Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Announces a Content Organiser for PSP

November 1, 2006

Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe Announces a Content Organiser for PSP

Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe (SCEE) today announced the launch of Media Manager for PSP allowing users
to easily transfer, share and manage their PSP content with their Personal
Computer (PC).

Developed by Sony Media Software,
the new Media Manager for PSP will enable users to transfer video, photos,
documents, podcasts and music to and from the PSP system using the simple
drag-and-drop method. Users will be able to simultaneously transfer multiple
items from their PC to their PSP system and a media previewing function will
also assist in the easy flow of content to and from the PSP system.

Media Manager for PSP will support a
vast majority of file formats and will automatically convert files to allow
users to easily view or listen to a massive library of content that is available
to the PSP community. Along with simple management of content, users will also
be able to transfer Internet Explorer favorites to their PSP system plus easily
backup games saves and move game saves between Memory Stick Duo™.

”We are delighted to launch Media
Manager for PSP in Europe. Media Manager adds a great deal to the everyday
running of the PSP system and ensures that it will remain the ultimate
entertainment companion for all present and future PSP users’’ said Stephane
Hareau, PSP Senior Brand Manager for SCEE. ‘’Consumers will now be able to
organise and manage non-game content like videos, music, photos and much more on
their PSP with the utmost ease’’

Media Manager for PSP will be
available to download for ç9.99 (7.99) from the 3rd of November (details at
yourpsp.com) and boxed in store for ç19.99 (14.99) from the 8th of November.
Vouchers to download Media Manager for PSP will be included with specific PSP
bundles.

Supported File Formats

• Audio – mp3, ATRAC, wma, wav, pca,
  ogg, m1a, mpa, m2a, m4a, m4b, aac, mp4

• Video – mp4, avi, wmv, mov, qt, dv,
  mpg, mpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mmv, m1p, mp1, mp2, m2t, 3gp, m4v

• Image – jpg, jpeg, jpe, jfif, pnp,
  gif, bmp, dib, tiff, tif

• Document – .txt, .rtf, .doc, .wri,
  .wpd, .wps, .xls, .html, .mht, .htm

Video File Size: One minute of video
will take approximately 3.5 MB when using the Low AVC setting or 6.6 MB when
using the High AVC setting. The following table illustrates how many hours and
minutes of video you can fit on common sizes of Memory Stick Duo media:

FORMAT:  32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB
512MB 1GB 2GB Low AVC (384 Kbps video; 512 Kbps total) 0:09 0:17 0:34 1:08 2:16
4:33 9:06 High AVC (768 Kbps video; 896 Kbps total) 0:04 0:09 0:19 0:39 1:18
2:36 5:12