Face to interlace: Up-close view of PSP Brite

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 31st 2008 at 6:00PM }

Out of all the frightening images we've been subjected to this Halloween, this one easily ranks as the most terrifying. It's an intensely intimate view of the PSP Brite (or PSP-3000 if you want to get all technical) and the screen that's drawn some disapproving squints in recent weeks.

The folks at Logic-Sunrise have apparently peered at the brighter screen (magnified by a factor of 40), pinning the blame for the perceived interlacing issue squarely on our ex-friend, the now horizontally lined, observable darker blue pixel. Oh, when we're done with you, pixel, you'll be all shades of black and ... well, blue.

[Via Engadget]

Tags: Interlacing, PSP-3000, PSP-Brite, Tech

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jakka @ Oct 31st 2008 6:05PM

Now say it again in English please.

Phantom @ Oct 31st 2008 6:07PM

Je suis ne comprendre pas .

Limezor @ Oct 31st 2008 6:26PM

See how the 3000 has dark blue pixels compared to the regular blue pixels on the 2000?

Sora @ Oct 31st 2008 6:30PM

Actually, it's "Je ne comprend pas," if you meant "I don't understand." What you said sounds like a noob trying to say "Je ne suis pas comprendre," which means "I will not understand."

FluxWaveZ @ Oct 31st 2008 6:41PM

Actually, "Je ne suis pas comprendre" means: I am not understand.

I hate going to a french high school, though.

Pedobear @ Oct 31st 2008 7:58PM

Google translator tells me that 'Je suis ne comprendre pas' means 'I do not understand.'

Jager @ Oct 31st 2008 8:23PM

Google translator doesn't properly translate grammar.

Phantom @ Oct 31st 2008 8:23PM

yea , I live in Canada so I was forced to take french .... I'm proud to have gotten a 62%

Ridgecity @ Oct 31st 2008 8:26PM

Yo no entiendo de que hablan.

Superstar90 @ Oct 31st 2008 8:57PM

Wakarimasen!

bm @ Nov 1st 2008 2:18AM

ik snap dr niks van

livefromphiladelphia @ Oct 31st 2008 6:13PM

*stares*

*blinks*

*stares some more*

I...don't see what's going on :(

Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 31st 2008 6:33PM

I have not read the article but this is what I'm assuming.

There are a less blue pixels per line compared to the 3000. Games created for the 2000 may be programmed to compensate for the lack of blue by adding pixels. When a game, formatted to use less pixels is played on the 3000, more blue pixels are displayed due this compensation. This leads to what appear to be scan lines.

This is all an assumption based on looking at the picture though, there may be more explanation in the linked article

Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 31st 2008 6:49PM

oops, well I guess I'm totally wrong

Shagittarius @ Oct 31st 2008 6:09PM

Nein!

Kevin949 @ Oct 31st 2008 6:29PM

it's not hard to figure out. The lines go left and right and the blue line is more pronounced (because it is brighter in the 3000 but the actual blue coloring is darker) and that causes the scanlines to show up on movement.

Seriously though, I don't even notice the scanlines when playing games unless I'm looking for them. If I'm focused on actually playing the game, I don't see them.

Marty @ Oct 31st 2008 6:31PM

It almost looks like an impossibly hard game of Space Invaders.

Markez @ Oct 31st 2008 6:40PM

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!!

Xoviet chiK @ Nov 1st 2008 4:11AM

I would have gone with Arkanoid/Breakout personally.

required @ Oct 31st 2008 6:41PM

I mean I've heard of myopic gamers, but never this. How about someone showing what it looks like in the real world (ie: further than a nose hair away)?

Tez @ Oct 31st 2008 7:06PM

If they did that, they wouldn't have an argument.

emotaku @ Oct 31st 2008 7:24PM

Read Joystiq about a week ago. It's pretty evident, unless your nose hairs are abnormally long.

Jakka @ Oct 31st 2008 7:46PM

As I already said in the other newspost, because of the sheer zoom, both screenshots looked awful so you couldn't really tell how the screen/graphics would look from a normal distance.

Seriously it's like trying to compare Crysis and Far Cry 2 with all settings set to Very High and 800x640 Resolution.

JJ Rage @ Oct 31st 2008 8:34PM

I'd love to see that whole Presidents album in RB2. This'll have to do, I suppose.

Lone Starr @ Nov 2nd 2008 12:27PM

Doesn't take much to make you happy, I guess.

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 31st 2008 9:00PM

So the glitch IS a feature!

PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Oct 31st 2008 9:37PM

well I (like many) have no idea how this translates into real world effects. Maybe games developed with the 3000 in mind will not have the scan line issues. I haven't played a 3000 but I remember reading there is a specific setting you can turn off that removes the scan lines. I still have my original fatty PSP and have no plans to upgrade until the thing stops working or until an actual successor to the PSP is released.