Is the Datel 4GB Hard Drive worth it?

**slaphappygamer** · December 19th, 2005, 14:50

Originally Posted by a99mimon

also the 4gb hard drive is apparently incompatible with 1.5 firmware version, which means you cant play homebrew etc. anyone know if this is definitely true?

i hope you're wrong, i love 1.50. hopefully someone can tell us for sure.

**firegryphon** · December 20th, 2005, 03:31

I'm pretty sure that it works with 1.50. I was introduced to it by a guy that was in queue with me for a 360. He was EMUing all kinds of games from his 4gb drive. I don't know if it works without the swap trick because he kept making sure there was a disk in the drive. Actually he was the person who introduced me to PSP console emulation, so hey cool eh?

**Jakanden** · December 20th, 2005, 04:25

My review of it: http://pgrevolution.com/2005/12/01/d...-drive-review/

**Jdemon** · December 21st, 2005, 05:07

Thanks for the link Jakanden, your review is really good. It answers alot of things I was curious about. Especially the comfort factor, I have a big problem with thumb cramps due to the thin size of the PSP. As far as the speed it was stated way before release that it runs slower. If Dantel was smart they would've put a USB connection directly to the HD so transfers don't wear on the battery. Can you plug it into a card reader and do transfers that way?

**Jakanden** · December 21st, 2005, 09:08

Originally Posted by Jdemon

Can you plug it into a card reader and do transfers that way?

Unfortunately I did not have the ability to test that so I am unable to answer - sorry =(

**slaphappygamer** · December 21st, 2005, 15:01

Originally Posted by Jdemon

Can you plug it into a card reader and do transfers that way?

sure, but why? the psp has a usb port on it. games transfer faster through the psp rather than a card reader, at least with my sandisk 1 gig.

**Jdemon** · December 22nd, 2005, 00:22

I think transfers generally take longer going through the PSP connection. It definitely does for me. I think your PC and your card reader will effect your transfer speed alot, so it's different for everyone. The second reason is the power on your battery it used. If you could just plug the HDD into a standard mini port (like the connection on the PSP) or a card reader, your PC could be powering it and saving PSP battery power. But I don't think they have set it up that way. I would guess the HDD power only comes from the battery pack.

**Trial&Error** · December 22nd, 2005, 20:21

I have only just got my 4gb drive & think its great, works fine with 1.50 for games, etc and video when I tested it, although there are some problems with certain videos which is corrected by using firmware 2.0 which has the AVC support. So if & when I experience this known sync problem I should be able to load 2.0 using the firmware launcher, which will give me the same AVC support.

Hope this helps.

Admitidly it is very ugly with the drive & battery attached, but when I am mobile I will probably just detach the drive & just put my essential stuff on my 1gb card.