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- jhenriques, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1...the PSP is much more than a gaming System...
To be honest, I'm using mine more often to hear music than anything else! ...and I've no complaints. Actually my friend has an ipod, and I find the psp interface much better and prettier! ...it does what I expect, and I ask for nothing else.
I just connect my PSP to my PC and copy my mp3 to the PSP using the explorer... Simple and quick. Is there any thing simpler than this? I guess not...
The PSP has the ability to play PS2 quality like games, play music, play movies, browse your photo album, run your programs (Homebrew), browse the internet... and all this in style! There’s no way I would change my 16:9 fabulous screen for a tiny little one like the one from IPod...
And don't even talk about price... the PSP is $249.99 (Value Pack) and the IPod is $299.00 and $399.00... So I would say that the price are practically the same (well you better buy a new memory stick... 32Mb is no good! :))
For me the coice is clear. - Demiurge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great editorial. Unbiased review of the pros and cons of both systems.
- Neotribal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Look, I have a PSP, and close friends of mine have IPODS.
I love my PSP and would never even THINK of trading it for an IPOD, But then again, I'm a gamer. My friends rarely game, but are media junkies, and must tote around hundreds of albums at a time. They would never dream of sacrificing their IPODS for PSP's.
Do you see the difference here? The two devices are aimed at different markets. There's no good reason for people to be arguing over which one they should get.
The answer is simple: if you enjoy video games, with some mild multimedia additions, get a PSP (or a DS, or WHATEVER); If you want a very portable music/video player (not to mention a trendy status symbol), Get an IPOD/IPOD video. If you want portable movies on a big screen, get a dedicated portable DVD player or a laptop for god's sake. All stuff that's been said before. If you can't afford having multiple devices for different purposes, then weigh the devices' uses versus your needs/wants, and PLEASE, either stop bitching, or get a better paying job.
It seems like all the people who are violently for one or the other being an "all in one" device (seems like only PSP advocates in this corner) need to move out of Mom and Dad's house and find some way to pay for all their expensive tastes in tech. - Tarotsan, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1The real answer is you must have both. I find the ipod is the perfect music player, my entire collection small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. Plus my entire DVD collection just in case I am caught on a bus ride. The psp is simply not portable enough, in fact I don't think mine has ever been portable at all. Also the proprietary headphones of the psp are really annoying, they keep losing one channel whenever they are knocked. But if I was going somewhere and knew I would want to watch a particular film I would use the psp as it has a larger screen. Speakers also mean that you need not watch that film alone so it is good if you have company.
The psp also definitely makes the best photo viewer. The ipod's is a joke, a small screen and if you want to add more photos but have deleted the present photos from your computer's hard drive then it is impossible to do without wiping all previous photos off the ipod. Why the hell would I want to wipe all my photos off my ipod?
My use of the two devices has led me to believe that Sony really don't think things through when designing and testing but my opinion of Apple is that they are actually evil and try to wind you up on purpose because they can sit in their castle saying "Muahaha, I bet another million people have just wiped their ipods clear of music and must now reload a hundred CDs into their computer so they can replace it due to our tricksy ipod wiping subroutines." I have wiped my ipod of all its music twice now and it is incredibly frustrating to have a long walk home without a single thing to listen to.
As I say both devices is best but if I came to replace either I would replace the psp with another psp, I would replace the ipod with a totally different brand or maybe just spend the money on Memory sticks. The psp is a lot more pleasant to use if not as convenient or portable. - JetwingX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, i was going to expect something with bias, but it is a very fair view at both players
- CaptainNippon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow there's some angry apple fanboys here. Just from the sound of their words it certainly show a lot of fear coming from them. Most people don't see the fact that apple is just TOO SMALL, Apple just can't complete with Sony. Like every other apple products it is very short lived. The Walkman phone is making a big come back and it's the hottiest phone in Europe right now, and Sony just cant keep up with demand.
Just like the Macintosh, iPod will eventually disappear.
As for the Video iPod challenging the PSP for supremcy. That will never happen? Why because PSP is the ONE and TRUE portal media device. The PSP support GAMES,Photo, MOVIES, MUSic and Internet. It also have the abilities to stream video from the computer or the upcoming PS 3. In essence the PSP is a complete portal device with everyday experiences, or should i say the complete portal experiences. NOT some halfass video quality and some cards games for the video iPod, like I said the video iPod is halfass machine.
