PSP 3000 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have just received this Limited Edition Lilac PSP bundle and am extremely happy. Having bought it as a 2nd PSP, it was purchased primarily for the unique color which is a relief considering the lack of colors available in the USA. The Lilac is more purple than pink and also has a deep shimmer. (not matte) NOTE: There is NO logo or Hannah Montana art on the PSP console, it is just plain lilac front and back with separate stickers you can use to decorate your PSP if desired. After playing with it for the day, the lilac color does NOT show the fingerprints the way the black PSP's do which is very nice. The silver/gray accenting compliments the lilac color without making it TOO young looking which is great for older teens & adult gamers wanting this color. Overall, well done and a worthy color to add to the USA PSP line!

As to the console itself, although it is the same as the other 3000 model PSP's, my lilac edition has a sturdier UMD door that closes snugly and doesn't feel loose (unlike my black from the Ratchet & Clank Bundle) Personally I am happier with the quality of the lilac edition over the black I purchased for my daughter a few months back. This console comes with a Hanna Montana game & 2nd UMD with her TV show episodes. Also a 2 GB memory stick and standard black power cord/adapter. I had no trouble setting up my PSP for first use and was gaming within minutes of opening the PSP box. If you've been wanting a colored PSP in the USA and like the lilac color, this is worth the price and it is MUCH nicer in person. The color just shimmers. Highly recommended.

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Product Description:
The PlayStation Portable Limited Edition Hannah Montana PSP-3000 Entertainment Pack brings together the latest hardware revision of the PlayStation Portable (PSP), with an assortment of items that will maximize the experience of any Hannah Montana fan. The bundle includes the limited edition "Lilac Purple" PSP-3000 system, the PSP exclusive Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show UMD formatted video game, three episodes from the new season of the Hannah Montana TV show video on UMD format, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo and PSP vinyl stickers.

Everything a Hannah Montana fan needs, bundled with the multimedia power of PlayStation Portable.
Viewlarger. Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show
Design and star in the show in the new Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show video game. Travel to seven amazing locations around the world and customize your concerts. Design each performance including stage sets, song lists, and performers. Create a custom show in each city you visit and rock the stage for your fans in this unique Hannah Montana event, exclusively for PlayStation Portable.

The limited edition Lilac PSP-3000.
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Three Hannah Montana TV episodes.
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Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show video game, exclusively to PSP.
Viewlarger. 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
With 2GB of removable memory, the compact Memory Stick PRO Duo allows you to save your PlayStation Network downloads, as well as store your videos, photos, music and more.

About PlayStation Portable 3000

Now with Included Microphone and Brighter Screen
The latest PlayStation Portable revision, the PSP-3000, has everythingthe older PSPs had but now includes a built-in microphone, which letsyou take advantage of voice features in some games as well as the PSP'sbuilt-in Skype functionality without having to use a headset. The newPSP-3000 also includes an improved anti-reflective screen that offershigher contrast and clearer visibility in well-lit places and can evenbe used outdoors.

A Full Entertainment System in Your Hands
The PSP was designed to handle all varieties of applications and entertainment-- music, video, communication, wireless networking, and, of course, gaming.Users will enjoy topnotch 3D games with high-quality, full-motion video,and high-fidelity audio. The 4.3-inch wide screen display is bright andbeautiful, and works well under many different lighting conditions. Ifyou prefer, you can also connect your PSP to your TV. The PSP utilizesthe Universal Media Disc (UMD) for a storage medium, each of which holds1.8 GB of data. It can also be used to download content digitally overthe PlayStation Network.

Hundred of Games to Choose From
The PSP gaming library is hundreds of titles strong and covers a widevariety of genres. Whether you are seeking the hard hits of football,the strategy of a puzzle game, or anything in-between there's sure tobe many games for you. The PSP is capable of graphics quality that iscomparable to the PlayStation 2, but in a pocket-sized package that youcan take wherever you go.

Listen to Your Music Collection Anywhere
With the ability to play MP3, WAV, WMA, ATRAC3+, and MP4 files, you can easily use your PSP as an audio player. Simply place your music on a Memory Stick Duo, and you can navigate your collection using the PSP's XMB (XrossMediaBar) to select your song to play.

Show and Share Photos With Your Friends
With the PSP, you can show a slideshow of your photo collection with your friends by simply placing them on a Memory Stick Duo and accessing them via PSP's XMB. Additionally, you can beam photos wirelessly to friends who also have a PSP via the devices ad hoc wireless connection.

Built-in Wi-Fi allows for Internet Browsing and Online Gaming
With built-in Wi-Fi, you can access the Internet from any accessible hotspot.Once connected, you can surf the Web and download exclusive demos andcontent for your PSP from the PlayStation Store. The Wi-Fi also allowsyou to battle other gamers, both over the Internet and in your local vicinity(ad-hoc).

What's in the Box
The PlayStation Portable Limited Edition Hannah Montana EntertainmentPack limited edition "Lilac Purple" PSP-3000 system, Hannah Montana:Rock Out The Show video game in UMD format, three episodes of thenew season of the Hannah Montana TV show on UMD format, a 2GB Memory StickPro Duo, PSP vinyl stickers, AC power cord, AC adapter and PSP batterypack.

PSP 3000 Limited Edition Hannah Montana Entertainment Pack.

