PSP's battery life (90 min to 3 hours on ridse racers)

[arefx]

Wow... not very good...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/12/news_6114909.html

[DarthEvilDude]

jesus!

the original Game Boy lasted longer than that!

[Blue Falcon]

That's not even including multi-player.

And am I the only person who finds that a tad too vague? Don't you think they'd be abl to get a more pinpoint set of limits for it?

[DarthEvilDude]

yeah.

Sony has no experience. Just look at all early competitors with Nintendo.

they all tried making something more advanced than what nintendo had, but they were flawed and had shitty battery life.

Game Gear for example. The games had tons of colors, but it required 6 AA batteries, which would burn through it.

Sony's trying to put high-end stuff into its next run of consoles, and the PSP. i seriously think they've gone too far, and that this may be their downfall. Seriously, does a console really need that cell chip? next gen consoles are going to be probably as good as today's high end ones, so you dont need fancy custom hardware.

PSP is way too ahead of its time. i'm sure it would be a whole lot better if the battery last more than 90-500 minutes. I'm sure most people are going not bother living by the wall outlet and using the hardare for a nice game of solitare.

[Octocamo]

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/solisnk/battery.JPG

Keep these in your other pockets.

[DarthEvilDude]

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/solisnk/battery.JPG

Keep these in your other pockets.

and those will cost...

that's what i thought. it'll probably be a bitch to take em out too.

here's a little something i found on IGN.

12:54AM: Turned System On
Following full recharge

12:54AM: Status Report
- Battery remaining: 100%
- Full brightness time remaining: 5:49
- Low brightness time remaining: 7:35

12:54AM: Played Games
Ridge Racers, Vampire Chronicles, etc., using system speaker set to full blast and screen alternating between minimum and maximum settings (videos look better when the screen is set to minimum)

1:54AM: Stopped playing games

1:54AM: Status Report
- Battery remaining: 89%
- Full brightness time remaining: 4:52
- Low brightness time remaining: 6:21

1:54AM: Turned System Off

3:30AM: Turned System On

3:30AM: USB and MP3
Transferred about 200 Megabytes of MP3 files to the PSP and used it as an MP3 player as I went to pick up another PSP unit. Had remote control and headphones attached to system. Listened to such artists as Prodigy, Utada Hikaru, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana, skipping tracks frequently as I determined that the PSP remote control and headphones suck.

4:30AM: Stopped MP3 use

4:30AM: Status Report
- Battery remaining: 76%
- Full brightness time remaining: 3:43
- Low brightness time remaining: 4:42

4:30AM: Turned System On

6:00AM: Turned System Off

6:00AM: Played Games
Played Minna no Golf and Armored Core at full brightness.

7:00AM: Stopped Playing Games
Noticed that remaining battery marker had fallen to two marks for the first time, so I wanted to check what the remaining battery was.

7:00AM: Status Report
- Battery now at two marks
- Battery remaining: 58%
- Full brightness time remaining: 2:35
- Low brightness time remaining: 3:05

7:00AM: Played Games
Continued playing Minna no Golf and Armored Core (low brightness for making videos)

7:45AM: Stopped playing games
Realized that you don't actually control mechs in Armored Core, so decided to stop playing.

7:45AM: Status report
- Battery remaining: 45%
- Full brightness time remaining: 1:39
- Low brightness time remaining: 2:07

7:45AM: Turned System On.

9:15AM: Turned System Off

9:15AM: Played Games
Played Armored Core just to make sure that you really don't control the mechs (low brightness for making videos)

9:30AM: Stopped playing games
Realized, once again, that you don't actually control the mechs in Armored Core.

9:30AM: Status report
- Battery remaining: 38%
- Full brightness time remaining: 1:43
- Low brightness time remaining: 2:19
(hmm... the battery time went up after we played Armored Core more. Maybe playing games where you don't have direct control over in-game characters results in energy being given back to the battery).

9:30AM: Turned System Off.

6:00PM: Turned System On.

6:00PM: Status report
- Battery remaining: 34%
- Full brightness time remaining: 1:35
- Low brightness time remaining: 1:58

6:00PM: Played Games
Played Lumines at high brightness (really bright outside) in order to try and "get" game.

6:30PM: Stopped Playing Games
Noticed that remaining battery marker had fallen to one mark for the first time, so I wanted to check what the remaining battery was.

