Psp battery life revealed
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Mai Valentine
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4 to 6 hours is still a little low, IMO. But I think I'm just spoiled because of the GBA SP's battery life.
Bluevoodu
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also, it depends on how good the Lithium Ion battery is. The more you charge them... the less life they will have (and you will have to replace in the future).
4-6 hours is not too bad, but we'll see if its actually that. You will see degradation to the usage time after a few charges.
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4-6 hours is not too bad, but we'll see if its actually that. You will see degradation to the usage time after a few charges.
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I thought it was only Ni-Cad's that did that?
Well, the stats they released are based on people having the screen at full brightness, but with sound at half going through the headphones and no LAN (which I hear is a big drain on battery life).
What will the time be if you have the sound through the speakers, using wireless and playing a game that requires frequent streaming off the disc?
I'd be slightly cautious about what they say. If the battery lasted a decent amount before, why didn't they just tell people?
What will the time be if you have the sound through the speakers, using wireless and playing a game that requires frequent streaming off the disc?
I'd be slightly cautious about what they say. If the battery lasted a decent amount before, why didn't they just tell people?
Bluevoodu
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Jeepin.... its still does it for Lithium Ion.... Nickel Cadmium (spelling?) was really bad. It formed a "memory." If you were to not drain it all the way down, it would form "like" a memory... and not give you the part of your battery back that you did not drain down. ITs almost like the battery forgot it was there.Beanie said:
Lithium Ion..... is not prone to this... BUT if you keep the battery on the charger (without draining the battery to about 9-10% and then recharging) you can ruin the batteries.... giving them a shorter lifespan. Trust me, its happened to a lot of our laptop batteries here. Lithium Ion batteries ARE EXPENSIVE too.
It would cost us $140-170 PER BATTERY for our laptops. While I doubt the PSP's is that expensive, I am thinking between $40-80 for a PSP battery... maybe.
As for Beanie's comments... I missed that. That is based on "screen at full brightness, but with sound at half going through the headphones and no LAN (which I hear is a big drain on battery life)."
Yes, I know for 100% positive, Turning on the LAN will cut your battery life per change in half. At least it does for laptops. My IBM Laptop's battery lasts 7-8 hours without bluetooth and wireless lan off. Turn them both on and you get 2 hrs 30 min to 3 hrs 15 min life time on that battery per charge.
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ahh I see...I could never keep that battery stuff straight 
The deal with the screen brightness, sound and LAN being at certain levels in order to get decent battery life is a real bite in the shorts if you ask me.
The deal with the screen brightness, sound and LAN being at certain levels in order to get decent battery life is a real bite in the shorts if you ask me.
Bluevoodu
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we'll see how it is when its finally launched 
It would be funny to see an instruction sheet that comes with the PSP stating:
"to get optimum battery life, you need to dim the screen to 50%, have the volume at 65%, and turn off the wirless lan. Remember, moving the joystick will drain more of the battery."
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It would be funny to see an instruction sheet that comes with the PSP stating:
"to get optimum battery life, you need to dim the screen to 50%, have the volume at 65%, and turn off the wirless lan. Remember, moving the joystick will drain more of the battery."
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Mai Valentine
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Beanie said:
Not that I want to be the first to point it out, but isn't it interesting that Nintendo has stated the DS to run 6-10 and they didn't list it as having been tested under certain conditions? The SP was stated to run between 10-15 hours depending on the how often you had the light on, and I found that 10 hours with the light on was pretty accurate.
Ouch. 2-4 hours battery life with that stuff on? I hope the PSP isn't the same.
I thought the SP was like 4-5 hours? I guess i'm not charging it right...
Mai Valentine
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Retro Hero said:
You're only getting 4-5 hours? That's pretty low. Mine averages over 10 hours. I let it charge all the way each time it runs out though.
What did you do when you first got it? The SPs start out about half charged. The best thing to do is to either:
1) Charge all the way before you even play it.
2) Play it until it totally runs out, and then charge it fully.
Supposedly, if you do it any other way, the battery's memory gets messed up and thinks that it can only work for a few hours.
Bluevoodu
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sort-of.... Lithium Ion batteries are better though..... what you are stating is Nickel Cadmium (spelling?)Mai Valentine said:
Lithium Ion batteries can get ruined if you do not charge them all the way up and let them run down... making the battery life short and having to replace them sooner, BUT you should get the same charge every time (although in Lithium Ion there is a small amount of energy decay.... that is in all batteries).
Lets just say I played the SP 4-5 hours straight 1 night in the hospital when our last kid was born. Then the next day there I played another 2-3, and the following day 2-3. And then I played it again the next day (4 days in arow) for 1-2 hours. The red light was on after that. The backlight was on MOST of the time.
Without the backlight on... you get some serious battery life.
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Mai Valentine
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Yeah, Nintendo said 10-15, with 10 being the max if you keep the light on and 15 being the max without it on. But I've definitely gone more than 10 hours with the light on. I'd say that 12-17 hours is probably more accurate.
My SP's second hand, which is probably the problem.
Oh well, getting a new one soon. (my one's too scratched)
Oh well, getting a new one soon. (my one's too scratched)