Universal Media Disc
UMD (for " Universal Media Disc ") of storage optical owner developped at the point in 2004 by Sony is media and intended for his portable console PSP© (PlayStation Portable ©).
Of a capacity of 1,768 Go, it allows inter alia storing plays, films as well as music. The diameter of discs UMD is of 60 Misters the disc in him even is similar to the mini most used DVD, but it is protected by a plastic hull which allows its insertion the manner of a cartridge in the console. This plastic hull is very sensitive to the pressure that one applies to him during handling.
Lately, the very low sales of video UMD led the studios which publish some with completion to stop, or to strongly reduce their production. The UMD Vidéos will be replaced besides by of Memory Stick containing one or more films. These weak sales are to be charged to the price of the media (a video UMD costs almost the same price that a video DVD) and with impossibility of differently visualizing them than on the PSP©, this one did not have a video out compatible with the television sets before arrived of its update: Sony PSP Slim & Lite, or PSP-2000.
Rock'n'roll in Rio , album of the group Iron Maiden, was the first musical album available on this format, on September 1st 2005, before the Live Baby live of live INXS and The Legend of Bob Marley.
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