6:30PM: Status Report
- Battery now at one mark
- Battery remaining: 25%
- Full brightness time remaining: 1:02
- Low brightness time remaining: 1:24

6:30PM: Played Games
Completed addicted to Lumines, so wanted to continue playing (this time, I accidentally played at low brightness without realizing it).

7:10PM: Status Report
- Battery remaining: 14%
- Full brightness time remaining: 0:30
- Low brightness time remaining: 0:40

7:10PM: Played Games
Lumines is toooooooo much fun (this time, I made sure to play at high brightness).

7:20PM: Stopped Playing Games
Noticed that remaining battery marker had fallen to zero mark for the first time and power meter had started flashing, so I wanted to check what the remaining battery was.

7:20PM: Status Report
- Battery now at zero mark
- Power meter now flashing
- Battery remaining: 10%
- Full brightness time remaining: 0:23
- Low brightness time remaining: 0:31

7:20PM: Played Games
Lumines is still toooooooo much fun (again, at high brightness).

7:45PM: Battery died
And I was right in the middle of a huge score in the Industrial skin on Lumines! It's okay, though, because the PSP goes into sleep mode when the battery dies, allowing you to continue play exactly where you left off, once you've gotten more power to your system.

7:45PM: Began recharge

[arefx]

Darth that thing IGN did is deceiving though, because to a person who glan es over it loosk liek it lasted all those hours, when really they play and turn it off then go back every so often to playing.

[DarthEvilDude]

yeah, they really should do an all nighter with it.

i'm sure most PSP fanboys here would say that it is good battery power looking at that.

[Blue Falcon]

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/solisnk/battery.JPG

Keep these in your other pockets.

If I wanted to carry spare batteries around, I would've done it for my GBA, since I never had any rechargable AA's.

And that time is awefully spread out. I would prefer them do a consecutive play kind of showing for the battery.

[Tom the First]

I think my sig pretty much speaks for itself.

[Blue Falcon]

Its not that hard to use a rechargable battery you know.

Doesnt the SP have one?

I'm aware how to use a rechargable battery.

And I wouldn't know about the SP, because I never had one.

[DarthEvilDude]

yeah, the GBA SP has one, and it lasts 10 hours if you use the backlight, no matter what.

and its 18 hours when you dont use it.

PSP has a rechargable battery, but sony knows its not gonna last long, so they are making secondary ones, for after a good 90 minutes.

[Octocamo]

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/solisnk/battery1.jpg

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/solisnk/battery2.jpg


Damn nubs....

[DarthEvilDude]

oh! i see! its called the PlayStation PORTABLE because you have to plug it into the wall for power!

[Octocamo]

No, it's how you charge the fucking battery, Retard.

[DarthEvilDude]

yeah, but can you say,

david HASSLEhoff?

[Octocamo]

How the fuck does the DS charge?

[DarthEvilDude]

plug it in.

here's the thing.

it dosent die that often. have fun spending a good 30 bucks on another battery.

[Captain N]

Wow Darth you might want to remove that hand out of your ass. Pulling your post from there must be getting a wee bit painful.

The PSP battery life will last anywhere from a 2 to 3 hours running a HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

Game like Gran Turismo. Other games have already gone down ( Metal Gear Acid for one ) as being able to run for at least 9 hours. That's a bad thing for a game that looks that good?

Oh you'll have to forgive me if i'd rather play a smooth looking game for 9 hours rather than sub-par 64 graphics for 15. Besides where the hell would you be playing the PSP for three hours straight where an outlet wasn't available? Come on people think for a minute.

[DarthEvilDude]

Wow Darth you might want to remove that hand out of your ass. Pulling your post from there must be getting a wee bit painful.

The PSP battery life will last anywhere from a 2 to 3 hours running a HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

Game like Gran Turismo. Other games have already gone down ( Metal Gear Acid for one ) as being able to run for at least 9 hours. That's a bad thing for a game that looks that good?

Oh you'll have to forgive me if i'd rather play a smooth looking game for 9 hours rather than sub-par 64 graphics for 15. Besides where the hell would you be playing the PSP for three hours straight where an outlet wasn't available? Come on people think for a minute.

i can think of a few places.

a cross country flight.

a really bad case of the shits.

when the power is out.

and also, who takes ac-adaptors with them? just like who is going to spend more money on another battery when Sony could've just made it last longer.

and i'd gladly play Super Mario Brothers than play what you call a 'high end' game.

High-End games these days only come on one place. the pc.

and my hand in my ass? what kind of dumb thing to say is that?

