JAP or USA Console from Lik-Sang?

**reakt** · April 16th, 2005, 20:31

Originally Posted by leggy

Are we back on that story again, that the Jap PSP's have better screens than the other ones.

I don't think anyone came up with 'hard facts'.

I totally agree with you there - no hard evidence is available to indicate the superiority of the sharp screen in the Jap version. The whole debate was started by someone who posted a picture of a comparison between a Sharp and Samsung Plasma screen. Anyway, that was a rumour started before the USA version even hit the market. Search the internet, you'll find discussion where people have compared Jap and US side by side and not noticed any different in screen quality! Take this one for example:
http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums...e=1&NewPosts=1

I've ordered a US version - being delivered next week. I opted for the US version for the following reasons:

* It has a proper, printed manual in English!
* The warranty is valid in a country in which they speak my language! (Let's hope I can get telephone support!)
* UMD region 1 movie disks imported from USA will be far cheaper than the UK equivalents (as someone mentioned before - incidentally which site sells them for 7quid!!!)
* Also, if Sony decide to do a u-turn on game compatability, and start region-encoding the games - I'm happier with the option to import cheaper US titles than be bound to region 2.
* Over time I think the majority of the English-speaking PSP community will own the USA version. Thus, tips and tricks, hacks, workarounds, etc that I read about on the Internet are likely to work on my PSP too.
* I get the sampler disk and spiderman 2 with the USA version!!

OK so, perhaps the last point is not really a valid reason, but if anyone else tells me I should have bought the Jap version instead I'll kick some serious bottom. (take note lukej101)

Thank you,
Ric

**Kpow** · April 16th, 2005, 21:36

I entirely agree with all your points, the same reason I opted for the US version. Plus US movies will be out before UK as well, as usual we are behind with everything so I thought "go with the leaders".

I'm happy with my screen quality, no dead pixels and it just looks fab, all my mates just go "WOW" anyway.

**psplover** · April 17th, 2005, 22:57

I hate to tell you all PSP's are made in Japan. No difference in screen whatso ever. So if you wasted a assload of money for the Jap ones the only thing you got was them earlier.

**reakt** · April 18th, 2005, 09:09

Originally Posted by psplover

I hate to tell you all PSP's are made in Japan. No difference in screen whatso ever. So if you wasted a assload of money for the Jap ones the only thing you got was them earlier.

Please quote your sources!

**lukej101** · April 18th, 2005, 13:47

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**psplover** · April 18th, 2005, 14:42

Originally Posted by reakt

Please quote your sources!

Wanna source? Open up your psp and look at it.
"Made in Japan"
Take the Japanese PSP and set it next to the US one. OMG the screens look excatly the same! Wtf! Suprised eh? Even if they switched screens there both of the same quality.