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PSP Tv by Nathan on 10-14-2005 at 11:52 PM
Hiya all,
look at this.................
PSP Gets Updated Firmware, TV Streaming Capability
Would you like to stream video content from your home entertainment equipment to your PSP from anywhere in the world? Now you can, but it requires buying an extra piece of equipment and downloading the newest Japanese PSP firmware. With Apple having just announced its Video iPod, this new feature couldn't have come at a better time for Sony.
New Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer mentioned during his speech at the recent CEATEC event in Japan that Sony intended to bring TV streaming features to its Portable PlayStation. Not many expected that feature to become available so quickly, however.
Today Sony Computer Entertainment released its latest firmware update for the PSP—the third such patch in two months—in Japan, bringing the portable to version 2.50. While the upgrade to version 2.00 brought with it significant features such as an official web browser, wireless photo sharing, wallpaper support and more, 2.50 includes a few interesting upgrades as well, the most noteworthy being support for Sony's "LocationFree" streaming option.
Video content streaming anywhere
Through this feature PSP owners will now be able to stream video content to their PSPs anywhere in the world, as long as they have access to a broadband Internet connection and Wi-Fi. In order to take advantage of this service, PSP owners will need to purchase a separate LocationFree base station, which is available in America here.
[ "There's already a strong rumor going around that Video iPod could very well be a precursor to an actual video/gaming device from Apple." ]
The base, which runs upwards of $350, can be connected to the Internet and a person's home PC, or it can also be hooked up to other home entertainment equipment such as DVD or HDD recorders, thereby allowing users to watch just about any video on the road that they would typically watch from the comfort of home. This is very similar to another new device called Slingbox, except that LocationFree costs about $100 more and enables streaming video from your home to your PSP, which might be preferable over a laptop for some people. Once everything is set up, the PSP user simply clicks on the LocationFree icon to start streaming; he/she can then change channels and pause or record on components at home with the onscreen universal remote.
Sony vs. Apple
Interestingly, Sony made this nifty feature available for the PSP just one day after Apple unveiled its Video iPod. Some in the industry have suggested that Apple's new iPod poses a real threat to the PSP as a portable video player, but according to various U.K. news sources citing BBC Television, Sony Computer Entertainment's Chief Executive Producer Phil Harrison said he's not worried about Apple at all; he believes that the PSP is the #1 portable video player currently on the market. Sony may not be worried now, but if the Video iPod does well, Apple may put even more emphasis on the video function.
"Because millions of people around the world will buy this new iPod to play music, it will quickly become the most popular portable video player in history," boasted Apple's head honcho Steve Jobs.
"This isn't a video device," Nate Elliott, digital home analyst at Jupiter Research, suggested to the BBC. "This is video as a feature on an iPod. When Apple are ready to do video, you will see something more complete and more video-focused."
Worse yet for Sony is that there's already a strong rumor going around that this Video iPod could very well be a precursor to an actual video/gaming device from Apple. That should be very interesting if it proves true.
Covering security loopholes
Although it may appear that Sony released this latest firmware to stay a step ahead of Apple in the portable video department, the underlying reason is clearly for security measures. Hackers have been running emulators, pirated games and other software on version 1.50 PSPs. Sony updated to 2.00 to address this, but those clever hackers then discovered a way to revert 2.00 firmware to 1.50. Sony quickly followed that up with 2.01, but that version offered no incentive to upgrade. With 2.50, PSP owners will be more enticed to upgrade and therefore, more users will close that security hole.
Other notable upgrades in 2.50 include the ability to play copyright protected movies saved on a Memory Stick Duo, the ability to set the time and date on the PSP through the Internet, and the ability to save display mode and font size settings in the Internet browser as well as the browser saving form input history.
Caution: Sony says 2.50 is currently for Japanese PSPs only. Although the update would likely work on U.S. PSPs, update at your own risk. An official American version of 2.50 (and other regions) is expected in the near future
RE: PSP Tv by Joe on 10-14-2005 at 11:56 PM
Expensive things always seem to get upgraded... like iPods... I don't own either, maybe that's why I'm never angry with the upgrades. Anyways, I plan t soon have a PS, and I'm liking this.
