's selection has more to look forward to IMO. I personally like RPGs on portables and the DS has twice as many coming out next year according to this list. Not too mention just more games in general.

<]=)

I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon. IMO for all intents and purposes that's what you get with the DS and the Wii is Nintendo's games. Whether or not what I play is rehashes or sequels, I could care less. I'll repeat again - I'm done with Nintendo's games. I've played Nintendo's same franchises since '84 and I'd like something a little different from them for a change. No matter what they add to their games or what they change, it's still a Mario game or a Zelda game or a Metroid game.

Trust me - I won't be buying whatever system Nintendo comes up with next. Because I'm sure I can expect more of the same. Keep marching to the beat of that old tired drum, Nintendo...suits you well. Don't abandon milking that cash cow in favor of, oh I don't know...making new franchises.

Pikmin was fabulous. More please. A little less "Mario Party", a little more "Miyamoto having a brain fart" is what I'm looking for. Color me impressed when they do just that. (And I'm not talking about Wii Fit either.)

[zap2]

System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.)

Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?



I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon.
:confused:

Your missing out. Honestly that all I can say.

[JackAxe]

System for now because the library is growing with impressive titles.

And who cares what titles I bought and when I bought them or how old they are; what, no one can be a cheap gamer these days? :rolleyes:

Now I know why I hardly post here anymore; anytime you say anything that can remotely be connected to negative towards Nintendo, the excuses and mudslinging commences. Whatever :cool:

Hey,

I didn't know I was stepping on your feelings when I pointed out a bit of irony in your post and that it was your opinion about the PSP being the system for now. Where's the mudslinging? Oh, in your response!



I grew over the DS, you haven't. Congratulations.
I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon. IMO for all intents and purposes that's what you get with the DS and the Wii is Nintendo's games. Whether or not what I play is rehashes or sequels, I could care less. I'll repeat again - I'm done with Nintendo's games. I've played Nintendo's same franchises since '84 and I'd like something a little different from them for a change. No matter what they add to their games or what they change, it's still a Mario game or a Zelda game or a Metroid game.

Trust me - I won't be buying whatever system Nintendo comes up with next. Because I'm sure I can expect more of the same. Keep marching to the beat of that old tired drum, Nintendo...suits you well. Don't abandon milking that cash cow in favor of, oh I don't know...making new franchises.

Pikmin was fabulous. More please. A little less "Mario Party", a little more "Miyamoto having a brain fart" is what I'm looking for. Color me impressed when they do just that. (And I'm not talking about Wii Fit either.)


Good for you. A bit heavy on the dramatic side, but your opinion none the less. Congratulations on this rant to pass on your patronage.

<]=)

[zero2dash]

Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?

-I liked Battlefront myself, and I'm far from a Star Wars fan.
-MGS Portable Ops + looks good.
-Disgaea and FF Tactics: War of the Lions are solid on the strategy/rpg side.
-2ny swears (or 'would swear') by Silent Hill.
-I love the GoW:CoO demo.
-Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters looks fun.
-WipeOut Pulse will be great
-I love the LocoRoco demo
-FF Crisis Core looks like it may be good

Guess you're into different games than me. No harm done; different strokes for different folks.
Out of the two, I'm more excited to go back and buy PSP games that I've missed vs going back and buying DS games that I've missed. But then again that's just me.

[Coded-Dude]

Some unmentioned thus far:

Daxter
Beats
SH: Origins
FF: Dissidia (coming soon)
SP: Dark Mirror & Logan's Shadow

[GFLPraxis]

I'm done with Nintendo's games. Have I bought Mario Galaxy? No. Phantom Hourglass? No. Prime 3? No. And I'm not going to rush out and buy any of them anytime soon.

You know, the really sad part is that while you're ranting about rehashing, while Metroid Prime 3 is a bit of a rehash, Mario Galaxy and Phantom Hourglass are probably among the most original and unique titles in their respective franchises and deviate quite a lot from their predecessors. You couldn't have picked two worse titles to "prove" your point.

