This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | → | Archive 5 |
DO NOT EDIT OR POST REPLIES TO THIS PAGE. THIS PAGE IS AN ARCHIVE.
This archive page covers approximately the dates between 26-04-2005 and 23-12-2005.
Post replies to the main talk page, copying or summarizing the section you are replying to if necessary.
Please add new archivals to Talk:PlayStation Portable/Archive02. (See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page.) Thank you. Jedi6 03:11, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
unreal Hi. I edited the page a bit, you have written a very good article. I changed the pricing details, as a strong source has revealed it wil cost $200 on release, but may rise to not more than $250, however, not as low as $150 as was stated in the original version of the article (The DS will cost $150). The release date is also set to be March 2005, so I added that. I also added a PSP forum at psp-forum.com, which contains all the latest PSP news as it comes.
SockatumeReally scary news regarding that- Gamespot had a news page up (briefly) which claimed it had a confirmed price of $350. It's taken down now which hopefully means it was totally inaccurate and definately won't be the real price at all. I hope. :/
I feel this user is full of it, he has no source the price will be $200-250, Sony has said it will be LESS than $200. PSPs japanese price is the same as the japanese PS2 price which costs $150 usd.
cold wolf: We should probably edit it to say the price is unknown, because it has yet to be confirmed. However, converting the price in Japan would put it at lower than USD 200, so that should be noted. Also, the official release date is not known either, other than it'll be released sometime in March. I would have put all this in, but it's locked. Dammit.
Hey, the price in Australia is now going to be $399.95. You can see this change reflected on the Australian site: http://au.playstation.com/psp/index.jhtml
Armaced Sep 14, 2004: I was wondering about the statement "PSPs screen is larger than both DS's combined". I did some checking, but am not confident enough in my numbers yet to correct the article. My understanding is that the PSP will have one 16x9 screen that measures 4.3 inches diagonally, while the Nintendo DS will have two 4x3 screens that each measure 3 inches diagonally. Brushing off my old geometry, I get the Sony screen coming in at 7.9 square inches, and the Nintendo screens weighing in at 4.32 square inches each, for a total of 8.64 square inches - bigger than the Sony PSP.
More details - Nintendo Screens are each 2.4 inches wide and 1.8 inches tall. Sony's screen is about 3.74777481 inches wide by 2.10812333 inches tall.
Can anyone find a fault in my math, or should we remove that statement?
Moot point, I removed all DS-related stuff anyway.
Sockatume 16:42, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Good call. Armaced 00:43, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
PSP 480 x 272 x 1 (16.77 million colors/24 bit) 130,560 pixels DS 256 x 192 x 2 (262,144 colors/18 bit) 98,304 pixels 130,560 > 98,304
ThePhiphler Sorry, but those pixel counts are misleading. Pixels and screen sizr is NOT the same thing. Basically, the PSP has more pixels, but a smaller screen, compared to the DS.
..linked to the more specific TFT LCD article. The TFT article itself is cool, but it's better to link to the specific combined article rather than TFT and LCD as seperate links (the combined article links to both so this works out for the best). There's another reference to LCD that's not linked nor says TFT, I left it as-is, guess it's a matter of taste there to link or not, but should it say TFT? --Drakcap 04:13, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
I sat and figured this out for a forum, and decided I've put in too much effort not to repost it somewhere, so...
It'd be naive to assume that the movie battery life reflects the "absolute minimum" we can expect for the PSP's battery life; to do so would assume the disk was being accessed constantly during the test. That's not necessarily the case:
Right, I've sat down and calculated it, and if Sony were running a single-layer UMD movie there, the disk was accessing around 9% of the play time.
If it was a dual-layer movie UMD, the disk was being accessed around 18% of the play time.
Both of these assume that the full 32MB of memory was being used to cache movie data, that it was loading a full 32MB every time the cache emptied (i.e. the disk was only running each time the cache emptied), and that the UMD was transferring at the full quoted 11Mbps rate. Also, I assumed that it was a 120-minute movie.
Now, if the UMD drive was running less than the optimal level, they would've been accessing the disk for longer.
