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No Modification PSP TV Adapter
Craig writes "PSP Owners have long been interested in watching the UMD films and playing games on the TV, well now according to a report from Lik Sang they can, the new PSPTV being produced eventually by Gametech will be a no modification addon. From the article: 'The TV Adapter for PSP lets you hook up your PSP to your home television (NTSC and PAL) via Composite or S-Video and Stereo connectors. This adapter requires no modification of your PSP console. This new peripheral takes a completely different approach and clips on top of your PSP screen, with two screws to fit at the back of the handheld (in these two holes you can see on the top of the UMD drive). Some sort of pyramid grows from the base, with a precision lens and mirror system at the top, capturing the image and light, in a similar way a scanner or camera would. It then converts it into a video signal that is sent through video leads going from the adapter to your TV set.'"
Does this essentially turn your PSP screen into a transparency, and a digital version of an overhead projector sends it to the TV screen?
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While I'm sure nobody is particularly thrilled or compelled to rush out and get a PSP so they can use one of these, It sure does present a great way of getting the UMD content onto a PC (albeit through an analogue in) on a VIVO equipped PC of some kind. In the days of DRM, analogue is your friend.
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Sony is gona have a field day since people can intercept the signal and upload it as pirated UMD movies. Given Sony's love for DRM, I am not suprised if they ask the customs to intercept those devices and have the courts declear them illegal.
So between this and the PSP's already-announced "virtual boy" addon, do you think we're starting to see a trend here?
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This particular implementation is stupid and probably sucks horribly, but the idea of playing a portable system's games on a bigger screen is appealing (at least to me). I'm visually impaired to the point where I can barely make out the picture on these modern handhelds--I can barely make out the GBA picture as it stands. I'd pay a fair bit of money to play DS and PSP games on a television (well, mainly DS games, but there are some interesting looking PSP games, too). I hope Nintendo and Sony are listening...