Time to set up Jellyfin instead!

https://gardinerbryant.com/plexs-lifetime-pass-is-basically-dead-heres-how-to-switch-to-jellyfin/

Just spotted that there’s been a firmware update.

Just be careful, updating basically resets all settings and favorites, dark mode to light etc

Thank you!

I’ve had a great time trying these out, and finding the one which will stick with me. You’ll have a great time with this, and while it is in the post you can start getting, building and curating your music collection! :P

(which color will you opt for?)

I love the shell!

The word ‘junk’ on Buyee/Japan’s online marketplaces doesn’t mean what it does elsewhere. It can mean anything:

• Not having a charger on hand, so it can’t be tested
• Literally just dusty
• They don’t know how it works
• …all the way to actual issues (which typically I’ve found are things like muck in the power switches which isopropyl alcohol fixes right up!)

Junk absolutely doesn’t mean they’re broken! Listings tend to go into a little detail on what is wrong with the consoles :)

I’ve bought a TON of handheld consoles through Buyee. DSi’s (I got a great DSi LL in box with all the bits, barely used for $52 AUD), GBA SPs, I even got a launch Switch to jailbreak from Japan!

I actually wrote a article on a ‘junk’ PSP from Japan, you can read more on it here:

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-bought-a-junk-psp-from-japan-heres-how-it-went/

Wow, that’s an amazing compliment, glad you liked the article and that it began to sway you to the (older) handheld scene :)

Thank you!!!

Oh that’s excellent! I’m glad I could help!

From Buyee!

I actually wrote an article about that process and what you can expect (and do to get the best deal, in my eyes) on Buyee

You can read it here if you’re curious:

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-bought-a-junk-psp-from-japan-heres-how-it-went/

It was the design on the back battery cover. Technically Vader is the black part!

And a PSA for anyone who has a terribly dead or spicy pillow battery, OSTENT make great batteries which do an even better job than the originals. I opt for the 1,400 mAh ones, which give you more capacity with the same size!

No better time than now to pick one up!

I went from being amazed that anyone would opt for native hardware for older gaming (I am a huge fan of retro handhelds!) to being amazed anyone would not want one. There’s something to be said about the original games on the PSP, it just feels ‘right’.

And they’re relatively inexpensive (if you buy from Japan) to get one in nice shape these days. I’ve got another on the way from Tokyo right now: