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If sony wants to use umd disks for movies why dont they make the psp able to connect to a tv or make a umd disk reader for the tv because if they dont then why should people buy the umd disks especially since normal dvds hold about 6 gb and a umd holds 1.8 gb
if sony wants to use umd disks for movies...
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 05:58 PM
the mentality is simple...
movies that are protable would sell. its like takeing your fav movie with you on a long plain trip. dvd's inside a psp would have been way out of the Question... they would have wasted more energy making the unit have less life. and would have made it not so small and nice...
a umd recorder is not going to happen for 1 reasion.
sony dosnt want piracy of there games. if you made a umd recorder then there is a posibility that that recorder could make copys of umd games...
also the memory stick was crippled so that you couldnt encode movies at full rez on the memory stick.... so people would be more apt to buy umd movies.
thats my 2 cents.
imo i wish some piracy happend in a small amount... or at least open dev... if it did the psp would punch up in sails a hell of a lot... but as is it is uncerten what the future brings for the psp.
more then likley TV through subscription based internet streems. like in korea... but that will only work in wi fi hotspots.
movies that are protable would sell. its like takeing your fav movie with you on a long plain trip. dvd's inside a psp would have been way out of the Question... they would have wasted more energy making the unit have less life. and would have made it not so small and nice...
a umd recorder is not going to happen for 1 reasion.
sony dosnt want piracy of there games. if you made a umd recorder then there is a posibility that that recorder could make copys of umd games...
also the memory stick was crippled so that you couldnt encode movies at full rez on the memory stick.... so people would be more apt to buy umd movies.
thats my 2 cents.
imo i wish some piracy happend in a small amount... or at least open dev... if it did the psp would punch up in sails a hell of a lot... but as is it is uncerten what the future brings for the psp.
more then likley TV through subscription based internet streems. like in korea... but that will only work in wi fi hotspots.
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 06:16 PM
u said that since the movies are portable they will sell right? 
well umd movies will have to have scenes cut out and lower quality n stuff 
because UMDS HOLD ABOUT A 3RD OF THE DATA THAT A DVD HOLDS 
and u cant watch them at home or anywhere
well umd movies will have to have scenes cut out and lower quality n stuff because UMDS HOLD ABOUT A 3RD OF THE DATA THAT A DVD HOLDS and u cant watch them at home or anywhere
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 06:38 PM
I'm gonna get a 1gb Duo card and convert the dvds i already have.
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 07:13 PM
Quote: "I'm gonna get a 1gb Duo card and convert the dvds i already have"
sony already thought of that and well they made it so that if u do then the video will not come out as well as dvd format it will come out much worse and how can u fit a 6 gb movie in a 1 gb card?
sony already thought of that and well they made it so that if u do then the video will not come out as well as dvd format it will come out much worse and how can u fit a 6 gb movie in a 1 gb card?
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 09:27 PM
I bought my PSP last week from Target (I can't believe they actually had some in stock!) and it, of course, came with Spider-Man 2. The picture quality and the sound quality are excellent from what I can tell. (PSP movies are using MP4 compression which is better than the MP2 compression found on DVDs) I was just expecting the movie and nothing else, but they managed to fit in a French language track and two movie trailers (XXX and Stealth).
Would I buy UMD movies? Probably not. I mean, the portability is nice, but why buy a movie twice? If I'm gonna fork over $19.99 for a movie, I'd rather buy the regular DVD and get all the extra features. Or at least I could wait until my birthday or Christmas and ask for some UMDs...
Would I buy UMD movies? Probably not. I mean, the portability is nice, but why buy a movie twice? If I'm gonna fork over $19.99 for a movie, I'd rather buy the regular DVD and get all the extra features. Or at least I could wait until my birthday or Christmas and ask for some UMDs...
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Posted 18 April 2005 - 09:36 PM
i agree wit u y buy two movies just to bring 1 wit u u would save more money buying a portable dvd player
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Posted 19 April 2005 - 01:40 AM
DamonGarvin, on Apr 18 2005, 03:13 PM, said:
Quote: "I'm gonna get a 1gb Duo card and convert the dvds i already have"
sony already thought of that and well they made it so that if u do then the video will not come out as well as dvd format it will come out much worse and how can u fit a 6 gb movie in a 1 gb card?
sony already thought of that and well they made it so that if u do then the video will not come out as well as dvd format it will come out much worse and how can u fit a 6 gb movie in a 1 gb card?