RE: PSP Tv by J.J on 10-15-2005 at 12:22 AM
woooow 
I'll so be getting that base for christmas! 
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-15-2005 at 12:40 AM
!!!WARNING!!!!
Many firmware downgrades you'll find on the net are actually trojans which will render your PSP useless...
!!!WARNING!!!!
Many firmware downgrades you'll find on the net are actually trojans which will render your PSP useless...
!!!WARNING!!!!
RE: PSP Tv by Nathan on 10-15-2005 at 12:52 AM
quote:Naaa there going to sell in the shops you dont get it off the inetent
Originally posted by CookieRevised
!!!WARNING!!!!
Many firmware downgrades you'll find on the net are actually trojans which will render your PSP useless...
!!!WARNING!!!!
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-15-2005 at 02:32 AM
Please don't reply to such an important warning like that and undermine the importance of it if you don't know what I'm talking about...
Firmware isn't for sell in shops. Firmware is what a device makes it tick.
The firmware of the PSP can be downloaded, it is like any other firmware, a memory patch. Sony has updated this firmware in the new PSP and this will prevent the use of those (illegal) internet browsing, watching movies, heck even programming your own games on the PSP...
Therefore, firmware downgrades are available (made by hackers). But recent versions of these new downgrades are actuall trojan horses which will render your PSP useless...
Because the PSP will be nothing more then a dead brick this trojan has been called "PSPBrick" by most of the AV companies... and this info is all over the web in context of the PSP...
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Thus again, I repeat:
!!!WARNING!!!!
Many firmware downgrades you'll find on the net are actually trojans which will render your PSP useless...
!!!WARNING!!!!
RE: PSP Tv by Anubis on 10-15-2005 at 08:10 AM
quote:True, I was reading about this a few days ago, another example of how crackers with little skill have to ruin the fun of less technologically advanced users.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Because the PSP will be nothing more then a dead brick this trojan has been called "PSPBrick" by most of the AV companies... and this info is all over the web in context of the PSP...
However msg_plus_freak was talking mainly about the new 2.50 build upgrade (for Japanese PSPs), not recommending the downgrade hacks to 1.50 (which can be just PSPBrick in disguise if downloaded from an unrepeatable source).
However even with that in mind I'd just like to make an addition to what CookieRevised has said - even though PSPBrick trojan seems to be mainly bundled with the unofficial hacks for the PSP, it is very likely that they're either redesign (or just rename) the trojan to make it look like it's the official upgrade to 2.50. Therfore it is wise to only download firmware upgrades from the official Sony website.
quote:I believe you have misunderstood the article. The 2.50 Firmware will ship on new PSPs in the future, also you will be able to update your already bought PSP to the 2.50 build. It is possible that shops will allow you to take your PSP in and they will update it for you for a small price (as a service to those without internet connections) but yes, the 2.50 build can be updated by the internet.
Originally posted by msg_plus_freak
Naaa there going to sell in the shops you dont get it off the inetent
RE: PSP Tv by Nathan on 10-15-2005 at 08:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Anubis
Therfore it is wise to only download firmware upgrades from the official Sony website.
Thats what i was going to say, because not very many people wouldnt dowenload the firmware from the actual website> Meaning what cookie said!
RE: PSP Tv by paperless on 10-15-2005 at 09:53 AM
Cookie is right, as any file, you should only download from websites you trust.
Im not downgrading ill just wait till they make more homebrews for 2.0, i want the browser!
That psp tv thing is dumb.
Sony making their own proprietary crap again.
PSP is suposed to be portable as well and i dont know if that tv thing is gonna be good quality via internet.. you probably need a very good connection between the two spots otherwise it is gonna suck, anyway, its useless and mega super stupidly expensive, just buy the new battery with 3600mAh of capacity with a 4GB HDD, its gonna be expensive as well ( 250$ ) but its a better thing to ue your money on.
RE: PSP Tv by Nathan on 10-15-2005 at 09:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by paperless
Cookie is right, as any file, you should only download from websites you trust.
Im not downgrading ill just wait till they make more homebrews for 2.0, i want the browser!
That psp tv thing is dumb.
