PSP Download Festival

Your humble PSP can surf to the Internet via wireless LAN (Local Area Network), it can connect to your personal computer or PS2 for that matter via USB, and talk to other PSPs directly via infrared. Any information received by the PSP is saved onto the Memory Stick Duo sitting snugly inside.

This is how Sony chooses to update the Operating System (OS) for PSP, the most recent version (2.0) allows for Internet browsing and file sharing between PSPs. Each new version of the OS brings new or improved features to the PSP, and also helps with security issues – preventing piracy across all forms of compatible media.

In addition, Sony’s online portal for PSP downloads, ‘PSP Connect’, has movie trailers and complete episodes of Speed Racer available for free. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) also has plans to expand PSP connect with a PSP specific music download service to rival Apple’s iTunes. Another way to watch your favourite videos on PSP is to obtain a copy of ‘Image Converter 2’, which allows you to legally convert movie files into MPEG4/PSP format.

Since just about anything can be retrieved from the hard drive of an Internet PC, it’s no surprise that many people are finding ways to ‘homebrew’ their own entertainment. Much of this is harmless, and legal. However since you can’t always be certain it’s best to stick with official channels. Besides, you could forfeit your warranty should anything go wrong with your PSP as a result of transferring unstable files.

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