Now Apple may have copied some of the idea from sony like video play back but apple did a really POOR jobs on the video iPod. first is the 2 hours limits and the ***** small screen. The PSP have over 5 hours and show 14 millions colors with TFT screen twice the size of the video iPod.
There's also something else most people forget is that the PSP is only 10 months olds vs the iPod 4 years olds. Why is this important? it's very important because Sony was able to build the PSP into a powerful brand in less than One Year. A product that everyone else wants and talk about. The iPod is never as successful as the PSP when it was first introduced. People never even hear of iPod after 2 years after Apple launch the itunes music store.
If Apple plan is to get people to forget their tvs and download programs to their video iPod and watch them. Good luck, cause I am not on of those people. The day I dump my LCD 32" inch TV for PSP or much less the inferior video quality of the iPod is the day hell freezes over. - Robstah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One main thing that pisses me off between both of these are the fact on where they are going with it. Why didn't they add an HD to the PSP from the start? Apple is being such a joke right now too. I buy an iPod Nano and expect it to atleast be the cool mp3 player for a year, but no, they pull this thing out for close to the same price and only a month after. Apple needs to slow down and Sony needs to speed up. I hope Sony will provide an upgrade package for all the current owners and supporters of their PSP or it will just turn the current PSP into a paper weight. Talk about screwing over people. Damn.
- greatdevourer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12 different markets. Why compare them?
- PSPboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OK Cool it with all of the "OH the iPod will beat the PSP" *****
because of the little sales (which i totally disagree with) Sony is new to all of the portable system stuff, remember Nintendo is the one that started all of the portable gaming,....until Sony nocked out a PlayStation Portable. So iPod has been around for about 4 years and it's only been about 10 months for PSP so sales will increase around X-mas time. and PSP ROCKS even though 2 GBs are about 300 bucks - agonline, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lots of heated debate on which is the better choice as a mobile media device... Even though the devices are designed for different purposes. There are a couple of reasons I've decided to forego the ipod video. Perhaps you'd like to have a look at my reasons, and offer your opinions.
Remember, I'm comparing them as MOBILE MULTIMEDIA devices, not for connecting to TVs, sitting at home with etc.
1. Screen quality. I'm not just talking about the size. The PSP screen is truly brilliant - bright, sharp, responsive, and large. The ipod video screen is smaller and duller, although it is fairly sharp too.
2. Wi-fi. I'm one of the class of people that does not leave home without a wifi device, be it a pda or psp. Many people downplay this functionality, but fail to realise that as a MOBILE device, this is nigh on essential (at least for me). Checking e-mail, browsing the web, downloading video etc. on the move is really brilliant. Using the ipod confines you to static content. In addition, with PSP this allows live video downloads from the web.
3.One more point that some Apple fanatics seem to emphasise is the storage capacity. Great for music, great for videos, right? Sure. However in practise, the actual amount of video that you'll be able to watch is identical, due to the battery life; around 2-3 hours. For music great; but as I said, neither appears to be the best choice for music, so I've chosen differently (Personally, for music, I simply use an NW-HD5, which is smaller, offers a goodly 20GB storage, and has incredible battery life for music).
4. Games. OK, this is a given really, but games like GTA LCS and Wipeout Pure mean that the PSP is a true MULTImedia device. Graphics are pretty phenomenal, and in conjunction with the screen will blow you away the first time you see it. Ipod fails to deliver (clearly) in this department, but I realise that some do not need this facility.
5. Battery. PSP batteries are removeable and interchangeable, and last around the same time as the ipod video for video purposes.
If I want to watch TV, I'll watch it at home. On a journey / flight, I'd prefer to watch whole films, and the PSP is more suited to that. As well as all these points, I am finding repeatedly that the ipod video in essence is still focussed as a music device, whereas PSP truly caters for a multimedia audience. Add that to the growing support for the PSP, as well as potential expansion devices coming in the future, and a growing UMD library. I understand though that some will enjoy the form factor (although both seem to slip into my pockets) and versatility of the ipod video as well - they are both great devices. Still, it seems that as an intelligently tailored, widely supported and versatile device, the PSP is hard to beat.
