A new report from market research firm The NPD Group concludes that the outlook for movies and other entertainment on Universal Media Disc (UMD) — the tiny optical disk used by Sony’s PlayStation ...

ソニーの光学ディスクと言えば『DVD』『Blu-ray』を思い浮かべる方も多いでしょう。その反面で00年代～10年代に大きな普及の可能性を秘めながらも、完全に消えてしまった光学ディスクもあります。 それがPSPで主に採用されていた『UMD』です。

Television programming from MTV, including Jackass and Beevis and Butt-head, will be available on the PSP’s UMD disc format. Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has announced that television ...

As the European launch of Sony's PSP handheld draws nearer, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has declared itself the first movie distributor to support the UMD format in the UK. The Hitchiker's Guide to ...

The first illegal copies of PlayStation Portable games have been uploaded to the internet by pirate group Paradox, but despite this worrying development, no means exists as yet to actually play the ...

Last night I threw in the towel, unboxed my original PSP slim-3000-lite-whatever-it’s-called, and fired up the UMD version of Final Fantasy Tactics. The game’s not available through the PlayStation ...

We just got done messing around with the GameDr. Motorized UMD Cartridge Cleaner, and we must say that it is impressive. For $20 USD, this ultra-portable device cleans dust, dirt, and fingerprints ...

Analysts Michael Pachter and EEDAR's Jesse Divnich predict that Sony's next handheld will support UMD - or at least, would not be surprised if it did. "I think it is possible and likely that the ...

Photograph: Rick Rizner After the former COO of game developer Acclaim David Perry Twittered about the new PSP2 and its lack of a UMD drive, the Internet started paying attention to Sony’s ...