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Sony released first specs and pics of PSP

Sony revealed some details about its upcoming handheld game machine, dubbed as PSP or Playstation Portable.

Current design version, which may or may not look like the final version due by the end of the year 2004, uses storage media dubbed as UMD (Universal Media Disc) which holds appx. 1.8GB of storage space. Each disc will carry a region coding, copy-protection mechanism and each disc will have its own individual identification number as well.





Device will include two processors, both based on MIPS R4000 core. PSP will support Dolby 7.1 surround audio, AAC, MP3 and Sony's own ATRAC3 as audio formats and will also support MPEG-4 H.264 for video.

Source: TheRegister

Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 5 Nov 2003 15:40

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• rosedog

  "each disc will have its own individual identification number as well."
  
  What good is that going do them? Are they going to take my personal info. if I were to buy a disc, so that they could track me down if I made a copy?
  
  

  6.11.2003 06:22 #1

• strcruzer

  probably many copies... I'm sure they will use that to track the user some how.
  

  Starcruiser
  
  Intel 440BX MB, Dual Intel 1.2Ghz P3's, 2GB RAM
  TDK 440N, 390GB ATI AIW 8500DV Win2k Srvr
  

  6.11.2003 07:23 #2

• Bladestor

  Looks good, but i'm not happy about the 8mb of ram.

  6.11.2003 10:22 #3

• mafiaman

  if its under £250 it's gettin bought
  

  
  Athlon XP 2400+
  MSI KT4V
  256 PC266 DDR RAM
  80 GIG IBM 7,000 RPM
  RADEON 9200SE 128 DDR
  Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
  Pioneer 105 4x DVD-R
  Modded Light Case
  And it'

  6.11.2003 10:26 #4

• Toiletman

  OMFG! That looks sweet. By the way, notice the controller/thumbpad is on the right hand side.
  

  When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

  6.11.2003 15:47 #5

• Latexxx

  Who needs a 7.1 audio system in a portable device? Should we buy surround headphones or what?

  7.11.2003 06:39 #6

• alxdotnet

  Perhaps Sony is envisioning us using the PSP instead of a DVD player...lol...
  It would have to have over 8mb of RAM!
  

  Comp 1: Dell Inspiron P4 2.4Ghz / 512 MB RAM with 24x CD-RW and Firewire In, SVideo Out running XP Pro
  Comp 2: Dell Dimension P3 550Mhz / 384MB RAM with old 2x CD-RW running XP Home.

  7.11.2003 07:31 #7

• mafiaman

  it doesnt rum windows it doesnt need more than 8 meg ram
  

  
  Athlon XP 2400+
  MSI KT4V
  256 PC266 DDR RAM
  80 GIG IBM 7,000 RPM
  RADEON 9200SE 128 DDR
  Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
  Pioneer 105 4x DVD-R
  Modded Light Case
  And it'

  7.11.2003 13:31 #8

• alxdotnet

  8mb of ram would produce horrible graphics...current video cards have much more than that I thought...
  Is there something that I don't understand? Is it using the internal hard drive for graphics rendering?
  

  Comp 1: Dell Inspiron P4 2.4Ghz / 512 MB RAM with 24x CD-RW and Firewire In, SVideo Out running XP Pro
  Comp 2: Dell Dimension P3 550Mhz / 384MB RAM with old 2x CD-RW running XP Home.

  7.11.2003 17:08 #9

• mafiaman

  bloody hell try not to compare gfx on pcs to gfx on consoles there not the same.
  

  
  Athlon XP 2400+
  MSI KT4V
  256 PC266 DDR RAM
  80 GIG IBM 7,000 RPM
  RADEON 9200SE 128 DDR
  Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
  Pioneer 105 4x DVD-R
  Modded Light Case
  And it'

  8.11.2003 04:17 #10

• draconate

  yeah, yer right, MafiaMan. The gfx cards are much different. Regular pc's run usually 512 mb of ram. 8mb of ram for this format is much more than enough.

  1.6.2004 10:19 #11