What is the PSP?

Play Station Portable (PSP) is Sony's Sony Computer Entertainment SCEI, a home-use handheld game console released in Japan on December 12, 2004. The standard selling price is 19,800 yen. The first shipment of PSP mainframe PSP products was only sold in Japan for 200,000 units, resulting in a crazy snap. Since the morning before the purchase, a long line has formed in front of the major stores. On December 12, one day sales reached 170,000 units. After that, the online booking sales of major shopping malls on December 20 were also snapped up by players within 3 seconds. A small number of PSPs flowing into China through various channels have also been fired to a price of 6,000 yuan. But after a while, the price stayed around 2,000 yuan.

psp game console

Play Station Portable (PSP) is Sony's Sony Computer Entertainment SCEI, a home-use handheld game console released in Japan on December 12, 2004. The standard selling price is 19,800 yen. The first shipment of PSP mainframe PSP products was only sold in Japan for 200,000 units, resulting in a crazy snap. Since the morning before the purchase, a long line has formed in front of the major stores. On December 12, one day sales reached 170,000 units. After that, the online booking sales of major shopping malls on December 20 were also snapped up by players within 3 seconds. A small number of PSPs flowing into China through various channels have also been fired to a price of 6,000 yuan. But after a while, the price stayed around 2,000 yuan.

Chinese name

psp

Foreign name

PlayStation Portable

Types of

Handheld game console

Time to market

December 12, 2004

Production company

Sony Computer Entertainment

At present, there is no licensed PSP on the mainland, so the PSP on the mainland market is only the Japanese version, the US version, and the Hong Kong version. The two versions are consistent except that the game records cannot be used with each other. Hong Kong also bought it on May 12, 1980, and the first batch was sold out in a short time. Because the Hong Kong version may be upgraded to a Chinese operating system, the Hong Kong version is the best-selling in the mainland market. However, it seems that the implementation of the Chinese system is still difficult.

Regarding why the first batch of products was produced only 200,000 units, Sony explained that the output was insufficient due to the miscalculation of the sales status before the release, and that the production time was insufficient due to technical problems. There are also opinions that sony's move is to increase its own popularity among users to compete with rival Nintendo's new handheld game console Nintendo DS.

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Gran Turismo 4 Mobile and UMD. Although the PSP has good audio and video playback capabilities, the PSP is still dominated by gaming features (compared to the TV remote control or MP3 player control keys): two upper buttons, the iconic PlayStation-style Start and select buttons, a digital 8-way button, and an analog input. There is a row of control keys at the bottom of the screen, which can adjust the volume and music settings (control the music on / off in the game, select different preset balancers), the screen brightness, and return to the main menu.

PSP's analog input, also often called "analog block", is not a traditional analog joystick, but a slidable flat control board. It provides the same controls in the game as traditional analog joysticks.

UMD movies

Robot adventures in UMD format Due to the huge storage space of UMD (about 1.8G) and the huge display screen of PSP, many movie companies have launched UMD-based movie programs at prices similar to DVDs. Companies that have launched UMD movies include Disney, Warner, Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate Entertainment, sony, New Line, Paramount, DreamWorks, and Anchor Bay Entertainment. Animation companies such as Bandai, Geneon, FUNimation and Viz Media also plan to launch animated series such as Gun God and Tomb Grave, animated movies such as New Mobile Warfare Gundam Endless Waltz, Ah! My Goddess and Ghost in the Shell, etc.

Most of the released movies offer multi-language options, as well as content, subtitle selection and special highlights. (The Japanese version also provides a more electronic package containing both UMD / DVD media).

The first UMD movie was released in April 2005. The earliest catalogs released in North America included Ten Ambush by Sony Pictures, Extreme Agents, Hellboy, Memories of Mexico, Spider-Man II, and Resident Evil 2: Revelation, and Miramax's Kill Bill 1 and Kill Bill 2, Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney Company.

On June 22, 2005, Sony announced that it had sold more than 1 million copies of Ambush and Resident Evil 2 each.

