OFFICIAL NEWS : PSP EU release DATE and PRICE

1. rabidrabbit is male
2. he has a bf

based on those two factors he's either homosexual or bisexual or a very desparate straight guy.

 

I was just kidding chap, I am a homosexual male, not bi or straight. My family dosn't know I'm homosexual, they just think I'm a hopeless geek who can't get a girlfriend
But that's not the topic.
I received a call from local UPS at friday and they said my PSP should arrive at monday afternoon 2nd May.
That's fast. I placed my order at Lik-Sang wednesday-thursday night!

Thanks for being helpful, but I think I know enough already to be able to use the PSP and what softeare to use for converting videos etc..

 

Got the PSP today.

Can't find no dead pixels, they might be there, but haven't yet seen any.
The square button seems ok too
Haven't had much to test it with though , except music and self-encoded videos.
Music quality is good and clean, but I might buy better headphones.

I only have a 256MB Memorystick, so the 2h video (adult content) I converted to fit was blocky at places and only 15 fps. Just about watchable for pr0n though
Also encoded a 20 min chapter from SWII:Clone Wars (last chapter) with 320x240/29.97fps/1500kbps Stereo/128kbps and the quality was much much better, I can definitely see myself viewing films and tv shows at that quality. Can't wait to get some anime to view.

The japanese valuepack didn't come with any demo disc, and I ordered the games separately and they did not arrive yet, so any UMD media is still unproven.
Can't wait to try the games on it.

The system is very easy to use, I like the cross media bar interface.
The surface really is a dust and fingerprint magnet, and the reflectiviness could have been toned down a bit.

Also viewed some 5 megapixel photos on it. Nice feature, but I don't think I'll use it for viewing photos much. A nigger and higher resolution monitor is much better for that, also my camera (DSC-T1) has large enough screen for occasional photoviewing.

 

Oops!!
That was a typing mistake
It should have been B as BIGGER!

heh

Anyway I checked the screen with a blank black and white images for dead pixels. There are three and they are visible on the black pic background.
Two of htem are close to another on the upper left corner (about 3mm from edges) and one is on the lower left approx at the same position. They are really tiny and I can't see them except on pure dark screen.
They're not an issue for me, anyway there's always more dust particles and other dirt on the surface of the screen that a few dead pixels go well as one of them Of course it would be better if the screen had none, but they're really not something I'd bother returning the unit, even if I'd bought it locally.

Encoded a chapter of Monster's Inc, and it looks wonderful! I might buy some UMD movie next... Hellboy might be good, haven't seen it yet on DVD either.
The sound quality in encoded movies is quite good, there's even some rather good bass. The earbuds are actually quite good with good material.

 

you sure you don't like them louder? 8)

 

as i fear! dead pixes! buying a psp is a 50/50 chance hit. very terrible sony qa as usual. u should buy psp standalone. much worth it. then u buy 512mb, logitech case and sony nude headphones.

i actually not like the xmb. the transpancy is confusing for fast acces,. you can press select when playing media but u cannot multitask. i want watch photo hear mp3, nope. i want watch video but check battery %, nope. settings dont seem saved after u power off. i want put all media to shuffle, nope reset. no choice to on/off last playback saved settings.

there is also lag when accessing memstick. sometime it take 2s to delete file sometime it take 15s even filesize is as small!

good u forgo photo, really impossible to enjoy with 2-3s lag when moving each photo.

umd when u get, u will fear load time. 4-6s sound okay. but for short burst game like lumines vs, quite annonying. is it our psp, but umd loading quite load. is it possible for psp to work like gc loading? i wish

did u see any dent marks on surface of screen? i find that also cause distort pixes. we got 1 lint top of screen...sony should make psp like cellphone with removable covers.. for cleaning.

i got clone war vol 1 ws rip in memstick. get from mininova.

want faster video trial, try this
http://www.fantasticfourmovie.com/us/flash/psp/FF_psp_video.zip

umd videos are even clearer! but worthless to buy this format at dvd prices. maybe if cheap like 10 bucks..

 

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.