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Sony releases PS Vita tech specs

Posted Aug 17, 2011 at 8:19PM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: News Tags: news, Sony

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Much has already been said about the PS Vita even though it's not out yet. Some have praised its superiority over its predecessor, while some have already proclaimed it dead in the water. We won't know how successful it is until it finally hits the market, but thanks to a new spec sheet from Sony we do know what it packs inside its dual analog-equipped frame.

Apparently there have been a few reports saying the handhelds main memory had been halved, but the spec sheet shows that the Vita will still feature 512MB memory. Here's the rest of the handheld's specs:

Platform Name: PlayStation Vita

Model number: PCH-1000 series
CPU: ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A9 core (4 core)
GPU: SGX543MP4+
External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
Screen: 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED (Touch screen) Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Main memory: 512MB
VRAM: 128MB
Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type)
Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera
- Frame rate: 120fps@320x240(QVGA), 60fps@640x480(VGA)
- Resolution: Up to 640x480(VGA)
Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone
Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic, compass
Location: Built-in GPS (3G/Wi-Fi model only), Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / Switches:
- PS button
- Power button
- Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
- Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
- Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
- Right stick, Left stick
- START button, SELECT button
- Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications:
- Mobile network connectivity (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
- IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
- Bluetooth(R) 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
Slots/Ports:
- PlayStation Vita card slot
- Memory card slot
- SIM card slot (3G/Wi-Fi model only)
- Multi-use port (for USB data communication, DC IN, Audio (Stereo Out /Mono In), Serial data communication), Headset jack (Stereo mini jack) (for Audio (Stereo Out/Mono In))
- Accessory port
Power: Built-In Lithium-ion Battery,AC adaptor
Supported Music: MP3 MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3, MP4 (MPEG-4 AAC)
AV content: WAVE (Linear PCM)
Videos: MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, High/Main/Baseline Profile (AAC)
Photos: JPEG (Exif 2.2.1), TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG

The Vita is currently slated for a late 2011 release in Japan. North America and Europe will get it in early 2012.

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Yeah, I don't see how having more than 512MB would be much better. You would get tons of incompatible games or something. With the PSP it was 32 vs 64 MB and they could make it just for disc caching, but to give more that 512 would be begging for developers to do what some devs did with "DSi" only games.

But if they wanna release a version with 1GB of RAM and 256MB of VRAM, I have no objections as long as they remember to leave it vulnerable to homebrew exploits.

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — NOTORIOUS 2011-08-18 06:03

GAAAAAH!! Where's my FLAC support?!?!!1

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — AssassinXCV 2011-08-18 06:05

penis

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Mickle 2011-08-18 07:04

And yet again no Divx. One reason the Psp was so monumentally crappy as a media player, and of course Sony hasn't learned a lesson.

+1 # RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — viral 2011-08-18 08:14

Divx is such and outdated and crappy codec that I'm actually happy PSV will not support it. It's about time everyone switched to H264.

# RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Mickle 2011-08-18 09:11

You probably right, but the fact is Divx is the most popular codec and pretty much every device i own supports it, but again Sony won't pay the licence fees meaning not many people will go through the hassle of converting all their videos for another Sony device with laughable media functions.

+1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-18 09:22

I'm sorry you have to transcode your porn before you put it on your PSP.

I say that because porn is the only video genre online that still uses divx. Youtube and gaming sites use MP4.

If your favourite source of videos doesn't use MP4, let them know that they should.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Musev 2011-08-18 12:17

name="xnamkcor"]I'm sorry you have to transcode your porn before you put it on your PSP.

I say that because porn is the only video genre online that still uses divx. Youtube and gaming sites use MP4.

you say that like it'd be an insult if that is what he wanted to do.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Mickle 2011-08-18 14:13

Nah all my Porn is encoded in an obscure MP4 codec, renamed & hidden in other folders so my family don't find it, but the fact Sony make no effort to offer support for anything but a few media formats just shows how Sony continually piss away easily achieved potential of their hardware and is the reason why after 6 years you still need Homebrew on Psp to get basic functionality almost every device offers as standard.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-18 14:21

It's Sony's fault you use obscure codecs. Sure.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Mickle 2011-08-18 14:56

Hey the Porn might bring me up but i didn't bring up the subject. but the fact is my Dvd player plays Divx and is limited on other formats, and a lot of my older devices that don't receive FW updates can't play newer H.264 formats, so Sony really should at least offer the option of a few more formats, but it's like Sony are saying we'll give you a media player but it's gonna be complete shit because really you should be playing £30 games on this device and doing nothing else.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-18 17:26

Sounds more like the problem is your other players.