The main technical parameters

Sony PSP trade name: PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Body color: black / white

Size: 170x23x74mm (length x thickness x width)

Weight: 280g (including battery)

CPU: PSP CPU (MIPS 32-bit kernel)

Default memory stick capacity: 32MB (currently sells up to 2GB MSD)

Comes with DRAM: 4MB

Display: 4.3-inch 16: 9 TFT LCD display resolution 480x272 pixels 16.77 million colors

Brightness: 200/180/130/80 cd / m2

Sound: comes with stereo sound output

Main input and output methods:

IEEE802.11b wireless network (Wi-Fi)

USB2.0 (mini-B)

Memory Stick Duo

infrared

Main input and output interfaces

Memory Stick Duo slot

USB interface

External power interface

Headphone / line control interface

Enter key

Arrow keys (up, down, left, right)

, , ×, keys

L, R keys (one each)

Analog joystick (XMB)

START, SELECT, HOME keys

POWER / HOLD switch

Display, sound switch, volume adjustment

UMD open position key

power supply

lithium battery

External power

Software format

PSP Game

UMD Audio

UMD Video

decoder

Video: H.264 / AVC MP Level3

Audio: ATARC3plus, MP4

safety technology

128-bit AES encryption

MagicGate copyright protection technology

Access control

Area code

age limit

Wireless communication function

Infrastructure mode (connection of multiple PSPs via wireless transmitter)

ad hoc mode (up to 16 PSPs are directly connected via wireless network card)

Firmware version

Version 1.5

On March 24, 2005, Sony released an update patch for firmware version 1.5. The main contents are shown below.

On the basis of the original Japanese and English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Russian support have been added.

Added resume function when playing videos and music. (Ability to resume playback from where it left off when resuming from hibernation)

Keep the original display mode when changing the video playback content.

File names and folder names support accented letters.

In addition to these published contents, processing performance has also been greatly improved.

In addition, after the 1.50 release, in order to improve security, Sony also released version 1.51 and 1.52. The move was allegedly to prevent the development of emulators for other consoles. In addition, there have recently been game software that only supports version 1.52.

Version 2.0

Published on July 27, 2005. This version adds functions such as Internet browser, wallpaper change, and AAC format file playback, which greatly enhances the performance of the system.

Add Internet browser. However, Macromedia Flash is not supported. Some web pages may not display properly.

Added jump function when playing UMD MUSIC and UMD VIDEO.

Added AB repeat function during video playback.

Increase the display ratio of 4: 3 when playing videos saved in the memory stick.

Added sound switching function when playing videos saved in memory stick.

Support MP4 format.

Supports AAC format audio files.

Added wallpaper setting function.

Support for transmitting pictures via infrared.

Added support for TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP.

Added Korean language support.

Increase the character set setting.

Add main body change function.

Added Internet browser startup restriction function.

Added WPA-PSK (TKIP) method to the security settings of the network settings.

The input method supports URL input.

Version 2.5

Added LocationFree Player.

In the text encoding of the web browsing interface, automatic selection and Unicode (UTF-8) have been added.

Can save the text size and display settings of the web browser interface.

It can save the input history during the connection of the web browsing interface.

Playback of images with copyright protection.

Added date and time setting options via Internet.

The security method of network setting adds WPA-PSK (AES).

Added Korean input mode for the on-screen keyboard.

Version 2.6

Added RSS viewer.

LocationFree Player control interface, adding volume adjustment options.

Traditional Chinese (BIG5) and Simplified Chinese (GB18030) have been added to the text encoding of the web browsing interface.

Using the web browser interface, you can directly download the video data of the corresponding copyright protection function provided by the content provider or other services to the Memory Stick Duo .

Playable music file format has added WMA (Windows Media & reg; Audio). (The music stored on the Memory Stick Duo does not support WMA9 Professional, WMA9 Lossless and WMA files with corresponding copyright protection functions.)

Added system startup WMA playback.

Version 2.61

Fixed a bug in 2.6 that could use GTA UMD to use homebrew.

Others are not different from normal 2.6.

Version 2.61 appeared on the cheap US version of the machine launched in March.

Version 2.7 adds support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese, adds support for FLASH in the browser (unfortunately, only supports FLASH files below 1.5M and version 6.0), adds support for AAC sound file playback, Save function of music files in RSS CHANNEL.

Games software

About 200 PSP games have been released.

