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Spencer (April 15, 2010). "Sony Pulls The Plug On PSP Social Network Service". Siliconera. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010 . Retrieved April 15, 2010. EDITOR'S NOTE: “Scan lines” have come up quite a few times in this article, so I thought I'd offer a little bit of my own personal perspective. The PSP 3000 is my preferred model, and honestly, scan lines aren't something I really notice. This seems to differ from person to person – but after doing some investigating online, it seems as though most people prefer the 3000's screen as I do, scan lines or not. Let's just skip to the bottom line for this one, shall we? The PSP-E1000 (also referred to as the “PSP Street”) was originally released as a stripped-down budget console at the tail end of the PSP's run. Since Sony didn't make a ton of these consoles (and it was only released in PAL regions), it's seen as something of a collectible these days even though it is, by far, the most stripped-down version of the console.