Technical specification comparison - PSP vs PSP Slim

If you’re still thinking about PSP Slim and wondering if it’s worth the upgrade, we’re continuing to compile detailed comparisons of both devices. We managed to find the technical specification of new PSP Slim and compare it to the “old” PSP.

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In the comparison table below, on the left you have “old” PSPs technical specification and on the right is PSP Slims technical specification. Differences are highlighted with gray text in PSP Slims column. On the bottom of the article we have included photo-comparisons of the both devices.

	PSP-1000 (PSP)	PSP-2000 (PSP Slim)
External size	(W x D x H) 6.7” x 2.91” x 0.91”	(W x D x H) 6.7” x 2.81” x 0.73”
Mass	Approximately 280 grams (with battery included)	Approximately 189 grams (with battery included)
CPU	PSP CPU (operational frequency 1 - 333MHz)	PSP CPU (operational frequency 1 - 333MHz)
Main memory	32 megabytes	64 megabytes
Display	4.3 inches 16: 9 wide screen TFT liquid crystal 480×272 pixel 1677 ten thousand colors	4.3 inch 16:9 wide screen TFT liquid crystal 480 x 272 pixel 1677 ten thousand colors
Sound	Stereo speakers, built-in	Stereo speakers, built-in
I/O	- Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b conformity) (Wi-Fi) - High Speed USB (USB2.0 conformity) (mini-B) - Memory stick PRO duo - IrDA	- Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b conformity) (Wi-Fi) - High Speed USB (USB2.0 conformity) (mini-B) - Memory stick PRO duo - Analog video out
Connectors	- Substance power source input connector - External power source supply connector - Headphone/microphone connector - USB connector - Memory stick duo slot	- Substance power source input connector - External power source supply connector - Headphone/microphone connector - USB connector - Video output connector - Memory stick duo slot [* Location of the slot is changed]
Buttons/Switches	- Cursor key (up and down left and right) - Analog pad - Triangle, Circle, X, Square, L, R button - START, SELECT and HOME - POWER/HOLD switch - Display, sound and volume +/- button - Wireless LAN switch (ON/OFF) - OPEN button (UMD)	- Cursor key (up and down left and right) - Analog pad - Triangle, Circle, X, Square, L, R button - START, SELECT and HOME - POWER/HOLD switch - Display, sound and volume +/- button - Wireless LAN switch (ON/OFF) - OPEN button (UMD) [* UMD Slot is modified]
Power source	- Lithium Ion battery pack - External AC adapter	- Lithium Ion battery pack - External AC adapter - USB charge
Built-in drive	- UMD Drive	- UMD Drive
Video codec support	- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC) - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC) - AVI * Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or ? -Lau)	- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC) - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC) - AVI * Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or ? -Lau)
Audio codec support	- ATRAC3 - ATRAC3plus - MP3 - MP3 (MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3) - MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC) - WAVE (Linear PCM) - WMA (only Windows MediaR Audio 9 Standard)	- ATRAC3 - ATRAC3plus - MP3 - MP3 (MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer3) - MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC) - WAVE (Linear PCM) - WMA (only Windows MediaR Audio 9 Standard)
Image format support	- JPEG (DCF2.0/Exif2.21 conformity) - TIFF - BMP - GIF - PNG	- JPEG (DCF2.0/Exif2.21 conformity) - TIFF - BMP - GIF - PNG
Access control	Region and viewing age restriction (password lock)	Region and viewing age restriction (password lock)
Wireless connectivity	- Infrastructure mode - Ad-Hoc mode (Maximum of 16 concurrent connections to other devices)	- Infrastructure mode - Ad-Hoc mode (Maximum of 16 concurrent connections to other devices)
Bundled peripheral devices	- AC adapter - Battery pack (1800mAh)	- AC adapter - Battery pack (1200mAh)