Personally, I'm sticking to my combo: PSP (for mobile internet, e-mail, video, films and games) + NW-HD5 Walkman (Pure music. The way it should be.) - pulse2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone who compares a video iPod to a PSP has a for real case of Down Syndrome. I've read like 50 stupid comments from atleast 50 stupid little ***** tech gamer kiddies talkin smack on the iPod.. but what no one realizes is that iPod was not designed to take on PSP. OBVIOUSLY PSP is better for gaming and movies but it sux as an mp3 player which is what the iPod is and is best at it over anything else. If you don't agree with me, you are wrong.
PSP screen is like 3x bigger than ipod but iPod was designed to be an mp3 player with video capability. Too bad a bunch of little ***** kids are too stupid to realize that. - DonnyEMU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh by the way, the battery life comment is just wrong, my PSP gives me 7 hours of movie time (that's two UMD's folks) that I can watch all the way thru. The PSP only uses batteries when you are using it's two processors for gaming.
- PSPboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I Totally aggree with you Agonline, because PSP is more of a movie/game kind of portable and iPod Video isn't much of a competitor because it isn't in good quality nor sound. iPod was the best because it had the biggest blow of customers that are in need of 20Gigz of memory for music. so ur totally right
- Kirin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Illuminatus:
Too true about the transcode time. I normally just hit the button and head to bed, but I see why it would be a problem. There's a rather nice program for the Mac that literally you toss in a dvd, hit the button and it rips it, encodes it, and throws it onto the PSP. Need something like that for the PC. I do still stand by my opinion that this is a silly article though and that both pieces of hardware do just fine in their respective fields. Too many weird fanboys from both sides like to poke their heads into these topics and spout crap though :P - PSPboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0UR STUPID, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE PEOPLE MADE THIS???? THEY were the ones who compared it to the PSP, not us, we're just saying if someone did compare it then this is what we'd say. and we know that the iPod Video wasn't made to compete with the PSP.
And i'm not a "***** kid" - Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For Music: iPod
For Games: GBA or Nintendo DS
For Homebrew: Gamepark32 or GP2X
For Video: Creative Zen or iRiver
...
For one device that can do all of these things very POORLY: PSP - FreeCajunLove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0totally wrong post... sorry
- DonnyEMU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What everyone seems to be forgetting and was totally missed in the comparison is that The iPod, isn't a networked device, therefore it doesn't allow for streaming (like Sony's new LocationFree TV for the PSP). There is no built in 802.11, what a big mistake.
The fact is that even though 802.11b is not a fast networking solution, it's fine to stream video on a small screen like the PSP. The iPod doesn't have this functionality, everything has be to downloaded and stored on the drive.. Someone in the comments was complaining that you need a large memory stick to store things on, well not true if you are streaming the video from another source (say your home network).
The iPod screen is too small and even if I was waiting in a long line I wouldn't enjoy watching a TV program with that small a display. Yes it's pocketable, but the quality of what comes through as an experience is questionable.
I have a Windows Media Center PC at home and I love it, it's becoming my jukebox and media library. Now with location free TV, and the already built in picture/video/Music function of the PSP it's like having a Media Center extender. I want something that plays back video that is networkable that browses the web plays games, and all the leisure activities I'd do with a big computer.. The combo I mentioned does it for me.
The iPod is a great music player, but I'd never use it as a video device or even to view pictures, it's just too small a screen to really enjoy. Plus the lack of networking is a great disadvantage when sony starts rolling out streaming content thru Connect, or heck just throw in a UMD and watch a movie.
I think the iPod with video is more of a novelty and a reactionary product, Apple engineering should go back and re-engineer it with a slightly larger screen and add in Airport functionality. - FreeCajunLove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ummm... I thought XBOX was a revolutionary console and it blew the hell out of PS2. I used to be a SONY fanboy, but Mircosoft seems to listen to console gamers, unlike SONY, who always promises big things and never delivers. The only reason PS2 was sucessful was because it had the support of developers, which are slowly converting to XBOX. Plus, XBOX 360 is all about Xbox live, and SONY has nothing to compete with that.
