Author Topic: PSP Processor is getting unlocked (Read 11785 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2007, 09:25:15 PM »

Fuel cells are like batteries for large-scale applications. You still recharge them normally unless you carry gas bottles filled with hydrogen and oxygen with you.

My DS lasts about 5 hours on one charge. Been like that from the start and from what I heard it's the normal battery life for a regular DS. Mashiro, I bet you have a Lite because a regular DS never got close to even 10 hours, no matter who you ask.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #26 on:** June 30, 2007, 09:46:32 PM »

I've gotten around 15 hours out of my DS Phat.

Kairon · « **Reply #27 on:** June 30, 2007, 10:51:00 PM »

I've got a regular launch DS and no, 5 hours isn't normal.

But guess what, the DS' battery is replaceable!!!

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #28 on:** June 30, 2007, 11:15:45 PM »

Batteries do wear out over time. I've a digital camera with a rechargeable battery from 2001 that only holds a charge for about 5 minutes... no joke! I only am able to tolerate it because I keep it on the charging cradle until I use it, and I don't take it on long trips or anything. I suppose I could get a replacement....

Anyways, Kairon is right. There is a panel on the back of the DS where I presume the battery can be removed and replaced when it dies....

matt oz · « **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:50:14 AM »

My DSphat's battery only lasts 5-6 hours as well. And that's with no wifi. With wifi, it only gets 3-4. I thought that was normal... It's always been like that.

Mashiro · « **Reply #30 on:** July 01, 2007, 06:47:08 AM »

Yeah I do have a DS lite, the battery life always amazes me =D

Ceric · « **Reply #31 on:** July 01, 2007, 08:03:29 AM »

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Originally posted by: matt oz
My DSphat's battery only lasts 5-6 hours as well. And that's with no wifi. With wifi, it only gets 3-4. I thought that was normal... It's always been like that.

Your unit must be defective. I get more then 5-6 out of mine.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #32 on:** July 01, 2007, 09:39:21 AM »

I always heard of 5-6 as the normal battery life.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #33 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:40:15 AM »

Yeah 5-6 hrs is definately not normal. In fact the DS Lite with the brightness level set on level 3 (I think it is 3) will supposedly make the battery last about the same amount of time as the DS Phat and that is 10 hrs or so.

Arbok · « **Reply #34 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:05:51 AM »

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Originally posted by: matt oz
My DSphat's battery only lasts 5-6 hours as well. And that's with no wifi.

Same, it has been on the decline as well as it used to last much, much longer. I got mine on launch day, though, and have plugged a lot of hours into it (300+ in Diamond alone...) so I'm not too surprised that the battery is taking a beating.

More of an excuse to get a Lite someday, I suppose.

Kairon · « **Reply #35 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:21:53 AM »

*ahem*

You can easily replace the DS' battery with any first party or third party solution. Just unscrew, replace, rescrew.

UncleBob · « **Reply #36 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:30:04 AM »

Unfortunatly, you lose internal settings like the DS's name, birthdate, time, date, etc...

Anyone know if you lose your WiFi settings as well?

Kairon · « **Reply #37 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:46:54 AM »

I didn't. My name is still there, my time is fine, my birthday is the same as ever....

Ceric · « **Reply #38 on:** July 01, 2007, 03:59:14 PM »

I will not buy a different DS until they become more ergonomic like the original GBA was.

Adrock · « **Reply #39 on:** July 01, 2007, 10:37:28 PM »

I read a rumor that Nintendo will be announcing yet another DS model at E3 which is supposedly bigger than the Lite and with larger screens. This is apparently a response to all the old people who complained that they're having a hard time with Brain Age because they're so old and near-blind. Gotta keep tapping that non-gamer market, I guess.

I'd consider buying it though more so if Ring of Fates is awesome.

Ceric · « **Reply #40 on:** July 02, 2007, 04:10:32 AM »

That might be something I could take an interest in. Maybe they'll use an LED screen that takes less power and glass on the touch screen like on the iPhone because its generally more durable.

Kairon · « **Reply #41 on:** July 02, 2007, 07:19:43 AM »

Was the LED thing with the PSP Slim a typo? I remember reading somewhere that it was...

Oh yeah, it was a mistake.

Would an LED be expensive? I always thought that a stated advantage for LEDs was that they were cheap?

Ceric · « **Reply #42 on:** July 02, 2007, 08:57:58 AM »

In this application they would be expensive because the other forms of screens with the needed resolution are massed produced more.

IceCold · « **Reply #43 on:** July 02, 2007, 07:36:13 PM »

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This is apparently a response to all the old people who complained that they're having a hard time with Brain Age because they're so old and near-blind.

But you can increase the text size!

Ceric · « **Reply #44 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:21:57 AM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold
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This is apparently a response to all the old people who complained that they're having a hard time with Brain Age because they're so old and near-blind.
But you can increase the text size!

Be quite you. If the make it for an older crowd they might make it more ergonomic as well.

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #45 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:24:10 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
Was the LED thing with the PSP Slim a typo? I remember reading somewhere that it was...

Oh yeah, it was a mistake.

Would an LED be expensive? I always thought that a stated advantage for LEDs was that they were cheap?

LEDs are cheap, but wouldn't an LED screen have to have each pixel be its own LED? Each one would not cost a lot, but how many pixels and LEDs would it take to complete a screen?

Rhoq · « **Reply #46 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:50:19 AM »

I still use the original launch DS. I charge it once every 3 to 5 weeks (depending on much it gets used) and over the course of that time, I'd say it averages 8 to 10 hours of play before the power light turns red.

Ceric · « **Reply #47 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:30:50 AM »

Rhoq: Same here.

Chozo Ghost: I think one version replaces the backlight of the screen from flourescent to led and if you did do a color led for each pixel you need at least 3 per pixel to account for each color currently shown. So the DS screen is 256 x 192, I don't get the 192, 49,152 pixels per screen. 98,304 pixels total so that means 294,912 leds if it takes 3 per pixel. Though I haven't found good middle ground documentation on how that all works for the newer led display they are putting into computers.

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Author Topic: PSP Processor is getting unlocked (Read 11785 times)