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I think this is the first video that mentioned to try remote play on any other device to get a feel of the experience. Thats very good advice. I only use mine at home and I haven’t used my PS5 on the tv since getting the portal. The screen is surprisingly vivid and personally I’m loving the portal.
Playing on your phone is not the same because it’s not optimized and you miss key features… Latency from the controller , Bitrate , full 1080p support which is no longer available on smartphones or computers , and etc
I've had several latency issues with it. I put an ethernet cable on the PS5 and it's much better. All in all, I like it but totally agree with your list of love and hate.
Agreed with all of your pro's and cons. It shouldn't be that much of a hassle to enable web browser (even though it's also not on the PS5 system) and use other media apps like Twitch, TH-cam, Netflix to stream or watch video's. Also the lack of not having bluetooth enabled for other audio accessoires except for Sony's products is just pretty damn lame. Overall it's a pretty good handheld/remote player. However I do have a love/hate relationship with it. That comes mostly with the quality and performance of playing some games. The delay/latency, stuttering, picture quality loss for a couple games (and mostly when online matchmaking) is pretty noticeable despite having excellent network speed at home (1 Gbps) and a pretty decent router. It's like it can't handle all the chaotic gameplay when there is too much happening so it starts getting blurry instead of having clear picture quality. Which I find pretty unfortunate. This is less noticeable when I'm using remote play on my S23 Ultra mobile crazy enough. But when the cut scenes are playing, it shows the opposite and shows the beauty of the screen. Still find the Portal pretty usefull as I can finally play my PS5 games on the couch next to my wife watching her shows instead of sitting behind my desk more for a couple hours after already working at home.
I would get it. It is just a second monitor or an accessory. I m glad I bought my odin 2 rather the portal. I mean I can still use odin 2 to stream the ps5 games. I can play all the old games from Nintendo, sega Genesis, atari, snk Neo Geo, wii, ps1 and ps2. I can stream the x box games too. I can watch u tube too
If you have the old PlayStation 5 pulses you can use those as long as your within 40 feet from your ps5. I use mine all the time instead of paying 200 for their newer ones.
The Steam Deck can do everything the portal can (minus the haptic triggers) plus it's an entire PC. I use Chiaki on the Steam Deck to play my PS5 more than I actually use my PS5 normally. If you're going to spend $200 on the Portal you can still get the 64GB Steam Deck for $350 or get a used Steam Deck for around $300. It's not even a contest between the two for value.
My greatest fear is that when i throw out of window 200$, i dont get 60fps gameplay but instead jerky stuttering.. i dont mind absence of bluetooth, that cannot watch youtube and stuff..but if that thing gives me less then 50-60fps id freakin break it with sledgehammer
Thanks pal, I am in a weird spot where I can't decide whether I want this or a steam deck for strictly home use (and comparative library). While I am still internally debating, added nuance is what I was looking for indeed.
That is a big dilemma between the 2. I guess personal opinion but a big factor is that are you for the most part primarily a ps5 gamer? And want the convenience of more ps5 gaming opportunities in your home? On the toilet ,a cheeky couple of rounds of Helldivers (I guess not short as the session can take ages) /short half an hour play through of a very long story driven game like elden ring for example, maybe you are stuck on one of the particular bosses, forget the names now but you only have half an hour, or even as little as 15 minutes spare for a quick burst attempt then I'd say the portal, that's the camp I'm falling into. I don't have one yet but I'm liking the idea of ways of fitting in some gaming on a small scale/short notice and being able to do it at home in any room regardless of what TV is in use and putting my headset on or maybe I don't have time even for setting the headphones up, and quickly want to go straight in then I can do that. God of war Ragnarok i would like to complete that game, and having a portal and slowly chipping away at the game sounds ideal to me. Sorry for the tangent but I thought maybe just some thoughts and scenarios from just a regular gamer/dad with lack of time to play, and logistical nightmares that also prevent me from playing at all would give you a perspective that might or might not help your decision a little depending on your life circumstances day to day in general. On the flip side for you also there is the steam deck option, if you have ps5 but have some PC games you want to try for the first time, want lots of use case options like streaming media/listening to Spotify (shocking that that isn't an option on the portal but hey ho) installing emulators to play your favourite classic consoles and games from back in the day and all round havng lots of customisation tjen for sure the steam deck is a strong option, again my personal take on the steam deck would be that i would I only consider the newer oled screen version as the standard one would drive me mad as the quality of that isn't the back and lack of good blacks and contrast is lacking. Last point is also the price which is a pro and con, steam deck has much use case options and customisation but is a lot more expensive than the portal, compare that to the portal being much less expensive but is literally a dedicated ps5 game streaming device and nothing but a very handy and helpful one to the right person. A very good extra important point between the two I forgot , is that regardless of internet connection you can play the steam deck absolutely anywhere as long as the game doesn't require internet connection Vs the portal absolutely requires it and if you don't have an active,good solid internet connection then it just won't work full stop.