Future, SONY loses this war and decides to listen to its fanbase. XBOX recovers its loses and takes the reign of console leader (in US). Nintendo goes the way of SEGA and starts developing third party games and accessories (the only thing they seem to be good at). - vanden9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OK here the thing this digg forget about one little tiny thing and that called home-brew now when psp using home-brew it a better fight
OK the ipod has the ability to sink contacts, calendars and to-do lists right well with this home-brew app called pda psp i have a notepad a address book a calendar a file manger and something the ipod does not have and that a calculator. now the video OK umb cost a lot of money right well here the thing there is a umb ripper that lest you ripe out the mp4 to your psp and from you psp you can burn to a DVD and use a DVD play to see the movie. now for Music OK now you might say you got me there right well no there a norther psp home-brew app that let me see my pics and hear my Music witch when i come to think of it the ipod does not. now for Pictures now the ipod is a little better for that but because the mus and the pic thing you can zoom in on the psp and see a lot closer and looks a lot better. now for what the psp is really made for and that Games and has i said before there is a umd ripper that let me rip the games there is also a ISO stinker so i can fit about 3 to for 4 games on my psp now for Intangibles not much for here that i can say for the ipod for the psp and as for Battery they for got about the x2 Battery witch 2x the Battery of the psp and add the Battery that game with you psp and you get about 18 hours of life ada lot more for your music so you see the psp kick the ipod ass in every thing ex for price but you still can go Wong's with each and if you don't want you ipod give it to me - FreeCajunLove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ummm... My PSP gets about 5 hours battery life... Ipod only gets 2 hours while playing video, so I choose PSP. And who wants to see video at 320x240 resolution on their TV anyway? That would look like crap.
- CaptainNippon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"For Music: iPod
For Games: GBA or Nintendo DS
For Homebrew: Gamepark32 or GP2X
For Video: Creative Zen or iRiver
For one device that can do all of these things very POORLY:" PSP posted by Elranzer
This is the stupiest post i ever read. the iPod scored point for music but everything in between is inferior to the PSP.
iPod is a sorry excuse for game system, a very poorly video player not to mention the 2 hours of video playing vs the 5 hours of the video for the PSP. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I find it really handy to download movies and wallpapers directly from the PSP's webrower, i wouldn't hassle with hooking up and ipod and unzipping files to it. People who buy the Video Ipod and more likely to use it for music, Im not a big music guy so a PSP is right for me.
- CaptainNippon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"It all depends on what you want. Ipod is for multimedia, PSP is for games, with a side of multimedia. But the PSP has a good screen size." posted by dbpigeon.
Both devices can offer multimedia. But the PSP offer MORE than the video iPod. The PSP has a wifi build in, which mean it can connect to the web and home server. That allow you to download and watch movies on your PC when you're on the other side of the Globe. Can't do that with the video iPod can you?
I said it once and i'll say it again, the PSP TFT LCD and 14 millions colors is far more superior to the video iPod. - captaink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i think this is an excellent article... particulary since it came from a PSP pro site.
I think this idea about convergence of devices is hapenning quicker that we all think it will..
Jobs seems to get it...
the announcement on Wed was for a NEW iPod. -- just so happens to play music videos and tv shoes.
But ultimately -- "Its all about the Music". - MikeZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0PSP is stupid because you have to re buy a movie that you could already own for the PSP, but the zen and ipod video are better because you can just download DVD movies you own right to them and don't have to pay 20 bucks more for the same movie or for one that's only going go work on the PSP and i have the ipod video and its so easy to upload my movies from my DVD to my mac and on to my ipod video.
- PSPboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0do some research, maybe you'll find out that there's a program that can copy ur DVD and convert it into psp format (.mp4) and transfer it to the psp. that program's called PSPvideo 9. so don't diss the psp if you can't find the right info.
- Illuminatus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"If you say so Illuminatus. If you're messing with files for hours to get them onto anything you're doing something really wrong." --Kirin.
Yeah probably :) But its the whole transcoding video for PSP thing that takes so long. I'm impatient and prefer a cheap, legal one-click solution. If only women came that way... - CaptainNippon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Jobs is full of himself these days. How many time did jobs repeated say that the market is not ready for a video iPod? Too many times.
