The Lillster Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 The concept of copying a lower-resolution version of a film from a packaged media disc to a portable device is not new--in fact, late last year, Fox and Warner released the first standard definition titles to offer this capability (on Live Free, Die Hard and Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix, respectively). Sony today demonstrated the next level of disc copying. At the company's booth at CES, Sony demonstrated how you could put a Blu-ray Disc movie into a Playstation 3 and copy the film to a Playstation Portable or a Memory Stick. "This way, you can have a portable copy you can take with you," explains David Bishop, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. "There was always the promise of greater interactivity. You'll see that coming in the new year," Bishop added. In addition to the PSP copying example, Sony also demonstrated how you could download ring tones and new content to a BD Live player, using Men in Black as the example. BD Live is proving to be a big catchphrase at the show: Panasonic announced its BD Live player yesterday, Fox showcased an early version of its Alien vs. Predator multiplayer game at the Blu-ray Disc Association's booth, and Sony showed its interactive Men in Black trivia game. The game was being played by two people in two locations on a Playstation 3. http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006194.html How fucking awesome is that! I can't wait to get my PS3 soon.
McPhee Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Hang on, Blu-Ray profile 2.0? Existing players better be update able or there'll be trouble, this is the second time Sony have done this with Blu-Ray! Any way, i do like the sound of this feature. Copying DVDs to a portable device can be a right pain in the arse
Choze Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Nice. They have been talking about this ages ago but nice to see its now getting used. This applies to MP$ playing devices like ipod and Mobile phones as well. Obviously you need a 2.0 Blu ray player. Of which on the market only the PS3 is guaranteed.
Guest Jordan Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Wait... only PSP? Why not other devices? Can i atleast stick it on a random Memory card that isn't a memory stick? :-/
Sheikah Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Hmm...sounds like another feature that would be completely unused by 99.9% of people with a PS3. I can't really see the point...
fex Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) I agree with Sheikah while its a cool feature. I can't see may people doing this. Im sure it will take a fair while to compress a full HD movie into a lower PSP compatible resolution. Nice feature but no thanks. ________ UGGS Edited April 28, 2011 by fex
Cube Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Will just selected future titles be compatible, or every Blu-Ray? I'd guess the former.
fex Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) The deets: The movies are around 1GB (standard def and PSP-optimized) and take about 3-5 minutes to download via USB to the Memory Stick Duo in your PSP. Currently, the idea is that they aren't stored locally on your PS3. Sony expects it to be available sometime this year?nothing more fine-grained than that timewise, unfortunately The sweet news: For now, the plan is that the service will be free and it "can be used potentially on any Blu-ray movie title." Hopefully that means it'll be available for every Blu-ray title. The potentially bleh news: Sony is still in the processing of reviewing how the DRM is going to work, and how portable the copies are going to be (important, since they're stored on Mem. Stick Duos, which are pretty pocketable.) In particular, the number of copies you can make from each disc is still up in the air?so it looks like how many friends you can share with is definitely going to be limited. Link ________ Dodge sidewinder Edited April 28, 2011 by fex
Choze Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Wait... only PSP? Why not other devices? Can i atleast stick it on a random Memory card that isn't a memory stick? :-/ Ipod and Mobile phones apply too. As well as other MP4 capable devices. Fox for example were showing this feature for Ipods at CES. Obviously PSP is just a nicer device to show off with.
The Lillster Posted January 10, 2008 Author Posted January 10, 2008 So I take it they will be impementing some kind of copy protection on the psp videos. This feature is useful btw, because instead of having to buy the UMD version and the Blu-ray version, I only need one version now. It can be a pain in the ass converting DVD's into MP4 files. It looks like UMD is now officially dead.
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