If, on the other hand, they were using a more than 2 hour movie UMD, then they would've been accessing the disk less often.
I say this as it should give some sort of indication as to how much disk access the PSP can get away with while still meeting the 4 hour minimum battery life estimate.
My working and extra factioids:
900MB/32MB = ~29
A 900MB single-layer UMD, being cached into 32MB segments, would require ~29 segments.
120 min/29 = ~4 min
The drive is being accessed to copy 32MB every four minutes.
32MB/4 min = 8MB/min; 8MB of data is being transferred every minute, on average.
11Mbs^-1/8 Bb^-1 = 1.375MBs^-1
That's the drive access rate converted to MB.
8MB/1.375MBs^-1 = 5.82s
That is, it takes 5.28s to transfer that 8MB.
5.82s x 100%/60s = 8.8%
That is, that 5.82s accounts for 8.8% of the play time each minute, on average.
To get the figures for a 1.8GB (1800MB) dual-layered UMD, just double the starting memory value; this comes out at around 18%.
Sockatume 17:23, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Does it run GNU/Linux? G-u-a-k-@ 12:48, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I dont think there will ever be a linux for psp , the psp has no keyboard and not enough ram.
is the linux developement dead??? is there a fork of the main project???
The 1-333 speed for the CPU is very ambigous - does it mean 1 to 333Mhz, or 1.333Mhz (hah!), or 1,333Mhz (which could be painfully hot). Should replace the '-' with a 'to' if its the first case. Kiand 19:10, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
1-333MHz means one 333Mhz processors, the psp has multiple processors
ThePhiphler; wrong answer. The PSP has 1 processor, with 2 cores. This sounds confusing, but its not two 333Mhz processors. Its one multicore 333Mhz processor.
The 1-333 MHz refers to the PSP's ability to find the optimal processing speed to maximize battery life. A simple game such as Lumines would use less than 200 MHz of processing power, thus increasing the battery life, while a game that's graphically intensive, such as Ridge Racer, might use 300 MHz. So the PSP has the ability to throttle it's CPU speed depending on the application it's asked to run. So far, most developers said that the current magic number for the PSP is 222 MHz. --66.125.93.210 14:50, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
http://handhelds.engadget.com/entry/1234000817040352/ Jason Yuy 07:51, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
More sources for the skeptical: http://consoul.blogspot.com/2005/04/unlocking-psps-future.html Jason Yuy 09:18, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Some one need to temporaly unprotect this, as their is vandalism being protected. --Boothy443 03:30, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Isn't everybody suposed to be able to edit? Unlock it!!!!
http://www.tokyopia.com/deluxe/pspwned.jpg
Ahem, currently, its quite the opposite, since the PSP hasnt even launched yet in the US.
I was just on ebgames web site looking at the PSP bundle when I noticed the following text:
Due to the size and weight of this item, an additional shipping and handling charge of $5.00 will be added to your order.
Ha! It's meant to fit in your pocket. I know, I know.... I just thought it was funny. Armaced 23:23, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Edited and saved to remove phrase "THIS REALLY SUCKS!!!!" from Japanese Launch section.
PlayStation Portable → PSP – RARELY is the acronym PSP used for ANYTHING other than the PlayStation Portable — Nick Catalano 23:35, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it to be moved. violet/riga (t) 12:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Could the anonymous user who keeps linking PSPMAX please justify doing so? It doesn't seem to be a site of any importance. A Man In Black 06:45, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[1] Bad or good news?
I took the hatchet to some of the speculation and predicted homebrew stuff. Please, please, this is not the place for baseless speculation about future features.
Likewise, if Sony doesn't confirm some of these odder speculation bits at this year's E3, I'm going at least confine the speculation to its own section, if not eliminate it. In particular I'm thinking of the Sony Connect downloadable music speculation and the leaked firmware speculation.
