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SCEI: PSP Brite's scanlines caused by hardware, no plans to fix
SCEI: PSP Brite's scanlines caused by hardware, no plans to fix
Though SCEA is still " looking into the problem ," Sony's Japanese headquarters (SCEI) has released a statement describing the PSP-3000 (a.k.a. PSP Brite) scanline issues as being part and parcel of the new hardware. "PSP-3000 has a new LCD device with vastly improved picture quality, ...
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The Great PlayStation Caper
Press The Buttons — ... in the truck (not 7,000 as stated elsewhere in the same article), which gives us a value of $150 each which could indicate to a cargo of PlayStation Portables instead.  So which is it?  We may never know unless the police find Schrödinger's Truck intact. Of course, if these are PSPs that were stolen, then the joke may be on the thieves: assuming those are the new PSP-3000 units in the truck, they've just stolen themselves a few thousand consoles with inferior, scanline-laden screens!    ...

Top 100 - #23 PSP 3000 screen issues
Sarcastic Gamer — ... it came out? Did they think nobody would notice? Even with the 3000’s screen issues, the newest PSP is still more than game worthy…you’ll still enjoy playing on it. It’s just you’d enjoy it even more if the big selling point for the PSP 3000, which is its new screen, was ACTUALLY a major selling point. That’s why the PSP 3000’s screen issues come in at number 23 in Sarcastic Gamers Top 100 Moments of 2008! Source: JoyStiq, JoyStiq & Kotaku ...

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