Why isnt there a Sony UMD player ?

[Elbereth]

Uhh as far as I know UMD Video resolution is 720x480 but is downscaled for PSP when played on it, this was proven by decoding the mps files on UMD. Being encoded in H.264 for a UMD size of almost 2GB, you would get pretty decent result on TV so it would not be dumb to have standalone player (other than PSP).

Even if the DVD is far better (bonuses, much better audio and usually better video) that do not mean there should not be a UMD player for TV. Bear in mind you don't need HD if you are using a standard TV (most of European people) or if you are using a normal videoproyector (480p). I actually agree that MPEG4 looks (most of the time) crappy on proyector..

Edit: Actually at PSP presentation a UMD Video was projected on a big screen and it looked pretty good.

[borikua_rocks]

wouldnt a USB-VIDEO adapter that went from the PSp to a TV imput be better? And easier to make?

[PsychoSync]

UMD movies are 720x480 and the PSP downscales it... That's stupid if Sony is not planning on making a standalone player (or anyway of playing the movie to TV). What i always hated about UMD movies is the lack of bonuses. Now if they're not planning on selling some kind of gizmo to play those movies on TV, then why don't they burn their movies 480x272, that would leave enough space for special features.

[r2works]

You would think a company like Sony with their music market, gaming market, computer market, electronics market, car stereo market, and film making market; would come up with better ideas or at least force their ideas within there own electronic world.

I still don't understand why Sony did not go with the mini-dvd format!? 1.4G with 3" in width...! that would have had more people buying movies twice, then with a UMD cd. Think about it, you watch mini-dvd's on your dvd, watch mini-dvd camcorder video's (sony's camcorder plug), make a mini-dvd car player (sony's car stereo plug), release a dvd to mini-dvd compressor program (sony's computer/software plug), etc. etc.

This UMD format is just like the MiniDisc player Sony marketed 6-10yrs ago, and what happened with that? Sony should have learned from this or at least think about what made them so successful. The Playstation used CD format, which then in turn made games cheaper and more universal for developers when compared to the N64.

So what does this all mean for the PS3??? Well from what I have read the battle between HD-DVD and BluRay could be decided through the PORN industry. yay more porn.