Product Description

The PSP (PlayStation Portable) is a personal entertainment system unlike any other. No matter where you go or what you're doing, with the PSP, your games, music, videos and photos are always within arm&rsquos reach. You&rsquoll never battle boredom again!The PSP is an ultra-powerful portable entertainment system with exceptional visual comfort equal to that of the PlayStation 2. Its wireless mode allows you to communicate with other PSP users without using cables of any kind, so you can join in on multiple-player games wherever you are.This little gem is much more than just a video game console, however. You can record your favourite tracks in MP3 or ATRAC3plus format on its Memory Stick Duo and listen to music as you move about, or watch films, music videos or your own footage in UMD format. The large screen and high-quality stereo sound will make you believe you're holding a cinema in the palm of your hand!For digital camera owners, the PSP system will save your best photos on its Memory Stick Duo and create a superb slideshow to impress your friends.Whether you're on the move, at the office or around the house, any time you need a distraction, the stylish PSP Slim & Lite has just the entertainment solution you need. The PSP Slim & Lite is smaller and lighter than its predecessor. The battery life has been extended and the charge time and back-lighting improved. This console even has a video output for even more options.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108 in Computer & Video Games
• Colour: Berry Blue
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-09-14
• Platform: Sony PSP
• Dimensions: .42 pounds

Customer Reviews

PSP goes on a diet
The new PSP is 19% thinner and 30% lighter. Should definitely notice the difference as soon as its in your hands. Here are the pros and cons

Pros:
+ Video Out to your TV. Watch your UMD movies and Games on your screen. This is the perhaps the best feature of any handheld.
+ Much lighter, feels really good in your hands.
+ The D-Pad has been upgrades. Fighting Game Lovers rejoice!
+ The analog nub also feels more responsive.
+ Buttons are raised making them easier to click.
+ The LCD is brighter, has a higher refresh rate and the colors are more vibrant.
+ UMD games load faster.
+ The memory has been doubled in this unit to allow developers to build caches they can then use to make games load much faster.
+ Even games that dont implement caches, load faster due to an automatic new caching done by the system.
+ Ability to eat less battery life.


Cons:
- Over priced when you think that americans are getting psp console,game,family guy umd and a memery stick for cheaper than this.
- Only black to choose from where are the silver and white ones that japan and USA get.
- UMD tray may not impress. It feels cheaper.

Sony PSP Slim+Lite
I always wanted a PSP from they first came out but never made the jump as I was always happy with my PS2 but last week I pushed the boat out and picked up a black PSP. First impressions were very positive, its glossy finish looks superb and that screen is just a work of art. A gorgeous little machine overall. The battery life doesn't appear to be outstanding, maybe 2 hours between charges but I can live with that. I haven't sampled movies or music on it yet but the graphics on the games I am playing are just astounding, easily surpassing those of my PS2. The WI-FI connection was as easy as pie to set up also. I deducted a point for 2 reasons. 1 - The front of the console is superbly built but the back is not. It feels cheap and tacky and would probably explode into a million pieces of dropped. The UMD latch also opens a bit too easily for my liking. 2 - The location and function of the Power/Hold switch is annoying. When using the 'R' button it is quite easily to push the power button up turning the console off (annoying when you haven't saved your game). Overall though i'm definitely chuffed with my purchase.

Great game player, average multimedia device
I have had this for about 2 months now and I have spent a lot of time on it. The screen is indeed of excellent quality, as other reviewers suggest, but it also generates a reflection which can make things hard to see in clear daylight.

The controls work well when you get used to them. I have played Lego Starwars, Sims 2: Castaway, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters among other games and the PSP is an excellent games machine. The list of available titles finally seems to be getting pretty good.

Video playback is a mixed bag for me. The manual states that the PSP can playback MPEG4 and AVI files but it is very fussy and won't play a lot of these. I have had to convert material specifically for use on the PSP which is tedious and a pain to do - there are many programs that can do this. In my view Sony should sort this out so it will play these formats properly. Once you have it working playback quality is excellent. UMD movie playback is good quality if I buy a film I'd rather get it for a proper TV.

Audio playback is easier, it handles MP3 and WMA files from my PC without causing problems but it won't play any copy protected material, so you can't play most legal downloads. You can download and use playlists from the PS3 but you can't create playlists on the PSP itself which is a shame.

RSS feeds - these are web feeds used to publish regularly updated content such as blogs, podcasts, the news etc. Again the PSPs support is limited at best. It doesn't do text RSS feeds so many news sites such as SKY or the BBC are out. Nor will it play a lot of video content because of the problems mentioned above. Even the recommended sites from Sony's PSP Media Manager often aren't compatible. I tried 3 and then gave up. The content downloads and then you discover that the video file is not compatible. Frustrating. Audio podcasts worked just fine.

I also have a PS3 and have tried out the remote play feature. The controls become a bit more sluggish when in remote play mode but Pixel Junk Monsters is playable, if a little more difficult. Haven't tried remote play over the internet yet, just my wireless network. Videos on the PS3 can be played so long as the PSP is willing to play them. The only videos I have got working on remote play so far are ones I made up for the PSP and stored on the PS3 + promotional stuff downloaded from the Playstation Store - not exactly a reason to want remote play.

It displays photos well and has a slideshow feature which is decent enough but you can't customise the slideshows beyond the timing. Internet radio works well enough, I haven't tried the skype feature out.

The internet browser is OK. It is usable but I only use it if I can't get to a PC browser. Text entry is tedious. This is where a touch screen would make the world of difference.

Portable copy might give the PSP a new lease of life as a movie player when Sony finally sort this out. This is where blu-ray movie comes with a standard definition version that can be copied to a memory pro-duo stick and viewed on the PSP. They are saying later this year but Sony are full of promises like this. It is also not clear how many blu-ray movies will support this so it could turn out to be another feature that sounds good but doesn't live up to its promise. Go! Explore sat nav also sounds great but we will see, supposed to be out later this month.

I'm giving it 4 stars because it handles games so well and I have grown quite attached to it. However Sony also market this as a multimedia device and I think it could do with a lot of improvement here which is why it is not getting 5 stars overall from me. If you want the standard version of the PSP Media Manager you can get it free from the Japanese playstation network. The install instructions are in Japanese which makes the process a bit more exciting but the program is in English. http://www.jp.playstation.com/store/mediamanager/index.html