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he first thing most people will notice about the PSP is the widescreen monitor that takes up practically the entire width of the device. The screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio and features a 480x272-pixel TFT-LCD screen (thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display
Sony has also designed an all-new format for the medium that will carry games, movies and other information for use on the PSP. Universal Media Discs (UMD) are 60-mm optical discs that hold up to 1.8 gigabytes (GB) of information. Sony reports that the UMD cartridge was designed to be manufactured quickly and for lower costs than earlier, lower-capacity portable media.
# Widescreen, backlit 4.5-inch TFT LCD monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio and 480x272 resolution
# MIPS R4000-based 333-MHz CPU
# Graphics sub-system running at 166 MHz on a 512-bit bus with 2 MB of DRAM, rendering 664 million pixels per second and 35 million polygons per second
# Graphics engine supporting directional 16- or 32-bit color, lighting, clipping, environment projection and texture mapping, fogging, alpha blending, depth and stencil tests, vertex blending for morphing-style effects, and dithering
(Source: Hot Chips conference at Stanford University)
# Media processor using another 2 MB of DRAM
# 3-D graphics processing using NURBS (Nonuniform Rational B-Splines) as well as conventional polygon rendering
# USB 2.0 port, Memory Stick port, Universal Media Disc slot, stereo headphone jack and WiFi wireless LAN port
# Built-in stereo speakers
# Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
# Weight: 260 grams (9.2 ounces)
# Dimensions: 17 x 7.4 x 2.3 cm (6.7 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches)
The Games
Photo courtesy Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
UMD game cartridge
What titles are in the works for the PSP? At the Tokyo Game Show, several games were previewed, including a PSP version of the popular Ridge Racer racing series, a new Armored Core giant robot fighting game, yet another chapter in the Metal Gear franchise and more racing from the Need for Speed line.
Pics:
TL;DR
Games:
Ridge racer
Armored core
GT4
Features:
USB 2.0 ports
Widescreen
Wireless lan
Memory Stick useage (similar to camera sticks)
Sony has also designed an all-new format for the medium that will carry games, movies and other information for use on the PSP. Universal Media Discs (UMD) are 60-mm optical discs that hold up to 1.8 gigabytes (GB) of information. Sony reports that the UMD cartridge was designed to be manufactured quickly and for lower costs than earlier, lower-capacity portable media.
# Widescreen, backlit 4.5-inch TFT LCD monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio and 480x272 resolution
# MIPS R4000-based 333-MHz CPU
# Graphics sub-system running at 166 MHz on a 512-bit bus with 2 MB of DRAM, rendering 664 million pixels per second and 35 million polygons per second
# Graphics engine supporting directional 16- or 32-bit color, lighting, clipping, environment projection and texture mapping, fogging, alpha blending, depth and stencil tests, vertex blending for morphing-style effects, and dithering
(Source: Hot Chips conference at Stanford University)
# Media processor using another 2 MB of DRAM
# 3-D graphics processing using NURBS (Nonuniform Rational B-Splines) as well as conventional polygon rendering
# USB 2.0 port, Memory Stick port, Universal Media Disc slot, stereo headphone jack and WiFi wireless LAN port
# Built-in stereo speakers
# Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
# Weight: 260 grams (9.2 ounces)
# Dimensions: 17 x 7.4 x 2.3 cm (6.7 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches)
The Games
Photo courtesy Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
UMD game cartridge
What titles are in the works for the PSP? At the Tokyo Game Show, several games were previewed, including a PSP version of the popular Ridge Racer racing series, a new Armored Core giant robot fighting game, yet another chapter in the Metal Gear franchise and more racing from the Need for Speed line.
Pics:
TL;DR
Games:
Ridge racer
Armored core
GT4
Features:
USB 2.0 ports
Widescreen
Wireless lan
Memory Stick useage (similar to camera sticks)