Sony UMD given its last rites

[ReAnimation]

i was always under the idea that umd's were lower quality than dvd's.

i mean there's no way that disc stores 9 gb :no:

UMD movies are not lower quality than DvD's, the movies on UMD are viewed at the PSP's native resolution so the picture is pin sharp. You don't really realise how good the movie quality is on the PSP until you've seen a UMD movie on it.

[Prosidius]

Yeah the movie is sharp and looks good but they cost the price of 2 dvds.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

Sony will never stop trying to create a proprietary format that they can "own." (and anything with "universal" in the name that only plays on one device from one company is laughable)

They'll also never stop failing. This is a bad sign for those still holding out hope for Blu-ray's success.

[Bhav]

I don't see the Blu-Ray as being much different. It is backed only by Sony, would be more expensive than HD-DVD (Because no Blu-Ray competition from other vendors, higher manufacturing costs because machinery can not be converted from DVD), Sony will be the only movie studio to use Blu-Ray exclusively and nobody trusts Sony's DRM anymore, anyway.

Oh my god how mistaken you are. Blu-ray has massive support, mostly because of its extreme triple-layer of DRM and copy protection. If Blu-ray is successful, its costs will come down. And Blu-ray drives/players are not only manufactured by Sony. You really need to do some proper research.

Edit: This image might help clear up your misconceptions:

Members of the Blu-ray Disc Association

Who developed Blu-ray?

The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 170 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:

Apple Computer, Inc.

Dell Inc.

Hewlett Packard Company

Hitachi, Ltd.

LG Electronics Inc.

Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Royal Philips Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sharp Corporation

Sony Corporation

TDK Corporation

Thomson Multimedia

Twentieth Century Fox

Walt Disney Pictures

Warner Bros. Entertainment

(SOURCE)

The Blu-ray format has received broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD format. Seven of the eight major movie studios (Warner, Paramount, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM and Lionsgate) have already announced titles for Blu-ray, whereas HD-DVD only has support from three major movie studios (Warner, Paramount and Universal). This is an important difference because some of the studios might only support one of the formats, so you won't be able to get your favorite movies in the other format. Choosing the format with the most content support minimizes this risk.

The third is hardware support. The Blu-ray format has broad support from the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, including Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Pioneer, Sharp, JVC, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, TDK, Thomson, LG, Apple, HP and Dell. The Blu-ray format will also be supported in the next-generation PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console.

(SOURCE) Edited March 31, 2006 by Bhav

[junkam]

Actually right now bur-ray has more support than HD DVD

[spyder2k]

Sony really needs to get over themselves, I'm sure miniDVD would have been much more accepted.

[revvo]

The only way UMD movies will take off is if they start putting out porn titles, mark my words! :laugh:

Already taken care of :rofl:

Call it the Playstation Porn-Able

[thagame]

wow what a shocker.

[The Teej]

Already taken care of :rofl:

Call it the Playstation Porn-Able

Now the content sucks along with the system!

Brilliant! :rofl: