S-video cables won't be coming to North America

by Chris Powell { Oct 3rd 2007 at 11:00AM }

Unlike the rest of the modern world, gamers in North America won't be getting official S-video cables for their PSP 2000s as Sony decided to only support composite and component cables in our region, according to a story published by Game Informer.

A Sony spokesperson said the company wants to streamline its selection by offering the two most commonly used video standards. While some gamers might be a bit bummed by this announcement, we don't think it's that big a deal since getting the most out of the PSP 2000's video output will require component cables in the first place.

However, if you really want to stick it to the man, there's always the option of importing, right?

Tags: psp-2000, s-video, video-output

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alien @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:33AM

Not a real problem IMO ... I bet most people will buy component anyways :)

apease @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:47AM

Yeah, anybody who cares enough about video quality to want s-video should either have component or be in the process of saving up for component.

*sigh* (My big TV maxes out at s-video).

But I suspect a big part of these cables is being able to hook them up to your friend's TV, which means you'll probably wind up needing the composite cables too.

txa1265 @ Oct 3rd 2007 1:47PM

We only have 'standard' TV's so component was the option ... but no games was a real disappointment.

nomad @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:03PM

well thats sony for ya. they do everything halfass for the usa and the psp. if they wanted to do things right then they should give us in the us,eu and the rest of the world all the things for the psp that they have given to japan. i think sonys sales practices are not very smart.