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Warner Home Video announced on Monday that it will release movies and other content on the Universal Media Disc, making it the sixth and last of the major studios to release content for Sony's PlayStation Portable multimedia player. Sony has registered sales of more than 2.2 million PSP hardware units in the United States since its March launch.

The studio will release eight movies and one TV show on the 1.8 GB format disc, which plays exclusively on Sony's PSP video game system. Warner's UMD rollout begins Dec. 6 with "The Dukes of Hazzard," which comes out the same day as the DVD. Also available Dec. 6: "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4" from Cartoon Network.

The second wave of UMD titles launches Dec. 20 and will include new releases like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Batman Begins," "Constantine," "House of Wax" and catalog titles like "The Matrix," "Terminator 3," and "Enter the Dragon." New releases will retail for $30, while catalog titles will cost $20.

 

[-Damien-]

yay!!! there's nothing like watching Batman Begins in a subway

 

[refreshZ]

yay!!! there's nothing like watching Batman Begins in a subway

 

[DarienA]

Batman Begins
The Matrix
Enter the Dragon


Mine, mine and f'n MINE!

 

[Forsete]

"lawl.. UMD am DOA" - GAF prior to PSPs release

Today.. hmm.

Too bad I cant play any PAL UMDs on my Canadian PSP. I would get more movies then, its a pain in the rear to import all the time. Make it region free!

 

[BobTheFork]

Also available Dec. 6: "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4" from Cartoon Network.



Thats my shit!!

 

[Midas]

"lawl.. UMD am DOA" - GAF prior to PSPs release

Today.. hmm.

Too bad I cant play any PAL UMDs on my Canadian PSP. I would get more movies then, its a pain in the rear to import all the time. Make it region free!

It's cheaper to import, you can stand the pain.

 

[saelz8]

 

[Ponn]

Can LoTR be around the corner finally? I wonder if they would do a two UMD disc EE of those?

 

[Ghost]

When do you guys watch umd movies?

 

[monchi-kun]

Hopefully NETFLIX will allow for UMD rentals soon, i just can bring myself to buy UMD movies

 

[DarienA]

Hopefully NETFLIX will allow for UMD rentals soon, i just can bring myself to buy UMD movies

Gamefly does UMD movie rentals. Looks like they currently have 215 UMD titles.

 

[Ponn]

When do you guys watch umd movies?

At work on my breaks or when it's slow. Comes in handy visiting relatives I don't particulary care for and can drown out the conversations. On a plane trip, in my hotel room, lots of places so far.

 

[Vennt]

When do you guys watch umd movies?

Not UMD's - but I watch my ripped DVD's from my memory stick between soundcheck and gig, usually a 3-4 hour "break" from work that is too long to occupy myself with games non-stop, so it's either watch movies or catch up on missed TV episodes, or get drunk/stoned before I'm really working - not such a good idea, but a common way to spend this time.

Quite surprisingly, the PSP has become VERY popular within the field I work in, In one crew of 8 I work with often there are 5 other PSP owners, and multi-player Ridge Racer and HSG tournaments are quite frequent, also I'm not the only person to have tested out the audio capacity of the PSP to it's fullest extent, my previous small experiments with running the audio from Lumnes to a 8kW PA have now been surpassed by Lumines through a 32kW festival/outdoor event PA system

Now if only we could somehow link Lumines to our DMX controller based lighting rigs, now THEN we'd see something a damn sight fancier than Blinkenlights , we've not given up on this yet and may break out an older sound-to-light unit just for the occasion, but as you can probably guess playing around with some of this shit doesn't go down too well. If it works expect some major video footage from the next festival I work at

 

[mckmas8808]

Unlike the early days of the DVD market, when it took nine months for the first DVD movie to top 100,000 units, roughly 10 UMD movies have already sold more than 100,000 units. Sony forecasts hardware sales in the U.S. to reach 5 million by the end of the year, as consumers purchase PSP systems to play the new games

Wow. Just wow 10 movies sold more than 100,000 units. All that with in 6 months on the UMD existence and with a low number of PSP units sold. O_O

 

[Kleegamefan]

Wow. Just wow 10 movies sold more than 100,000 units. All that with in 6 months on the UMD existence and with a low number of PSP units sold. O_O

Just a sneek preview into Blu-ray, my friend....

 

[Razoric]

Wow. Just wow 10 movies sold more than 100,000 units. All that with in 6 months on the UMD existence and with a low number of PSP units sold. O_O

I have a feeling Sony is gonna have a very merry christmas.

 

[Kleegamefan]

I have a feeling Sony is gonna have a very merry christmas.

Yeah, they don't have to share UMD license fees with anyone and *they* are the ones who manufacture it...

CHA-CHING!!!

 

[truffleshuffle83]

QFT

 

[mckmas8808]

Yeah, they don't have to share UMD license fees with anyone and *they* are the ones who manufacture it...

CHA-CHING!!!

Yeah UMDs are really a money maker for Sony. Will UMDs actually be the new and only portable movie format?

 

[Mrbob]

Sony's hardware goal is really ambitious. 5 million by the end of the year in the USA alone? That means they are looking at selling 2.8 million systems in October, November, December.

 

[Ponn]

Yeah UMDs are really a money maker for Sony. Will UMDs actually be the new and only portable movie format?

Since people still bitch about UMD being a new format I doubt the market could sustain yet another movie format.

 

[Juice]

Anything that gives Sony another excuse for the mostly pathetic (non GTA:LCS) PSP game lineup is a bad thing. That includes good UMD sales as far as I care.

 

[Ponn]

Anything that gives Sony another excuse for the mostly pathetic (non GTA:LCS) PSP game lineup is a bad thing. That includes good UMD sales as far as I care.

Your opinion noted and then quickly disregarded

 

[jamesinclair]

The Dukes of Hazzard

Is that really the way to start supporting a new format?

And for 30$ as well!

 

[acklame]

The Dukes of Hazzard

Is that really the way to start supporting a new format?

And for 30$ as well!

Batman begins is

And $30 is the MSRP. I,Robot had $30 MSRP as well, as do new DVDs, yet I got it for $15.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Batman Begins anytime, anywhere? Sold!!

 

[AndreasNystrom]

Is there any talk about releasing a standalone umd-player?

or a portable only umd-movie player (and mp3 maybe)

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Is there any talk about releasing a standalone umd-player?

or a portable only umd-movie player (and mp3 maybe)

I think that would be a good idea. Aren't there are more UMD movies than there are PSP games?