[Duality]

That's not even including multi-player.

And am I the only person who finds that a tad too vague? Don't you think they'd be abl to get a more pinpoint set of limits for it?
That does sound vague. If you're getting that much of a variance in testing, I'd say there's something wrong with the units at the low-end.

[Captain N]

i can think of a few places.

a cross country flight.

Most cross country planes have electrical outlets. Besides I doubt you'd want to be playing a racing game that long anyway. I'd switch games to say Darkstalkers or Ac!d

a really bad case of the shits.

You shit in an outhouse? My bathroom has two electrical outlets and i've never heard of a three hour shit. I don't care how bad you have to go.

when the power is out.

If the power went out you'd better hope it was just after three hours but before 15 because then WHOMG your precious DS would go out too.

and also, who takes ac-adaptors with them? just like who is going to spend more money on another battery when Sony could've just made it last longer.

Sony couldn't make it longer given the tech they're working with.

I like how so many people bitch about the lack of innovation in the market then someone takes a step foward and everyone instantly nay says them and hops on the "done before" band wagon.

and i'd gladly play Super Mario Brothers than play what you call a 'high end' game.

Congradulations. You have a difference of opinion. I hear everyone has one of these.

High-End games these days only come on one place. the pc.

Wow.......

and my hand in my ass? what kind of dumb thing to say is that?

Re-read what you're saying and you should know exactly what i'm saying.

[Octocamo]

PSP

SIZE
• Approximately 170 x 23 x 74mm (width x height x depth) (case measurement only -- not including button and analog stick elevation)

WEIGHT
• Approximately 270 g (battery weight included)

CPU
• PSP CPU (1 - 333 MHz operating frequency)

MEMORY
• 32MB (+ built-in DRAM 4MB)

SCREEN
• 4.3 inches, 16 : 9 widescreen TFT liquid crystal display
• 480 x 272 pixels, 16,770,000 color depth
• Maximum 200cd/ mý contrast ratio (with Brightness Control)

SOUND
• Stereo built-in speakers

MAIN I/O
• IEEE802.11b (Wi-Fi) standards
• USB 2.0 (Target)
• Memory Stick PRO Duo
• IrDA
• IR Remote (SIRCS standards)

PORTS
• Memory Stick Duo slot
• USB slot
• External power supply terminals
• Battery charging terminals
• Headphone / Microphone plugs

BUTTONS & CONTROLS
• Directional Pad (up / down / left / right)
• Analog stick
• (Triangle, Circle, X, Square) buttons
• L & R trigger (1 on each side)
• START, SELECT, HOME
• POWER / HOLD switch
• Wireless LAN switch (on / off)
• OPEN switch (UMD)

POWER SOURCE
• Built-in lithium ion battery
• External AC adapter

BUILT-IN DRIVE
• UMD Drive (Playback only)

FORMATS
• PSP Game
• UMD Audio
• UMD Video

CODEC FORMATS
• Video: H.264 / AVC MP Level3 ; PNG subtitles
• Audio: ATRAC3 plus, MP3

SECURITY ENCODING
• 128bit AED encryption
• Copyright protection technology: MagicGate

ACCESS CONTROL
• Region and Parental lock-out

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
• Infrastructure mode (Networking functions)
• Ad-hoc mode (maximum 16 connections) (Local wireless LAN functions)

BUNDLED PERIPHERALS
• AC Adapter
• Battery Pack
• Headphones (Remote Control-equipped)
• Pouch


UMD SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGN See-through shutter-free case
SIZE Approximately 65 x 4.2 x 64mm (width x height x depth)
MASS Approximately 10g
DISC DIAMETER 60mm è
MAXIMUM STORAGE CAPACITY Single-sided, dual-layer 1.8GB
LASER 660nm (red)
ENCRYPTION 128bit AES


Lalalalalalalalall.

[DarthEvilDude]

who said i was hyped up on the DS.

i'm not getting either one. i'm just saying MY OPINION that the PSP is not as good as the DS. Dosent mean you'll find me sucking Nintento's balls any time soon.

and look, bells and whistles are nice, but there's something more important.

Performance. you simply cant have huge bells and whistles without sacrificing performance on a handheld. That's why nintendo stuck to 2D for a long time, when they could get it right.

does that say i like nintendo? no. i own an SP, and the main reason i bought it was for a little something to do to kill time. 99 bucks isnt that bad for that use.