The 21st century walkman-> Play Station Portable has attracted worldwide attention from the moment she was born with her high cost performance and powerful entertainment features. What makes PSP so fascinating? I believe that after reading this article, you will have a completely new understanding of PSP, and it is also a good reference for players who plan to buy PSP.

This article will explain the four main parts that everyone cares about:

1.The charm of PSP

2. Precautions when buying a machine

3. Video related issues (MP4, MP3)

4. Simple instructions for running a cracker

Charm Article

Before buying a PSP, we should first familiarize ourselves with the relevant knowledge of the PSP and ask ourselves, is the function of the PSP suitable for me? Otherwise, they just bought it in a hurry, but found it not practical. I spent no money to say nothing, but also wasted so many powerful features of Little P.

Is PSP a game console? PSP is MP4? Nothing. The entertainment function of PSP is very rich and powerful, so it is more appropriate to regard her as a handheld entertainment terminal in the 21st century. PSP's operating system is called XMB (Cross Media Bar), a cross media cross system. Through it we can do: play UMD games, watch UMD movies, listen to UMD music, listen to music in MP3 / WMA / ATRAC3 / PLUS format, watch JPEG / GIF (static) / PNG / BMP format pictures, watch MP4 videos, watch FLASH , Browse web pages / download files via wireless hotspots ...

Maybe the above is not enough to describe the function of the small P, I will take a day of me and the small P as an example to present to everyone:

In the morning I put my beloved little P into my backpack to go to work. Listening to MP3 along the way, I felt bored after getting on the bus, so I took out a small P to live a live 9, ten stops by car without any notice. I was in the office during lunch break and watched the new Naruto animation while eating. In the evening, lying in bed continued the journey through the customs of the Three Kingdoms. . .

psp music performance surpasses high-end MP3

PSP video picture performance ability despise all MP4

PSP also has some advantages, which is why you buy her: If you often come into contact with free wireless hotspots, using the PSP with a wireless network card to access the Internet is a good choice; if you have a SONY camera, you can take photos directly on the PSP. Browse on the big screen; PSP will have many linkages with the upcoming PS3; and many future extended camera video chat, GPS global positioning system. . .

Purchase articles

First of all, you must know that PSP is divided into ordinary packages, luxury packages and various promotional packages; there are versions in different regions such as Japan / Korea / Hong Kong / Taiwan / US / Europe; etc .; the system firmware upgrade has gone through 1.0 / 1.50 / 1.51 / 1.52 / 2.0 / 2.01 / 2.50 / 2.60 / 2.70 ... these versions. As far as there is no licensed product in mainland China, the way for everyone to buy PSP is to buy parallel imports at video game stores or computer stores. However, these are irrelevant. There is only a problem of the UMD movie area code restriction between different regions of the PSP version. UMD games are common on different versions of the PSP, and all other functions are the same. No version exists. , Which version is bad. At present, most of the machines you can buy are Japanese and Hong Kong versions.

The picture below shows all the components of the luxury bag. The accessories in the red box are only available in the luxury bag: hand strap, soft bag, remote control, headset, 32M memory stick. The ordinary package only has the host, power supply and battery.

In the choice of luxury bag and ordinary bag, if you don't like the hand strap, soft bag, remote control, and earphone that come with the luxury bag, buy a normal bag. At present, PSP accessories are relatively comprehensive, you can save money to buy accessories yourself. However, the price difference between the luxury package and the ordinary package is less than 200. It is recommended for novices to buy a luxury package. The original remote control and headphones are more practical.

Let's get familiar with the functions of the buttons on the PSP body (you won't understand it at a glance)

1.MS reading light & wireless communication display light. On the left is the WLAN button. Push it up to activate the wireless network function for connected games and Internet access.

2. Joystick (Some games require a joystick to play)

3.HOME return key (return to the system during the game)

4. Brightness adjustment key (3 levels connected to battery, 4 levels connected to power) ^[1]

5. Sound effect adjustment key (only effective when connected to headphones, press and hold for more than 1 second to mute)

6. Power indicator & lock indicator. On the right is the power / lock button. Slide down to lock, slide up to standby, press and hold for more than 2 seconds to turn off

7. WLAN antenna (Hong Kong version of the manual indicates the WLAN antenna, but the PSP can remotely control the TV, it should also be an infrared antenna)

8. Memory stick socket (insert the MS printed side down, just tap it in when you take the MS and it will pop up)

At present, we should pay attention to these points in general: the tightness of the UMD warehouse; the version of the system firmware; check the screen for dead pixels and dust;

The tightness of the UMD cover is just an aesthetic issue, because the switch bayonet is on the right side, so the left side is more or less not tight. This need not be too harsh.