Phantom Hourglass was very special to me because it actually felt like no other Zelda game I'd ever played; it actually brought some very unique puzzles to the table that I'd never seen anything similar to before.

And Mario Galaxy, well, it's the first Mario platformer in five years and the third in a decade. That's certainly not rehashing; then factor in the gravity stuff.

I certainly grant you Metroid Prime 3 as same-old-stuff with a better control scheme.

[LethalWolfe]

-I liked Battlefront myself, and I'm far from a Star Wars fan.
-MGS Portable Ops + looks good.
-Disgaea and FF Tactics: War of the Lions are solid on the strategy/rpg side.
-2ny swears (or 'would swear') by Silent Hill.
-I love the GoW:CoO demo.
-Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters looks fun.
-WipeOut Pulse will be great
-I love the LocoRoco demo
-FF Crisis Core looks like it may be good

Says the person who's apparently sick and tired of rehashed franchise games. ;)


Lethal

[2nyRiggz]

Really? I'm not seeing it....my PSP is with out love...I bought Star Wars BF:RS today, and its terrible....the only other thing upcoming is God of War, which is good, but not my favorite games. What else is there?



Well we all have different taste because I have a whole heap of good PSP titles and my DS gets no love....its a matter of taste and for me the DS is not offering anything.

The puzzle games and action games are big on the PSP and thats what I'm into on handhelds so I'm good on that front.


Bless

[Dagless]

I quite like that SW BF:RS (worra name) game. I'm not itching to keep playing it but it's a nice little PC style multiplayer game. At the moment I'm happy just sniping enemies out.

I'm sort of "done" with the DS for now. There are some excellent games and if I hadn't played either at this point I'd certainly go for the DS again. But I've played all the current big games so much.
I'd love Ninty to bring us an F-Zero DS game or a Golden Sun 3. Maybe a Street Fighter game too.
Not done with the Wii though :D Braaaaawwwwl!

Personally I don't care for Silent Hill, Twisted Metal, MGS, God of War, Killzone or any of them games so I'm probably missing out too.

[2nyRiggz]

I don't care for Silent Hill


:eek: Fix you tongue young man.



Bless

[GFLPraxis]

Says the person who's apparently sick and tired of rehashed franchise games. ;)


Lethal

Wow. lol. Talk about pot calling the kettle black, eh? ;) The only original game in that list was LocoRoco.

[bryctucker]

I know that 32 GB is the Theoretical max but 1 GB is good enough for me, as before i am a gamer not a media fan. off subject but do you know what they are trying to make the Blu-Ray disc out of?

i like MGS but i don't like it for the PSP its too hard to play, and Killzone is alright, the demo lets you play multi player and thats all i would use it for.

[JackAxe]

Yeah, Silent Hill has to be one of the most non scary cheese-ball games ever. Its cheesiness and flower filled lands bouncing with bunnies really annoyed the freak out of me. I had to puke multiple times to get the taste of its cuteness out of my mouth. :)

Seriously though:
Street fighter on any portable SUCKS!!!! :mad: I would only be happy if the potable had an actual full size arcade stick attached.

And what am I missing, I've always seen the DS as having more puzzle games than the PSP? I'm a massive Tetris fan, so played that game to death.

OK, I just did something quite anal and counted just the puzzle games for each platform from A - Z on Gamestop (http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?type=games&category=Puzzle+Games&mode=all&sort=views&letter=999&dlx_type=all&sortdir=asc). The DS has more than double the puzzle games:

DS:
61

PSP:
28

And that doesn't include games like Trace Memory, or Phoenix Wright, or any other graphic adventure/puzzle stories, which the DS has quite a few. And there's also the massive GBA library. :) So nyYyYyyyaaaaa. :p But for action, I guess it's preference, the PSP definitely has a monopoly on PS2 ports.

<]=)

[MacRumorUser]

^ Yeah, guess that's why I still play my DS far more.

I like puzzle games on handhelds (in fact it's nearly all I play on handhelds). Nearly all my PSP games are puzzle style games and same with DS, but I find the DS touch screen works better for puzzles and there is more of them if you include all the brain training style ones too.