Does anyone have any objections to this? A Man In Black 04:28, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
An anon contributor added a section on movies. I think that this was a good move (they are one of the main selling points, and previously it had only been mentioned under "media") but the implementation was messy. Moved the list of available movies to List of PlayStation Portable movies and linked to at the bottom of the page. Lots of tidying up of Media sections will probably need to be done in order to remove repetition... I'll try as much as possible. - Estel (talk). 11:52, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
The ad for the American PSP contained the song "Take me out" by the band Franz Ferdinand, should we mention notable ad campaigns in this article? --SuperDude 02:09, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
Should we clean up in this mess and start removing links? Havok 21:58, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why did you rename it? The official name for the product is NOT the "Playstation Portable", it is the PSP. [2].
Moving back. Please do not cause a war over this.Enviroknot 05:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I agree that the page name should be PSP, that's the official name of the product. The only place it's in "common usage" is in old literature on the product from back in 2003.
Accuracy is important when you're making an encyclopedia. Nobody pushes to have the Gamecube page still named "Nintendo Dolphin", so this one ought to move.
Also, keep the text changes, please. The version A Man In Black reverted to looks like it was written by a script kiddie or a third grader.66.213.144.58 05:37, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Umm, the machine is called Playstation Portable, or PSP for short. Just as much as the Playstation is called PS for short, and the Playstation 2 is called PS2. Both are right, so keeping Playstation Portable is just as right. And please don't do major changes like move an entire article without discussing it with everyone who is working on it. And abusive words and slander will only get you so far. Havok 06:07, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm convinced that PSP is the official name. For example, the words "PlayStation Portable" are not mentioned even once on the box the handheld comes in, in the official manual, nor on the boxes and manuals for the software sold for it as far as I have seen. In fact, that link to the US PlayStation website is the only official place I've seen it referred to as such, but notice it is the one in parenthesis there and not vice versa. In this sense, it cannot be compared to the abbreviation or acronym uses of any of the previous PlayStation products. Nevertheless, I don't much care whether the article is moved since it seems fine here, but I just thought I'd let this be known anyway. --Kamasutra 19:35, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
For what its worth, the words "PlayStation Portable" are on the boxes being displayed in stores in Ireland from today (albeit in rather small size!), and presumably thus also in the UK. This might be just a European thing though. "PlayStation Portable" now also appears at yourpsp.com . --Rdd 16:38, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
--Trip: The Light Fantastic 11:24, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
I would actually like the articles to stay neutral. So no mention of any rivalry, no comparison chart nothing. Comparing the two is like comparing Chocolat and Ham Sandwhich anyway. Havok 07:59, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
There should be a mention of kxploit, the swapless v1.50 firmware unsigned binary execution method. Probably in the same paragraph as the swaploit.
If anyone disagrees with the current logo on the article please feel free to use the other one below:
File:Sony PSP (logo).gif File:Sony PSP (logo).jpg • Thorpe • 10:40, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
I have created Comparison of Handheld gaming consoles, please feel free to add and correct. Havok 11:37, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Where's the info on the Korean launch!?
Is it getting about time to split off the launch info or the homebrew section off into separate articles? The article is starting to get a bit unwieldy. - A Man In Black (Talk | Contribs) 01:51, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
I would just like to remind people that this is a place for fact, not opinion.
Stop adding pictures to the article, use the gallery at the bottom. Havok 13:30, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Japanese releases have been somewhat more eclectic, and include UMD/DVD combination packs [2] and pornography.porn on psp, sony wouldn't do that.
Wow guys you didn't have to be mean, I thought some spammer wrote it, and how could you find out someone's ip address?
Thanks, Thorpe Sultn 07:24, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Here is a link to IGN's PSP Web Browser FAQ and User's Guide. I'm posting it here cause I saw this
<!-- ========================================================= --> <!-- DO NOT ADD MORE LINKS, THIS SITE IS NOT A LINK REPOSITORY --> <!-- If you have a link that you want added please --> <!-- use the talk page before you post anything. --> <!-- ========================================================= -->
which is on some of the other video game console pages. -Hyad 01:31, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone sort of fiddle around with the layout because I don't like the way the logo and PSP images are positioned (mainly the top part of the article)? • Thorpe • 22:50, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
How can Burnout Legends be in the European launch games when it comes out September 16 according to Amazon [4]? Thorpe talk 11:46, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
When is it coming out? It should have been out by now. Anybody know when it is coming out?
