{"id":59,"date":"2006-04-01T05:21:52","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T10:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblog.globaladultmedia.com\/2006\/01\/sonys-universal-media-disc-facing-last-rites\/"},"modified":"2006-04-01T05:21:52","modified_gmt":"2006-04-01T10:21:52","slug":"sonys-universal-media-disc-facing-last-rites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaladultmedia.com\/weblog\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Sony&#8217;s Universal Media Disc facing last rites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an article via yahoo \/ reuters there is discussion about all major movie studios halting production of the Sony UMD&#8217;s for movies. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Disappointing sales have slowed the flow of movies on the proprietary Universal Media Disc to a mere trickle. At least two major studios have completely stopped releasing movies on UMD, while others are either toying with the idea or drastically cutting back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article tries to spell gloom and doom about the Sony PSP as a movie viewing device. The author does mention that Sony will be in talks with the major movie studios about allowing Sony to make the psp attachable to a tv so that movies can be viewed on a television using the psp as a portable movie player.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But next week, Sony Computer Entertainment executives will begin making the rounds of the Hollywood studios to discuss plans for making the PSP able to connect to TV sets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is some speculation that the flood of movies available right at launch time of the PSP may have had a rebound effect, causing a sharp dip in sales later. We have yet to aquire numbers for the sale of the <a href=\"http:\/\/weblog.globaladultmedia.com\/2005\/26\/sony-psp-porn-virtual-lapdanc-umd-hits-the-streets\/\">sony psp&#8217;s first adult video UMD, Bouncy&#8217;s virtual lapdance UMD<\/a>, but we expect sales of adult umds and <a href=\"http:\/\/weblog.globaladultmedia.com\/category\/mobile-porn\/psp-porn\/\">sony psp porn downloads<\/a> to continue to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>Watching full length movies on the psp may not be the best use of the portable device; television shows, comedy bits, and small, segmented video have been huge hits with itunes, youtube and others is often desired when there is time to kill, and watching full length, 2 and a half hour movies while waiting for something, just doesn&#8217;t make that much sense.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d welcome the addition of a cable or wireless connection to the televsion for large screen viewing, this may become a way for people to share video with others as well&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article via yahoo \/ reuters there is discussion about all major movie studios halting production of the Sony UMD&#8217;s for movies. 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