[Dagless]

Ordered myself an official 4gb Sandisk card. Assuming the post office is open I'll have the broken PSP and memory stick sent back and the whole sorry episode can come to an end.

I think SFA3 is miiiiles better on the PSP slim than the fat. The ghosting on the fat and the old dpad rendered it almost unplayable. I've managed to beat it on 5 stars a few times now. Never played it in an arcade (do they still exist?!) so I can't really compare it to them.

Other than Tetris I'm not really into puzzle games :) I think it all falls down to consoles being a complicated mess of cables, formats, the "right TV" and all that BS. In the end they cost an arm and a leg just to match the same experience that my PC provides. If a console game is ported well to a handheld I'll go for that. And I travel a lot :)

[2nyRiggz]

snip

Well I did say it was all about taste and I'm into the PSP puzzle & actions games....I don't think I mention more than...Just the puzzle games I'm interested in.


The PSP has some rather unique and smart puzzle games as well(This is the main reason why I play handhelds).....lumines 1 & 2, PQ 1 & 2, Crush, Every Extend Extra etc...


DS aint far behind with those ports either man;)



Bless

[zero2dash]

You know, the really sad part is that while you're ranting about rehashing, while Metroid Prime 3 is a bit of a rehash, Mario Galaxy and Phantom Hourglass are probably among the most original and unique titles in their respective franchises and deviate quite a lot from their predecessors. You couldn't have picked two worse titles to "prove" your point.

Phantom Hourglass was very special to me because it actually felt like no other Zelda game I'd ever played; it actually brought some very unique puzzles to the table that I'd never seen anything similar to before.

And Mario Galaxy, well, it's the first Mario platformer in five years and the third in a decade. That's certainly not rehashing; then factor in the gravity stuff.

I certainly grant you Metroid Prime 3 as same-old-stuff with a better control scheme.

Fair enough. I'll get SMG and PH one of these days. Just on the back burner, ya know? ;)
The more I see of SMG the more I'm at least moderately interested. If I buy any Wii game anytime soon, it will be that one I can assure you that. My biggest problem with that though is once you're done, you're done...no multiplayer, no internet features etc. like what will come with the majority of the 360 games on my 'to buy' list.

Says the person who's apparently sick and tired of rehashed franchise games. ;)


Lethal

Yeah, but I didn't say that.
I said I was done with Nintendo's games and I could care less what is a rehash and what isn't.

Way to misquote. Yay! :cool:

Well we all have different taste because I have a whole heap of good PSP titles and my DS gets no love....its a matter of taste and for me the DS is not offering anything.

The puzzle games and action games are big on the PSP and thats what I'm into on handhelds so I'm good on that front.


Bless

Seconded + agreed 100%.

Wow. lol. Talk about pot calling the kettle black, eh? ;) The only original game in that list was LocoRoco.

See my reply to Lethal.

Well I did say it was all about taste and I'm into the PSP puzzle & actions games....I don't think I mention more than...Just the puzzle games I'm interested in.


The PSP has some rather unique and smart puzzle games as well(This is the main reason why I play handhelds).....lumines 1 & 2, PQ 1 & 2, Crush, Every Extend Extra etc...


DS aint far behind with those ports either man;)



Bless

Doesn't matter what you say or how much sense it makes. If you're pro-Sony, I'm sure someone will find a way to twist your words around 2ny. Luckily for the both of us, there are more open-minded gamers in the world today and the MacRumors forums aren't a microcosm of the way the rest of the world thinks. :rolleyes: I'm just going to start ignoring all the negativity on here and resist feeding the trolling. ;)

[MacRumorUser]

I'm just going to start ignoring all the negativity on here and resist feeding the trolling. ;)

I found this pic which is really cute

http://www.agoravox.fr/IMG/do_not_feed_trolls.jpg
:):D:)

[JackAxe]

I like this one better: :)

http://www.atavisticarts.com/public/fun/do_not_feed_mru.jpg

<]=)

[MacRumorUser]

I like this one better: :)

LMAO!!!!! (shoots milk from his nostrils) Priceless ye cheeky beggar :p

[JackAxe]

Jimmi's bunny didn't work, but you avatar was just right. :o

<]=)

[Dagless]

I'm a walkin talkin avatar :)

[ReanimationLP]

I cant wait for the Star Ocean games for the PSP to hit :D

Oh, and Crisis Core is an awesome game.

