The AV Cables for PSP Slim suck. Here's why.

[MegaDrive20XX]

If you have an EDTV, I think that's the only way you can get these suckers to work.

It's weird, it'll show you the PSP Menu and such on a Standard TV. Yet as soon as you plug in a game, it'll demand D-Terminal or Component signal in Progressive mode.

Seriously, what the heck was Sony thinking? If you tell the people "yes it's AV Cable" people will automatically ASSUME it will work.

Luckily, I got the Component cables, but what a pain in the butt to re-connect and disconnect this 5-tail cable anytime you wish to play your PSP on an HDTV.

Overall, this idea was pretty sweet, especially for us who love the GB Player scenario. Yet the final results are a blunder.

[walrusmonger]

I love the cables. I have them plugged into my receiver, just plug 'em into my psp when I want to play something on the big screen. It's also great for UMD movies since it plays them full screen, not the smaller screen like PSP games.

For $20 it was well worth it.

[VACRMH]

One of the major reasons I bought a PSP was for TV-Out, so I was quite dissapointed when I found out that you needed to have progressive scan to play games.

But I lucked out, I love playing the PSP anyways

[swlovinist]

UMD full screen? Cool, thanks for the heads up.

[kazuo]

Umm, yeah, doesn't it say on the PACKAGE that the Composite Cables DO NOT work for games?

I thought that was pretty clear... sorry if I sound like I'm flaming, but last I looked, it plainly states on the packaging that the composite cables will not work for playing games, only the Component cables will output games.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Umm, yeah, doesn't it say on the PACKAGE that the Composite Cables DO NOT work for games?

I thought that was pretty clear... sorry if I sound like I'm flaming, but last I looked, it plainly states on the packaging that the composite cables will not work for playing games, only the Component cables will output games.

Nah not at all. Yet to the average consumer, this can be misleading.

[Gamereviewgod]

Nah not at all. Yet to the average consumer, this can be misleading.

It states on the back that games will not play in anything other than 480p.

That said, the cables do suck. The games don't fill the screen, and on my set given that it's a 1080p monitor, I might as well play on the PSP. It only displays the native resolution of the hardware. They need a fix for this immediately as hackers have managed to make it work.

[RyanMurf]

Umm, yeah, doesn't it say on the PACKAGE that the Composite Cables DO NOT work for games?

I thought that was pretty clear... sorry if I sound like I'm flaming, but last I looked, it plainly states on the packaging that the composite cables will not work for playing games, only the Component cables will output games.

Yes it does. It says it rite on the front cover. I was going to buy this set one time and turned around and bought the component cables because of the note that was on the front " Enjoy photos, videos, music and games on your TV"./"Enjoy photos, videos and music your TV" Crystal Clear to me.

[MegaDrive20XX]

I love the cables. I have them plugged into my receiver, just plug 'em into my psp when I want to play something on the big screen. It's also great for UMD movies since it plays them full screen, not the smaller screen like PSP games.

For $20 it was well worth it.

Now that's the upper advantage. I do love these cables, but I wish the normal AV Cables would have an ability to fix the issues I discussed earlier.

[RyanMurf]

If you have an EDTV, I think that's the only way you can get these suckers to work.

It's weird, it'll show you the PSP Menu and such on a Standard TV. Yet as soon as you plug in a game, it'll demand D-Terminal or Component signal in Progressive mode.

Seriously, what the heck was Sony thinking? If you tell the people "yes it's AV Cable" people will automatically ASSUME it will work.

Luckily, I got the Component cables, but what a pain in the butt to re-connect and disconnect this 5-tail cable anytime you wish to play your PSP on an HDTV.

Overall, this idea was pretty sweet, especially for us who love the GB Player scenario. Yet the final results are a blunder.

Well on the box of the Standard A/V cables it says in fair print "For movies, photos and music". It doesnt say anything about the games. Component description does. And as far as the difficult task of plugging and unplugging why dont you just leave it hooked int he back or front of your TV and just plug and unplug the single cable into the psp when ever you want to use it.

[rbudrick]

Perhaps some component to composite/Svideo conversion box would work?

-Rob

[RyanMurf]

agreed..