Why isnt there a Sony UMD player ?

[SSaxdude]

Sony already is trying to push two formats on consumers: UMD and Blu-Ray. A UMD slot in the PS3 would be a waste, considering that you're paying the $600 to watch Blu-Ray movies.
UMD is more of a novelty.

[Ichijoe]

I think S0NY®™ could revitalize the UMD™ Market.
By just simply charging the Customer a fair value for what the UMD™ is worth.

...HINT: It's not woth +€20.00(EUR)

It's been said time and agin, but I would be willing to shell out €5.00(EUR) to €10.00(EUR)
on a UMD™ Movie. Because this is what I think they are worth!

After all there's the crappy 480x272 Res. If the Format even uses' that?! Then we also lack a
5.1 Sound System, and then the glaring lack of Bonus Features. Make the UMD™ a 'No Sale',
and so we have the current situation.

I aggree with the point that S0NY®™ could have and perhapps should have made a UMD™
(Movie), Player, on the cheap. For those that didn't want to invest in the PSP™. But, then S0NY®™
would've had Two disasters on it's Hands.

[Man]

Ya but its too late now, Sony is geting rid of the UMD format anyways, so now there is no point, they would have a UMD player, but no UMDs.

[Accordion]

if the blu ray has a casing (i dont think it has been finalised yet ) then perhaps an adapter could be made in which you slot the umd into the blu ray case and then run it through a linux based emulator....

perhaps

[jwilds73]

I could give a crap about blue ray. I bet that for atleast the first year of the PS3's life no game will appear on Blue Ray format (unless it's in house). Aren't there two systems anyways? One without Blue Ray and one with? Anyway's if there are two PS3's no third party developer is going to want to develop for only a portion of the PS3 market.

Using the PSP as a remote for the PS3 whoopdeedo!~ It's the world's fastest battery draining remote!

I'd rather have a UMD drive on the PS3 so I can play my PSP games at home on the TV then sync my saves to the PSP and take the games with me on the go. This coupled with reverse compatability with PSX and PS2 games would sell me on the system even at it's high price tag.

For now though I am really considering giving Nintendo a second chance with the Wii. Nintendo is very creative with their systems and games. Look at the DS it's got touch capabilities the Wii has a funky controller. Sadly not many third party developers have taken advantage of the DS's touch screen feature but Nintendo has with their in house games. I'm sure their funky controller will be fun also.

I want to add Nintendo had the Super Gameboy for the SNES, Transfer Pak for the N64, and 3 or so adapters for the GameCube including the GameBoy Player, and Gamecube Game Boy Advance Cable. I have high hopes for Nintendo's intersystem capabilities.

[felonyr301]

actually guys the umd movies arent encoded in 480x272 its actually encoded in 720x480 (like dvd's) but the psp just downscales it and its been said many times in other sites so sony had in their mind that one day it be used for tv's just a heads up guys. (i still dont like umd's)

[Eric]

There is one question i gotta ask here. If Sony is getting a rid of UMD doesnt that mean they would stop making games for the PSP. I dont know cause i dont own a PSP its just that i thought UMD's were games aswell.

[MicroNut]

Why Sony even pushed movie's on UMD is a mystery to me.

The cost is/was ridiculous
DVD’s offer a much better product when compared to UMD movies.
If you buy the DVD, it’s easy to make a PSP playable movie out of it.
Why buy the movie twice?

The resolution and sound quality of a UMD is anemic.
DivX / XviD avi’s need to be about 1.5 to 2 gigs in size of they are to come close to DVD quality.
(Watch able on a TV but not a projector or HDTV)

The convenience in portability of movie’s come into question with portable DVD players.
Then there are portable DivX / Xvid players, in various incarnations, already on the market.

For many reasons it behooves Sony keep the UMD a proprietary format.
I don’t think there will ever be a UMD-R released to the consumer.

[Video_freak]

There is one question i gotta ask here. If Sony is getting a rid of UMD doesnt that mean they would stop making games for the PSP. I dont know cause i dont own a PSP its just that i thought UMD's were games aswell.

only UMD movies are dying

[soup_nazi]

Sorry MicroNut, but like felonyr301 said, UMD's are encoded at 720*480 resolution using H.264 compression. On a 1.8 gig disc that's enough to be claimed to be 'DVD quality'. Have you ever seen a UMD movie on a big screen? I'm guessing no... so how can you possibly comment on how good it looks?