Check the system firmware version of the PSP. As the PSP of the 1.50 system gradually disappears from the counter, the PSP has been divided into two camps-1.50 system and 2.0 or more. Because the system version of PSP above 2.0 can not run any cracking programs. When systems above 2.0 can be cracked is unknown. However, this step is currently only a form. At present, everyone can buy a PSP of 2.50. The only small PSP of 1.50 and the PSP price of 2.50 differ by nearly 1,000 yuan. ^[1]

The place to check the system version is: the penultimate item information in the main body setting, the English system is System Setting-> System Information. The picture below shows the PSP system version is 1.50

Next, check the dead pixels of the PSP LCD screen. PSP uses SHARP high quality 16 million color AVS LCD screen. There was a period of time on the Internet where the PSP was about to enable the SAMSUNG screen. But I can tell you responsibly: So far the PSP is still using a SHARP screen.

Speaking of dead pixels, let's first understand the definition of dead pixels: dots that are pure black in the case of a white screen or dots that are pure white in the black screen. When switching to the red, green, and blue display modes, this point is always in the same position and is always a black or white dot. This situation indicates that the R, G, and B sub-pixel points of the pixel are all damaged, and such points are called bad points. Generally appearing on the PSP are mostly small white dots that are pure white under a black screen. This kind of point is difficult to find, but does not affect normal use. If there are only three such bright spots on the PSP, it is acceptable. Of course, we have the right to pursue perfection.

Let me just talk about the way I check this kind of highlights: prepare a bad point detection picture dedicated to PSP in advance (this PS can also do it yourself, download it below), if JS does not install pictures for you, you must bring a memory stick Then, maximize the screen brightness, and use the PSP to see all black pictures in a darker environment (you can put the PSP in your bag to see it in no surroundings), and such highlights of the PSP are clear at a glance. Then take a closer look at other full-color pictures and check for other kinds of dead pixels (rarely).

There should be very few original accessories being packaged. This is only a lack of moral JS, but everyone's attention is better. Wire control, headphones, and soft cases are now assembled and sold, and the quality is naturally much worse than the original.

We take the most valuable remote control as an example: comparing the following two remote controls, we can easily see that: front side: the original psp on the left is engraved on the front, the remote control surface is smooth, has a metallic texture, and feels Very good, the button bounce is clear; the assembly line control is printed on, the surface is relatively rough, the obvious plastic feel, the button bounce is not very clear, and it often causes misoperation. Side: The original wire control font is neat and clear. The assembled font is very rough.

Memory stick purchase experience. The deluxe version of the PSP is presented with a 32MB memory stick. This capacity can barely fit in one or two MTVs or five or six MP3s, which is basically useless. When you buy a machine, you can buy a 1G or 2G memory stick. Memory sticks are the most important major investment in small P accessories, and they spend the most money, so they must be careless. Some people recommend buying a licensed SANDISK memory stick. However, for the sake of cost-effectiveness, I recommend the SONY sticks with high cost performance. Now the price of 2G sticks is less than 400. Many people are worried about the quality of the group stick. In fact, the quality of the group stick is worse than that of the original except for the shell material and printing. And the current group sticks offer 1 year replacement. Of course, there is nothing wrong with choosing a stick, and you can rest assured to spend money.

Foil shopping experience. The PSP film must be affixed, and everyone does not want their love machine to become a face. At present, there are many patterns of various kinds of films on the market, including imported originals and domestic ones. The most representative is the Japanese HORI film, but now HORI original film is difficult to buy, most of the market is assembled. If you can't buy the original HORI film, the high-end film produced by domestically produced King Prince is also good, and the price is not cheap.

Data line purchase experience. There's not much to say about this, every computer city has for sale, from a few pieces to dozens. It is the kind of MINI-USB port commonly used in digital cameras. SONY's original data cable has 2 anti-jamming rings, which are of good quality and cost around 20.

