The horror of flying PSP discs

Ha ha, that was pretty funny actually. Kinda bizarre. Gotta do a little "rolleyes" at that DS sitting on the bed, though.
 
olimario said:
Nice hardware, Sony.
I can understand dead pixels, but nothing beyond that.
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It's made for self defense. If some rabid Nbot runs up to you and attacks you for playing a non-Nintendo handheld, you hit a button and the disc flies out and knocks them out.
 
I thought it just kinda slid out, but that's some hardcore flying Xena disc shit right there.

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(there would have been something more clever here, but Photoshop is not installed on my dad's computer)
 
There's a few vids floating around of the same thing -- you'll note that the PSP has to be twisted a little for it to fly out. Nevertheless, I believe a

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is in order.
 
It's so simple.
He ejected the UMD himself, right when the screen says "GO!" (RR movie).

He just wanted to have his 5 minutes of Internet fame....
And people believe everything they see on the Internet...
And all those movies are made by the same guy...
 
That looks odd. Maybe it's just the angle but the disc seems to go quite far. The build quality of the PSP doesn't appear to be particularly impressive.
 
CloudNL said:
It's so simple.
He ejected the UMD himself, right when the screen says "GO!" (RR movie).
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Umm.. I think we all understand that.. but it shouldnt come flying out as though it were a comet caught in the Earths orbit hurtling towards armegedon.
 
He didn't hit the eject button, but the angle at which he is holding the unit explains why the disc appears to be "flying". He's point it downward at an angle.
 
holy shit. :lol is that a defective unit, or do all psps do that? i mean, i doubt i'm going to twist my psp in that manner, but it's pretty alarming how it shoots out.
 
maskrider said:
This does happen on some of the users here (in Hong Kong) from what I've read, although it is not very easy to do that.
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don't see why anyone would want to anyway, it just increases their chances of breaking the thing.
 
Wario64 said:
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Applying pressure at those two points results in UMD disc ejection
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Some units are easier, some won't even if you really force it (I doubt anyone will really be willing to apply a strong force on it)

hyp said:
don't see why anyone would want to anyway, it just increases their chances of breaking the thing.
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Curiosity, a lot of people mock on this and the owners want to know if their units are like that.
 
Some units are easier, some won't even if you really force it (I doubt anyone will really be willing to apply a strong force on it)
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I've already tried applying a lot of force on mine, as well as drop it on the ground - but devkits don't have UMD in the controller, so I wouldn't know about the eject thing.

Actually these videos look weird considering how the UMD door opens normally(and we can't see UMD opening in the video since it's taken from the wrong side)... I'd like to see a video of this happening taken from the back side before I believe it.
 
Fafalada said:
I've already tried applying a lot of force on mine, as well as drop it on the ground - but devkits don't have UMD in the controller, so I wouldn't know about the eject thing.

Actually these videos look weird considering how the UMD door opens normally(and we can't see UMD opening in the video since it's taken from the wrong side)... I'd like to see a video of this happening taken from the back side before I believe it.
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Not sure about the video (I'd never bothered to download and watch them), but a friend (a trustworthy one, to me) said his unit also exhibits the problem when applying force to the edges (like the figure).
 
Fafalada said:
I've already tried applying a lot of force on mine, as well as drop it on the ground - but devkits don't have UMD in the controller, so I wouldn't know about the eject thing.

Actually these videos look weird considering how the UMD door opens normally(and we can't see UMD opening in the video since it's taken from the wrong side)... I'd like to see a video of this happening taken from the back side before I believe it.
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Look at the three links posted later on. The middle video is taken from behind the unit. However, in that particularly scenario, he is no longer pointing it at the ground and the disc does not go flying.
 
:lol That's just utterly hilarious, if this is indeed a real problem that makes it even better. Wonderful feature, now it's only a matter of time for someone to twist this into a lawsuit, assuming it's real and all. :P
 
Boo! The cartoons made it look as if the UMD was launching itself out of the PSP while the videos show the PSP has to be angled downward for the disc to fall out.

Interesting quirk, but not as entertaining as it was originally made out to be.
 
dark10x said:
Look at the three links posted later on. The middle video is taken from behind the unit. However, in that particularly scenario, he is no longer pointing it at the ground and the disc does not go flying.
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Yeah, that was the first one I watched... even then, it's pretty annoying that it comes out at all, if it's just pressure being applied. It's offputting to me at any rate. What could natural wear and tear do to the thing?
 
Look at the three links posted later on. The middle video is taken from behind the unit. However, in that particularly scenario, he is no longer pointing it at the ground and the disc does not go flying.
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Yeah I see now. That's pretty much what I'd expect if the door opened. It was the whole disc flying thing that didn't make any sense (for obvious reasons).

I guess they better make a strap addon to keep the UMD hatch closed :lol
 
timlot said:
The PSP is only .9in thick and the latch is kind of short so if you twist it like that the latch is bound to come undone.
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Hmm now it all makes sense with that pic. Hopefully the US version will have a redesigned latch system.
 
Shogmaster said:
You call that "falling out"? :lol
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The system "ejects" the disc just enough to pull it out when angled normally. The "flying" aspect is simply a result of that mechanism.
 
This is pretty funny. I have to say I wish it was a little sturdier then that. I've been know to put a little squeeze on a handheld or controler in my day. I'm afraid I would snap this thing in two.
 
This is sad. I'm getting my PSP next week and it's already become a little less sexy.

I just confirmed this with Kaiser over at PSM... he said they've been able to duplicate this manufacturing defect consistently by twisting the PSP lightly like a negcon controller. :(
 
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