Portable Playstation. This Is Living!!!! (Sony PSP)

Member Name: mr_nadge

Product:	Sony PSP
Date:	20/07/09 (21 review reads)
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Advantages: Gaming. Music. Video. Internet Access. There isn't much this doesn't do.

Disadvantages: Can't make phone calls. Some functions are difficult to get going.

Sony PSP - Is the best Hand Held games console on the market. I'm not biased, I have a Nintendo DS too, but this is why the PSP is better.

PSP is your all in one Multi Media station for home, abroad & on the move. It has many different functions & they are all ace.

GAMING. The PSP plays UMD video games & has an extensive back catalogue of hundreds of games. There are loads of different genres & types. You can play alone. Some Games allow you to play against opponents with one copy of the game between you. Some also allow for Multi Player over the internet. You can even save games to a memory stick & play them from that instead of the UMD. Games can cost anything from £5 to £30. Also any game that you buy anywhere in the world will work on your PSP. So feel free to buy a game when you're in an airport & worried about a boring flight.

VIDEO. You can watch movies in two different ways on you PSP. Firstly you can buy films on UMD. They range from £5 - £10. Again there is an extensive back catalogue with lots of choice. The second option is better & cheaper though. You can copy you own DVD's onto your PSP. Now I would be the first to admit that this is tricky. It took me quite a while to find software that would copy my copy protected DVD's to the PSP & legally I can't tell you how to do it or this review would be removed. All I can say is that it's possible & I recommend the X-OOM Movies on PSP 3 to convert video. A 2 hour film takes around 1GB of memory & you can buy 8GB cards of Ebay for under £15.00

MUSIC. Again this is very similar to the the Video although you can listen to music in three ways. Firstly, you can copy music onto the memory card. This is very easy & as long as you are capable of enabling wma playback on your PSP by going online, it requires no additional software. Secondly, you can buy music albums on UMD & watch & listen to them on your PSP. There aren't loads available due to the ease at which music can be stored, but there are a few. Thirdly, you can use the Internet Radio that is in the software in some of the latest updates. It doesn't cost anything to add the internet radio player to your PSP all you need is a wireless connnection.

On top of the three functions above it does many other things. You can use the wireless function to connect to & browse the internet. You can buy a GPS system & use your PSP as a SATNAV. If you've got a PSP 3000, you can connect your PSP to a TV & play your games or watch your films on the TV. You can connect a camera to the PSP & use it to make Video Phone calls as long as there is a wireless internet connection you can access. Also, you can connect to your PS3 which is sat in your living room from anywhere in the world (again with a wireless internet connection in range). When doing this, you can access any of the music, films or content stored on your PS3 or even watch TV if you have the PS3 Freeview Tuner. The only thing you can't do is play the PS3 games.

There have been many times, both at home & abroad, where my PSP has kept my entertained for hours. I wouldn't go on a plane or tavel anywhere without one. This really is the best in handheld, portable entertainment you can buy.

Summary: The Best Portable Media Player there is. Buy One!