8gb Pro Duos Available next month

[Vega]

heh, apparently, 2.81 firmware or above is required for the 8gig pro duo

http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/01/08/...ck-duo-priced/

[Emeriastone]

WHY wouldn't a 32gb stick work on the current psp? Is there a hardware limit of some sort? Wow, and this is released just after Christmas (son of a..) oh well, Memory sticks go down in price fast, or at least they did in 2006 so it should be affordable for the masses round' fall.
Assuming you had a dedicated 2 gigs to other homebrew, this thing could hold 10 psx games, or 3 final fantasys.

I thought current firmware did away with memcard limit sizes--or did it just up the limit to 8gb? Clarification?

[bwlfp]

Anyone else developing a rather odd collection of memory cards? I have a 32MB, 2 X 512MB, and a 2 Gig which no doubt is nothing compared to some of you guys.

[Tetris999]

peeeeeeople just wait for psp2 i heard it gonna have 60gb or something, isnt that worth waiting for?

unless psp2's gonna be homebrew enabled or even released

[Mister Klownes]

I've got a pair of 32mb (the ones that come with PSP...I wrecked my first PSP trying to install that PSP2TV thing, bad memories), a 2gb, and a 4gb. The big ones were Christmas and birthday presents respectively. But I'd love to have bigger, as I'm trying to work my way back to 30ish since my iPod died and psp has become my mobile music source.

[Veskgar]

peeeeeeople just wait for psp2 i heard it gonna have 60gb or something, isnt that worth waiting for?

No, its not worth waiting for because it won't be homebrew enabled initially. It took the current PSP scene close to 6 months or so before the Hello World hack. And after all the BS firmware updates SONY throws at the PSP to try to defeat homebrew I doubt PSP2 will be easy to exploit. I'm not saying it will be impossible. But it sure won't be able to run unsigned code right out of the box like the original launch PSP's could.

WHY wouldn't a 32gb stick work on the current psp?

It might. But it will feature new technology (8-bit parallel interface) and I don't know if the current PSP will recognize it, be able to format it, etc. etc.

But even if you can't directly connect the PSP to PC like how we currently do it. Perhaps we could put everything on the stick with a memory card reader and then insert the stick in PSP.

I'm no expert on this and believe me I want 32GB of internal fast storage more than anyone but I'm just not going to give my hopes up. If someone knows more about the technology and how it might work with the current PSP I'd love to know more.

[Vega]

No, its not worth waiting for because it won't be homebrew enabled initially. It took the current PSP scene close to 6 months or so before the Hello World hack. And after all the BS firmware updates SONY throws at the PSP to try to defeat homebrew I doubt PSP2 will be easy to exploit. I'm not saying it will be impossible. But it sure won't be able to run unsigned code right out of the box like the original launch PSP's could.

Agreed 100%. And also, I find it futile in spending even more cash on an extended hardware PSP model when I already own a PSP. Im not made of money, unfortunatly. And if I did have the money, I would buy a next gen console instead of wasting it on something I already basically own.

[kalhalla]

Sandisk memory sticks are actually about half as fast as the sony ones. A friend and I were simultaneously copying the same file to our PSP's from two seperate computers, both equally fast and not running anything in the background, and the sony one beat the sandisk one by at least 2x speed each and every time.

[Veskgar]

Sandisk memory sticks are actually about half as fast as the sony ones. A friend and I were simultaneously copying the same file to our PSP's from two seperate computers.

I'm sorry but but what you said about SanDisk sticks being half as fast is just not true at all.

You mentioned that you were using 2 separate computers to do the "test". Its likely that the computer you connected the SanDisk stick to was using the USB 1.1 standard and not USB 2.0 which is a lot faster.

And if you are 100% sure that both computers were using USB 2.0 (with compatible USB 2.0 cables) it is likely that the SanDisk memory stick is one of those fakes that seem to be very widespread.

I will try and find the actual data but in correct professional tests, SanDisk outperforms everytime.

[Baboon]

Sandisk memory sticks are actually about half as fast as the sony ones. A friend and I were simultaneously copying the same file to our PSP's from two seperate computers, both equally fast and not running anything in the background, and the sony one beat the sandisk one by at least 2x speed each and every time.

Sandisk memory sticks have been proven to be loads quicker than the official $ony cards, as well as being significantly cheaper.

Do a quick google search yourself though and you'll find $ony cards simply do not compare - unless your mate possibly has a fake Sandisk? Heres one clear example: http://www.esato.com/archive/t.php/t-97942

Your just paying extra for the $ony logo for an inferior product! lol

My other peice of advice is dont get one of those Datel 4gb hard drives... I found out the hard way when mine packed up after a bout 3 months of use! They are cheap and nasty, and I would advise people to avoid them like the plague!!

I've had my 4gb Sandisk card now for about 8 months and its the best purchase I've made in a long time!