Dont fear dead pixels, I don't fear them as they do not show at all during use, only if look closely and on black background. They are not coloured on my screen, but more pale gray. Maybe if they were on the middle of screen and red or green I would be more afraid.
I wouldn't call that "very terrible Sony quality as usual" as that's pretty much what can be expected on any moderately priced consumer devices with (bigger) LCD screens.
Besides, the screens are manufactured by Sharp, not Sony
I like the headphones included in Value Pack, better than many cheap earbuds. Surprisingly clean and good bass, although a little too midband heavy for my liking. The "Original" sound setting makes the sound better for my ears.
Yeah, the Japanese value pack isn't as "good" value as the us (and eu?) packs, as it doesn't include an UMD demo disc (I like the demo discs that come with consoles), UMD movie and cleaning cloth.
Still it is easy to be tempted by more stuff for more money. If I were to order the PSP now I might go for the non value pack and some Nyko case and Sony Nude earphones.
By the way, can you use standard headphone minijack directly in PSP. The valuepacks remote to PSP part has that nonstandard connector.
What do you mean by "xmb. the transpancy is confusing for fast acces" ?
I agree with the non multitasking thing, it would be nice to be able to view photos and listen mp3s at the same time. But that's about the only multitasking thing you'd want to do. The PSP should have enough power to do those at the same time, maybe they just didn't think of it :?
Hopefully future firmwares fix it.
Some of the settings no being saved after power off. I think it's the same as with most media devices, mp3 players, dvd players... the shuffle, repeat etc settings are most often resetted if you power off. Actually I thionk it would be mostly annoying if they were saved as those are settings that are used "by mood" and depending on what you listen/view.
The basic settings are saved after power off, of course (like language, clock etc...)
Haven't experienced that lage with memsticks you describe, everything I've done (deleted files etc...) inside the PSP operating system has been almost immediate.
I don't think it is impossible to enjoy viewing photos on PSP, the lag isn't that long anyway, especially if you put on a slideshow the lag is masked in the transition progress. Flicking through them manually has a couple of seconds lag, but that's on 5megapixel images. Haven't yet tried photos of native PSP resolution, but I think the lag would not be there any more.
As I would not use it for viewing photos I've took, I would use the PSP for viewing manga
I will not fear UMD loading times
(are you trying to scare me off my PSP?)
I've become used to loading times with PSOne and PS2 (and xbox and GC). It'l not be an issue for me, as were not the terribly scary deadly zombi pixzels.
Didn't see any dent marks or lints on the screen, haven't looked for them though so maybe they are there as there were dead pixels even though I didn't see them until I searched for them
Thanks for the link chap, I'll try it as soon as I get home.