Than come Sony PSP. A game device that play movies....
Apple and JOBS was watching the PSP and see how well it did, especially the UMD? Up to this day Sony had sold 15 millions UMD movies and have around 150 movies on UMD.
15 mils UMD * 29.99 = $ 449 Millions
More important Sony has sold 10 millions PSP in 10 months. A number Apple could never reached, it took iPod 3 years to reach 6 millions units.
After seeing how PSP and UMD did, Jobs decided to copy Sony and jump boat by releasing a half ass video playing device. Oh I have no doubt that by next year apple will release a second Gen. video iPod but so will Sony with a PSP HDD.
Apple is really stupid and pointless to have 120 hours of video playback when the device can only play over 2 hours before a recharge. - terminalfreeze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice find, bookmarked
- jnorris441, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Zen Vision blows them both out of the water as far as video compatibility and screen resolution.
- CaptainNippon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Undeniable success? So what? Is Apple's 28 million units of iPods sold mean that its not? Analysts believe Apple will sell about 7 million units per quarter. Not year, PER QUARTER. Pretty flawed logic you have there. Even Nintendo's Movieless DS is outselling PSP." posted by zwilliams
The logic is PSP sold 6 millions units in 10 months vs the 6 millions ipod in 3 years. that mean the PSP is a lot more successful in a lot shorter time.
I seriously doubt your eyes, let alone anyone else's eyes can spot unnoticeable shades and tints of colors. 16-bit color is only 65,536 colors... 266,000 seems like a very nice spot in terms of it. Screen size? I can connect an iPod video to any television I want, can you say the same out of the box with your PSP? Size matters in the video business? Could of fooled me, Apple has been outselling everyone else in the market. Creative's Zens got like what? 80GB or something? Apple was meanwhile outselling them by like 10:1 with its 40GB. Its too small to watch anything? Have you actually held the new 5G iPod and watched it? Or are you just making a baseless opinion on it? I think its the latter." posted by zwilliams
You're not doubt in my book an apple fanboy. If you trying to defend a product that have inferior display screen by about 50 times that's just simple plain and stupid . Next time you're be saying there's no differences between 1080p LCD and regular conventional TV. Why would you want to connect the iPod to the TV and watch TV show off the ipod at a far less resolution? see how stupid you are...
"I'd like to know where you got all this information and insight into the exact future from. Personally when I'm out in public the last thing I want to do is surf the web. Something about people being able to watch my online activities doesn't strike me as a good idea. Wow, the PSP will be able to download movies, music, photos, and games! Just like my iPod has done for a long time now! Amazing!" posted by zwilliams
What version of the iPod was able to download and display movie before yesterday? Please tell me? You're living in a time wrap than that explain eveything. NO NO NO PSP was release last december so I don't know where you're getting this idea that the iPod was able to download movies before the PSP. You're fool, why would anyone want to watch you online? when did this become about you. Oh did you say the iPod can download games? This is the biggest joke ever. GAMES, as if the iPod can run games. Iam on the floor laughting....
"The UMD is a ***** joke. The only people that are supporting it directly is Sony itself. Where do you come up with this kind of junk? Right now I can go to SunCoast, Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart, GameStop, and any other store that "sells UMDs" and find the shelves full of them. No one is buying them, who in their right mind would? I wouldn't spend $20+ on a clunky disc that can only be viewed on a 2.5" screen that is only on a portable device. Lets see, I can store 150 hours on an iPod video at $399. You can carry around a bookbag full of 150 hours of video but its going to cost you $249, then $20 every hour and a half. Yeah, I'm not going to spend $2000+ for 150 hours of video." posted by zwilliams
You're such a stupid ***** idiot. Go and do some research. You obvisously don't know what's going on around the world these day. The PSP support movies, lot of movies and it doing very well. In facts it's more success then the DVD when it first was released. Does iPod support movie? NO NO and NOPE. but why would anyone wants to watch movie and a small screen like the iPod. You can't even see their face for god sake.
