UMDs in the wild.

maximumzero

So I know that Sony's push for the UMD medium movies-wise has more or less been a bomb, yes. However, I just picked up a PSP, and I was going to pick up a movie or two if they were decently priced ($4.99-$14.99) However, I'm finding that they're impossible to find. Have all B&M stores stopped carrying them period?; will I have to turn to eBay for these things?

Raijin Quickfoot

Best Buy still carries them. Gamestop still carries them. Wal~Mart still carries them. Target still carries them.

maximumzero

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Best Buy still carries them. Gamestop still carries them. Wal~Mart still carries them. Target still carries them.

I've checked Target last night, and I saw a grand total of two movies, Click, and something else I don't remember and don't want. (Unless I was looking in the wrong area.)

I checked 2 Wal-Marts, neither carried any, again, unless I was looking in the wrong place.

And, Best Buy & Gamestop carried them, but both of their selections were pitiful at best.

Brolo

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

maximumzero

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

Target Practice

I still see them everywhere.

Are you sure you're looking in the right section? A lot of stores have moved UMD movies over with DVDs instead of with the PSP games.

taliosfalcon

i want to love UMDS..but then i go to buy one and i see the UMD is 35$ and the dvd is 20$ and i :shock: (prices in canadian)

Raijin Quickfoot

I work in a smaller Best Buy and we have about 60 or 70 titles available. They are over with the movies, not with the games.

Gotcha Force

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Raijin Quickfoot

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Wait...that was an argument for Memory cards? Because you just said it would cost $80 for a card that holds $3 movies when UMD's run about $15 a piece.

That doesn't make sense.

skippy

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Wait...that was an argument for Memory cards? Because you just said it would cost $80 for a card that holds $3 movies when UMD's run about $15 a piece.

That doesn't make sense.

But you can later delete those movies and add others from your collection.

maximumzero

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

If 4GB holds your entire DVD collection then damn you don't have a very large DVD collection.

Also, where the fuck are you finding 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duos at $80? I always see them at $160+ USD.

Ant000

They should include free UMD's in Blu-ray packs to promote both formats or something -- the prices are insane. Ideally it would be with DVD's but I don't see this happening.

Daedalus

maximumzero wrote:

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

If 4GB holds your entire DVD collection then damn you don't have a very large DVD collection.

Also, where the fuck are you finding 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duos at $80? I always see them at $160+ USD.

They're $99 at newegg.

Shadowfire

Most companies have stopped carrying UMDs. Gamestop is getting out of them, I know.. a few stores have been designated "dump stores" (I'm one of the lucky ones :roll: ), so we get piles and piles of them from other stores.

In the end, UMD was an ok idea, but completely worthless. They tended to be more expensive than DVDs, with no special features, and you can't watch them on your TV. And, like others have said, you can rip DVDs to your DUOs, and be done with it.

core tactic

Hehe, I still have my original Spiderman 2 UMD from way back when.


Ironically, I've never watched it.

I remember I bought Napolean Dynamite from Comp USA if that helps.

Sanders

maximumzero wrote:

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Best Buy still carries them. Gamestop still carries them. Wal~Mart still carries them. Target still carries them.

I've checked Target last night, and I saw a grand total of two movies, Click, and something else I don't remember and don't want. (Unless I was looking in the wrong area.)

I checked 2 Wal-Marts, neither carried any, again, unless I was looking in the wrong place.

And, Best Buy & Gamestop carried them, but both of their selections were pitiful at best.

Target stopped carrying them a long time ago, for some reason we were still sent copies of Click, Little Man, and one other movie.

Darlan

I got Pulp Fiction and Hero for 15 bucks each on some Best Buy sale with coupons, and they're pretty cool for that price, but don't just buy an UMD move to for the purpose of buying a UMD movie-look to see a sale or something advertised that you want first. Memory sticks ftw, too.

Bionic Monkey

They're practically flooding the used PSP sections at my EBstops.

Lindsay Lohan

I noticed my FYE (same as Strawberries and a few others) were having all UMD's for 9.99 this weekend, maybe an ongoing sale. They had a pretty good selection too.

Brolo

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Wait...that was an argument for Memory cards? Because you just said it would cost $80 for a card that holds $3 movies when UMD's run about $15 a piece.

That doesn't make sense.

But... they're flash media, so you can simply remove the video you've watched and put new ones on.

Do you just buy a new ipod when your old one fills up?

Also... $3 movies?

Der Waffle Mous

Rolo wrote:

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Wait...that was an argument for Memory cards? Because you just said it would cost $80 for a card that holds $3 movies when UMD's run about $15 a piece.

That doesn't make sense.

But... they're flash media, so you can simply remove the video you've watched and put new ones on.

Do you just buy a new ipod when your old one fills up?

Also... $3 movies?

Also, we have these things called "Hard Drives" that you can put large repositories of data on, which are compatible with these "memory cards".

randombattle

WHY wrote:

Rolo wrote:

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Gotcha Force wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Rolo wrote:

The problem with UMDs is that ripping movies to memory stick is pretty damned easy.

True, but I'd rather pay $14.99 for a copy of a movie I really like than having it take up half of my memory card.

$80 will buy you a 4GB which can hold 3 movies at UMD quality... (actually not sure if the 480x270 movie player still exists...)

i just cant see myself ever buying another umd movie when i can have my whole dvd collection for $80 instead.

Wait...that was an argument for Memory cards? Because you just said it would cost $80 for a card that holds $3 movies when UMD's run about $15 a piece.

That doesn't make sense.

But... they're flash media, so you can simply remove the video you've watched and put new ones on.

Do you just buy a new ipod when your old one fills up?

Also... $3 movies?

Also, we have these things called "Hard Drives" that you can put large repositories of data on, which are compatible with these "memory cards".

I think it might even be able to "copy" this data to the "memory card". But that might just be a load of science fiction.

slash000

Fry's Electronics has a bunch of these things.

Neo Rasa

Gamestop/EBGames actually only carries about 1/3 of what's been released on UMD. Around here at least, Best Buy has the widest selection and best prices on them.