PSP Owners - How Is It + Cracking Theory

[nonzero]

Greetings folks

How are you PSP owners finding your machine? I'm seriously considering getting one and was wondering if the US released machines had the Jap problems ironed out?

Anyone had any dead pixel issues? If so, did that dead pixel fixing video thats been kicking around the net work?

I'm UK based an am tempted to hold on until the September release here as the Euro machine is rumoured to be using a new display (Samsung instead of Sharp, or vice versa - I forget) to combat the large amount of dead pixels and the buttons are supposed to be getting fixed to solve the "less responsive over time if bashed" problem.

Sony are ludicrous with their customer service and the quality of their merchandise is balls in comparison to their competitors but I still line up like a crack fiend to purchase their wares because they have such pleasing asthetics....Let's hope the PSP is more durable than the PS2.

Regarding the PSP being cracked, I think it will happen very soon - most likely via a BIOS replacement file that you will flash to your machine from the memory stick seing as Sony seem to have not prevented BIOS overwriting by disabling the write process (as witnessed by the recent V1.5 upgrades). This would lead to a situation similar to a TSOP flashed Xbox :D

[Hectic]

nobody responds to any of your threads do they? anyway, save your money. sony is a pathetic company who forces their american buyers to buy gay ass spiderman and a bunch of useless accessories that they don't want in the first place. i bought a psp on launch day and returned it because honestly, it's not worth it. $250 is a lot of money, especially for something that has no benefit to me other than the fact that it allows me to play wipeout pure. not a single accessory that comes in the value pack is something i want. it's not that i can't afford it, it's the principal. in some ways sony's homosexual value pack has turned me off completely to the psp. their take on the dead pixel issue is another example of sony and their lack of respect to the consumer.

[whackawookie]

although ur right on many levels due to principal, theres also a few things that just made me still want one. i can definately go with ur dead pixel theory, and the fact that when i bought it the psp didnt have really anything protecting the screen, maybe a static sheet would have been a nice touch. it also seems that on the inside of my screen that there might be a very light scratch or smudge. i dont even notice it but when i watched the demo disk for the movies, i saw it when the screen turns completely white.
as for the value pack, its worth it to some and not to all. for instance, it came with the second memory card that i needed for the swaploid. the remote thing is a little pointless but seeing as it was included its ok. the travel pouch is another thing that sux. but seeing as i got my girl to buy me it for our anniversary, i dont feel jipped.