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UMD Approved As An ECMA Standard

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-someday-it-will-be-universal dept.

News for nerds writes "Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced today (press release) that the UMD (Universal Media Disc) optical-disc physical format which holds 1.8GB, used in Sony PSP, has been approved as a standard format by Ecma International, and would be submitted to ISO/IEC as well."

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  1. Hooray by Winterblink · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe now the U in UMD might carry some significance, because right now it might as well be PMD for Proprietary Media Disc.

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  2. Remember the reason UMD is being accepted... by kc32 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sony is allowing porn on it.