Posted by Alpha on 09/27/05 01:21

You can see the huge library of 20 or so movies in this format on amazon.com

"Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> UMD is Universal Media Disc, it's the 3" optical format for the Sony
> PSP (Playstation Portable).
>
> Pictures:
>
> http://image1.play-asia.com/gallery/large/GA.00008.0041.jpg
>
> http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/psp-umd.jpg
>
> HowStuffWorks page - http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/psp-umd.jpg
>
> Each disc holds around 1.8 GB which is plenty to show a full length
> movie considering:
>
> "The first thing most people notice about the PSP is the widescreen
> monitor that takes up practically the entire width of the device. The
> screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio and features a 480x272-pixel TFT-LCD
> screen (thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display -- also known as an
> active-matrix LCD)."
>
> - Jordan
>

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