[Dagless]

Alreet so the PSP fat guy got the machine and sent me my money back. What a bloody star; he even refunded the postage both ways. I really salute this guy as I've sent eBay items back in the past and they just pay the item cost.

Still trying to impress Caroline with it. She's a big RPG buff but doesn't seem too interested in the PSP.

[MacRumorUser]

Still trying to impress Caroline with it. She's a big RPG buff but doesn't seem too interested in the PSP.

That's because there's no shopping channel, and she cant use the PSP to iron with. :D

(That's it start the new year with a bit of old fashioned male chauvinism) :D

[Dagless]

Actually! My most visited bookmark is Play.com and Dvd.co.uk :o
2008 is the year I really stop just buying any old game and only get the best :o

[MacRumorUser]

2008 is the year I really stop just buying any old game and only get the best :o

Yeah I'm gonna do that this year.

I'm going to stop pre-ordering and buying games as soon as they are released and being a little more selective.

I spent too much money on games that I barely even touched last year. I even still have a few in shrink wrapping :o

[JackAxe]

I've been doing that sort of thing for YEARS! As of now I blame all of the 3rd party vomit and atrocious console games in general on you guys and your buying habits. :)

<]=)

[MacRumorUser]

Anyone know how to put themes on your psp?

I downloaded an iPhone one its in .ptf format, but can't workout where to put it on my memory card so that I can use it.

[2nyRiggz]

^I think you will have to make a folder called "Themes" and put it there....it should work from there.


I'm thinking 2008 will be the year I start buying more handheld games and less console games....I've been ignoring handhelds but now I have less time for consoles.



Bless

[Dagless]

Before you did anything with your memory card you should have formatted it from the PSP. It sorts out all the folders and that. PSP>Themes is the folder.
I rather like the Cookies theme :cool: haven't found very well made ones yet. Theres an atrocious Wii one floating around.

[Dagless]

It's all over. The 4gb card arrived (With a free chocolate! thanks mymemory.co.uk!), fake 4gb card sent back and refunded, broke PSP refunded. Now I can finally PLAY the damn thing!

[MacRumorUser]

Before you did anything with your memory card you should have formatted it from the PSP. It sorts out all the folders and that. PSP>Themes is the folder.
I rather like the Cookies theme :cool: haven't found very well made ones yet. Theres an atrocious Wii one floating around.

The Wii theme is bad. I settled on the iPhone one which looks very good. :)

[bryctucker]

you can go to pspdemocenter.com, you can even access it from the psp, they have all the offical release demos, themes, and stuff, even customs. have fun

[MacRumorUser]

you can go to pspdemocenter.com, you can even access it from the psp, they have all the offical release demos, themes, and stuff, even customs. have fun

Thank you for that link... :)

[Dagless]

I found (and lost) that site a while ago! It turned out to be a very good little site.

The PSP needs background downloading, limited to 3 downloads or something. Everything needs background downloading on a 512kbps connection :D

[bryctucker]

ya, it sure doesn't have to fast of internet, the wi-fi is only 11 mbits, but that is still faster than most internet connections, mine is only 300 - 500 kbits. not much but. i like that site becuase you can download alot of things straight to the psp, pretty neat. i also want to get a ipod touch and unlock or hack it what ever you want to say, but i heard you can run rock band or guitar hero on it.

P.S. Please excuse my spelling and grammer skillz, i suck at it... :D

[brad.c]

raggedjimmi: Glad your eBay bumps have been fixed. I just got a PSP lite (the Piano Black) for xmas, which is my first handheld (in fact, it's my first system since SNES back in the day).

I'm not particular to any system really. So far, I've bought or rented the console according to the games I wanted to play (GTA, Tomb Raider, Mario, 007 series). I haven't even looked for other PSP titles yet, but will start soon, I imagine.

