I couldn't believe it - a local Costco had a stack of 'em with an NBA game and Offroad Fury game bundled for $320 - a slight discount.

I really figured that places like Best Buy would be sold out - local Best Buy still had like 50 or so of their original 200 as of this morning. Guess the price is slowing adoption of 'em.

They had one out of the box and the video is indeed amazing. The controls are well laid out for the most part, and the interface is very fast and responsive. My only problem was the left and right buttons on the top - I kept pressing them by accident - it was rather annoying. Other than that, the size and layout is excellent. The analog joystick feel wasn't what I expected at all, but I really liked it.

Oh, if you google around - the PSP supports MPEG4 and there are already tutorials on the 'net on how you can rip your DVD and transcode it to watch on the PSP. Problem is you have to use Sony's proprietary memory sticks to store it and the 1 gig ones are outrageous. Here's hoping someone figures out how to burn UMD disks.

Also, don't forget the built in wireless networking - while it doesn't now, it wouldn't surprise me if they set it up to browse the Internet.