Sony again making their own proprietary crap again.
PSP is suposed to be portable as well and i dont know if that tv thing is gonna be good quality via internet.. you probably need a very good connection between the two spots otherwise it is gonna suck, anyway, its useless and mega super stupidly expensive, just buy the new battery with 3600mAh of capacity with a 4GB HDD, its gonna be expensive as well ( 250$ ) but its a better thing to ue your money on.
Very true, Things are just going over the top now, phones with tv etc.. its ruining the actual job of the phone, people wont be rining anyone there to busy playing games! And there going to bring out phones which you can use as credit cards, it takes however you pay off your credit.
The technology is amazing but everyone is competing against each other so sony have to come out with things like this.
It could put some people off because if they didnt know where to download it then they could bugger up the psp like cookie said!
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-15-2005 at 10:21 AM
quote:It didn't mean that at all...
Originally posted by msg_plus_freak
quote:
Originally posted by Anubis
Therfore it is wise to only download firmware upgrades from the official Sony website.
Thats what i was going to say, because not very many people wouldnt dowenload the firmware from the actual website> Meaning what cookie said!
You're talking about the upgrade. I'm talking about the downgrade hack. Sony will NOT provide the downgrade hack as that is exactly what they are trying to fix with their new firmware...
The downgrade is only available on hacker sites...
RE: PSP Tv by Anubis on 10-15-2005 at 10:33 AM
quote:Cookie, why did you bring up the downgrade hack issue? I mean the only reference to it before this is in the artical where it says that Sony is trying to prevent it.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
I'm talking about the downgrade hack. Sony will NOT provide the downgrade hack as that is exactly what they are trying to fix with their new firmware...
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-15-2005 at 02:02 PM
quote:Because I was so kind to warn people who might try to hack these new firmwares talked about in the top post...
Originally posted by Anubis
Cookie, why did you bring up the downgrade hack issue?
quote:Errrmm, isn't that more than enough reason? That whole article is about the firmware's...
Originally posted by Anubis
I mean the only reference to it before this is in the artical where it says that Sony is trying to prevent it.
And I know some people here have a PSP. I know some people reading this forums have PSP's. Many of those people also use/have used the loop holes in the previous firmwares to do things with Sony didn't intended to do. Many of those same people are experimenting with these firmware downloads, especially now that a new one is out...
RE: PSP Tv by Anubis on 10-15-2005 at 04:29 PM
quote:The actual artical isn't about hacking firmware in anyway, or the firmware it's about. It's just talking about the new features you can get from upgrading, not downgrading. Even though the topic is kind of similar, hacking a PSP and getting a firmware upgrade are two entirely seporate things. It's just confusing when the warning turns up in a thread on a dis-similar topic.
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Errrmm, isn't that more than enough reason? That whole article is about the firmware's...
Don't get me wrong, if I was a PSP owner (who didn't know of this risk) I'd be very greatfull for your advice. However when it's so off-topic it may confuse some people, maybe another thread or something for the warning would be good, but not in a thread that's only remotely on a similar subject.
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-15-2005 at 05:03 PM
I'm sorry, Anubis, but that warning is certainly not off topic and has got everything to do with the article and isn't confussing at all...
May I suggest you reread especially the last part of that article? It goes how Sony makes updates in their firmware. This is, as I said earlier, in direct connection with the people trying to hack it to keep their custom stuff going. In order to do this they need to downgrade. Downgrading with the wrong hack can cause your PSP to turn into nothing more than a brick.
For all you know, the article could have easly mentionned all this also in one go. And FYI, many articles you'll find on the net about this new 2.5 version do exactly that, they also mention the trojan...
quote:No, read the last part especilly which goes about WHY they've updated to a new version. If that paragraph isn't clear enough, I'd suggest to look at the many other atricles about it which go in even more detail about this and tell you exactly why my warning was very on-topic.
Originally posted by Anubis
It's just talking about the new features you can get from upgrading, not downgrading. Even though the topic is kind of similar, hacking a PSP and getting a firmware upgrade are two entirely seporate things.
quote:that sentence alone justifies perfectly the important warning I posted!
