how good are psps

how good are these psps I don't know anyone that even has one or knows anybody with one. What all does it do?

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They are pretty slick. Sony has definently put out more than a gaming handheld. It can also be used to playback video, mp3s, and show of any pics you take with your camera. They also play movies a new format. Kind of like mini DVDs. Sony has dubbed this new format a UMD (Universal Media Disc). Then you have all the hacks that people are figuring out.

It is a great lil gadget with a big price tag!

Official features

Wifi- for updates and multiplayer
movie playback-off UMD and mem sticks
music playback-right now off mem sticks but sony is pushing for music on the UMD as well
picture playback-only mem sticks
4.3" LCD screen-just looks beautiful
play REALLY good handheld versions of PS2 games

future/possible/unofficial features
Emulators-SNES,NES,Genesis etc on the go
Web browsers
email client
PDA functionality
Universal remote(it's true look it up)


Yeah, it's a neat gadget, and kicks the shit out of any ipod out there, i shgould know I have an ipod and iriver H320

In my honest opinion, it is even well worth the $250 investment. Compared to anything else on the market, the screen quality, game play, and wirless capabilities blows them all out of the water.

I just wish there was an internal hard drive to address the movie storage, mp3s, games, etc. I am never a fan of new proprietary technologies --- especially from Sony. New technology means $$$ out of our pockets for things we may have already paid for once (i.e. UMD movies).

Get a Free PSP, buy a 1 GB stick and rent games from your local blockbuster or Gamefly for the first month or two. You will be amazed and won't have to shell out hundreds of $$$'s on games that aren't as great as they "seemed" to be.

the psp is an amazing machine!

The Best video game console (PORTABLE) at this moment.

check it out for yourself http//www.us.playstation.com/psp.aspx

its really awesome

yep its really cool!!

Its like the coolest thing in the world!

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i don't know about that... but they're pretty cool. NFSU is addicting like crazy. just wish they had more titles out... like a FF or something.

Yeah, I'll be glad to see the Splinter Cell release in July. I definitely agree that they need to release more titles SOON.

so how many movies/games can you save on a 1 gig memory stick?

All depends on the bitrates that you encode at. Good quality encodes a movie to about 300-400 MB. You can get them down to as low as 200-250 without much noticable degradation.

That's one of the good things about a small-size screen (comparatively speaking of course).

In my case 2-3 movies per 1 GB stick. But I could sqeeze on 4-5 if I "really" needed it.

I've got TONS of TV on my stick. I fit 3 episodes of "The Office", 4 episodes of "Family Guy", a short "SNL" skit, 3 episodes of "The Daily Show" and some other stuff in under 512MB. I'm encoding a movie now.