Sony PSP has become very popular worldwide for its exciting games and extended memory cards to extend your memory. If you want you can buy Sony PSP Memory Stick PRO Duo memory cards online and the price varies widely on these so you'll really want to shop around. Sony will be coming out with the 4GB PRO Duo. The price will reportedly be around $250. The PSP Memory Stick PRO Duo is one of the very few items associated with the PSP that doesn't have to be manufactured or distributed by Sony to work. The San Disk PSP Memory Stick PRO Duo is much cheaper than Sony's and works just as well.

The downloads

There is still so much more to the Sony PSP. There's an internet browser, a place to store your photos and now, an add-on camera is set to be released. If you aren't familiar with all the fun you can have with your Sony PSP, spend some time getting to know it. You may be surprised at what you've been missing.

This is the most exciting part of the PSP. Never before have we been able to upgrade out game systems through the internet. This facet of Sony's technology is going to give obsolescence a run for its money. When you download software for the PSP, don't forget to include system updates. One such update brought the internet to the PSP. Another recent update brought the ability to the PSP to play music in another format besides MP3, meaning that's one less file format we have to convert.

When you download software for the PSP you may download a free or fee-based video converter. You'll need one of these to transfer the movie files you download to an acceptable format for the PSP. You might also download a DVD ripper that will "rip" the movie files off of your DVDs; however you will still need video conversion software in order to further download these files to your PSP.

The DVD

There's certainly more than one choice no matter which cost factor you choose. We'll go over one of each here. Sony's Media Manager, which sells for $19.95 to download the software and $29.95 for the packaged version, will transfer the video files to your PSP. However, it won't "rip" the movie off of your DVD. Meaning it won't copy the files from your DVD to your computer. Once you have "ripped" or "burned" or simply copied those files, then the Media Manager will download the DVD movie to your PSP.

There are several "rippers" you can get for free or you can certainly buy one. Interestingly enough, it only takes a click of the mouse for the Media Manager to search for and download your video files to your PSP, yet it will not get the files off of your DVD.

You can also put your home videos on your PSP. What a way to show off the kids! There is also video conversion software that will help you convert the DVDs you already have to movie files on your PSP. Keep in mind however, you are actually storing all of this media on a Memory Stick Pro Duo and that is an expense that can add up. It's up to you though, you can keep only the most important video files on your PSP or you can contact Guinness and let them know where to send your trophy.

The Music

With the Sony PSP you can now have all your favorite tunes at your fingertips, in your car and by your side on an out-of-town trip. Whether you want to copy your CDs to your PSP or download music from the internet, you can do both. They go to your computer first and then download onto your PSP. And there is specific software you can either buy or get for free to convert these music files into the kind of files the Sony PSP accepts.