@@ThePaulg123 Hey pal, thanks for the detailed response, I don't mind the "tangent" one bit, it's an echo of a lot of my personal thoughts while in the rabbit hole in this past week. I ultimately decided I'll go with the Steam Deck (with a slight delay due to the increased disposable income requirement over the Portal). To return the tangent with a "tangent" so to speak, everything is from a user to user case basis, and from my user basis it seems like the Portal fills a niche I can fill otherwise. Simply put, I already have a pretty decent tablet, which I can remote stream on - sure, the form factor is not as comfortable and dragging two unconnected devices around is more complicated, but not that much. Also, my tablet has an HDR screen; honestly, in my consideration the screen was of big emphasis, as playing on something at a high resolution usually beats anything else, however if I already have a tablet that is going to work just as well as the Portal for remote play *and* even distribute a better image, it renders the device quite redundant. The reasons why I am going to go for the deck is the stop-and-start aspects of it - while it's going to be relatively quick to do it with the SSD in the PS, waking up two devices and them connecting again is certainly slower than just starting one from sleep mode. What is more, being a bit economically and environmentally focused, I probably won't be able to get out of my head how it "won't be worth it" to start the PS and its high W consumation for just a small burst of playtime, which will eventually lead me to avoid using the device except in long periods of TV unuse (e.g. when the mrs and I are watching a long movie). I think for those cases I will already be in a comfortable enough position to have the tablet remote play option started, and for the smaller cases, the steamdeck should provide a decent enough experience in its own right (less input lag at lower frames / lower resolution, but OLED kinda ends the math equal between it and the Portal in terms of performance for me). Good luck with your own choice paralysis, brother!
I want this but don’t feel like I need this. I can just play my ps5 games at my ps5 set up. Save the $200 I’ll wait until it goes on sale for like $150
I had a lot of luck buying on brand new last week of a Facebook seller for £150 and haven’t had a chance to use it yet as I bought it so the wife can watch tv while I chill in it but every time I say I’m going on it she says it’s cool you can just play the PS5. 😂 Love the way it connects straight away to my Pulse Elite headphones and the internet speed is cool even at very low speeds of 5-15mb daily until I have at present until I get my 500mb connection next week. Overall for myself it’s a great investment for a handheld in a way as I have the switch oiled over hardly touched.
Hey pal! I'm considering buying the pulse elite, would you recommend them? My concern is that they might be uncomfortable/ heat up my ears too much haha had that problem with some other headphones
@@johnf.r6658I now own 2 pairs of the Pulse Elite in case I run out of charge. I will admit the sound is excellent and they are very comfortable. I haven’t had an issue with hot ears and they are easy to use.
I have excellent fiber Wi-Fi at my house and it's still too buggy for me. I would sell it but, I'm not willing to take that loss. Stick drift worries me also because, the controller I got with my PS5 has horrible stick drift. I don't even play for long sessions at a time.
@@SeanNMathis85 lol my parents lied to me? I'm the parent . Smh. I'm also the Internet technician. It's not the internal Internet in my house. It's the laggy remote play.
@@TwoTimesRmediathe best way is to dedicate 5g network to your PS5 and Portal, then connect the rest of the devices to 4g, you will notice the difference right away
@@julioalbertoconcepcionlavi7481 you mean 2.4 ghz . Not 4G cell service. I am a network/ cable technician. I have been for over 17 years. My PS5 is hard wired , my portal is connected to 5ghz , ping, jitter and latency of my network is all very low on my 1gig home service. None of that matters in my case. PS remote play has always been laggy. I've used Xbox game streaming all on the same network and away from my home and it is miles better. I will say this. After the most recent update it's gotten a little bit more playable . That just goes to show it's their network/servers and their Device. They can update and make it better.
