UMD titles. What is UMD?

UMD movies will only play on the Sony PSP handheld. They are not high def.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Media_Disc

-Bill

Another failed format...

Unexploded Movie Disc

said by only those who have never used it. It is a great portable format. it's biggest drawback is the lack a write ability.

That would be VMD.

What studios still release on UMD?

I never "got" UMD. Just didn't make sense to me. a Portable DVD Player and DVDs are cheaper (and better quality) than a PSP and UMDs.

To each his own, I suppose...

I own a PSP and I can safely say failed. They are just too expensive. Now ripped movies from DVD to memory stick to view on a PSP... that's where I agree with you that the PSP is a great protable format. Same quality as the UMD but without having to carry those discs around... not to mention it's ALOT cheaper to buy memory sticks than to buy UMD movies that you already own in DVD.

It's funny that people say it "failed" when it sold more movie discs in 2007 than it did in 2006.

And, considering that the PSP sells more units than the 360, and the games are released on UMDs, they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

There are more UMDs in the wild than there ever will be HD-DVDs...

I'll clarify what I meant...

UMD as a movie format = failed.

UMD as a game format = great.

It is. It even features quite some good titles. Mainly some Disney,Warner and Kinowelt titles. "The Golden Compass" and "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellwship Of The Ring" are also planned to come out in the near future.

I remember reading in the last week, or two, that movie sales account for more than half of all UMDs sold. So, what was true 1 1/2 years ago isn't the case in 2008.

I'll try and find the article that I read to post here.

..which still has players being produced and selling extremely well, in addition to more titles and total disk sellthrough numbers that makes certain other formats weep in envy.

Yes, I'm quite sure Sony isn't losing a wink of sleep over this "failed" format.

On the evolutionary tree of video formats, I would describe it as the transitional stage (though, not originally intended to be) between current day dvd and future day movie on a "chip".

It's on a small (even more "portable") optical disc and utilizes mpeg-4 tier compression for optimally compact file size. Naturally, pq and sq take a 2nd priority to the focus on file size, but it remains "good enough" to meet the sensibilities of the masses who are seeking video-on-the-go.

I know Fry's has had an entire rack of the stuff for some time. If you want to go the online route, the analogous place would be Outpost.com:

http://shop1.outpost.com/search?sear...x=0&submit.y=0

Here you are:

http://www.nmeinc.com/

Store page: http://www.nmestore.com/

Univeral Movie Disc , I think....

Anyway it was/is a format made for the PSP. Kinda intersting. I own the first blood UMD for collectors sake as First blood has been on just about every format. I don't have a PSP at the momment I'm consdering one.
But the high cost of UMDs and only one player has more or less killed the format.


I feel if a standalone player or combo player were made it may sell better. Prehapps a $50 player aimed at kids.
The PSP can play movies of memory card so one could take their prexiting DVD collection and convert it to MPEG4 then playback on the PSP and download movies.

The ability to burn the media could have been a great idea. But I susppect they never did this as it would open the door for Game copys and such

14.99$ for the complete aeon flux 2 disc set? overpriced?
10$ for the fifth element.? yes new movies are pricey but so are new DVDs and blu rays

Seems like American customers are very limited on that.

Wait a second. I'll try it and let you know if European users have the same drawbacks.

That's because most Hollywood studios have not released on VMD and are unlikely to.VMD was stillborn because Blu Ray is now the only HDM that the major studios support.It's possible that VMD will be successful in Asia but time will tell.

Update: Same problem here.

Seems like only UK residents can get nearly all of them.

I'm limited at 4 Bollywood movies by the way.

Not true. The movies Alan saw exist but not for us. Seems like you can only get the movies from the country they're licenced in.

This topic title needs a change.

It's not a failed format like HD DVD, it's more of a niche format.

Are UMDs even in OAR? What's the resolution, codec, bitrate, etc?