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CaoPi
05-06-2006, 03:22 AM
how likely is this?
62t
05-06-2006, 03:40 AM
no chance of happening.
R1V3R5
05-06-2006, 03:53 AM
#1- Not listed anywhere on ps3 spec sheets.

#2- Would compromise the sales of psp a litle and sony does not want that.

#3- UMDs look like shit on the big screeen.


Of course, I'm drunk as hell but some of these are sure to make sense.
elwood731
05-06-2006, 04:36 AM
It would cost quite a bit to add a UMD player into the PS3, and to what benefit? The PS3 is to push Blu-Ray slaes, not UMDs. There might be some slight benfit in that people wouldn't feel as bad about plunking down $15 for a UMD movie if they knew it would play on their TV at home, but as someone already said the resolution wouldn't be that good and the cost would far outweigh any benefit.
gaelan
05-06-2006, 11:15 AM
i doubt it. why dump more money into a dying format?
javeryh
05-06-2006, 11:31 AM
I doubt it will be a feature of the system but I bet you will be able to hook your PSP up and watch a movie on the big screen... in horrible, horrible resolution...
slidecage
05-06-2006, 11:38 AM
#1- Not listed anywhere on ps3 spec sheets.

#2- Would compromise the sales of psp a litle and sony does not want that.

#3- UMDs look like shit on the big screeen.


Of course, I'm drunk as hell but some of these are sure to make sense.

why would it compromise the sales of a PSP.. the gameboy players for the SNES and gamecube never hurt the sales of the gameboy and gameboy advance
gaelan
05-06-2006, 12:06 PM
I doubt it will be a feature of the system but I bet you will be able to hook your PSP up and watch a movie on the big screen... in horrible, horrible resolution...

will you be able to play psp games in horrible, horrible resolution?
rodeojones903
05-06-2006, 12:52 PM
Ive read from a few places that UMD movies are actually a higher res/quality than a DVD, and they would look really good on a tv. I think it was in the IGN mail bag. Ill see if I can find it.
spoo
05-06-2006, 02:11 PM
UMD resolution 480x272
DVD resolution 852 x 480 (WS) or 720 x 480 (FS)
VCR resolution 486 x 240

UMD would look like a VCR tape.
Grave_Addiction
05-06-2006, 02:22 PM
UMD resolution 480x272
DVD resolution 852 x 480 (WS) or 720 x 480 (FS)
VCR resolution 486 x 240

UMD would look like a VCR tape.

Thanks for the info.

While there's no way Sony will integrate a UMD player into the PS3, I really hope they do come out with low-cost UMD players. I have several UMDs that I don't have on DVD, and I'd like to be able to watch them with the entire family.
adamsappel
05-07-2006, 12:37 AM
UMD movies are encoded to the same resolution as DVD: 720x480. The PSP downsamples that to the native resolution of the screen. It is a compressed file, though, so it would probably show some pixelation. I think where Sony cut the biggest corners is on the audio.
TimPV3
05-07-2006, 12:45 AM
Wasn't it mentioned they were thinking about allowing UMD's to be played off of the PSP through the PS3 via USB or Wifi?
Chris in Cali
05-07-2006, 12:54 AM
Nintendo had the Gameboy player, and that didn't compromise shit. People buy PSP's for portablity, not because there are major blockbuster games that are 100% exclusive. I don't think a UMD player on the PS3 would hurt PSP sales, and I actually think it could help them.
RelentlessRolento
05-07-2006, 12:57 AM
all I can say is the USB ports could be used for this.
spoo
05-07-2006, 06:14 AM
UMD movies are encoded to the same resolution as DVD: 720x480. The PSP downsamples that to the native resolution of the screen. It is a compressed file, though, so it would probably show some pixelation. I think where Sony cut the biggest corners is on the audio.
Ok I am not sure how this looks; do you know any one that has watched a UMD in 720x480? No you don't know anyone that has because it can't be done ATM. The only way ATM to watch a UMD is on a PSP that uses 480x272. I have looked at a lot of info on the UMD format at no one can say for sure if UMD compares to DVD. UMD uses MPEG-4 as far as I know and MPEG-4 < MPEG-2 (what DVD uses) as far as quality is concerned. The MPEG is a video and audio encoder that compresses the size of the file.

Please show me some links to prove me wrong, if you can find some from someone other then a message board fanboy please show me, I would like to read it.
RAMSTORIA
05-07-2006, 06:47 AM
Nintendo had the Gameboy player, and that didn't compromise shit. People buy PSP's for portablity, not because there are major blockbuster games that are 100% exclusive. I don't think a UMD player on the PS3 would hurt PSP sales, and I actually think it could help them.

yeah, i dont know why people think this wouldnt/shouldnt happen. personally, and im sure many others, would like to see this happen. it would drive umd and psp sales up. they could sale an add on a la the GBPlayer and make some money still. oh well, ill just get my hopes up.
Ivanhoe
05-07-2006, 07:32 AM
this will probably be done through the usb port.

But lets wait a few more days after E3 .
Hiei
05-07-2006, 02:52 PM
To the people that thin that the umd resolution looks like shit, like a vcr tape, bullshit the umd movies i own look sooooo clear and last longer then a godman dvd, i watched resident evil 1 on dvd shity, on umd looks realy clear
Grave_Addiction
05-07-2006, 03:02 PM
To the people that thin that the umd resolution looks like shit, like a vcr tape, bullshit the umd movies i own look sooooo clear and last longer then a godman dvd, i watched resident evil 1 on dvd shity, on umd looks realy clear

They're saying that the UMD would have VCR-like quality if you played it through your tv screen, not on your PSP.
Vinny
05-07-2006, 03:13 PM
To the people that thin that the umd resolution looks like shit, like a vcr tape, bullshit the umd movies i own look sooooo clear and last longer then a godman dvd, i watched resident evil 1 on dvd shity, on umd looks realy clear

Maybe you should try to understand what people are talking about before going off on them...:roll:

The reason they look good is because they're on a tiny, lower res screen. It's like playing a movie file on a computer... usually, when you increase the size (and thus, resolution) the image quality drops. Though the difference from a PSP to a TV won't be that drastic unless it's an HDTV.

I'm guessing Sony will market watching UMD movies on a big screen using the PS3/PSP connectivity. It'd help sales of UMD movies in a big way IMO.
62t
05-07-2006, 03:15 PM
remember how the nintendo gba movies would not work on gba player? There could be copyright issues because the rights for a portable version and home verison could be own by different people. That means there will be no way to play umd on tv.
Chacrana
05-07-2006, 03:23 PM
To the people that thin that the umd resolution looks like shit, like a vcr tape, bullshit the umd movies i own look sooooo clear and last longer then a godman dvd, i watched resident evil 1 on dvd shity, on umd looks realy clear

Fellow CAGers, this is why we need to aid our failing education system.
ryanbph
05-07-2006, 03:24 PM
IIIRC, there have been a lot of rumors of watching your umd movie from the psp thru the ps3. They have talked about conectivity with the ps3/psp.
elwood731
05-07-2006, 05:07 PM
IIIRC, there have been a lot of rumors of watching your umd movie from the psp thru the ps3. They have talked about conectivity with the ps3/psp.
That would make sense, though an actual player in the PS3 would not. So maybe a USB cable you hooked up and it would play? I could see that.
RelentlessRolento
05-07-2006, 11:50 PM
That would make sense, though an actual player in the PS3 would not. So maybe a USB cable you hooked up and it would play? I could see that.


Sony has already been planning out a possible PSP to TV device for a while and I wouldn't be surprised if they make a hint or announcement about it tommorow, making alot of people very happy.