Yes, I meant the North American update. It is August 13 now and still no update. I'm getting very annoyed with SCEA.
Thanks to however posted the August 15 release date.
So much for being released August 15. I called SCEA and they said it would be released August 15. We all see how correct they were.
Just called SCEA. I was told it would come out the WEEK of 8/15 not specifically the day. (8/17/05)
I really don't think PlayStation Portable Homebrewing deserves its own article; the homebrew communities for the Xbox and PS2 were just as large. Discuss. Hosterweis (talk) 01:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Lead section, the lead section or intro should be able to stand on its own as a well-rounded summary of the article. Currently, it consists of one sentence. Much of the General Information section could be moved up. --Poiuyt Man talk 07:10, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
I merged it myself, and removed the Japanese translation. It's not a Japanese-exclusive item, and this is an English Wikipedia. --Poiuyt Man talk 07:45, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
"The PSP was released in Australia and New Zealand on September 1, 2005." Its still August 31.
"The PSP was released in Australia and New Zealand on September 1, 2005." Its still August 31.24.104.95.26 18:21, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
I know the quoted launch date was December 12 in Japan, but I was able to pick up my preorder from the local game store on December 11. Is this of any consequence? Smoove K 08:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
What is a wireless router, do you need it to view internt on PSP? Is there something else you can use? How much are they? And to get music to PSP do you put the memory stick in the PSP then the PSP in the usb port? Or do you put the memory stick in a memory stick slot in the computer? And do you need a USB connector?, Thanks!Sultn 07:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC) Anyone?--Sultn 03:05, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
A wireless router is a device which is connected to the internet and broadcasts an internet signal to all compatible devices within a 150-300ft range. It broadcasts these signals in three standard frequencys known as 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a. Their transfer speeds increase in the same order I put them down. You do need a wireless router to view the internet on the PSP. There is nothing else you can use. It must broadcast on 802.11b. They range from $40.00 to $130.00 and even higher. Go to Best Buy's website and see what their sale price is. They can go as cheap as $20.00. To get music and other files on your PSP you have multiple options. You can leave the memory stick in the PSP and connect it to the computer with a Mini-B type USB cord (about $5.00-$10.00) and select "USB Mode" on the PSP. If your computer has a built-in memory stick slot, you can use that too. If it doesn't, you will need an external adapter. They sell for about $20.00 and plug into a USB port. Hope that helps!
PSP launched in Czech Republic contains firmware version 1.52. A package contains so called "demo disc" that will automaticlly upgrade your firware to version 2.0. Distributors in Czech Republic have a strict order NOT to exchange PSPs with dead image pixels.
I put up a cleanup tag for the Sales and Competition section of this article. Many of the statements I found confusing, and some of the statements have a tendency to jump to conclusions. Some examples:
In general it feels out of place in a reasonably well written article. --Codemonkey 01:21, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
Just removed them from article since they weren't in an appropiate place. Please feel free to sort the code and put them in a more suitable location of the article. Not sure if the one screenshot per article rule applies here though. -- Thorpe talk 21:36, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
I strongly feel a list of the codecs and fileformats the psp plays woudl be of benifit.Along with a trimmed down, reworked version of the current content. Ill go ahead and have a go, i just hope i dont butcher it too much. Mirddes 05:50, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
What about the PocketStation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.249.182.252 (talk • contribs)
Is it too early to perhaps include a section on the PSP's reaction? Not something I want to be the one gauging as I don't own one or have any involvement in it's 'community', but noticed its omisssion. Barneyboo 22:58, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Its a cool gadget but lacks reflections, I saw eas hockey game and it blew compared to Dreamcast's NHL 2k series.
I'm new to this community, and I don't know now, so I'm aksing someone else. I updated a certain part, but now with the update of 2.6 on the PSP it can play windows media files. WMA, someone please put this in there. Thank you.