Originally posted by msg_plus_freak
Hackers have been running emulators, pirated games and other software on version 1.50 PSPs. Sony updated to 2.00 to address this, but those clever hackers then discovered a way to revert 2.00 firmware to 1.50.
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It is not remotely similar, it is dead on on-topic.
(unlike all these posts after it)
RE: PSP Tv by _Humphreys on 10-15-2005 at 07:49 PM
As much as I normally disagree with Anubis I have to say that Cookie your warning was kind of off-topic. This topic was about the use of TV on a PSP through firmware.
I am tempted to buy a PSP even more after this but I can't afford it. 
RE: RE: PSP Tv by Anubis on 10-15-2005 at 07:53 PM
quote:that sentence alone justifies perfectly the important warning I posted!
Originally posted by msg_plus_freak
Hackers have been running emulators, pirated games and other software on version 1.50 PSPs. Sony updated to 2.00 to address this, but those clever hackers then discovered a way to revert 2.00 firmware to 1.50.
The artical isn't about using dodgy hacks on your PSP, it just gives one of the reasons for the firmware updates as a sidenote. The only reason it states that sentence is to condone the actions of hackers and inform people. If the artical was about PSP firmware hacks, yeah, I could understand it, but it's not.
Your message about that will just confuse people into why you just brought up the risks of PSP hacks out the blue.
RE: PSP Tv by CookieRevised on 10-16-2005 at 04:21 AM
quote:A whole paragraph about this isn't a "sidenote" and even then can't be dismissed just like that.
Originally posted by Anubis
The artical isn't about using dodgy hacks on your PSP, it just gives one of the reasons for the firmware updates as a sidenote. The only reason it states that sentence is to condone the actions of hackers and inform people.
And because the paragraph says what it says, the warning is very well justified as people might try out this new firmware and afterwards decide to downgrade again, with/without the purpose of running their custom stuff again...
quote:The article is about firmwares. period. My warning is about firmwares. period.
Originally posted by Anubis
If the artical was about PSP firmware hacks, yeah, I could understand it, but it's not.
quote:It is not my fault that people might not understand what a firmware is and thus find it confussing. If they don't know what a firmware is then they also find the articly itself confussing... For all others who do know what a firmware is, the warning is very well informative...
Originally posted by Anubis
Your message about that will just confuse people into why you just brought up the risks of PSP hacks out the blue.
If I read some article about a new firware update, I certainly want to know if there are any risks involved in "playing" with those firmwares.
Also, did you consider that someone could actually post the question of how to downgrade again? Would that be off topic? No it wouldn't, so isn't my "pre-reply" to it... it's called anticipating on topic questions.
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Besides... tbh, I'm not one of the people who posts off topic all the time/regulary or what not (even if this was off topic). I'm perfectly aware on what stuff is off topic or not...
RE: PSP Tv by Mentality on 10-16-2005 at 08:26 AM
just use the network update on the console, thats your best bet (if you got wirless which i got 2days ago, WooT!!!) otherwise wait for it to come out on the playstation website.
www.ign.com is also a very good psp source.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/658/658253p1.html article about psptv
Sounds good i can't wait, and if thats true i jap works on all consoles if your willing to take the risk, I just might, but then i would have to wait for the hardware anyways, so not much point thinking about it.
thanks for the warning Cookie, and I think it totally belongs there.
I just done the network update, figures the us version is out as well (my console is US, so figures i'm downloading it.)
RE: PSP Tv by paperless on 10-16-2005 at 09:51 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Mentality
if you got wirless which i got 2days ago, WooT!!!
Eheh i got it two weeks ago so now if you are going to buy BF2 we can play together on the net.
About that warning offtopic thingy, i dont either agree or disagree with cookie, i mean yeah the main purpose of the article wasnt to talk about the firmware but as cookie said it ocupies a whole paragraph which even has a title: "Covering loopholes", loopholes for Sony means stopping homebrew.
RE: PSP Tv by Mentality on 10-16-2005 at 06:36 PM
i got bf2 but my motherboard doesnt like the new processor i got for it. i should get my new one tomorrow. ill let u knw.
nothing particulary special about this update unless u are willing to buy the expensive hardware. there are a few tweaks here and there.