Wi-Fi on the PSP? (PlayStation Portable)

[w3stic3]

How do you find browsing using your Sony PSP's?

Let's do the pro's and con's HERE!

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

[boybi]

It is ok to browse, but very hard to type using its virtual keyboard.

[bankai]

just plain reading and typing(browsing), you cannot stream videos

[xaxxy]

im having a hard time scrolling down... yeah you cant play videos, would require a plug-in and there is no plug-in available for psp.. anyone tried changing the faceplate? how much are the faceplates in your citY? i asked at some store and said it costs 11k... i was expecting it to be like as cheap as cellphone casings

[GlennSter]

yeah..browsing is ok..but typing is such a pain!

[Jun aka Pekto]

It's mostly text and images. I don't stream much. So, I'm fine with PSP browsing.



I decided to buy a PSP after the price dropped like a rock. I also bought 2 (8gb and 4gb) Memorystick Duo Pros.

I'm not sure if I'll even play games on this. Most of my uses for it will be playing movies and light web surfing while traveling.

[niky]

It's pretty good for surfing, but not for foruming with. I don't even play games on my PSP... I use it for videos and internet, too...

Maybe it's just my fingers, but I have a hard time driving on the PSP compared to the PS2.

[Jun aka Pekto]

It's pretty good for surfing, but not for foruming with. I don't even play games on my PSP... I use it for videos and internet, too...

Maybe it's just my fingers, but I have a hard time driving on the PSP compared to the PS2.

Agreed although I'm sure with enough practice, I'll get the hang of "typing" text on the PSP. The screen's big enough for text to be readable and video is bigger than an iPod's. Also, thank goodness for Tsikot Mobile, Tsikot Forums is very legible on the PSP.

I did have to buy a couple of Memory Stick Duo Pros and they are expensive. An 8gb and 4gb cards set me back almost $300.

The 4gb card is spacious enough to hold all 26 episodes of MXC Seasons 1 and 2 plus a couple of full-length movies. Of course, they're all have 4:3 screen ratio.

I haven't even thought what I'll put in the 8gb card........ Hmmm. All 44 seasons of Voltes V, The whole first season of Star Blazers, plus several movies.....

[niky]

Mhmmm... Star Blazers! Wahahaha... saw a few episodes on TV a while back... was surprised at how poor the animation quality was... when I was a kid, that counted as "state-of-the-art" in Anime.

Hmmmm... should I burn my "Scrubs" collection onto the PSP?

Right now, I'm converting Sesame Street DVDs to PSP-format for my kid.

[gerald_g]

Good enough if you just want to waste some time. I do surfing on my PSP usually in Robinsons Galleria while waiting for my wife to go out of the office.. Hirap nga mag-type .. ok lang kung click click lang ng pages.. like reading through tsikot forums..

[thebat]

Ok na ok sya if you wanna surf the web for reviews or look for images sa google or even reading your yahoo mails. I have wifi installed sa house so ang bilis ng connection.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Slightly OT since I can't find the original PSP thread................

I also noticed that when using Ulead Video Studio 10 Plus to convert my videos to mp4, it's better to use iPod mp4 than PSP mp4. With PSP mp4, the screen options are limited to Original and Normal. But, if I use iPod mp4, the viewing options are Original, Normal, Zoom, and Fullscreen.

So now, I convert all videos to iPod mp4 and copy straight to the Memory Stick Duo Pro.

[20vanda01]

When using my PSP (older not the slim) to browse web, (first time kasi just installed Wireless router at home)... i can view the webpages, but I can NOT scroll down to the bottom of the page... is there something I need to do with it? I have 3.52 firmware.
Anyone experienced this, and how to solve?

[Jun aka Pekto]

When using my PSP (older not the slim) to browse web, (first time kasi just installed Wireless router at home)... i can view the webpages, but I can NOT scroll down to the bottom of the page... is there something I need to do with it? I have 3.52 firmware.
Anyone experienced this, and how to solve?

You probably have the menu screen showing. The ones with Favorites/Bookmarks, Back, Forward, etc at the bottom of the screen. Get to the browser by pressing triangle.

Once you get out to the browser itself, you an scroll with arrow buttons or the analog stick.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Incidentally, I tried out the PSP on a flight to see how long I can watch movies from the memory card and nothing in the UMD drive. With earbuds, medium brightness and medium volume..... I got almost 7 hours on the default battery. There was still power. But, I went ahead and recharged.

[niky]

Hmmm... ought to try that. Still, am going to get the grip-battery... I get cramps when playing driving games, since the buttons are too close to the edge of the unit for me.

Slightly OT since I can't find the original PSP thread................

I also noticed that when using Ulead Video Studio 10 Plus to convert my videos to mp4, it's better to use iPod mp4 than PSP mp4. With PSP mp4, the screen options are limited to Original and Normal. But, if I use iPod mp4, the viewing options are Original, Normal, Zoom, and Fullscreen.

So now, I convert all videos to iPod mp4 and copy straight to the Memory Stick Duo Pro.

Good idea! Have been planning to upload movies to the PSP (for our kid to watch in the car), but I've been having trouble finding the right conversion factor.

[prinsipe]

parang kailangan ko rin bumili ng grip-battery naninigas din ang kamay ko pag racing game.

since this is about PSP, patanong na din ako. i don't want to start another thread. I just bought PSP Slim and have some questions:

1. How do I upgrade to 3.71 M33 firmware? Do I need to downgrade first to 1.5 then upgrade to 3.60 M33 then upgrade to 3.71 M33? I need the step by step procedure because I'm a total newbie pag dating sa PSP.

2. Ano yun pandora?

Thanks in advance!

[Jun aka Pekto]

Hmmm... ought to try that. Still, am going to get the grip-battery... I get cramps when playing driving games, since the buttons are too close to the edge of the unit for me.



Good idea! Have been planning to upload movies to the PSP (for our kid to watch in the car), but I've been having trouble finding the right conversion factor.

This is what I do to convert our DVD movies.....

1. Get DVD Shrink - use "Re-Author" mode
I save the main movie VOB to AUDiO_TS and Video_TS on a hard drive folder

2. Rename the main ****.vob file to say, name.mpg. You can move the name.mpg file elsewhere and discard the Audio_TS and Video_TS folders.

3. I then use AutoGordian Knot (AutoGK) to convert the name.mpg file to Divx avi (my main master file). Size----->1 CD is my favorite. Average size is 718mb per movie.

4. Once the Divx avi is made, I use Videora for iPod to convert the avi file to iPod mp4. the lowest setting (rate of 384) should be fine. Average size is 450mb per movie.

I prefer iPod mp4 for use on the PSP because I can have original size, normal size, zoomed, and fullscreen modes. Native PSP mp4 is more limited on the options.

This method has been foolproof to me for making stutter-free and audio-sync issues free PSP movies.

[20vanda01]

You probably have the menu screen showing. The ones with Favorites/Bookmarks, Back, Forward, etc at the bottom of the screen. Get to the browser by pressing triangle.

Once you get out to the browser itself, you an scroll with arrow buttons or the analog stick.

Sir already tried that actually, pero ayaw pa din mag scroll, to the left or up.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Sir already tried that actually, pero ayaw pa din mag scroll, to the left or up.

Not sure. The firmware on my PSP is also 3.52. It hasn't had any problem browsing or scrolling using the arrow keys/analog stick.

Even on a blank screen, I can move the cursor arrow with the analog stick.