PSP 1seg TV Tuner Compatible Only With PSP Slim

[wraggster]

Just noticed on Play Asia a preorder for the PSP TV Tuner and the sad news is that original PSP Owners have been dealt a blow with the news that the TV Tuner only works on the Upcoming PSP Slim.

Heres the details posted at Play Asia:

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Official PSP PlayStation Portable 1seg TV Tuner
Suitable only for the new Slim Lime Series (PSP-2000)

Is this why the new PSP has the 32MB Upgrade?, why the original PSP cant run it is a mystery but its sad news for those of us who dont want to upgrade to a newer version of the PSP.

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Heres a photo of the TV Tuner on the PSP:

[VampDude]

Hopefully one will be made for us with regular PSP's, cause that's not fair if we're missing out on portable T.V!

[Uberman]

I wouldn't hold your breath. Sony wants to kill the original PSP, so they aren't going to come out with this kind of support anymore. The best we'll see from this point forward will be new firmware versions, but they won't really add anything.

[Buddy4point0]

im gonna buy a slim, so even if it is slim only i could still get it. but too bad they didnt add a built in camera in the slim, i woulda loved that so much

[cypressice]

This is bull$#@!, i can't afford a new psp and in my opinion this is sony stickin it to us

so i say...
F@#% you sony that was a low blow towards a community that is the only reason your system is worth a $#@!.

Now lets go back to our devs and see if maybe we can lose a Location Free Player and replace it with the a TV tuner.

It must be software

[CaptainMorgan4]

I wouldn't be surprised if they could hack it to work on our PSP's, but really I wouldn't mind picking up a Slim PSP but only if it gets the homebrew support like we have now one day. Think about it though imagine how much emulation would improve if we could do homebrew on this Slim PSP, Daedalus would be so much better and Snes9xTYL would be full speed!

[Gene]

That tv tuner is HUGE! I would never stick something so gigantic on my psp. It wouldn't fit anywhere if i slapped that thing on.

I'm probably going to get myself a slim, but I can guarantee that tv tuner has around 5 channels.

[Brucem]

Does this pick up ATSC channels?

[jinqui242]

OMG, I want a TV tuner so I can view kitten videos. Wheeee!

[Tesseract]

I wouldn't be surprised if they could hack it to work on our PSP's, but really I wouldn't mind picking up a Slim PSP but only if it gets the homebrew support like we have now one day. Think about it though imagine how much emulation would improve if we could do homebrew on this Slim PSP, Daedalus would be so much better and Snes9xTYL would be full speed!

This thought worries me, too. What if homebrew coders start relying on that extra memory? Then they'd be joining SONY in alienating those of us who already own the consoles. It's unfortunate, but it's a likely reality.

Maybe we'll luck out and get a good trade-in offer when the new PSPs come out. :P