It is very important for screenshots for many PSP games to be on this page because some person might not know what psp graphics are like and then they might go to the nintendo ds page and think that the ds has better graphics. To get many peoples attention about this article we need screenshots!! I have tried to make this attempt but have not succeeded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikilo12 (talk • contribs)
I was looking at what could be considered the "About" dialog on the PSP and noticed a familiar name that was metioned in the credits for the PSP's interface. Aparently, the PSP uses libungif, an image codec developed by open source software pioneer [Eric S. Raymond]. I'm surprised he hasn't said anything about it. I think it was rather noble of Sony to acknowledge his work as part of the PSP's GUI. --Bushido Hacks 16:42, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering what the base player is and that there should be new article on it. I, for example, have a Sony Network Media Reciver (PCNA-MR10A) and was wondering if i could connect this to the PSP?
I think we shouldn't have an article on this as we dont need an article for everyone of Sony's products. I think that we should have a section saying how it relates to the PSP. We could just have a redirect to the section. Anyone else think this too? Rmccue 03:04, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Just wondering, should we mention about games that can hookup to the Ps2? Eg. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006, Crash Tag Team Racing... Rmccue 02:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
I need to add something here. Lately PSP users have been getting the "PSP blue screen of death." basically it mentions you the settings will be reset. And displays this in all languages. I will get a picture of it if nessicary. It apparently does not damage the PSP ,but is worth noting in this article. Can someone please add this? Thanks (Just do a google search) 70.176.219.169
http://psp.ign.com/articles/513/513175p1.html PSP INITIAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
PSP CPU CORE MIPS R4000 32bit Core 128bit Bus 1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V Main Memory :8MB(eDRAM) (**Changed to 32MB, 4MB embedded in May 2004) Bus Bandwidth :2.6GB/sec I-Cache, D-Cache FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops 3D-CG Extended Instructions
PSP Media Engine MIPS R4000 32bit Core 128bit Bus 1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V Sub Memory:2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec I-Cache, D-Cache 90nm CMOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable_hardware The PSP's main microprocessor is a multifunction device named "Allegrex" that includes a 32-bit MIPS32 R4k-based CPU (Little Endian), a Floating Point Unit, and a Vector Floating Point Unit. Additionally, there is a processor block known as "Media Engine" that contains another 32-bit MIPS32 R4k-base CPU, hardware for multimedia decoding (such as H.264), and a programmable DSP dubbed "Virtual Mobile Engine". The secondary CPU present in the Media Engine is functionally equivalent to the primary CPU save for a lack of a VPU
http://www.psp-programming.com/tutorials/c/lesson05-2.htm So now that we have it all set up, we get to the meat of the program, the main() function. int main(void) {
scePowerSetClockFrequency(333, 333, 166);
This is the line that sets the clock frequency (as should be evident from the function name). You may be wondering why there are three parameters, though. I mean, there's only one processor, right? Wrong. The PSP actually has three processors. The first sets the CPU (the main processor); this is what most of your programs will be running on. The second parameter is the Media Engine. Last I checked, you could only run MIPS Assembly code on this processor. The Media Engine also runs at 333 MHz. The third parameter controls the Graphics Core. This is what people mean when they talk about using the "GPU." The GPU runs at 166 MHz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.17.82 (talk) 07:52, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do people keep removing this from the article? I'm sure it's been proven that PSP uses 2, not 1, processors There's even another page on wikipedia that says this.
does the PSP have a rechargeable battery? I figure we ought to state whether or not in the article (plus I'm planning on getting a PSP, and I would personally like to know, anyway) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.218.92.100 (talk) 23:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Of course it has a rechargeable battery. Pretty much all high-tech handheld electronics have rechargeable batteries nowadays. Farslayer (talk) 07:14, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes and perhaps you should also know that it lasts up to 13 hours I think depending on the brightness level and sound and what type of media you are using. But most of the time I find the battery to be very reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camilo101 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Sales data needs to be updated to correct numbers, like DS and wii have. Units sold says its only 14.49 million, and units shipped is 25.39 million. Anyone with a brain can see how stupid that is. The source of that 14.49 million is from a chart on sonys corp site, and it says, that figure was calculated from (starting at) 2006 onwards to Q2 07. With the reasonable sales of the lite model, im sure both shipped and sold would be over 30 million by now. I guess we will probably have to wait till sony releases numbers in march 08? The best for sold numbers is vgchartz, but they are pretty poor for sales numbers, especially for the PAL region.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.105.158.241 (talk • contribs)
addtional numbers? http://ps2.ign.com/articles/853/853090p1.html Kamuixtv (talk) 13:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
(Under Games) The sentence "Currently, the only two official ways to access this feature..." should be changed to "Currently, there are two official ways to access this feature..."