Yup for me my dad set up . When everyone a sleep I'm in my bed while wife a sleep. And she does say your going go blind playing with yourself lol 😂 Her words
The fact Nintendo dropped a (current gen) handheld device more than 6 years prior, Sony had plenty of time to learn from that and improve on it, they didn't. Airplane mode has to be the dumbest feature on this device as it renders it completely useless. Probably FCC required, but still, come on.
The Switch is an actual console. This is a remote player. They're not the same thing. What would they have adapted from the Switch if it doesn't play games natively?
Everyone just wants OLED for the sake of it being OLED. Sure it's a better display but your average consumer won't know what they're missing by having a regular LCD screen on a portable display. LED displays are also just LCD screens. If you meant having a FALD display for a handheld, that would be ridiculous. Having a premium display on something handheld is such a waste. The original Switch and Steam Deck both have non OLED displays and neither of them are lacking.
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Jus got mine today and I agree with all your pros and cons. Love the device so far tho
I think this is the first video that mentioned to try remote play on any other device to get a feel of the experience. Thats very good advice.
I only use mine at home and I haven’t used my PS5 on the tv since getting the portal. The screen is surprisingly vivid and personally I’m loving the portal.
I gotta get back on the gamer life 👀 dope video man😊
Playing on your phone is not the same because it’s not optimized and you miss key features… Latency from the controller , Bitrate , full 1080p support which is no longer available on smartphones or computers , and etc
You answered a whole lot of questions that others could barely answer any but just tell about it.
The portal is amazing best handheld on the market without all the confusing bells and whistles. Love gaming from bed.
I've had several latency issues with it. I put an ethernet cable on the PS5 and it's much better. All in all, I like it but totally agree with your list of love and hate.
I find my s24 ultra provides a smoother framerate no matter what tricks I do to help the Portal's latency.
Agreed with all of your pro's and cons. It shouldn't be that much of a hassle to enable web browser (even though it's also not on the PS5 system) and use other media apps like Twitch, TH-cam, Netflix to stream or watch video's. Also the lack of not having bluetooth enabled for other audio accessoires except for Sony's products is just pretty damn lame.
Overall it's a pretty good handheld/remote player. However I do have a love/hate relationship with it. That comes mostly with the quality and performance of playing some games. The delay/latency, stuttering, picture quality loss for a couple games (and mostly when online matchmaking) is pretty noticeable despite having excellent network speed at home (1 Gbps) and a pretty decent router. It's like it can't handle all the chaotic gameplay when there is too much happening so it starts getting blurry instead of having clear picture quality. Which I find pretty unfortunate. This is less noticeable when I'm using remote play on my S23 Ultra mobile crazy enough. But when the cut scenes are playing, it shows the opposite and shows the beauty of the screen.
Still find the Portal pretty usefull as I can finally play my PS5 games on the couch next to my wife watching her shows instead of sitting behind my desk more for a couple hours after already working at home.
I would get it. It is just a second monitor or an accessory. I m glad I bought my odin 2 rather the portal. I mean I can still use odin 2 to stream the ps5 games. I can play all the old games from Nintendo, sega Genesis, atari, snk Neo Geo, wii, ps1 and ps2. I can stream the x box games too. I can watch u tube too
PS Portal should let you use media apps and all wireless headsets.
1080p picture quality is good enough for what it does for you. If it was a stand alone handheld, then Oled would be more appropriate.
If you have the old PlayStation 5 pulses you can use those as long as your within 40 feet from your ps5. I use mine all the time instead of paying 200 for their newer ones.
The Steam Deck can do everything the portal can (minus the haptic triggers) plus it's an entire PC. I use Chiaki on the Steam Deck to play my PS5 more than I actually use my PS5 normally. If you're going to spend $200 on the Portal you can still get the 64GB Steam Deck for $350 or get a used Steam Deck for around $300. It's not even a contest between the two for value.
😂😂😂 I have both and I agree with you and internet works stronger on the deck
My greatest fear is that when i throw out of window 200$, i dont get 60fps gameplay but instead jerky stuttering.. i dont mind absence of bluetooth, that cannot watch youtube and stuff..but if that thing gives me less then 50-60fps id freakin break it with sledgehammer
200 a steal. Grabbed mine the other day and I love it. And it shows me Sony can make a great handheld
Only "steal" was your wallet by Sony lol
@@levisingleton4921 a month later and I can slightly agree with you lol. It’s a cool accessory to have, but almost useless
Speaking of beer and Cigs next month in June will be 4 years sober and almost 6 months smoke free. Portal seems like $200 is a good price. Just right
Thanks pal, I am in a weird spot where I can't decide whether I want this or a steam deck for strictly home use (and comparative library). While I am still internally debating, added nuance is what I was looking for indeed.
