DS Lite versus DS & PSP backlight
Here’s a great video review of the original DS versus the new DS Lite and it’s features. Since you’re probably most interested in the improved backlight, here’s the movie*:
* click on the screen to play if it doesn’t load after pressing play button
Besides now looking very easy on the eyes, it’s also equally slick looking and about twice as bright on the maximum light level as the PSP’s backlight. Check it out yourself:
3 March 2007 03:52Mike
I noticed some people talking about the consoles’ different refresh rates. Well, I have both, and it seems the PSP has a slightly better refresh rate.
I mean, while playing Yoshi’s Island DS, for example, there is a significantly noticeable ‘trailing’ effect going on when the characters move around and scroll through the levels. Enough to make me avoid playing the ds in a moving car or bus (makes me nauseous).
However, I could easily play the PSP in a bus or car. Even in graphically intensive games like Syphon Filter, the trailing effect is far less noticeable.
I’m not trying to bash the DS; it’s a great system. But there’s just something more tolerable, visually, about the PSP’s screen, despite it being less bright.
Response # 30 seems to hit the facts head on and I feel these statements are very accurate concerning the PSP. If the thing had a hard drive and was less Sony proprietary, I would shell out money for it. Until then, I am waiting and also eyeballing the DS Lite.
