PSP Slim or Phat - Which Really is King ?

[noname1]

Slim is much better because it is so small it haves extra ram and a tv-output.
But not all homebrew is made for the slim it does not support 1.5.
That's a shame but there's always a e-loader

P.S my english isn't very good.

[Aryn]

Phat.

The Slim has lower compatibility with homebrew, and no IR which means no use of a PDA keyboard, as well as fewer accessories. The only thing it has that the Phat does not is more RAM to work with and only one or two programs (that I know of) actually utilize it. The Phat can have TV Out as well, if you purchase and install the PSP2TV addon. It is not any more difficult than replacing the analog stick or screen (both of which I managed to replace with no real hassle). Of course, the PSP's screen is so big that a TV Out feature is notr eally necessary unless you happen to own an extra large high definition TV, which is still quite uncommon.

I recently broke my Phat PSP and purchased a Slim to replace it, and I have been regretting it ever since. I may shell out the money for a Phat again in the near future.

[alanparker05]

TIME MACHINE!!! The 1.50 kernel was the only advantage the phat had but now thats gone the slim is lighter, thinner and has better hardware and capabilities if you want to give up all that just for irda you really must like changing tv channels

[babyboi828]

Phat.



It'd be nice to not need that rubber band and coin setup to stop the analog stick, though...

Hope Dad can fix it.

what?? lol anyway if there was a mod to put an IRda on the slim omg the fat wouldnt have a chance :thumbup:

[Cloudhunter]

Owned both, prefer Slim. Build quality is absolutely fine, feels like the real deal to me. Lighter is a plus when playing laid down (which I do quite alot). No IR port is a shame, but it can be lived without.Especially when Sony bring out their own keyboard for the PSP

As for homebrew support, not come across one thing which can't run that hasn't been updated.Also, source is available for most things. And if it isn't - Time Machine

Cloudy

[dangee]

slim: chic
phat: geek

but fashion costs;
$(slim) = $(phat+phat)

[babyboi828]

anyone find a slim ir mod?

[Rocksil]

slim is better really with the more inbuilt like tv out and more memory its just better. Snespsp works so much better on slim and espically when you put it on full screen with the slim it runs smooth and crappy slow frameskipping but with phat i can play full screen with certain roms :| but anyway i only own a phat but i got acess to a slim aswell and tbh i really prefer my phat lol just that i go way way back with my psp since 2005 :P

[fpcreator2000]

I love my CF 3.90 Slim with the TV out and the 64MB of RAM, but without the PSP Phat there would be no homebrew Slim (at least not for a while). This make the vote that much harder. I also owned the Phat since two months after release, and this being the 5th replacement.

The phat is much easier to homebrew. Also the phat is capable of playing 1.50-designed homebrew.

The Slim is getting conversions from all 1.50 homebrew, also most new homebrew is being developed with 3.xx compatibility in mind (making it cross compatible with both Phat and Slim.

I will have to go with the Slim because of the TV-out built in, and the 64MB of ram. The d-pad has significantly improved in the second iteration of the PSP, making fighting games more enjoyable, and less "I should press the buttons in a certain way because the d-pad sucks for fighting games", or the I wish I had the d-pad addon from Capcom.

This and the fact that the 2200ahm battery of the Phat nearly double the battery life of the Slim, where on the Slim this increases to 20%.

Weighing in all of these factors, I'm going with PSP Slim, not forgetting that the Phat made this all possible.

[The Hombrew Hunter]

what?? lol anyway if there was a mod to put an IRda on the slim omg the fat wouldnt have a chance :thumbup:

My analog stick is busted. It always moves up-left.

So I have some rubber bands and coins over a pressure point that almost stops it.

I need to buy a new stick from Divineo.