Saying "the only two" impresses upon the reader that there should be more, which is an extension of opinion.
20:54, 19 December 2007 (UTC) by Lars
There's no mention of the spec of the screen; what size it is, that it's LCD, what kind of backlight it uses, how the Japanese version differs, ghosting and/or blurring.
I came to the article hoping to find what size the screen was to compare other gadgets to it, but to no avail.
Here's a source of info on the specification, including the screen: http://www.psp-zone.co.uk/PSP-Technical-Spec/PSP-Specification.html 84.12.21.141 (talk) 00:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure the screen's like 4 and a half inches, and in 480p? or i? There's not any blurring or ghosting I've seen. The important thing to know is it's a better screen than the DS, and that it's also one of the biggest screens I've seen in handheld devices like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camilo101 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
its not in 480p or i, infact a device like this would never use an interlaced picture, the screen is 480x272, i have a japanese launch machine thats horibly ghosty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.97.202.197 (talk) 02:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
its a 16:9 tft lcd screen with about 16,000,000,000 colours. it is also 4:3 althoug iam not 100% about this , —Preceding unsigned comment added by SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk • contribs) 14:00, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Why is the first picture of the PSP shown with a photoshopped screen image. I can tell that the image is from a PSP, but can't we just feature the screen as is? Does it really need to be photoshopped to enhance anything? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.112.122 (talk) 06:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
A few announcements were made at CES '08 by Sony:
I found all of these at The Feed.--Playstationdude (talk) 20:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Here are the "permalink" links to those articles: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/681975/CES_2008_PS3_Puts_BluRay_Movies_on_PSP.html http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/681984/CES_2008_PSP_Gets_Awesomer.html http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/681851/PSP_To_Get_Skype_Support.html 85.211.74.214 (talk) 07:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
More about the Blu-ray to PSP news; it actually contradicts what G4TV said; G4TV said that the videos would be converted by the PS3; CVG says: "Select Blu-ray films due for released in 2008 will come with a second PSP-formatted version of the film on the same disc." http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=178884 85.211.74.214 (talk) 07:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
The Skype implementation is only for the PSP Slim and Light, cause the original has a lower amount of "system memory" or "main memory" (is that RAM or firmware memory?)
Quote:
Following a system update in late January, the Skype icon will be added to the PSP's XMB in the Network section. However, because the original PSP-1000 model only has 32MB of system memory, as opposed to the PSP-2000's (PSP Slim and Light) 64MB, the original PSP will not receive this Skype compatibility unfortunately. As Nick Sharples, SCEE's Director of Corporate Communications, explains to Three Speech: "Although PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 are identical in basic functions, there are differences in hardware specifications to some extent and, for that reason, PSP-2000 may differ in features from PSP-1000. We had studied the possibility of supporting Skype with PSP-1000 but had to give it up because of the smaller size of main memory on PSP-1000 series."
http://www.gamesinfobase.com/source.php?t=Skype_Functionality_For_PSPs_Worldwide_News&id=117603 85.211.74.214 (talk) 07:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
I have added that you can connect from and to a PS3 OR a PS2 FOR Japan AND North America.GD1223 (talk) 12:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I haven't seen any mention of the PSP connecting to the PS2. Does anyone have any reference for this? If so, then it would be worth putting back into the article. Matty 21:20, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
You can connect the PSP to PSP to transfer data from ]]FIFA 07]]'s manager mode. --Emmet1994 (talk) 20:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatapsp_sale_e.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.125.22.22 (talk) 06:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
current - The unit measures 170 mm (6.7inches) in length, 74 mm (2.9 inches) in width, and 23mm
altered - The unit measures 170 mm (6.7inches) in length, 74 mm (2.9 inches) in width, and 23mm (0.9 inches) in height.
also, there seems to be no closing bracket for the first one opened.
