You probably have a bunch of favorite movies and home movies burnt on DVDs. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make the 1 hour bus commute to work less boring? Or watch your favourite cousin's wedding or even your college graduation on your PSP?

The Sony PlayStation Portable is one of the best and also most used handheld gaming consoles today. With it, you not only enjoy a great range of world class video games, your favorite MP3s, but also the latest innovation of Sony that lets you play videos while you are on the go.

However PSP like many other media players will only play a specific video file format. This means that files like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX, MOV, QickTime, MP4, and AVI video file format will not play on your PSP. So, if you want to play your favorite videos and DVDs on your PSP, you may want to get a software program that will be able to convert your computer video files to the video file format that works on PSP (.mp4)

So if you want to convert unprotected movie DVDs to PSP format, there are many video conversion programs that are capable of converting DVD video to a format that you can enjoy on your PSP. Quite a few of these products are general purpose toolkits. They can convert almost any kind of video to pretty much any other format, but the number of different options and features they offer makes the process a little more difficult.

Some conversion tools perform the conversion in 2 stages. They rip the video to an uncompressed video (usually in AVI format) and then convert that AVI video to .mp4 format used by your PSP. This takes twice as long, and also requires a lot more disk space, since the AVI file produced by the first stage of the conversion is much larger in size than the format of the final product.

With only a couple of clicks, a PSP Video Converter will convert movies and video straight to the mp4 PSP Video format then move them directly to your PSP.

There are dozens of programs available, making it hard for the die hard PSP consumer to know which one they should spend their hard earned money on.

You should look for a program:

#an easy to use interface (especially for the non-techy PSP fan)

#how quickly does it convert files (fast conversion rate)

#what does the finished product look and sound like? (audio and video quality)

The manufacturers are now offering video (DVD) to PSP converters and PSP to DVD converters in the same package, giving you more bang for your buck!

Here is a quick review of the Top DVD to PSP converters on the market right now:

Here is a quick review of the Top DVD to PSP converters on the market right now:

Cucusoft PSP Video Converter Suite is one of many all-in-one PSP video Conversion softwares. It has all the basic features that a converter should have, but what sets it apart from other video converters on the market is its easy to use interface that is perfect for the non-techy PSP consumer.

The Cucusoft PSP Video Converter DVD to PSP Suite has the basics: two running modes (direct and batch), support for almost all of the DVD to PSP formats, almost all video files including DVD, vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, and AVI to PSP video (MP4 format) and it supports custom output video file sizes and video quality.

In this DVD to PSP Converter you can select different subtitles (English, French), audio tracks and supports splitting output video by DVD chapters, as well as titles.

It also fully supports MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs. Users can easily customize the video properties and the output profiles are flexible.

The video crop mode comes with various ratios: 16:9, 4:3, full screen and it also has a video resize mode to keep aspect ratio and/or stretch to fix screen.

Ease Of Use: * * * * *

Cucusoft DVD to PSP Converter is, indeed, the easiest-to-use and fastest DVD to PSP converter software for the Sony PSP on the market due to its basic features. This software can and will convert almost all kinds of DVD to PSP format.

Quality Of Copy * * * * 1/2

The quality will impress beginners, but expert users may have to look for other software types, if they would like more features and editing capability.

Conversion rate: * * * *

The conversion rate is sufficiently high for beginners to DVD ripping. More experienced users may find the speed a little more average.

The CucuSoft PSP Video Converter Suite takes first place on that list for its easy to use interface. I recommend it especially for the non-techy Zune consumer.

DvdXsoft DVD to PSP Converter is a powerful and user friendly DVD to PSP Converter software to rip DVD Movies, Convert DVD to PSP (MP4) with great quality, super fast converting speed and the best compatiblity.

DvdXsoft PSP to iPhone Converter has loads of common features, but there are some extra features that highlight the product. Just as any other converter that deserves to be taken into consideration, DvdXsoft fully supports dual-core CPU with a fast conversion speed and you can easily convert DVD movie to PSP. So far, so good, till you check out the rich options such as customizing file size, DVD movie trimming, DVD video crop, subtitle selection, audio track selection and so forth.

The program fully supports Windows, converting DVD to PSP on multiple systems: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista with affordable hardware requirements like Intel Pentium II 350MHz or any Athlon and 64 MB RAM. No limits above needless to say.

The best features are yet to come! DvdXsoft DVD to PSP Converter is able to convert DVD to PSP with flexible video and audio settings: adjustable video brightness, contrast, volume etc. It gets an A plus for the high level of customization: resolution, frame rate, video bit rate and sample rate, and full support for PAL and NTSC TV standards. Tests results proved great flexiblilty in various video aspect ratios such as 16:9, 4:3 and full screen, and just like a movieplayer application it allows you to select target subtitle and audio track.

Last, but not least the video trimming and cropping are the winners. That means that the users can set the start and end time to capture their favorite movie clips.

Ease Of Use * * * * *

It has an attractive user interface that guides you to convert DVD to PSP with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Ease Of Installation And Setup * * * *

A bit demanding for the beginner, but it is manageable.

Quality Of Copy * * * * 1/2

If you are a beginner, then you can trust the preset settings for great quality videos. For the expert tech-savvy PSP user you can have fun setting your own preferences.

The dvdXsoft Video Converter Suite is second. I recommend it especially for PSP user who is confident in his or her tech skills.