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Sony's PSP Handheld Storage Media Pictured

Posted by simoniker on from the tiny-wee-discy dept.

Thanks to Evil Avatar for pointing to an article on the new PSP Insider website that has the first pictures of the UMD disc format. The Universal Media Disc, or UMD for short, is the game storage medium that Sony's handheld, the PSP will use when it launches in late 2004, and is a 2.4 inch disc that can store up to 1.8gb of data.

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  1. Is it just me? by wizarddc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is it just me, or does it look like Sony is presenting this purely as a new media format, that they just happen to be using in the PSP? Kinda like the memory stick, Sony seems to be addings another proprietary format to their ranks. Your new VAIO will not only be able to read these, but eventually, they'll be UMD-R's and RW's that will write your AIBO 3.0 code on and slip right into your digi pooch. Or not. I'm only guessing

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  2. PSP UMD vs. GameCube Mini-DVD by peel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This isn't so different from a GameCube disc. It's a little smaller and has .3GB more storgae but other than that I don't see a real significant leap in technology, nor another reason to introduce yet another optical disc format.

    GC Optical Disc - 7.62cm(3in) 1.5GB Storgae capcity
    PSP UMD - 6.1cm (2.4in) 1.8GB Storage Capacity

    Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but GC discs do not employ dual layer technology, so theoretically they could hold twice the amount of data. I'll leave all of the comments about using this type of storage in a handheld to others. -peel