88.106.72.103 (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Doug H
Feel free to use this userbox. The argument allows you enter a game console of your choice that you would use if you were home.
This user enjoys playing the PlayStation Portable when they are away from their game console. |
use ((User:Xenocidic/PSP|put game console of choice here)) to add this to your userpage (who's using it?)
Enjoy =) xenocidic (talk) 15:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
"and the speakers have been moved from the face of the unit to the bottom, to combat users hands from blocking the speaker of the old model." this is wrong, on the slim and lite the speakers have been moved from the bottom to the face, the top of the face to be exact —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.97.202.197 (talk) 02:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Might add to the article as well Kamuixtv (talk) 13:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure they took a loss at launch just like every other Playstation product, but by the launch of the slim those costs were down significantly especially with the new PSP-2000 slim model. The memory cards alone have plummeted in value/cost, I remember when the PSP launched a 1GB Pro Duo was about $100 now you can find 4GB Pro Duos for under $45, Sony announced 16GB Pro Duo Memory cards at CES 08' (they will be cheap in 1-2 years). —Preceding unsigned comment added by DevonTheDude (talk • contribs) 03:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The new version right now people who are using is the psp slim which u can play ont eh the computer and on televisionɟ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.78.66.6 (talk) 09:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Currently the section "Multimedia playback" states: "As of firmware update version 3.30, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile video files of the following sizes can be played: 720×480, 352×480, and 480×272." Now, maybe I've greatly screwed something up, but a) I've tried encoding in every one of those resolutions and the PSP will not read the file despite having the most current firmware, and b) every other piece of information I find on the internet states that there is a resolution cap of 76800 pixels. 368x208 has never failed for me. And the picture on the right which claims to be at full resolution doesn't prove anything. 24.71.87.48 (talk) 09:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)AceOfShades
I'd like some more information on this to be added to the main article. I know for sure it plays 320x240 resolution since I use Tunebite to convert all my videos, and it has three resolutions it lists for PSP. The highest is 640x248 but I haven't got this to work. Does anyone know the actual pixel dimensions of the screen? 65.185.191.27 (talk) 04:05, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
I've encoded multiple videos myself with multiple resolutions. I also use a custom firmware, which according to the details of the modified firmware, video playback limitations were removed, although no guarantee was made that it will play videos of any resolution, just that it can. It may also help to try and determine if the codec used would affect compatibility. I always run my videos with H.264, 2-pass, and it always worked for me. I even tried to play a video running 998x998, and it ran without issues. (The encoder I used would not let me go any higher.) The screen resolution is 480x272, and the PSP is certainly able to play videos at that resolution. It should also be noted that 480x272 has an aspect ratio of ~1.76, not 1.77. (I don't have Excel, and I am to lazy to turn that into a fraction.) I hope some of this information provides useful somehow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.231.159.16 (talk) 20:56, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I believe that the explosion from the 12 year old's battery was because he was using a third party battery, which are unsupported by Sony. Third party batteries are highly unrecommended and explosions have actually happened several times due to them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.70.167 (talk) 18:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I heard there was some news on the GPS and Camera finally coming to the US, so I came to this article to check up on it (verification, dates, etc), but the GPS and Camera info seem to have vanished from the article.
96.229.207.78 (talk) 01:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC) Lars
They are coming out in the US, the Official Playstation Magazine for May (with Mafia II on the cover) has mention of the peripherals coming out tentatively in Fall 08'. I'm just waiting for the PSP HDTV Tuner thats only available in Japan to come out in the US. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DevonTheDude (talk • contribs) 03:44, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Surely Sony must give some kind of reason or justification for this bricking business and so forth. Nintendo has a page like that about emulation. Where's Sony's? --70.252.143.22 (talk) 18:57, 30 April 2008 (UTC)