That is a big dilemma between the 2. I guess personal opinion but a big factor is that are you for the most part primarily a ps5 gamer? And want the convenience of more ps5 gaming opportunities in your home? On the toilet ,a cheeky couple of rounds of Helldivers (I guess not short as the session can take ages) /short half an hour play through of a very long story driven game like elden ring for example, maybe you are stuck on one of the particular bosses, forget the names now but you only have half an hour, or even as little as 15 minutes spare for a quick burst attempt then I'd say the portal, that's the camp I'm falling into.
I don't have one yet but I'm liking the idea of ways of fitting in some gaming on a small scale/short notice and being able to do it at home in any room regardless of what TV is in use and putting my headset on or maybe I don't have time even for setting the headphones up, and quickly want to go straight in then I can do that. God of war Ragnarok i would like to complete that game, and having a portal and slowly chipping away at the game sounds ideal to me. Sorry for the tangent but I thought maybe just some thoughts and scenarios from just a regular gamer/dad with lack of time to play, and logistical nightmares that also prevent me from playing at all would give you a perspective that might or might not help your decision a little depending on your life circumstances day to day in general.
On the flip side for you also there is the steam deck option, if you have ps5 but have some PC games you want to try for the first time, want lots of use case options like streaming media/listening to Spotify (shocking that that isn't an option on the portal but hey ho) installing emulators to play your favourite classic consoles and games from back in the day and all round havng lots of customisation tjen for sure the steam deck is a strong option, again my personal take on the steam deck would be that i would I only consider the newer oled screen version as the standard one would drive me mad as the quality of that isn't the back and lack of good blacks and contrast is lacking.
Last point is also the price which is a pro and con, steam deck has much use case options and customisation but is a lot more expensive than the portal, compare that to the portal being much less expensive but is literally a dedicated ps5 game streaming device and nothing but a very handy and helpful one to the right person.
A very good extra important point between the two I forgot , is that regardless of internet connection you can play the steam deck absolutely anywhere as long as the game doesn't require internet connection Vs the portal absolutely requires it and if you don't have an active,good solid internet connection then it just won't work full stop.
@@ThePaulg123 Hey pal, thanks for the detailed response, I don't mind the "tangent" one bit, it's an echo of a lot of my personal thoughts while in the rabbit hole in this past week. I ultimately decided I'll go with the Steam Deck (with a slight delay due to the increased disposable income requirement over the Portal). To return the tangent with a "tangent" so to speak, everything is from a user to user case basis, and from my user basis it seems like the Portal fills a niche I can fill otherwise. Simply put, I already have a pretty decent tablet, which I can remote stream on - sure, the form factor is not as comfortable and dragging two unconnected devices around is more complicated, but not that much. Also, my tablet has an HDR screen; honestly, in my consideration the screen was of big emphasis, as playing on something at a high resolution usually beats anything else, however if I already have a tablet that is going to work just as well as the Portal for remote play *and* even distribute a better image, it renders the device quite redundant.
The reasons why I am going to go for the deck is the stop-and-start aspects of it - while it's going to be relatively quick to do it with the SSD in the PS, waking up two devices and them connecting again is certainly slower than just starting one from sleep mode. What is more, being a bit economically and environmentally focused, I probably won't be able to get out of my head how it "won't be worth it" to start the PS and its high W consumation for just a small burst of playtime, which will eventually lead me to avoid using the device except in long periods of TV unuse (e.g. when the mrs and I are watching a long movie). I think for those cases I will already be in a comfortable enough position to have the tablet remote play option started, and for the smaller cases, the steamdeck should provide a decent enough experience in its own right (less input lag at lower frames / lower resolution, but OLED kinda ends the math equal between it and the Portal in terms of performance for me).
Good luck with your own choice paralysis, brother!
I want this but don’t feel like I need this. I can just play my ps5 games at my ps5 set up. Save the $200 I’ll wait until it goes on sale for like $150
Should’ve made that into a psp 2
Bro how much internet speed is required to run this thing smoothly ?
