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Decima_Mas · 02-21-2006, 05:35 AM

Whats the battery life for playing games on a standard psp (and normal music etc movies)? I just read an ebay thing (not the authority) that said 2.5 hours only?

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f5dudeandy · 02-28-2006, 01:09 AM

ya its not to long

Pagnell · 02-28-2006, 11:32 AM

It depends. With games it is very much dependant on how often the UMD disk is accessed and how much CPU power it uses. The more straign on the CPU the more power it uses - it is for this reason the CPU is capped on most games. With a game like Lumines for example, the UMD is almost constantly on playing the music so the battery life for this game would be considerably less than, say for example, Tiger Woods which only really accesses the UMD to load each hole.

With movie playback it depends on what the movie is being played from. With a UMD movie you would be lucky to get three hours but you will get at least five hours off a MP4 movie file playing off the memorystick due to the lack of moving parts during playback (no UMD spinning). With music it is a very good battery life - seven to eight hours due to the same reason listed above.

adamisarsenal · 04-02-2006, 12:24 PM

I leave mine charging overnight so it gets more charge, gets about 8hrs, the about 4hrs for games etc.

Agomae · 04-02-2006, 06:19 PM

well all i know is when i play GTA:LCS is depletes afawly fast.

plAythiNG · 04-04-2006, 01:53 AM

umm i jsut got my psp off ebay, and like utha devices taht sue batteries e.g. fone, wen u first get it, u compeltely charge it and keep on wasting da abrttery til tis empty and recharge again, i ahve been doingf this but not really, liek i paly for a bit and then re-charge. b4 my 100% abttery started from 5 horus n 30 min teu sand now displays 6 hours n 47 minutes, its its gonna keep gettin higher n higher till it reaches tis maximum capacity!

tylau2 · 04-13-2006, 07:54 PM

i hate that battery life info, it lies. i checked it onces and it said 5 hours something so i exited moved over the game option then moved back to the battery info and it said 3 hours and something so i did it again and it said 4 hour something...retarded.

Pagnell · 04-13-2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tylau2

i hate that battery life info, it lies. i checked it onces and it said 5 hours something so i exited moved over the game option then moved back to the battery info and it said 3 hours and something so i did it again and it said 4 hour something...retarded.

It's not retarded, it works out the remaining time on what the system is doing at that moment. It's dynamic and it's the best way of doing it.

tylau2 · 04-14-2006, 01:40 AM

well i didnt change wat i was doing so why did the battery life change by HOURS???

Pagnell · 04-14-2006, 10:25 AM

You must have done something to start the UMD spinning for example - it would then change the battery life accordingly.

02-21-2006, 05:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Decima_Mas PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 38	Battery life? Whats the battery life for playing games on a standard psp (and normal music etc movies)? I just read an ebay thing (not the authority) that said 2.5 hours only? -Ben[/u]

02-28-2006, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pagnell Administrator / Grim Reaper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, England. Posts: 2,920	It depends. With games it is very much dependant on how often the UMD disk is accessed and how much CPU power it uses. The more straign on the CPU the more power it uses - it is for this reason the CPU is capped on most games. With a game like Lumines for example, the UMD is almost constantly on playing the music so the battery life for this game would be considerably less than, say for example, Tiger Woods which only really accesses the UMD to load each hole. With movie playback it depends on what the movie is being played from. With a UMD movie you would be lucky to get three hours but you will get at least five hours off a MP4 movie file playing off the memorystick due to the lack of moving parts during playback (no UMD spinning). With music it is a very good battery life - seven to eight hours due to the same reason listed above. __________________ "Children are smarter than any of us. How do I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children." - Bill Hicks.

04-04-2006, 01:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
plAythiNG PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 36	umm i jsut got my psp off ebay, and like utha devices taht sue batteries e.g. fone, wen u first get it, u compeltely charge it and keep on wasting da abrttery til tis empty and recharge again, i ahve been doingf this but not really, liek i paly for a bit and then re-charge. b4 my 100% abttery started from 5 horus n 30 min teu sand now displays 6 hours n 47 minutes, its its gonna keep gettin higher n higher till it reaches tis maximum capacity! __________________ chuck_bung@hotmail.com white jap. version psp V 2.60, 2gb memory

04-14-2006, 10:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
Pagnell Administrator / Grim Reaper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, England. Posts: 2,920	You must have done something to start the UMD spinning for example - it would then change the battery life accordingly. __________________ "Children are smarter than any of us. How do I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children." - Bill Hicks.

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02-28-2006, 01:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
f5dudeandy PSP-Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Louisivile Posts: 69	ya its not to long

04-02-2006, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
adamisarsenal Hi! I'm new around here... Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	I leave mine charging overnight so it gets more charge, gets about 8hrs, the about 4hrs for games etc.

04-02-2006, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Agomae PSP-Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,117	well all i know is when i play GTA:LCS is depletes afawly fast.

04-13-2006, 07:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
tylau2 Hi! I'm new around here... Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12	i hate that battery life info, it lies. i checked it onces and it said 5 hours something so i exited moved over the game option then moved back to the battery info and it said 3 hours and something so i did it again and it said 4 hour something...retarded.

04-14-2006, 01:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
tylau2 Hi! I'm new around here... Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12	well i didnt change wat i was doing so why did the battery life change by HOURS???