WiteWulf wrote:*edit* as an aside, I noticed our local Cex has reduced the price on all its Vitas and memory cards recently, so if you're looking to pick one up now's the time
Hmmm, I might have to do that now I've got a bit more free time.
I really love my PSP, and the Vita looks way better again, but whenever I get the thought of buying one into my head I invariably see the price of the memory cards and think, "How fucking much?!?!? Sod that!" But, time to go through the evaluation cycle again.
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Firefox wrote:I invariably see the price of the memory cards and think, "How fucking much?!?!? Sod that!" But, time to go through the evaluation cycle again.
They are *ridiculously* simple to hack and use a MicroSD card for storage with these days and it makes buying stuff off PSN a lot more attractive.
Firefox wrote:I invariably see the price of the memory cards and think, "How fucking much?!?!? Sod that!" But, time to go through the evaluation cycle again.
They are *ridiculously* simple to hack and use a MicroSD card for storage with these days and it makes buying stuff off PSN a lot more attractive.
Oh, I see: there's just a passive adapter that goes in the cartridge slot. I had no idea that was a thing!
So I'm thinking of getting one of the original Vitas with the OLED display (because I like OLED displays). Is that a good idea, or would I be better off with one of the later Slim ones with an LCD?
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Vita 1000:
Gorgeous OLED screen (this is not Apple-eque marketing BS, it's just stunning how good it looks)
Proprietary charging cable
No built-in storage
Vita 2000:
Not quite as good, but still decent LCD screen
Longer battery life
Much better speakers
Micro USB charging cable
Slightly thinner
Built-in 1GB storage
That 1GB of storage on the Slim/2000 can be important if you want to use a MicroSD2Vita card. You need to have a small number files accessible by the "real" OS at boot time before you run the h-encore or enso hack to enable alternate storage. On the 2000 you've got that built-in storage, but on Fat/1000 you'll need a Sony memory card to keep those files on.
The above probably makes the 2000 look like a sure thing, but trust me, have a look at a Vita with an OLED screen before you make a decision.
So this work has borne fruit, now, and we have the ref00d hack that allows software to be run on a Vita with an incompatible firmware version and, as of yesterday, modoru which allows downgrading of firmwares for the first time.
NB. modoru requires a Vita that is already hacked, so won't currently allow downgrading a console on fw3.70 but:
- if you're on a fw >3.60 you can now downgrade to 3.60 and get the persistent Enso hack
- a hack for 3.70 is in the works
I just downgraded my 3.68 Vita to 3.60 and put the Enso hack on it so I no longer have to re-run h-encore every time I reboot it.
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