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punky · 09-01-2008, 11:08

I could never understand the point of UMD movies. Why would someone buy a film UMD for the same price as a DVD, that you can only watch on your PSP, when you can buy the DVD and convert it to PSP for free and watch on both.

I suppose it wil help sway some, like Tod says. I think its a bit unnecessary and overkill. The amount of people who own a PSP and Blu-ray player is a small subset, and people who'd actually use the UMD is smaller still. Plus its cumbersome keep lugging UMDs about so i'd still prefer to convert it to my memory stick. Offering as a DRM (locked to your PSP serial number). I can imagine ebay being flooded with these free UMDs, so maybe everyone does win.

09-01-2008, 11:08	#11
punky Eric Cartman Wannabe Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cockney geeza land Age: 27 Services: c:\> net start punky Posts: 12,012	Re: PSP Version of movies on Blu-ray I could never understand the point of UMD movies. Why would someone buy a film UMD for the same price as a DVD, that you can only watch on your PSP, when you can buy the DVD and convert it to PSP for free and watch on both. I suppose it wil help sway some, like Tod says. I think its a bit unnecessary and overkill. The amount of people who own a PSP and Blu-ray player is a small subset, and people who'd actually use the UMD is smaller still. Plus its cumbersome keep lugging UMDs about so i'd still prefer to convert it to my memory stick. Offering as a DRM (locked to your PSP serial number). I can imagine ebay being flooded with these free UMDs, so maybe everyone does win. __________________ "We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time" - Mike Ness (Social Distortion) "Reach for the sky, 'cause tomorrow may never come" - Reach For The Sky (Social Distortion)