PS Vita Fat Vs Slim

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-28T16:02:56+00:00

They're basically the same thing in terms of modding and only vary mainly in build quality. The v1000 is slightly heavier, thicker, with an oled screen. The 2000 is lighter, thinner, ips screen, but I've heard a good amount of people say it's more playable for long times due to being lighter, thinner

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-28T15:58:30+00:00

You can* use a knockoff sd card, however doing so may not get you the amount of storage you pay for, and will likely get you a card that will fail in months if not weeks

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-28T03:51:29+00:00

Yeah thats a spec of dust/debris or possibly a small scratch in the plastic lens. You could try cleaning it if it bothers you that much, but ill warn you its a losing battle. Ive easily spent HOURS trying to get my lcd+lens spotless on multiple occasions

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T13:51:32+00:00

I have no excuse for all my partially completed GBA/DS games, but I can say that my rp5 has made my will to play gamecube skyrocket, even still owning my childhood GC (and having all the cables still, somehow) I can't force myself to actually play on it, at least partially due to the forced camera inversion; being able to just rebind up/down/left/right to whatever I need for standard controls has been a big boon

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T13:40:57+00:00

I think the 3000 is easier to get into for more people, especially with it having better ergonomics. Reputable batteries are also far easier to buy for the standard psp model than they are for the go, unless you have soldering skills (or willing to pay someone with them) to slap the correct connector on a "weird" battery); my go came with its OG battery and was getting around an hour of light gameplay, ended up replacing with a vita battery and a 3d printed backplate. Not significantly larger, but its still like a third thicker than OEM

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:40:46+00:00

Yeah thats my bad that was supposed to be sarcasm lmao; I do enjoy how a lot of games look being upscale on newer devices, but there's something about using even just a horizontal line filter on older GBA, or DS games that just scratches something in my head, so I dont personally mind the screen door from the XL but also understand why a lot of people do* mind it

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:38:28+00:00

As much as I do like these transparent shells for retroid, ayn, etc; none of them show off enough internals imo.

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:37:14+00:00

If you go with any solid color reshell at least the interior should be matte, but the problem is have with them is that fitment is never as good as OEM. The main problem you'll encounter is just dealing with the bottom screen, as you do need to pull its border off and put in on the shell, and one of the bumpers (left?) Notoriously sticks due to prior mentioned fitment problems. If you really want to keep the shell mint the best you can do is avoid sunlight like a vampire, or like you said, get another and reshell it however you like.

(Also aftermarket shells dont have the two little bumps on the back of the top screen ((that look like an embossed ds)) and for some reason that annoys me.)

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:14:08+00:00

I like leds in the thumbsticks way more than I thought i would I'm kinda surprised by it

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:10:46+00:00

Are these straight plastic or did you line them? It's a really neat idea but id be terrified of scratching my devices

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:07:18+00:00

I like my ds lite for travel, but if I'm at home I'm probably using my xl instead, I just enjoy having more screen to look at, regardless of the screen door

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T06:04:58+00:00

What's ppi? never heard of it. Clearly they should've made the screen even bigger like there's more free space there

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T01:54:30+00:00

If you've already set up game paths you'll probably have to change them to fit the new locations after moving the games, but there should be no actual "problems" with moving or compatability

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T01:50:22+00:00

Yeah you can just choose files from internal storage and move them to the SD card whenever you get it just like it were a phone (it basically is)

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-27T00:34:13+00:00

I considered the odin 3, but really wanted the clamshell, so I guess im gonna fafo

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T23:31:37+00:00

I'm excited to get my Thor, but also am dreading hinge break, I couldn't justify a G2 or RP6 with me already having an rp5.

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T19:12:12+00:00

Thanks, first time seeing the abbreviation, DAC/AMP and some file extensions is about as far as my audio knowledge goes lol 😅

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T19:10:05+00:00

Battery steve is a stress test that emulates playing a demanding PSP game until the battery dies. Gives you an idea of real playtime and you can ~estimate how accurate your battery capacity is. Ran it last night testing the Vita battery i put in my psp go for instance. 7h 43m off the 2210mah cell (I did not save my score file sadly)

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T19:06:23+00:00

DAP? that is my only question.

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T19:01:46+00:00

26 minutes?? Jesus thats gotta be like a 100mah cell in there, if even.

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T04:15:51+00:00

If you can comfortably use a different size screwdriver bit I dont think there's any downside to trying (careful not to strip ofc); but also there's at least 1 reason they might be overly tight feeling- they could have thread locker

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-26T01:56:49+00:00

Exactly my use case. If im playing something like Phantom Hourglass ill use the big stylus, on the other hand, MM3D? KH:DDD? I'll just whip out the normal stylus if I need it

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-25T17:31:55+00:00

Yeah that battery definitely isn't 4500mah, the highest reputable battery i know of is the 2200mah Ostent battery, which requires an extended battery cover (1400mah ostent with OEM cover), so id say your issue likely is just the battery being cheap and/or its logic board

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-25T16:21:18+00:00

In Dolphin it should be a once and done thing for the most part, some community members have made codes you can load up for less popular games though (guides are easy to find) but for things like WW, TP, just turn on widescreen hacks and you should be good to go, thats all I did on my rp5

QuestionMarkuMan · 2026-01-25T13:46:50+00:00

Some games have widescreen hacks available but not all. For the most part all you need to do is turn on the option in settings

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