H264 is a perfectly fine format.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Mickle 2011-08-18 19:24

Yeah and CDDA & MPEG2 are really, really inefficient formats but CDs & DVDs have to use it for compatibility, & Sony just have to realise the average person doesn't want to archive all their media in half a dozen different formats just cos Sony doesnt want to pay for Divx licensing, so there really is no justification to do a media player that can't play much media and just pisses off people who just want things simple.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-18 20:28

Seems like everybody but you is using MP$ and somehow you're not the one with an issue.

# RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — NOTORIOUS 2011-08-19 04:58

Sorry Bub but not if you use DivX Plus HD. That uses H264 for encoding, supports AAC and uses MKV for container. And if you know MKV it means chapter support, multiple subs, multiple audio and other MKV features. So yeah, DivX would've been nice. Still sweet specs :3

# RE: RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-21 09:32

If it uses H264 for video, and AAC for audio, and MKV for the container, it's not Divx.

+2 # RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Andy Mitchell 2011-08-18 09:27

People still use DivX? H.264 is far superior now by a long shot.

While you can still find DivX/XviD releases, a lot of releases are coming in the shape of MP4's using H.264 with AAC audio.

+1 # RE: RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Andy Mitchell 2011-08-18 09:29

Not that I condone video piracy in the slightest. *COUGH*

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — viral2 2011-08-18 09:04

Come on, sony
support at least some other format than mp4
maybe there will be a vlc or some other media player for ngp

# flash memory — noob wrangler 2011-08-18 14:07

maybe i just read over the article too quickly but it kinda looked like there's no on-board flash memory... what kind of memory card slot will the vita have? it doesnt specify, will i be able to use my m2 or m3 from my psp or my go? from here it kinda makes me feel like the vita will only be "backwards compatible" if you buy sony's expensive new proprietary format cards which is a bit bothersome. i was really hoping that the go set the new standard for sony's support of download-able games with its 16gb of flash memory. even if this is not the case i am still super excited for the vita, and will not be deterred from buying a 3g model and a few games on launch day(possibly along with a nice 16gb memory stick

)! haha

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — caranquesse 2011-08-18 17:48

great so the ram wasnt junked down apperently. I loved the PSP (especially with cfw) and I will love the PSV even more even without cfw it sounds amazing

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — stuff 2011-08-18 18:01

can't wait to see xp ported to this baby!!!

# RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-19 12:20

XP running on ARM. Sure. If you want Windows on a RISC, get Windows Mobile 6.x Windows Phone 7.

# RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — parkrer 2011-08-18 19:02

TIFF support still? I bet this will lead to custom firmware within the first month of release.

# RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-19 10:00

Yup. Anything that supports TIFF is hackable.

# RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — SuperNoob 2011-08-21 08:27

The PSP hack had an exploit that was found in the way th psp deals with overflow put into a tiff. I highly doubt an exploit will be found for quite a while on the vita since people know barely anything about it's insides yet. Also, sony doesn't allow the kind of tiff that is able to hold exploits since the updates to the PSP, and they won't allow them on th vita either probably.

tl;dr just because it supports tiff doesn't mean it's hackable.

# RE: RE: Sony releases PS Vita tech specs — Poor- 2011-08-21 09:35

Yeah, wasn't the PSP hacked 5 different times because of TIFF? I remember hearing about TIFF exploits from 2.0 and they are still having trouble with it.

# poor specs — dreamer 2011-08-22 22:40

my cricket phone has almost the same specs.
Whats the point of having 4 cores with such little ram.
the operating system is probably going to take up like 256mb.
And why does every post end up into a discussion of something else.

# RE: poor specs — xnamkcor 2011-08-23 09:24

"operating system is probably going to take up like 256mb"

This isn't Windows.

# Battery — Kali B. 2011-08-23 12:45

Don't like that the battery isn't replaceable. I'm not shelling out another 300 because the battery burns out.

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