At this point, the main precautions for purchasing PSP are almost introduced. I hope everyone can have a satisfactory PSP

Videos

In addition to playing games, PSP itself is an excellent MP4. The sweet sound quality and powerful screen display effect make the PSP multimedia function to the fullest!

Use of MP4:

1. After plotting MS in PSP format, create a folder named MP_ROOT in the peer directory of PSP (that is, the legendary MS root directory).

2. Create another folder named 100MNV01 in this folder

3. Put the MP4 file, the file name is named according to M4VXXXXX, X is any number, THM is the picture of this MP4, it can be the same as the MP4 name. THM is a 160x120 JPG format picture, you can identify the JPG extension to THM PSP

The MP4 storage directory in AVC format is "/ MP_ROOT / 101ANV01 /", and the file name must be in the form of "MAQXXXXX.MP4".

MP4 resources can be selected for download. Everyone can also convert by themselves, but it takes a long time. It is recommended to convert MING Jun 31C or PMC & PVE. The conversion method is a big one, so I won't introduce it here.

Use of MP3:

The usage of MP3 is very simple, just copy the MP3 to the PSP / MUSIC folder. Here I want to introduce a simple and practical method for PSP to display the Chinese name of MP3:

1. Download and install Qian Qian Jing Ting, drag MP3 to the playlist.

2. Right-click MP3 and click the file information. The window in the above picture appears.

3. According to the settings in the red box in the figure above, click Simplified-> Traditional, and click OK to save to the file.

Qianqian Jingting can also perform batch conversion, with similar steps. There are still many traditional Chinese fonts in PSP. Basically, most traditional Chinese characters can be displayed. At present, the PSP of the 2.70 system already supports simplified / traditional Chinese, but players who are still using the system below 2.70, it is necessary to learn this conversion step. You can also edit the ID3 tags of MP3s through Qianqianjingting. Besides, Qianqianjing itself is also an excellent MP3 player. Why not?

Introduction of PMP video format

The pmp format is the format used by amateur-made PMP MOD homemade software. Currently only 1.5 systems of psp can run.

It uses dlx or xvid encoding to truly achieve high resolution. Is currently the best effect psp video format.

Its effect and UMDvideo have a fight.

AVC format

A kind of MP4, 2.0+ system can play. Volume is smaller than PM4 of the same mass.

MLV format

A type of MP4, 2.6+ system can play. The Japanese video download service is dedicated to P-TV. There is a time limit on the video file, and it cannot be played after it expires.

Cracked articles

The cracking of PSP is not a complete cracking in the true sense, but a system of vulnerabilities that allows PSP to mistake the cracking program as a deceiving method for upgrading files. So we can now see that as long as SONY upgrades the system version to block the system loopholes, hackers have no way.

The PSP cracking was first started from version 1.0, and the running programs were mainly various simulators; then the Spanish cracking team completed the cracking of version 1.50. Because the version 1.50 system cannot directly read the illegal EBOOT.PBP file, Starting the 1.50 version of the PSP requires 2 memory sticks to complete the cracking program, one is to install the boot file and the other is the main program. It is very troublesome to hot-plug the flying stick to run. But it didn't take long for the solution to run the cracking program with a 1.50 single stick. It is to load the files in the 2 memory sticks into a memory stick, and add the% after the file name of the folder where the boot file is installed, so that the PSP can read the files in the% folder first, which plays a single stick guide. effect. Since then, the development of PSP's cracking business can be described as sky-high. Various versions of the simulator are constantly updated, and convenient and practical software is constantly emerging. Until now we can run most UMD games on MS!

There are many PSP cracking programs currently running on memory sticks: simulator games, various tool software, UMD mirror games, etc. . . But their usage is similar, most of the crack programs are installed in the PSP \ GAME folder. The most popular bootloaders currently used to play crack games are DEVHOOK and UMD Emulator.

In the future, there will be more and more crack programs, and everyone will learn more and more.

Playing PSP is easy, but playing PSP is not so easy!

Internet articles

The PSP can access the network through WIFI, and the browser with the 2.7 firmware version can already browse most websites normally.

You need to have an unlimited router with Internet access or a place that provides WIFI hotspot access (cafes in some big cities, KFC, etc.)

After setting up the network connection, you can access the Internet, and achieve the purpose of browsing Internet sites with PSP.