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Old 06-07-2005, 09:19 PM #1
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Thinking about buying a PSP
Ok, here's the deal, yo. Me, my mom, dad, and little brother are going all the way down to North Carolina for my sisters wedding (which is a long way from NorthEast Ohio). Now, 8 hour car trips are absolutely no fun. Esspecially with no food, beverages, little 9 year old brother within a 2 foot radius, and an obessively over used Neil Diamond CD playing over and over and over. My family recently bought a new car, hense why can't have food or drinks on the way down. So, in the panic of the oncoming boredom, I suggested we get something like a movie player. With the PSP being a music player, movie player, and game player, I figured "what better way to go?". Now, I do have a few concerns with the PSP...

1.) Freaken dead pixels. I hate DP's. What are the odds of getting dead pixels and how many of you have them?

2.) I'm so afraid that if we hit a bump or something it'll fling outta my hands and hit something. Damaging the system. What's durability like?

3.) What's the quality like on the movies, music, and just the screen overall?

That is all... thank you.
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Old 06-07-2005, 09:21 PM #2
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yeah keep thinking about until it hits a reasonable price.....seriously.

Do you have a DS? If not I suggest that, if you have to get a handheld...
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You could spend about the same and get a high-quality portable DVD player with a much better screen... and then you don't have to buy new movies for it. A PSP would just be a big waste of money.

If you look around you can get a brand name one with a 7" widescreen LCD display for less than the cost of a PSP.
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Ahhh, I take it some people don't enjoy their PSP's...

Please answer some of my questions, though.
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I work at EB... I see these things come back all the time. I'd say about 50% of them have dead pixels. Significantly less than that (maybe 10-20%) are actually noticable when playing a game... but movies are a different story, they're more noticeable against a still background.

The thing is also extremely fragile. We had a guy break his battery pack cover in the parking lot right after he bought it. They come back all the time with stuck or broken buttons, broken disk doors. This thing is built worse than the PS2.

Edit: And seriously, I'm not a fan of the PSP... but I'm not just being a fanboy here, I see this happen on an almost daily basis. If you do decide to go with a PSP just BUY THE UNLIMITED WARRANTY, FOR ALL THAT IS SACRED!


Edit again: To answer your third query, the music depends on the compression you use, you can make it almost CD quality since it's just playing the mp3 off the memory card. Movies off the memory card is less attractive, unless you don't compress it at all and have a huge memory stick.

UMD's look very good, because of the high-def display... but it's still pretty small for watching movies. You are so much better off with a portable DVD player, it's not even funny.
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Ok, here's the deal, yo. Me, my mom, dad, and little brother are going all the way down to North Carolina for my sisters wedding (which is a long way from NorthEast Ohio). Now, 8 hour car trips are absolutely no fun. Esspecially with no food, beverages, little 9 year old brother within a 2 foot radius, and an obessively over used Neil Diamond CD playing over and over and over. My family recently bought a new car, hense why can't have food or drinks on the way down. So, in the panic of the oncoming boredom, I suggested we get something like a movie player. With the PSP being a music player, movie player, and game player, I figured "what better way to go?". Now, I do have a few concerns with the PSP...

1.) Freaken dead pixels. I hate DP's. What are the odds of getting dead pixels and how many of you have them?

2.) I'm so afraid that if we hit a bump or something it'll fling outta my hands and hit something. Damaging the system. What's durability like?

3.) What's the quality like on the movies, music, and just the screen overall?

That is all... thank you.


I have owned both a PSP and DS... They both weren't really my thing... Since both had hardly any games worth owning (That will change for the DS though) and I wasn't out and about enough to really use them.

Now to answer your questions.

1. When I had my PSP I only had one dead pixel. I did't even notice it when stuff was happening on screen. I don't know what your chances are of getting one, but I have heard alot of people getting them (around launch) it might have changed since then.

2. If you drop it in your car... everything will be just fine, unless the screen happens to land on a really sharp object or knife. I dropped my PSP on my carpet before and it worked perfectly fine.

3. The PSP speakers themselves suck for both Music and Movie playback. The headphones they pack with them though are surprisngly good for both music and movies. The screen is awesome for movie playback but in the sun it's hard to see the screen. As for utilizing the movie feature... I recommend scouring the web to find out how to rip moives from DVD and converting them into MPEG4's to put on a Scan Disk Memory Stick. This means you'll have to buy a larger memory stick then what the PSP comes with (32 megs). A 512 should be sufficient (They are between 70 and 90 bucks). Getting UMD's will be a waste of your money unless they have special features that the DVD doesn't have. (BTW no UMD has any special features... cause they are a stupid idea to use for movies.)
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Typical Sony product. I guess I should have known better to think they actualy made something worth getting. If it doesn't got the games, there's really no reason to get one... and the games right now are all BLAH. I have seen the light and the light is a platnium dual-screened beauty.
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Oh... really? I just figured since I was thinking about getting a PSP, it would be more appropriate for the General Gaming. But hey, it's your call. *shrugs*
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It really goes under other consoles.

Anyway when is your trip exactly? The Electric Blue DS comes out then, if you wnat a new color. Oh and Kirby and Meteos is coming out this month, those looke and sound like some pretty awesome games to play while on a trip.
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The wedding is June 18th. Hmmm... electric blue DS sounds nice. Any game reccomendations?
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The Electric Blue DS is already out. As of today, in fact.
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You know after getting a huge amount of time in on the PSP this weekend, I'm going to go ahead and say buy one. I've gotten my hands on about 10 PSP's since launch from friends and such, and only one has had a dead pixel. And if it bothers you, Sony will replace it. I always thought the movie idea was stupid, but after watching Spider-Man 2 on the way up to my cabin and it was great. The games are fun, and more are coming.

If you want a multimedia get the PSP, the battery life might not last you the whole trip, but it should get the job done.

Oh and on the topic of dropping it, a lot of my frineds have lost grip of it, lucky enough on carpet floors and such. I don't think the device could survive a free fall to a solid floor, but small drops and such won't damage it at all.
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kirby came out yesterday! get that.
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Kirby's already out...

I'm thinking about getting a PSP...but I believe I'll wait.
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PLEASE don't. Once the good games come out and the price is reasonable, maybe you can show Sony they're worth it. But for that amount of money, you could get a portable DVD player, and a used GBA SP with some truly kickass games. If you wanted a watered down music player, and a movie player that only plays UMD's...um, no. Just no. The only reason to buy the PSP would be the games, and they don't even have that going for them. Get something else, wait for the PSP.
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The wedding is June 18th. Hmmm... electric blue DS sounds nice. Any game reccomendations?

According to IGN Kirby and Golden Eye come out right before you go. Buy a DS and you're set.
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