reception wise, i'd say the handheld, only because you can pick it up and move it around the apartment much easier for those hard to get signals. as far as sound goes, the psr100 is louder then hell, i would expect the 200 to be the same
I have owned both. The PSR-100 is a much better scanner than the PSR-200. Better sound, better reception etc... don't know why but that's my experience.