I have a small collection of them as well. If I can find any on clearance or cheap to buy used I will get them as well.

I love this line: "DVD is just barely capable of LD quality resolution"

I for one always thought UMD was a stupid idea.

$20 bucks for a lower resolution DVD, without extra features on a four inch screen. I just can't see the point in forking over the cash for any single UMD.

I gotta go dig up some old PSP threads - I swear there were people talking about how great UMDs were...

I still don't get the thread title.

They are ditching the UMD format for this extremely convoluted Memory Stick plue Locked DVD movie delivery system.

Seems overly complicated to me.

Yep, some people really loved them. I always thought they were WAY overpriced. Nice idea if they could execute at a good price-point. I paid $4 for one once, and that was about the most I would pay. I can convert DVD's just as easy. UMD's have a little better quality and you don't have to load up your Memory Stick.

That would be cool!
Let's see who they are. LOL!

uh oh, I remember when that ancient DS thread got bumped, it was funny, I probably said some really stupid things, I'm nervous now :).

DING! DING! DING! Which is exactly why I ain't touching either High Definition DVD format until that all boils out (a battle in which I suspect Sony will again be the loser). I don't expect the release of the PS3 to push the envelope for BluRay market share either.

Why did the call it Universal Media Disc? It was anything BUT "universal".

Here's a good blast from the past - some of the posters don't seem to have a problem with the UMD format. It's funny to read the comments about the price (I'm including myself in that - they really did surprise me on the price.)

Anyway, here's PSP specs!

Along with DRG mentioning the MiniDisc, I'll add Divx. Weren't they big supporters/innovators of that format as well?

Actually, no. Columbia Tri-Star were early supporters of DVD along with Warner and Polygram.

You could add ATRAC, their proprietary audio compression that never became as popular as MP3 or even AAC.

Oh yeah, I remember when they were touting the PSP as an iPod killer and it was going to be ATRAC only (am I remembering that right?).

Yeah, I remember ATRAC being thrown around as a PSP thing. The only reason I remember that is because that was the first I'd heard of the format.

How is that pronounced? I mentally pronounce it "ay-track" which of course doesn't help instill confidence in the product ;)

I may have said this earlier, and maybe I'm the wrong demographic, but UMD disks always struck me as silly/stupid. Charge five bucks more and pack it in with the real dvd; or sell them for less than, say, 8 bucks, and I *might* consider it. But I don't want to pay *more*, to get *less*, and only be able to play it on one small, portable device, that isn't extremely widespread so my chance of recouping any costs by reselling it are slim. Then again, I have a widescreen bigscreen HDTV and a 7.1 surround system, so going portable to watch a movie seems silly in itself.

I think Sony had learned their lesson about Atrac only devices by the time of the PSP. Atrac goes pretty much hand in hand with the failure of minidisc, but it also killed all of their early attempts at creating MP3 players anyone would actually want to buy.

BTW, I decided today that I may be ready to take the plunge on an Xbox360 and my PSP has been sold. I liked the PSP overall as a small multimedia device and it still has a ton of potential, but I was really having some headaches with some of the conversion software available and decided I would just let it go. I will miss it, but rarely ever used it for gaming other than MLB06 which I can get for the PS2 so keeping it just seemed silly. I'm selling it now while I can still get a good return on it.

Hey, I still love my PSP and I love all my UMD movies. While waiting for my wife today I watched Animal House on my PSP, it sure as hell was better carrying my PSP with Animal House than lugging my portable dvd player! I love UMD's!

-ohbfrank-

The DS Lite has a similar add-on that has a 4GB drive. No way I'm biting.

Last night I watched Devil's Rejects on UMD, it was awesome! I love my UMD movies and I just bought Evil Dead 1 & 2, so I am now reaching 50 of them, and I hope I make it to 100!

Check the bargain/clearance bins....

Sure if I can find stores that still carry them! FYE seems to be the only one in this area..

Target use to carry a bunch. I wonder if they just returned them all to the manufacturers.

Yes Target does not carry them anymore. Best Buy still has them and I notice Benchwarmers on UMD there yesterday so they are still putting out new released on UMD...YES!

Bump...any discount UMD sightings yet?