I had a lot of luck buying on brand new last week of a Facebook seller for £150 and haven’t had a chance to use it yet as I bought it so the wife can watch tv while I chill in it but every time I say I’m going on it she says it’s cool you can just play the PS5. 😂
Love the way it connects straight away to my Pulse Elite headphones and the internet speed is cool even at very low speeds of 5-15mb daily until I have at present until I get my 500mb connection next week.
Overall for myself it’s a great investment for a handheld in a way as I have the switch oiled over hardly touched.
Hey pal! I'm considering buying the pulse elite, would you recommend them? My concern is that they might be uncomfortable/ heat up my ears too much haha had that problem with some other headphones
@@johnf.r6658I now own 2 pairs of the Pulse Elite in case I run out of charge. I will admit the sound is excellent and they are very comfortable. I haven’t had an issue with hot ears and they are easy to use.
Playstation portal should have been 100$
They are now on Facebook 😂
People love the portal because of the design.
I have excellent fiber Wi-Fi at my house and it's still too buggy for me. I would sell it but, I'm not willing to take that loss. Stick drift worries me also because, the controller I got with my PS5 has horrible stick drift. I don't even play for long sessions at a time.
Hardwire your ps5 to your router and reduce the output to 1080p. If that doesn’t work then your parents lied to you, your internet sucks!
@@SeanNMathis85 lol my parents lied to me? I'm the parent . Smh. I'm also the Internet technician. It's not the internal Internet in my house. It's the laggy remote play.
@@TwoTimesRmediathe best way is to dedicate 5g network to your PS5 and Portal, then connect the rest of the devices to 4g, you will notice the difference right away
@@julioalbertoconcepcionlavi7481 you mean 2.4 ghz . Not 4G cell service. I am a network/ cable technician. I have been for over 17 years. My PS5 is hard wired , my portal is connected to 5ghz , ping, jitter and latency of my network is all very low on my 1gig home service. None of that matters in my case. PS remote play has always been laggy. I've used Xbox game streaming all on the same network and away from my home and it is miles better. I will say this. After the most recent update it's gotten a little bit more playable . That just goes to show it's their network/servers and their Device. They can update and make it better.
Make a new video. There was a PS Portal update today! :D
I subscribed because your dope! Not because you mentioned it, lol
Pros: It does what about 50 other devices do.
Cons: It can't do what all those other devices can lol
Only a streaming remote device....nothing more, nothing less.👀🤷🏾♂️😬
So do I, this relationship is made from the highest and lowest ahahahha
7:48 you can't use remote play on other gaming handhelds? Reallyyy?
Yes you can, just need to install the PS remote app. Whether you sideloaded or downloaded from an official store, like Apple and Google.
@@justinlindholm2679 that's my point
Can you use your phone as a Hotspot to play on the go?
Yep
@@TerryWarfieldn does it run smoothly bro?
Anyone else get a ps backbone ad
Yup for me my dad set up . When everyone a sleep I'm in my bed while wife a sleep. And she does say your going go blind playing with yourself lol 😂
Her words
You actually can use it asa controller bro
The fact Nintendo dropped a (current gen) handheld device more than 6 years prior, Sony had plenty of time to learn from that and improve on it, they didn't. Airplane mode has to be the dumbest feature on this device as it renders it completely useless. Probably FCC required, but still, come on.
The Switch is an actual console.
This is a remote player.
They're not the same thing. What would they have adapted from the Switch if it doesn't play games natively?
There is nothing current about the switch, it doesnt even support hdr, memory is a joke….
Like which current gen games are even working on it?
Tight Shirt
Its a buggy device made with outdated hardware like LCD display 😂 and not even led or oled 😂
It doesn't need brand new hardware. It does its job and it does it well. Just needs a stupid browser so you can play it at coffee shops
It’s only 199.99 it’s reasonable
Everyone just wants OLED for the sake of it being OLED. Sure it's a better display but your average consumer won't know what they're missing by having a regular LCD screen on a portable display.
LED displays are also just LCD screens. If you meant having a FALD display for a handheld, that would be ridiculous. Having a premium display on something handheld is such a waste.
The original Switch and Steam Deck both have non OLED displays and neither of them are lacking.
I’m kinda a Oled snob 😂, and the display on this device is really nice.
So a FPS like battlefield wouldn't work very well for online play?
Just try remote play on your phone or tablet, you will see how it goes
'Promo sm' 💥