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Sony released first specs and pics of PSP

5 November 2003 15:40 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny | 11 comments

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.

Sony PSP

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

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rosedog (Member) 6 November 2003 6:22
"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? [ + quote]
strcruzer (Junior Member) 6 November 2003 7:23
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 [ + quote]
Bladestor (Junior Member) 6 November 2003 10:22
Looks good, but i'm not happy about the 8mb of ram. [ + quote]
mafiaman (Member) 6 November 2003 10:26
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' [ + quote]
Toiletman (Senior Member) 6 November 2003 15:47
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. [ + quote]
Latexxx (Inactive) 7 November 2003 6:39
Who needs a 7.1 audio system in a portable device? Should we buy surround headphones or what? [ + quote]
alxdotnet (Inactive) 7 November 2003 7:31
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. [ + quote]
mafiaman (Member) 7 November 2003 13:31
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' [ + quote]
alxdotnet (Inactive) 7 November 2003 17:08
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. [ + quote]
mafiaman (Member) 8 November 2003 4:17
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' [ + quote]
draconate (Newbie) 1 June 2004 10:19
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. [ + quote]