Meh, i'd rather have a renewable media that i can use for movies and mp3s and photos then pay $20+ for every movie i wanna watch, for the price of 5 movies i can watch an unlimited numper of shows and movies reguardless of if sony wants to pay for the rights to put it on umds.. Atleast with a duo card even after the psp is old i could get a sony camera and still use my card. i'm not banking on sony manking a home umd player.
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Posted 19 April 2005 - 01:45 AM
i really wish that they would make a psp hookup so u can use the umd player on a tv
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Posted 27 May 2005 - 03:18 AM
wow, some people have no idea what they are talking about and it annoys me that they insist on opening their mouthes anyway. a umd is being viewed on a 3.5 inch screen, you dont need the quality that you would for a 56inch widescreen ok? so shut the hell up. its a handheld for god's sake. 1gb mem. stick = sweeet especially since i have the driver on my VAIO. i heart sony. so shut the hell up about the resolution being "crippled" it willl look incredible on a damn 3.5 inch screen so shut the hell up.
thank you.
thank you.
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 12:19 AM
well that, and as for the people whining about how the umd cant do extra features for movies because its not 6gb, stop and think. how many movies actually use a whole goddamn 6gb for the movie and extras. and on top of that, how often do you stop and think to yourself while watching spiderman "hmmmmmmmmmm i deeply wonder what was running through tobey mcguire's mind when he shot this scene...." and then race to watch that extra special interview with the actors in the extra section.
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Posted 24 July 2005 - 09:37 PM
Sony will bring out a UMD player / recoder just like they did with DVD, it's only a matter of time.
I am sure they will code it so that it will only play UMD movies and not able to copy movies or games but as always nothing is 100% secure so someone like me will crack the code and reflash the system firmware.
The so called "Quality" is dependant on how many Frames Per Second are run, the program I use to convert a DVD lets me select how many FPS (typically 29 with 16kbs stereo audio) I want to convert a DVD to, this works well, lots of Futurama fit on a 1Gb Mem stick pro Duo.
A 1GB VTS file is encrypted at 29 FPS @ 16Kbs stereo audio into around 260Mb
If you encrypt in 10 FPS at 4Kb mono not only does it look crap all jumping around but it sounds all digitized!
So its the number of FPS that make a good clear sharp pic on ur PSP and as a result ur file size may be larger.
So there!
I am sure they will code it so that it will only play UMD movies and not able to copy movies or games but as always nothing is 100% secure so someone like me will crack the code and reflash the system firmware.
The so called "Quality" is dependant on how many Frames Per Second are run, the program I use to convert a DVD lets me select how many FPS (typically 29 with 16kbs stereo audio) I want to convert a DVD to, this works well, lots of Futurama fit on a 1Gb Mem stick pro Duo.
A 1GB VTS file is encrypted at 29 FPS @ 16Kbs stereo audio into around 260Mb
If you encrypt in 10 FPS at 4Kb mono not only does it look crap all jumping around but it sounds all digitized!
So its the number of FPS that make a good clear sharp pic on ur PSP and as a result ur file size may be larger.
So there!
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 11:19 PM
PSP + 1GB memory stick + Netflix (or anyt other monthly paid movie rental service like at Blockbuster or Hollywood Video) = OWNED.
So ya, theres really no reason to go out and buy a UMD movie thats probably 10+ years old and pay $19.99 for it when you can just rent as many as you want and convert em for half the price. BUT.... If sony released a UMD movie at the SAME time the movie was released in theatres... then it would be tempting to buy it.
So ya, theres really no reason to go out and buy a UMD movie thats probably 10+ years old and pay $19.99 for it when you can just rent as many as you want and convert em for half the price. BUT.... If sony released a UMD movie at the SAME time the movie was released in theatres... then it would be tempting to buy it.
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:28 PM
I don't have PSP yet, but am going to buy it in the next few days and I've got a questions for you folks that are converting your DVDs....
What software are u using to convert, how do you transfer to the PSP, and how much can be stored on the PSP (or mem stick...however they are being ported), for say long long car trips where more than 1 movie is an order?
Sorry, that's more like 3 questions. I am just trying to do a little research before I go wasting my money on a bunch of UMDs that I already have on DVD.
Info is much obliged!
Jo
What software are u using to convert, how do you transfer to the PSP, and how much can be stored on the PSP (or mem stick...however they are being ported), for say long long car trips where more than 1 movie is an order?
Sorry, that's more like 3 questions. I am just trying to do a little research before I go wasting my money on a bunch of UMDs that I already have on DVD.
Info is much obliged!
Jo