So, are you guys actually buying UMD movies?

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Curious to see if CAGs are buying into these.

Note, this doesn't count Spiderman 2.

Edit: Hrm, should've had an option for "Don't have any, but plan to buy in the future"...but it doesn't seem as if I can edit the poll.
 
I bought one, Cowboy Bebop The Movie.

I figure since I am the only one who would watch it, I might as well get it for the PSP.

With my eyes watching movies is 1000 times better on PSP than even an HDTV.
(even with my glasses on, because light colors blur)
 
Never will. I would MAYBE buy 1 or 2 if they were priced at say, $10 a movie. But if I can just buy the DVD for $16 there is no way in hell i'm spending $20+ for a UMD version of it.

If I really want to watch a movie, I'll just copy the DVD to my hard drive and convert it to the memory card.
 
If I ever find some really cheap UMD's I might buy them, but I'm not spending more on something that a DVD can do better. I'll admit they are beautiful in action and might start renting them while traveling.
 
If I want a portable movie player I'll buy a portable DVD player.
I loath the idea to have to re-buy my movies in that stupid UMD format.
 
I own a UMD movie.

If the freakin prices would come down to a reasonable level ($11-$14), I would buy them.

I really, really hope Sony wises up and drops the prices.
 
[quote name='Tromack']I'm not spending more on something that a DVD can do better.[/QUOTE]

I appreciate that Sony is trying to expand the system's user base with UMD movies, but I rarely buy DVDs as it is. Given that the average DVD release usually has a lot more features and a lower price tag, I'm going to stick with DVD for the handful of titles I actually buy.
 
only UMD movie I own is the one it came with... If & when sony releases a UMD player for home use I'll consider buying some more
 
[quote name='Epic Wolf']only UMD movie I own is the one it came with... If & when sony releases a UMD player for home use I'll consider buying some more[/QUOTE]

Anybody know what bitrate and resolution most UMD movies are encoded at? I would imagine it being significantly lower than dvd's since it isn't necessary to waste space with a resolution/bitrate that won't even be properly utilized. So even if we had home UMD players, the quality of the video would be significantly lacking (maybe slightly better than Video CDs, or whatever they were called).
 
I don't see the point of paying the same or more to see them on a smaller screen. Any of those movies I want, I already own on DVD. Maybe when these things inevitably hit clearance I will pick up a few, maybe.
 
I bought one used from Joevan for 8 shipped. Once upon ar pay time in mexico. I would neve 15 to 20 billz for them though. 10 is a good price.
 
I have spiderman 2 (came with the psp) Not another teen movie (the new dvd has less features than the older dvd that i own, so i bought the UMD instead), and appleseed (it was cheap and it's worth the money). I plan on buying bad boys with the overstock coupon.
 
[quote name='basketkase543']Anybody know what bitrate and resolution most UMD movies are encoded at? I would imagine it being significantly lower than dvd's since it isn't necessary to waste space with a resolution/bitrate that won't even be properly utilized. So even if we had home UMD players, the quality of the video would be significantly lacking (maybe slightly better than Video CDs, or whatever they were called).[/QUOTE]

We can't be sure of that as it depends on the length of the movie.. a 2 hour movie on a 1.8GB of space (the size of an UMD) would be ~1800kbps. Of course, this is assuming it's just the movie with a stereo track.. no subtitles, no ProLogic sound, no multiple audio tracks (foreign language dubbing, director commentaries, etc.), and no bonus features. If any one of those features are included, then the bitrate would be much less...

So if they release a UMD player for home use and you watch a UMD on a smaller, regular TV than you probably won't think too much about the quality. But watch it on a HDTV, it'll definitely look like crap since an an average 2 hour DVD runs at twice the bitrate and includes multiple audio tracks, bonus features, subtitles, Dolby digital, etc.
 
I've got 3 movies but won't be getting any more. I got for $15 the Resident Evil umd because I wanted to have at least one umd movie. I bought Spiderman from somebody on this site for like 12 and T2 for $10 with a coupon. Notice a trend anyone. Seems like most of us only want to pay like around $10 at most for a umd movie. I think even that is being generous since I can usually buy a new release dvd the day it comes out for $13-$16 usually. I can play that dvd on my tv, on my computer, on my mini dvd player with LCD screen, on my xbox, on my ps2, or even in a car dvd player. I can even download the movie and compress to play on a PDA or the PSP off a flash memory card. With a umd movie I can do what? Play it on my PSP and that is all? What a rip-off. The novelty has worn off for me and many others now. I think we may start to see some clearance umds soon. Besides I don't have room for a ton of movies in my PSP case I bought anyway.
 