Nintendo and Sony are trying to make handhelds deeper, by making them equal to today's consoles, but really, you play basic games on the road, just so you have something to do, and play the deeper games at home.

and Capt. N, how long until your ban from G4 ends?

[Captain N]

That's you. I'd love to play alot of the games the PSP has to offer on the road, and no is saying you can't play the PSP at home.

Performance =/= Battery life

Also IDK when I get unbanned. I sent an e-mail to a mod and I didn't get anything back

[Octocamo]

Golden Sun...Hmm That's a deep game.

Castlevania is a deep game...

Plenty of GBA games that you can "Play on the road" are "Deep". Not even "Basic".

[DarthEvilDude]

Golden Sun...Hmm That's a deep game.

Castlevania is a deep game...

Plenty of GBA games that you can "Play on the road" are "Deep". Not even "Basic".

dude, i got to the end of Golden Sun in less than 4 hours from when i started.

and i'm just saying my opinion that the PSP sucks. ok? is there something wrong with that?

and you opinions all suck, but that's just my opinion.

[DarthEvilDude]

i couldn't have asked any better.

[Emptythought]

Wow Darth you might want to remove that hand out of your ass. Pulling your post from there must be getting a wee bit painful.

The PSP battery life will last anywhere from a 2 to 3 hours running a HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

Game like Gran Turismo. Other games have already gone down ( Metal Gear Acid for one ) as being able to run for at least 9 hours. That's a bad thing for a game that looks that good?

Oh you'll have to forgive me if i'd rather play a smooth looking game for 9 hours rather than sub-par 64 graphics for 15. Besides where the hell would you be playing the PSP for three hours straight where an outlet wasn't available? Come on people think for a minute. Your trying to say the PSP has better graphics than the DS? LOL!

EDIT: o, and one more thing.. it may have better graphics, it may even have better games. but there are 3 things that really matter on a handheld that you cant deny:
1.battery life
2.size/portability
3.weight(i know that kinda falls into the above..)
This is why the gamegear failed, despite its great games and better hardware. it to would play for 90-180 minutes on its batterys, people would just not put up with this. if this is how it is, i see the PSP failing.

nintendo may have slightly worse graphics, but they designed a better overall system, and a more eficient one.

[Tom the First]

Wow Darth you might want to remove that hand out of your ass. Pulling your post from there must be getting a wee bit painful.

The PSP battery life will last anywhere from a 2 to 3 hours running a HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

HIGH END

Game like Gran Turismo. Other games have already gone down ( Metal Gear Acid for one ) as being able to run for at least 9 hours. That's a bad thing for a game that looks that good?

Oh you'll have to forgive me if i'd rather play a smooth looking game for 9 hours rather than sub-par 64 graphics for 15. Besides where the hell would you be playing the PSP for three hours straight where an outlet wasn't available? Come on people think for a minute.
Last summer, I went down to Albany, and my brother's GBASP helped me almost all the way down. That is 5 hours+.

[Octocamo]

Last summer, I went down to Albany, and my brother's GBASP helped me almost all the way down. That is 5 hours+.
They'll probably sell car adapters like they do with GBA's. :lol:

[Blackwolf]

Most cross country planes have electrical outlets. Besides I doubt you'd want to be playing a racing game that long anyway. I'd switch games to say Darkstalkers or Ac!d

Wait wait wait wait...

...Realize I'm not even talking about the PSP here, but...

Where can I find airplanes with true electrical outlets on them!?

I do a LOT of cross country flights (I'm a business traveller) as well as some overseas, and I've NEVER seen any true electrical outlets on airplanes. I've seen plugs that you can buy specialty plugs to power specific devices on some overseas, but never on domestic flights, and I would LOVE to be able to run my laptop on a long flight! (The battery only lasts for a short time since it's an old laptop, and I'm too cheap to replace it.)

I'm serious...Please tell me where these flights are that use TRUE electrical outlets that I can directly plug my laptop into with the supplied plug, I'd use them all the time.

[Octocamo]

I've never been on a plane before, but I know that they have outlets on trains. When I went to New York on a train (about 6 hours) I plugged my GBA into the outlet, Worked fine.

[arefx]

Well, I doubt Metal Gear Acid will last 9 hours.... but I won't be playing that anyways. I have a DS now, and despite the shit battery life I plane to also buy a PSP this summer, but if youa sk me, PSP's graphical power doesn't make it the best, I still think DS is the better of the two FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, seeing as I haven't played a PSP.

