LOL @ HD-DVD

[burgundy]

I can't imagine it would be that easy.

And why only Blu-Rays? Shouldn't this work with standard def DVDs? I mean, it could.

[Yoshi]

It's easy as hell to rip DVDs and play them on the PSP already.

[burgundy]

BUT THAT'S ILLEGAL

[sphere79]

BUT THAT'S ILLEGAL

Shouldn't it fall under "fair-use" rules if you bought the DVD? It's not illegal to rip MP3's from a CD (yet). Though I did buy a CD once that had a statement on it to the effect that by opening it I agreed to certain terms that included it only be played in "authorized players". I.E. - You can't rip it because we want you to pay for it again in some shitty DRM-ridden digital form.

Also, I wouldn't expect in anyway to be getting content off of those discs and onto a PSP without an added cost. Either at purchase or though some sort of "pay-to-unlock" setup. Why would Sony potentially hurt sales of UMD movies without making the revenue up elsewhere?

[Yoshi]

The downloadable PS1 games play on both the PS3 and PSP with no additional cost. You can play PS1 discs on the PSP with no additional cost.

[sphere79]

I'm talking about movies.

Old PS1 games aren't currently competing at retail.

[Yoshi]

Neither are UMDs. No one is going to buy the same movie on UMD and Blu-Ray.

[Grave]

No one is going to buy a movie on UMD.

This. But no, even if UMDs were selling, they're not even close to competing. Hey, what'd be the best way to show off my brand new HDTV? Maybe some low-res PSP movies and TV-out! Awesome.

I bought xXx on UMD. I don't know. I felt like you should know this about me.

[burgundy]

UMDs would be fine if they cost $5 each. And it seems like every chain is running massive sales getting them down to almost that level.

(Or that happened like six months ago. I'm a little late to the PSP party.)

[MarkRyan]

That's an interesting question. I suspect they've thought of a way to prevent that.

I doubt it, unless they set an expiration date on the files you download to PSP. DRM is already fairly lax with PS3 --> PSP stuff--I take downloaded games from the office onto my personal PSP without any registration or hassle at all.