Wow, people complain a lot about price. I have only ever seen 2 UMD's that were over $20 (those being Kill Bill and Pirates of the Carribean).

If I step into Wal-Mart just about all of them use to be $13-$15, but now they raised the $13 ones to $15.

$15 is not a bad price IMO.
 
I have 5 UMDs now. I've tried to buy UMDs that I don't already have the DVD for. I already have an 8.4" portable DVD player, but when my family travels, my daughters usually get full control of that, and I just love the Idea of carrying my game system, movie player, MP3 player, picture album, Emulator, etc. all in one pocket. The movies are a little expensive, but they look great and are just so convenient for all the travelling I do.
 
[quote name='maccabee72']The movies are a little expensive...[/QUOTE]

That's my only real problem with UMD films. If Sony decides to create a "value" line of reduced price UMD movies, I might pick up a few.
 
I only have one UMD movie (Resident Evil: Apocolypse), but I'd gladly buy more. I got it for less than 14.99 used at Gamestop, and that seems like a good price point to me. I just there more movies on UMD that I want to see. The trick about buying UMD's is that you can't them at EB or Gamestop new. Wal-Mart or used is how you have to do it.
 
[quote name='Mr. Anderson']I only have one UMD movie (Resident Evil: Apocolypse), but I'd gladly buy more. I got it for less than 14.99 used at Gamestop, and that seems like a good price point to me. I just there more movies on UMD that I want to see. The trick about buying UMD's is that you can't them at EB or Gamestop new. Wal-Mart or used is how you have to do it.[/QUOTE]

Actually Amazon has some nice prices also. I just ordered The Dark Crystal and Ghostbusters from them and it was less than $30 shipped. They didn't charge for tax and shipping was free over $25.
 
UMD is great & all... I won't ever buy a UMD movie... thats just me...

The thing is the UMD Movies to Game ratios is like 10-to-1...
And if the genral consumer thinks if the PSP is just a damn expensive movie player...

how is sony going to move more units?
 
Own: Saw, Steamboy, Spiderman 2, Napolean Dynamite *edited* and Appleseed

Plan on buying: Holy Grail (worth owning twice for me), Sin City, Oldboy and more once most of the movies drop to $9.99 in the future or less. Obviously the newer releases are tempting but at $20 and even $25 for new releases is a bit absurd, such as Hero and National Treasurey still going for $22 at my Wal-Mart, not to mention most newer releases are comped the first week, so I'm paying $19.82 on UMD when I could be getting them on sale $14.82, so I am paying $5 more for them on UMD.

The neatness factor is what sells it to me, but I hope down the road most UMDs don't run for over $15, and hopefully we'll begin to see sales for them for $9.99 or less.
 
Why would movie companies DROP prices. Peoplekeep buying UMD's, so they will continue to MAKE MONEY off of everyone. MY $4 movie was just a one time thing. I really don't see the appeal of the UMD movie yet. I guess it's nice to only have ONE portable movie player, but a portable DVD player is only $100....or...many have laptops.
 
you guys do realize that sone will slowly stop making dvd players and start making Umd players.....thats my guess, this way they can have the market to themselves
 
[quote name='Monsta Mack'], so I am paying $5 more for them on UMD.
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IMO If you'll going to pay extra money for the same movie... you should get extra content... another reason for me to dislike UMD movie...
 
I got Spiderman 2 with my PSP. I don't play on buying anymore unless they are cheaper than $10. I almost bought Kill Bill in Puerto Rico for my plane ride home, but the EB Games I went to over there was out of stock.
 
[quote name='Beana Blasta']you guys do realize that sone will slowly stop making dvd players and start making Umd players.....thats my guess, this way they can have the market to themselves[/QUOTE]


I highly doubt UMD will ever go mainstream... just look at what happen to MiniDisc...?

Stop making DVD player to make UMD player... thats crazy... UMD offer nothing over DVD beside size & less data space...


New media formats will be HD-DVD & Blu-ray... not UMD... there will be UMD player... soon enuff...
 
[quote name='Spoon_si']UMD is great & all... I won't ever buy a UMD movie... thats just me...