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Game Boy Advance Console in Glacier Review

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(More customer reviews)The GBA is the newest wave in handheld video games, and a sound investment for those who love the old SNES games and the ability to take them anywhere with you. It also comes in verious colors, but I prefer the Glacier.
As most others already mentioned, the display is not backlit. But either my eyes are exceptional, or other people's are really bad, but I can see the games crystal clear. It is a trade off, not having a backlit screen means that your batteries go further. Anyone who remembers the Game Gear from Sega surely can remember how it gobbled batteries up like mad. Given a choice, I would rather go with the non-backlit screen. The old Gameboy and Gameboy color did fine without backlit screens, so the GBA doesn't suffer by not having one.
The best thing about the GBA is the gameplay. Despite the small size, you get amazing depth to your games. With Super Mario World (a handheld version of the SNES classic), every apect of the original is preserved, and the controls are like second nature. The graphics are 32-bit, but on the small screen, they have the look and feel of 16-bit. This is not a bad thing, mind you, but you can't expect Playstation quality on a screen less than 5 inches tall and wide. The graphics are impressive enough, but the sound quality blew me away. The music is amazingly audible, and comes through with excellent clarity.
With an ever expanding library of games, the GBA is likely to live up to it's older brother, the Gameboy, and dominate the handheld video game market. Despite the other complaints about the non-backlit screen, I think you will be suprised at the quality of this little system. If you can afford it, buy the battery pak. You'll save money in the long run.

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The Game Boy platform (which includes the original unit, the Game Boy Pocket, and the Game Boy Color) came to market when most video game consoles had a life expectancy of just a few years. More than a decade later, the system is still going strong. How did the Game Boy successfully compete--and in some cases bury--an onslaught of faster, more powerful handheld and home console systems? Let us count the ways: affordability, a huge library of games that consistently made the most of the hardware's limitations, smart power management that extended battery life, and uncluttered controls. But perhaps it was the system's ultraportable design that allowed devotees to play video games around their schedule, making it the must-have system for kids and adults alike.
Now the Game Boy Advance (or GBA as people are already calling it) comes to us with power that would have been unthinkable back in the day. The portable's 32-bit RISC CPU runs circles around the former's 8-bit workhorse, allowing it to process program instructions much faster. What that means to everyday gamers is more intricate visuals, more simultaneous movement on the screen, and better sound. In fact, the often-annoying beeps and boops of old-school Game Boy titles are being replaced with digitized stereo sound. The extra processing muscle also means you can even network up to four Game Boy Advance units together, via the communication cable, for multiplayer fun off of one shared cartridge. Only two Game Boy Color units could link together, and each unit had to have its own copy of the game.
What's not being replaced, however, is the wide selection of Game Boy games. Because the Game Boy Advance system is backward-compatible, it will play its own line of colorful games--including such launch titles as Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Army Men Advance, High Heat Major League Baseball 2002, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2--as well as all of the monochrome and color games that have already been released for the previous Game Boy systems (nearly 500 in total). Players can view the older games in their smaller, originally square dimensions, or, with the touch of the shoulder button, expand the game to fit the GBA's larger screen. We tried enlarging the screen on a Game Boy Color edition of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and found that Mr. Hawk was much easier to see.
When you first pick up the system, you'll be amazed at how lightweight it is. At fewer than 5 ounces and a little larger than a deck of playing cards, the system easily fits into a shirt pocket without any sag. The GBA's wider shape fits better into a wider range of hands. The former design too often pushed the left and right thumb knuckles together during gameplay. The new layout should be comfortable for all ages, and the center screen orientation makes it easy to see.
Game Boy Color owners will find the GBA's larger screen somewhat darker than they're used to, but that's because the screen is outfitted with antiglare technology. Like the old Game Boy Color, the color LCD is not backlit, so you need pretty good light to play by. Unlike that system, though, you won't be craning your neck and tilting the unit to see around the hot-spot reflection of the light bulb in your screen.
But you'll also notice the graphics. Sporting what's basically a redesigned SNES technology, you'll see things on the GBA that the big consoles do, such as scaling (making objects larger or smaller) and rotation effects--technological advances that will affect the look of everything from crossing a finish line to throwing a touchdown pass to crawling through a dungeon.
Some might argue that Nintendo could have tried to put even more power into this Game Boy Advance. After all, the 32-bit video game had its heyday more than five years ago. Perhaps, but after handling this new handheld, we're inclined to think that Nintendo wisely struck a balance between size, price, and power consumption. And considering how well the old 8-bit system weathered the decade's technological storms, we think the Game Boy Advance is here to stay, and we're glad. --Porter B. Hall
Unit Specifications

CPU: 32-bit RISC CPU with embedded memory
Screen: 2.9-inch reflective TFT color LCD
Display Size: 1.6 by 2.4 inches (40.8 by 61.2 mm)
Resolution: 38,000 pixels in a wide-screen aspect ratio (10,000 per square inch)
Colors: 512 simultaneous colors from a palette of 32,768
Size: 3.2 by 5.6 by 1 inch (82 by 144.5 by 24.5 mm)
Weight: Approximately 5 ounces (140 grams)
Power Supply: 2 AA alkaline batteries
Battery Life: Approximately 15 hours continuous play

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