you found something interesting, though, I think a proper description is needed. There really isn't much to go on.

To answer both of your questions.

1. When playing using remote play, you DO listen through the PSP. There is also an option to switch audio so you can listen to music through say surround sound speakers while using your PSP and having your PS3 turned off.

2. You can have your PS3 off and still activate remote play. If you have a PSN account logged onto your PS3, you can set up Remote Start. Basically, if you have your PS3 on standby (red light on), and you make it so that your profile automatically signs onto PSN when you turn on your PS3, you can use Remote Start on your PSP, log onto your PSN account and turn on your PS3 from wherever you are in the world. Once you are done using the PS3 while out in public, there is an option to quit Remote Play and turn off the system or leave it on.

Hope this helped.

But how would that work? Would you have to leave your PS3 on and online constantly so you could play while out of the house?

That's kind of cool, actually, but what about people like me who like to turn everything in their house off when they leave because it saves money and helps you pretend to care about the environment?

@aj

The PS3 has wake-on-wifi/lan.

So...it does need to be plugged in and drawing a minimum amount of power but does not have to be 'left on' as you'd mean it. The PSP can turn on and shut off the PS3 remotely.

You can user Remote Play within your home wifi spot without using the internet for the connection. BUT, you can also use Remote Play from any wifi spot in the world that gives you access.

Another 'neat' trick is, if you leave you computer ON or can wake it by lan by another means is that you can stream your PC music/photo/video library through the PS3 to your PSP anywhere you have wifi. As an example, I was on vacation recently and wanted to show family and friends some home videos. I fired up the PSP and PS3 and streamed them from my home computer (which IS always on) to my PSP.

Cool beans eh?

That's not rude, really, I actually don't have a PS3. I'm only asking about all this stuff because I only recently bought a PSP, and I am both really impressed with it and really, really pissed off at it, and I want to know exactly what a PS3 does, and how it works, before I even think about thinking about getting one.

(I'm pissed off because of all the reliance on WiFi. I refuse to get WiFi in my home because I don't need or want it. I have wires. I don't need to spend an extra 100 to 200 dollars for something that I don't need or want that does the exact same thing that my 5$ wires and free modem does for me already. And if the PS3 requires that in addition to the cost of the thing itself I need to go buy some other expensive thing, then it makes me want to punch someone who works at Sony. But damn, if that wireless PS1 thing doesn't sound cool. I dream of playing Final Fantasy VII on my PSP while I'm out and about, or waiting on an appointment, or just killing time between gigs.)



tl;dr - I love my PSP, but why do I have to pay more money to use something I've already bought and paid for? Next time, I'm doing much, much, much more thorough research before buying a console.

lol ur too funny....when ur at home and u use remote play, ur just using the built in wifi on your ps3...so u dont have to worry about scanning for one but as big as a game guru that i am, i actually didnt know about the remote play on all ps1 games. it sure will come in handy when my girlfriend is watching tv lol.

@aj You can plug a PS3 in via normal ethernet cable. I have Wifi and still use a cable. Remote play with PSP also doesn't require a wireless router. It connects (locally at least) directly to the PS3.