Sony PSP for £111.85: Exp 30 Dec

MyUserNamesTaken

sockpuppetuk wrote:

Playing a region 1 dvd though is not illegal and you can legally buy them from places like CDWOW .. even if it does deny the distributor some royalties.
You cannot buy a pirate dvd from CDWOW.

Slight difference.

You're not legally meant to change the region coding on your dvd player, though...check it out if you don't believe me. It's considered to be a way of circumventing the copyright of material (i.e. you're doing the distributors out of their money). You're not legally allowed to record stuff from the TV or radio and keep it for more than a certain amount of time. Can't see you complaining about that, either.


You do know that Homebrew isn't illegal, don't you? The whole point behind changing the firmware on a PSP is to allow people to use homebrew - programs that have been written by people and freely distributed for others to use. Sony's firmware does not allow people to use homebrew, even though it's perfectly legal. I'm not talking about pirate games here. Go look up Homebrew on Wiki.

MoneySavingGenius_2

Actually I think you are you are legally allowed to change you dvd region BUT this will invalidate your warranty. Two very different things. Buying other region DVD's also are legal for personal use.
This also of course applies to changing the firmware to do this/remote tricks/etc..., any thing that changes the internal hardware/software of the device will invalidate your warranty, but is not illegal as it your property.

So by doing a firmw change of the psp no laws are being broken, unless of course you play "backups", the less said about that the better .
Homebrew in itself is not illegal. Sony cannot dictate what you do to YOUR property. There are of course a huge amount of homebrew applications to make the PSP better and add functionality., games created by home developers, etc.

Then again I'm not a lawyer so don't quote me lol.

Actually you maybe breaking the law by flashing with a modified version of sonys firmware (i.e oea-b based on the 1.5/2.71 core), which is actually their intellectual property that has been changed slightly . But who cares, eh? Oh yeah sony :rolleyes:

Vegeta

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewpoll.php?id=60278

Thats the guide to follow if you end up with a 2.71FW TA-082 PSP.

Vegeta

Yaaaay!:j

Its just arrived from Viking! Correctly invoiced at £111.85 (checked my account too).

Most importantly its a PSP-1004 and firmware is v2.71 so its downgradeable :beer:

Wish me luck on the downgrade LOL!

PS: Need to purchase a memory stick first.

atlanticflyer

Vegeta wrote:

Yaaaay!:j

Its just arrived from Viking! Correctly invoiced at £111.85 (checked my account too).

Most importantly its a PSP-1004 and firmware is v2.71 so its downgradeable :beer:

Wish me luck on the downgrade LOL!

PS: Need to purchase a memory stick first.

I was so glad to see mine arrive this am as I have already ordered games and a memory card:rolleyes:

sockpuppetuk

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

You do know that Homebrew isn't illegal, don't you? The whole point behind changing the firmware on a PSP is to allow people to use homebrew - programs that have been written by people and freely distributed for others to use. Sony's firmware does not allow people to use homebrew, even though it's perfectly legal. I'm not talking about pirate games here. Go look up Homebrew on Wiki.

Lets get one thing straight .. I have no problem with people doing whatever they like with their PSP and being totally honest I have played "backup" games since the days of the Commodore 64/spectrum.
I have also downloaded dvds for many many years.
I know what homebrew is and I also know (as do you) that probably 99.9% of people that flash the console are not going to play some emulator of a machine that was made 20 years ago .. they are doing it to play copied PSP games .. hence the need of 2 gig or larger Memory stick .. and don't say they are going to watch films .. if they did then said film will probably be downloaded anyway.
Go to any PSP board and you will not see one person moaning that they cannot get the latest homebrew application going .. more like how do you start the latest Tekken game.

You and I both know that you are playing backup games on it so why not stand up and be counted rather than sit in the corner making "homebrew" excuses.

What I do object to though is people that try to justify what they do by dressing it up as something else entirely

Now .. wheres my console Viking ....

Vegeta

Those who are in a sameday delivery area should get their PSPs today.

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/specialLinks.do;jsessionid=0000G7fepl03euKC7EOizjRW_t1:11g06oin9?ID=help_delivery

Check that link to see if your in a sameday area.

sockpuppetuk

Vegeta wrote:

Those who are in a sameday delivery area should get their PSPs today.

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/specialLinks.do;jsessionid=0000G7fepl03euKC7EOizjRW_t1:11g06oin9?ID=help_delivery

Check that link to see if your in a sameday area.

Oh well .. tomorrow it is then

liamh_3

Vegeta wrote:

Those who are in a sameday delivery area should get their PSPs today.

Just got mine...good job I was in as the delivery bloke was going to leave it under the car!

it's the 2.71 jobbie, so it's downgradable.

Does anyone have an ebay userid where I can get cheap memory cards that are known to be OK?

Cheers

g33za

mine just arrived.. and its a 1004 (K) 2.71 yay!!! now for the mem card, Vegeta where you going to order a mem stick from?