The thing is the UMD Movies to Game ratios is like 10-to-1...
And if the genral consumer thinks if the PSP is just a damn expensive movie player...

how is sony going to move more units?[/QUOTE]

According to the September OPM here are the upcoming PSP game releases for September - November:

September

Burnout Legends
Frantix
GripShift
Tiger Woods PGA 06
World Poker Tour 2k6
Frogger: Helmet Chaos
Namco Museum Battle Collection

October

GTA: Liberty City Stories
Infected
The Con
X-men Legends II
Y's: The Ark of Napishtim
Bounty Hounds
Midway Arcade Treasures
NBA 06
Gretzky 06
Virtua Tennis

November

F1 Grand Prix
NBA LIVE 06
SSX on Tour
The Apprentice
The Godfather
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Sims 2
WRC
Metal Gear Acid 2
Guilty Gear Judgement
Payout Poker and Casino
Chronicles of Narnia
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of Imperfects
Tokobot
Viewtiful Joe: VFX Battle
Lord of the Rings: Tactics
Pacman World 3
NeoPets PetPet adventure
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo
Mortal Combat: Deception
Pursuit Force
Xyanide
Street Fighter Alpha

I don't know how accurate their info is, and the number of games may never equal the number of movies, but if this list is even close to being correct, it looks like this month may be the last slow one for the PSP for quite some time.
 
I hate how most online retailers groups UMD movies and games together.. with so many movies, it's hard to find games for the PSP.

Of course, there isn't much to look forward to the PSP... not within the next few months anyway.
 
Sony will never made a stand-alone UMD Player for the TV...the quality would be VHS/VCD. The only reason I could see Sony having a UMD-format machine is for maybe playing PSP games on the TV.
 
I have one umd movie, house of flying daggers. It looks great on the psp screen but i wouldnt have bought it if it wasnt 14 bucks. I think 15 bucks for a umd movie is an ok price but the thing is most of the umds I would consider buying are the ones that they jackup to 25+ while the crappy movies are cheap. if they were 10 bucks each i would buy more. Think of it this way... you can always *ahem* backup a dvd but you can't do that with a umd.
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Sony will never made a stand-alone UMD Player for the TV...the quality would be VHS/VCD. The only reason I could see Sony having a UMD-format machine is for maybe playing PSP games on the TV.[/QUOTE]
The PS3 will probably have a Super GameBoy type device either built in or as an add on to play UMD movies, music, games, etc.
 
oops never mind when you said super gameboy i thought you meant like a gameboy thats super rather than the super gameboy peripheral.
 
I have spiderman 2 and the grudge, which is still sealed and I haven't even watched the spiderman 2 umd that came with it. lol
 
I have Hellboy and Cowboy Bebop (also, Spiderman 2). I will definately buy Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Evil Dead, those are two movies I love enough to own on more than one format.

I might go for Sin City, if only to hold me over until the special ed. DVDs release.
 
I have a bunch of UMD movies and the quality on the PSP is very good.

I have:
Spiderman 2 came with
Hellboy $12.99
Resident Evil Apocalypse $12.99
Kill Bill $13.50 Used GS
Terminator 2 $14.99
Resident Evil $14.96
Dark Crytal $14.96
Samuari Champloo 1-2 $10.88

on pre-order
Samuari Champloo 3-4 $10.88
Evil Dead $11.88
Gungrave 1-2 $10.88

Not sure if I will be buying anymore anytime soon besides the ones on pre-order, but Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, Ren and Stimpy and Sin City are calling me.
 
I have bought ZERO UMDs and never plan to, I don't see the point at ALL. I would much rather just buy DVDs and then rip them onto the Duo cards myself, so I have both options. I don't understand why more people aren't doing this, it doesn't even take much technical savvy at all.
 
[quote name='secretvampire']I have bought ZERO UMDs and never plan to, I don't see the point at ALL. I would much rather just buy DVDs and then rip them onto the Duo cards myself, so I have both options. I don't understand why more people aren't doing this, it doesn't even take much technical savvy at all.[/QUOTE]

The quality of the video compared to the UMD takes a big hit. I have a duo card with some video on it and the quality just is not the same. I have SW Empire, Invader Zim, Samuari Jack, Ren and Stimpy and Chapelle show on my stick and they can tend to get very pixelated when a lot is happening on screen. Plus the process is time consuming to transfer and convert the files to MP4.
 
[quote name='secretvampire']I have bought ZERO UMDs and never plan to, I don't see the point at ALL. I would much rather just buy DVDs and then rip them onto the Duo cards myself, so I have both options. I don't understand why more people aren't doing this, it doesn't even take much technical savvy at all.[/QUOTE]

Maybe people can't afford a 60 dollar card at one time, but have 15 bucks to buy a movie?
 
I think that they are way overpriced. Even at $15 I would rather spend the $15 on a DVD and wach it in my big screen TV with surround sound. If the pricess drop to $10 or lower, which im sure will not happen, I would consider buying them, or maybe if I traveled a lot.
 
If there was an extra incentive or a lower price then I would start to buy them. For the mean time dvd's work out fine for me.
 
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