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UMD Movies Heading For The Chop?
The other problem is that you can’t connect
the PSP to TV for movie playback.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, several
high-level execs from the two movie studios have confirmed that sales have been
poor and are falling fast. US retail giant Wal-Mart is also rumoured to be
backing off, clearing out its inventory and drastically reducing the
shelf-space available to UMD movies. If Wal-Mart drops UMD then the rest will
follow seems to be the general consensus. Despite a strong start, figures show
that UMD sales are tailing off and new releases from studios are on the
decline. It will be interesting to see if the failure of another Sony-driven
proprietary format damages the uptake of the forthcoming Blu-Ray format.
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The UMD Format wasn't all that successful, But I know that the Blu-ray format will be!
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