Which PSP to get, why, and what homebrew should I Get?

[Calleh]

Okay, so if you read my intro thread, you will know I'm clueless of what to buy when it comes to a PSP, after doing a little research, I'm more confused as ever, so if possible, can someone tell me which PSP I should get, Why, pros and cons, if anything extra will have to be purchased.

I was thinking of getting a PSP Slim and a seperate 8 GB memory stick, but I've read that it's not a good idea to get a Slim cause of the method needed to modify the firmware.
So help (In lamens terms please) ?
Thanks.

[Jorlin]

If you want to get a PSP and flash a CFW, get the slim.
You will be happier with it since it has better hardware features and honestly, if you read the guides well, it is no problem to flash it.

I would just recommend to get a seperate battery (I got the extended one) and use the original to make a pandora battery.

I followed this guide:
[GUIDE] PSP Custom Firmware Reference Guide 3.0

Almost bulletproof!


For Homebrew:
Try a SNES emulator and get PSPTube for watching youtube perfectly on your psp...

For making a reversible Pandora Battery without soldering, check section 6b of:
How To Open Your Slim Battery 4 Pandora Hard MOD Reverseable W/ PICS

I hope this helps. Read everything carefully and follow the guides step by step...

P.S.: You can still break your PSP! If so, it is YOUR fault

[pn0yvstyle]

I haven't had any problems with my psp slim (modded). I got the slim simply because of its tv-out feature. As for homebrew, that depends on what you plan to use your psp for. There are so many homebrew apps to put on a psp. Like Jorlin mentioned, if you read the guides, you should have no problem. That or find someone local to do it for you.

[patricksull]

Jorlin

I can't get your links to work. I want to see the guide you used. Any other guide you recommend? With thousands being available, it's hard to know which one to trust.

thanks

[browndustin]

If you have Windows XP, you should have no problems. I made a Pandora's battery for no reason basically. I struggled for a week to install everything on Windows Vista and I'm convinced that there's no way to do it (or at least no easy way, maybe there's a very eccentric and difficult way but screw that).

It took me about 20 minutes on my parents' computer with Windows XP to get CFW on my PSP Slim.

[NeonGeniuses]

The additional features of the new slim PSP-2001 models are really starting to become apparent compared to the older PSP-1001. A new plugin called Fusa lets you play any game over any TV-out cable for the Slim if you have custom firmware, and rocking the complete NES/SNES/Genesis collection on the go on any TV is super-satisfying. The Slim also has additional RAM and Flash, which means official Sony features will be added to the firmware which simply will no longer fit on the old PSP-1001's (Skype being a good example).

The big hit is that to convert a Slim (and newer/upgraded Fats, for that matter) from an Official firmware to a Custom one, you need a Pandora's battery and a magic memory stick. A Pandora's battery can be obtained fairly cheaply online (I sound like a broken record, but: DealExtreme.com - $10), but the magic memory stick is your bigger issue. If you're confident enough in your PC skills, a Google search for "pandora magic memory stick without cfw" will get you some help there. Just be prepared to download at least a couple hundred megabytes worth of files, and make sure you are confident with what you need to do. The simplest way to get these tools, though, is using a friend's PSP already equipped with Custom firmware.

Really, though, the Slim is very much worth it.

As for homebrew, if you're an emulator fan, look up 'Nesterj', 'snes9x_tyl', 'dgen', and 'gpSP' in the emulators section of QuickJump
-- dl.qj.net/Emulators-PSP-/catid/111 --

Always a favorite for me.