"Yeah and what exactly does that 333MHz good for? Are you going to sit there and benchmark a copy of Doom 3 on your PSP? As long as my iPod can play video, play music, and let me view photos... I think I'll be fine. posted by zwilliams
surffing the net, emails and IP Phone and IM. NONE of which the Ipod can do...........
"Amazing! Like the iPod doesn't have any potential left? I'm going to shoot you down on this. A HDD PSP? Do you know how expensive that will probably be? And how limited it will be? Do you think Video Game Producers are going to sit there and let their games be ripped to harddrives? Do you think people are going to want to hold a taco sized portable to their head to talk to people? I don't. Do you think people like the idea of their face brushing and smudging up their screen so they can talk and kill the puny battery? posted by zwilliams
It's true the HDD PSP will cost more money then the current PSP. I doubt the price will be over $400 which is the same price the ipod video 60 GB cost. So you really don't have a point.
"Do you think Sony can offer the sheer amount of music content Apple can?" posted by zwilliams
ARe you really stupid or are you REALLY REALLY Stupid? EVER hear of Sony Music? yes it's a Sony company. Sony owes the songs on apple itunes. What will happen to itunes when the contracts run out next year? You won't find Sony songs on itunes for sure. yes, Sony can offer the same amount of music and more than apple. Afterall, Sony is a music company, apple is NOT.
"And thats why this entire comparison is flawed. An iPod is meant for Music and Video. A PSP is meant for Gaming. The iPod puts little effort into gaming. The PSP puts little effort into Multimedia. " posted by zwilliams
Ipod is meant of Music and not video. Since when did the iPod was meant for video? yesterday...ONLY ONE DAY. You make in sound like the Ipod is meant for video from day one. EVEN Steve Jobs has downgraded the Ipod video, "there's no market for it", Jobs said. The iPod becames a video play since yesterday. The PSP is meant for gamings and video because play video strainght out of the box from day one. - userxp101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this review is already outdated now that v2.5 is out for the psp. with the location free player you can watch tv from any place with wifi, presuming you by a special base station and have broadband at home.
- Kirin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it more likely that the average studio will start to sell their own media online, yes. Not only that, but it will most likely be in a format that will play on your damned pc first and foremost while giving you the ability to play on handheld players as opposed to what apple has done. At least with their music selection you can play the music on your PC and it will sound great, with the video store people are going to be duped into buying this stuff thinking it will work great on their ipod AND pc/mac and will be sorely disappointed. That is going to kill a lot of consumer confidence in their video store right there.
- zwilliams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ SupaDawg: Grow up please. Keep your over bias, unknowledgeable FUD to yourself.
- RipVanMania, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0there's another pretty good article on the PSP versus iPod here:
http://www.omniquiti.com - n4cr2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i'll take my psp over an ipod any day!
- SupaDawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love my PSP for video. It's a great media playing toy... I'm a first gen ipod owner (and a disgruntled one at that) and I'm much happier with my PSP and 1GB ms duo. Greatest toy ever.
I play music, classic roms, pictures, read ebooks & run movies.
Apple fanboys need to get a clue. the ITMS is crap... bottom line. The only reason it's doing so well is it's riding the success of the ipod, and most of their users dont know any better.
The ipod is a sub-par, over-priced piece of hardware. Marketted to the masses and consumed by fanboys.
Sever case of "Head-Up-Ass-Itis" in this Digg. - zwilliams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ Kirin: The 800lb gorilla vs Half Dead Rat was a comparison to iTunes Music Store vs any small time setup a TV Studio is going to put up.
Do you think the average studio is going to pool money, time, and resources into creating a division just for creating portable video? I really don't see Time-Warner spending hundreds of thousands of dollars buying dedicated hardware and spending day after day transcoding just to push it on a rinky-dink website as an attempt to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store.
Its the same reason most PC vendors go to Intel. Intel is the 800lb gorilla of the processor market. Yeah, AMD makes a better product, but AMD can't assure the price discounts, the steady and constant manufacturing at the same scale as Intel can.