[Blue Falcon]

That does sound vague. If you're getting that much of a variance in testing, I'd say there's something wrong with the units at the low-end.

Exactly, going from one point to double just doesn't sound right. If they said 1.5-2.5 hours or 2-3 or whatever, I'd see it making more sense...but those numbers bother me. I want a better idea...otherwise if I'd play a game, I'd have no idea if my battery were to die on me because it all seems so random.

[Tom the First]

I don't want to appear to be bashing the PSP. I think it's pretty cool, but I don't fully admire everything its offering.

[Blackwolf]

I've never been on a plane before, but I know that they have outlets on trains. When I went to New York on a train (about 6 hours) I plugged my GBA into the outlet, Worked fine.

Doesn't help me when I'm going from Georgia to California. I refuse to sit on a train for two days when I can just take a four hour flight. :>

I'll still GET the PSP on launch day, no doubt about it. I'm just disappointed in the battery life because of my situation of when I actually play handheld games.

[Captain N]

Your trying to say the PSP has better graphics than the DS? LOL!

EDIT: o, and one more thing.. it may have better graphics, it may even have better games. but there are 3 things that really matter on a handheld that you cant deny:
1.battery life
2.size/portability
3.weight(i know that kinda falls into the above..)
This is why the gamegear failed, despite its great games and better hardware. it to would play for 90-180 minutes on its batterys, people would just not put up with this. if this is how it is, i see the PSP failing.

nintendo may have slightly worse graphics, but they designed a better overall system, and a more eficient one.

Wow you obviously haven't read this thread

[The_Raven]

I'll end it so you all can stop whining, PSP sucks, deal with it. :)

[Octocamo]

We should listen to the Raven why? ;D

[DarthEvilDude]

because he's smarter than you. XD

[Blackwolf]

I'm still waiting on the answer to my airplane question from two pages ago. :<

[DarthEvilDude]

Thats because nobody likes you. :O

somebody's asking for it.

[Burr]

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/6706/psprr1yt.gif

BOLOLOLOLO

[Octocamo]

LALALALALALALALALALLA! Raped. XD

[arefx]

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/6706/psprr1yt.gif

BOLOLOLOLO

BOLOLOLOLO great picture

[DarthEvilDude]

that is totally true.

[Emptythought]

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/6706/psprr1yt.gif

BOLOLOLOLO
I love you.... wait thats mush's job..

[Shuin]

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/6706/psprr1yt.gif

BOLOLOLOLO
more like time to get a new handheld lol ami rite?

[Emptythought]

gay furries am i rite? I *think* mush is a girl..

but yea, there probably gay.

and has anyone here actually seen burr (http://www.twinsenland.com/pics/cwdata2/burr.html)? rofl is all i can say..

[Octocamo]

Needs to shave them brows, am i rite?

[alexsan]

I was watching Icons and I noticed that whatever company that competed with a nintendo handheld had low battery life. It's the GBcurse.

[Burr]

I *think* mush is a girl..

but yea, there probably gay.

and has anyone here actually seen burr (http://www.twinsenland.com/pics/cwdata2/burr.html)? rofl is all i can say..

Do you have a significant other?

What's that? No?

ROFL :smt082

BTW that pic old and flawed because of its resolution. I am not cross eyed. It's just an artifact.

Here's the real me. (http://img30.exs.cx/img30/917/playoffme4ch.jpg)

Post your pic and then you can talk.

And no I don't shave my brows because I'm not a girl.

[Mushnator]

but yea, there probably gay.

english good at you are not http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Mushnator/emot-eng101.gif

[Tom the First]

english good at you are not http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Mushnator/emot-eng101.gif
don't know I think I.

[Tom the First]

your gay
think not I.

[Captain N]

Wow, sorry Burr I was wrong, you don't look like Adam Corolla.

You look like a skinny version of the fat guy from Malcolm in the Middle. With just a hint of David Cross.

I'd hit it.

[Ziggler]

lol... who wouldn't hit ferris bueller?

[Oomba]

I geuss thats why theyre selling extra battery packs. Too much upkeep for me, since I continuously play my SP and i only charge it once a week or so.

[LordShen]

jesus!

the original Game Boy lasted longer than that!


Yeah, no kidding. The PSP just keeps giving me more and more doubts.

[Pig]

jesus!

the original Game Boy lasted longer than that!

Fucking Game Gear lasted longer than that.

Okay.. maybe not. But still..