Count me as a video user as well: I've watched a lot of movies/TV shows on my 5G iPod while commuting, and am enjoying the larger screen of the PSP.

[MacRumorUser]

Really dissapointed with TV output for games. Why the hell is it so bloody small ? Give me the option to fill the screen or what's the point :rolleyes:

[Dagless]

That's a shame :( looks like we'll be waiting on a firmware update to get full TV display options. Was close to getting a VGA cable for it too.

Thought I'd run the battery into the ground to see what happens. Very reassuring to see that it just goes into sleep mode with it's last breath. No more sticking it back on charge when it gets to 50% battery :)

[brad.c]

Really dissapointed with TV output for games. Why the hell is it so bloody small ? Give me the option to fill the screen or what's the point :rolleyes:

Same here. I bought the component connector to output game video on a Dell 2407WFPHC, and only used it once. Seems pointless to require a progressive scan monitor and not be able to support higher resolutions. Not that it would have the power to handle HD--even the low rez lags during gameplay.

No big deal, as I wanted it for handheld play.

EDIT: Isn't the ability to "fill the screen" a function of the TV or monitor you're connected to? As a simple monitor, the Dell expands to it's over-sampled full glory.

[bryctucker]

I wishi could do that, i have the old PSP. so i can't play it on the tv.

[Dagless]

Urgh. The battery cover and UMD drive cover bit are a bit wobbly now, the analogue nub thingy appears to be slightly bent forward too. Minor gripes.

[Dagless]

Roflchops, a proper Lancastrian band singing about their PSP!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKaYy0n_E0&feature=related

[bryctucker]

Ya, the analog stick sticks out a bit. but i don't know why the other things are like that. i got a 2nd psp by fixing it and the only thing that was wrong was the battery was loose.

[bryctucker]

HEY, i found a 16 gb Memory Stick...

not out yet though, they say that they have the 32 gb scheduled for next year...

there a little price though, around 300 bucks.

heres the URL

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/611330

go there then click on the first link

[Dagless]

It also means that the smaller capacity cards will drop in price.


edit: just installed this flash theme (not a regular .ptf one) and it's simply beautiful-
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/921/blackzc1.png

[MacRumorUser]

^ Where did you get the theme ?

Also have you tried DA new firmware updates yet ?

[Dagless]

Can't remember where I found it, just googled "3.80 VSH themes". There are only 2 or 3 big ones out there. The other is a Vista lookalike *pukes* (edit: uploaded here (http://satansam.co.uk/ftp/Clear.rar). You have to open the Flash0 on the USB connection, backup the files already there and overwrite both folders with the ones from the rar file. Then shutdown the PSP).

Yea the M33 3.80 is a good little firmware! They've replaced the Sony network update with DA's one so it makes updating really easy once you're on the M33 3.80 base. Radio function is ace, using that a lot (the Ambience channels are just made for working to).



On a side note I tried playing games at 222mhz (Official current max) and they're dog poor. Both Burnouts are just a lag-fest, Tomb Raider is a pain to play too. Just wish I was able to cut PS1 games to 222mhz and PSP to 333mhz for optimal battery life.
Also a bit funny playing games in 20mhz :D SFA3 becomes a cake walk at that speed.

[MacRumorUser]

Cheers matey that helps :D

[bryctucker]

Ya, who likes vista, 3 i like, leopard ( i know i didn't spell this right, sorry), linux, (my least fav of the three) win xp. and the only reason that i still use windows is that im sort of a computer gamer unstead of consoles.

im gonna go look for those themes you found

[2nyRiggz]

So I finally chucked down and created a pandora battery.....put CFW 3.80 M33-5 and I'm loving the thing now...I wasn't really interested in CFW and now I can't put it down.

I ripped alot of MY PSX games and put them on my 4gig card...its beautiful...it breaths new life into the handheld.

RE1 & 2
Silent Hill
R-Type
MGS

all on that little handheld....its beautiful...oh I'm rocking the OSX theme now


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