The average person is not going to spend their time burning CD-RWs and then ripping them back again. If I go ahead and buy a song off of iTunes, who is going to have the easier and quicker route. Me or you? I just click Buy, then click Update iPod. You on the other hand have to form a playlist, make sure each track is in sequential order, then burn it to CD-RW, then rerip the song into AAC. Then try and put it on a PSP memory stick. - Dr.House, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think the PSP has a screen size advantage, but thats about it. I'll really have to wait and see what happens. I'm really torn between the two.
- CptnObvious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think it will hurt the PSP that much considering how most people bought it to play games and very few actually use it to play video. However if they don't release more games soon they can't rely on the video playback for sales.
- dominiccarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I digg it. I'm considering buying one of them, just can't decide which one!
- SirBriggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I heart games.
- zwilliams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ BionicAntBoy: Yes as long as you have a computer at the ends. Its great for transfering video and large files as you can do it fast and easily. I've taken many videos and uploaded them to friend's computers from my iPod.
Yes, multiple memory sticks is about the dumbest thing ever. $180 for 2GB of space. That means you'd need to spend about $5,400 just to match the iPod's size.
@ ChrisKZoo: It all depends on how successful the iPod video is. Apple likes to test markets before pour investments into it. If iPod videos sell well, they'll make widescreen versions. Take for example OGG support, yeah you hear a ton of people whine and complain that the iPod doesn't support OGG. But take into account that they only are about 1% of Apple's Marketshare. No need to spend time and money to satisfy 1% of the group if 99% is already happy.
@ WillGonz: That has to be the most retarded thing ever concieved. iPod killer? Hardly. Does the PSP work with iTMS? The largest and most successful Online Music store? Does it play AAC/AAC+FP? No.
Studios go through Apple because its a unified store, its a[n] unified solution. All material is treated equally. Apple has an easy solution and already has the biggest online music store. Which would you side with? The 800lb gorilla or a half dead rat? DivX is a commercial and pay product. Using DivX studios would not only have to spend money to pay for the licensing for encoding, but they'd have to pay per player that they sold. On top of that there would be no standard.
Go ahead and continue to illegal download movies, television, and music. But if the police come to your door, you're screwed. - Kirin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you say so Illuminatus. If you're messing with files for hours to get them onto anything you're doing something really wrong.
As for the ipod video? Neat idea, but i'd rather be able to watch my video content on anything as opposed to just my ipod, especially if I'm paying for the content. After purchasing a couple videos last night I would have to say that itunes still has a way to go. - Illuminatus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0BTW, Kirin is wrong and Formz is right. Most people aren't the nerds we are and the idea of spending hours futzing with your media to get it onto your new toy is not how most "normal" people wanna spend their evenings. Most drink beer, watch sports and try to have sex (alone or with others if they have the cash).
Oh, and for the longest time the internet was for nerds. Its all about "ease of use" navigatin' the nets is easy these days - just like the iPod's interface and iTunes kicks ass over arguably more featured players from Creative, iRiver and Archos. - Kirin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Formz:
You're an idiot. File sharing services like Napster and Kazaa became so huge because people (especially the younger generations) didn't mind doing things like that at all. People don't mind using windows explorer to toss files onto the thing any more than they mind using it to burn cd's. Just because you're lazy doesn't mean most of us are nerds, though I do at least somewhat agree with your rather childisly worded point about homebrew. It doesn't matter to most consumers. But once again you're one of those utterly clueless people that are comparing two pieces of hardware that really shouldn't be. OH, and by your mentality, it would be that much easier for the average comsumer to just pick up the movie on UMD, then they wouldn't even have to use the internet to get their media because... ya know.. the internet is for nerds... - AdamWillis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does anyone know if the new quicktime 7 will put out psp readable movies with their H.264 format? if so what are the properties?
- Killerah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think to compete with the Video iPod's multimedia capabilities, the PSP needs to have a detatchable hard drive, and a media library based video and audio section. If they can pull that off, with the PSP's absolutely gorgeous screen, it will absolutely blow the iPod out of the water (in usefulness, but perhaps not in terms of sales).
- Kirin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually the PSP with 2.0 upgrade does play AAC, just not the DRM wrapped itunes bought files. But if you do as I do and rip your own cd's into AAC, they play just fine in an upgraded ipod.
Divx is a half dead rat? That's just a really insane comment and if you're speaking about PSP it's just as silly. -
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