1.50 ADVANTAGES
+All Homebrew working (The ones that cant be played arent needed for 3.03 OE-A like UMD-Emulator or PSPSet)
1.50 CONTRA
-Devhook needed to play newer Games
-Memory Sticks over 4GB not supported
-Only MP3, JPG and MP4 supported
-No Web-Browser
3.03 OE-A ADVANTAGES
+Hacked PSX Emulator (Play your own PSX-Disk Backups converted and compressed to Eboot)
+PRX-Plugins from MemoryStick (Overclock to 333MHZ, Brightness Level 4 without AC, Cheat Module...)
+Load PSP-Backups from XMB (Save Battery and faster Loading Times)
+Load compressed PSP-Backups (CSO, alot smaller but Games like GTA Lag) from XMB
+Nearly all 1.50 Homebrew works (3.03 OE-A is a modified Hybrid-FW of 1.50 and 3.03)
+No Space on the Memory Stick needed (Everything is in Flash while Devhook needs MS-Space)
+Memory Sticks over 4GB supported
+Devhook support
+1.00 Eboot support (Not Kxploited)
+Auto Eboot Launch
+Play UMD-Games that require Firmware 2.00-3.03
+WMA,H264,Flash and More Media Types supported
+UMD-Autostart ON/OFF Feature
+Recovery Mode (Rescue a Semi-Bricked PSP and configure Special features)
+All 3.03 Features and enhancements over 1.50 (Music Visualizer h264 Playback...)
+NoUMD-Mode (Expand Laser Unit Lifetime with Backups from MS)
+Complete Kernel Access
+Region Free (Changer)
+Skip SCE Logo
+Activate WMA and Flash Player (Registry Hack via Recovery Mode, without WiFi)
+X-O Button changer (for imported JAP PSP's for Example)
+Flash of PRX's
+No UMD Mode (No UMD in Drive while playing from MS)
+Decrypted Document.dat for PSX-Emulator Supported (Insert Manual and Cheats)
3.03 OE-A CONTRA
-Some Savegames from 1.50 Devhook don't work (Play it again with 33% more FPS (333MHZ) on 3.03 OE-A
-NoUMD Mode Compatibility Problems for some Games
-Nearly full Flash 0 (Not much Space for big Gameboot.pmf's etc.)
-Location Free Player removed (Not enough Space Left in Flash0 but nearly noone uses it)
-Big Korean Font Files removed from Flash 0 (Relinked to other small Font)
3.03 OE-A is definately the "Golden Firmware". It's better than the plain 1.50 and any other official or unofficial Firmware out there. So stop asking. It has all the strenghts and none of the weaknesses of 1.50. And it's getting better with every update. You can downgrade everytime to 1.50 (Really Senseless). If anyone asks wich is the best Firmware, send him to this Thread. Now with the new Popstation cracked to play nearly any PSX-Game compressed and fullspeed i feel like in Heaven. Dark Alex is definately the King of the PSP Homebrew scene. Muchas Gracias.... For now, i can't imagine how to make this beautiful Firmware any better, but i'm shure it will get better... Anyway. Stop asking this Questions and update your PSP with the new Golden Firmware. SONY definately got owned....