Point me in the right Direction

Alright Guys, I've browsed this site up and down... many useful tutorials and I think I have a grasp on how to Homebrew.

To Be frank... I want to play downloaded games in ISO Format. Now let me tell you what I have.

My firmware is 2.71 and a TA-082.

So I suppose the thing to do is Downgrade to 1.50 and then install some custom firmware.

Questions are... Do I have to downgrade to be able to play homebrew ISO type games? If not where can I find a tutorial.

If I downgrade to 1.50 and then use a custom firmware... will I have the same capabilities as my 2.71 does (Web Browser etc)

Which Custom firmware should I use?...

I've been so confused as to which tutorials to follow it's driving me insane.

If you downgrade to 1.50, you will not have the same capabilities as 2.71, unless you upgrade to 3.02 OE-A which has all the capabilities up to 3.02+ firmware.
Also, you do not have to downgrade to play homebrew, although its reccomended. For 2.71, use the homebrew enabler.

Where can I find the instructions on how to use Hen D.

I mean... I got it... I can get it to run... but where do I go from there to get downloaded games to run on it?

A loader?... which is best to use with Hen D?

the tutorial to down grade u is here

here is how u put on iso's. (and yes, u need 2 downgrade)
click here 2 find out how to put on iso's

-and thank u for being so specific. sometimes it is difficult to give people information they need because they do not tell us all theese things.

Alright... I'll downgrade.

Once I downgrade... and update to a custom firmware... will it come with a program to launch ISO's... or will I need to get a seperate program... if so which one?

no. u dont need a program. just put it in the file it showed u

Well thankyou very much... I'll give all this a try as soon as my battery reached 75%... Thanks for the speedy responses.

no problem. if anything else makes u stress or u get another problem, make sure u post it and we'll probaly be just as responsive.

why do people still post questions here still... there is a help section now...

anyway yeah every one covered every thing else so if you get stuck let us know