Sony's PSP Memory Stick Entertainment Packs Shipping 79
Croakyvoice writes "Sony's new Memory Stick Entertainment Packs
are now shipping in 1GB and 2GB sizes and contain a launcher DVD. The packs contain an unlock code and you have the choice of one of these four films: 'Hitch,' 'S.W.A.T.,' 'The Grudge,' or 'XXX: State of the Union.' Prices are $47/$77 for the packs."
its a SONY (Score:4, Funny)
nice (Score:2, Interesting)
I suppose these things would be awesome for TV episodes though.
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Re:nice (Score:5, Insightful)
Of all the shitty things Sony has done lately, this is the one that convinced me to never buy a Sony product again.
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For one thing, it's awkward having to go to the Game > Memory > PMP_mod item, launch as a "game" then drop into a CLI menu to select your file. Not to mention the fact that you have to be running firmware 1.5 in the first place, and many games now force an upgrade. Ev
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They'll never have a lineup like Nintendo's though; there have been a lot of dumb games for the PSP.
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Of course my GBAs an DSes run 5-10 hours with a play yan. I've watched a full movie in a GBA micro with no trouble, suprisingly nice.
No spelling errors to be found, so (Score:3, Funny)
You guys totally forgot to say something degrading about Sony, the PS3, or the PSP in itself.
This is NOT the Slashdot I've come to know over the years.
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No spelling errors? (Score:1)
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So I guess that means something like:
$20 for the movie
$5 for the DVD software and packaging
Yawn.
Does it contain all four movies? (Score:2)
DRM (Score:5, Funny)
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Prices have dropped a lot (Score:4, Interesting)
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Yes (Score:2)
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*cough*pspvideo9*cough* (Score:2)
I've had this cough for over a year now!
Finally! (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, cool, I can spend a premium price for a plain old memory device that is not compatible with almost any other computing hardware, has some shovelware* minigames on it, and has a digital key for a digital movie that is ALSO not compatible with any other computing hardware?! SIGN ME UP!!!!11
*shovelware: clipart, minigames implemented in flash or hypercard, font collections, or other stuff you'd find in the $5 bin at CompUSA, the stuff that you'd normally download for free if you could figure out how a modem works
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CompactFlash is no longer the only standard, but it is still by far the dominant standard in professional recording equipment, and is by far the most forward-compatible.
You can plug a CF card straight into your IDE chain and it will read as a drive just fine.
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Just like any Memory Stick. Or SD card. Or any of the other formats. That's why card readers are so dirt cheap.
One thing I really like about some of the Sony cameras is that they have TWO memory slots -- one CF and one MS. Lets me load up with 8 gigs of storage and head out for the day not worrying about how many RAW files I shoot. Remarkably, the Sony batteries keep up with this, too. I bring an extra one
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I think the GP poster means that you can plug it into your IDE chain without translating anything. The interface is one of a IDE disk. I've seen CF to IDE adaptors, they only have 1 or 2 resistors, and the rest is just a straight mechanical adaptor.
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Let alone (Score:2)
Blows my mind (Score:2, Insightful)
At least it's on memory stick right out of the box now, so you can try to get it on your computer through a stick reader. Odds are it's locked though so without some cracking tool it'd be useless to the people who just want a no-hassle solution.
Here co
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I personally just rip my DVD's, but if I didn't already have a 2gb MS, I might be inclined to pick on
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Insert blatant Sony bashing here. (Score:2)
Bad news: Awful movies! DRM! Incompatible!
Other news: When will this general Sony catastophe end? (DRM, Rootkit, UMD, PS3 price/delay/features, exploding batteries...)
Here's some bashing for you. (Score:2)
Cheap?
You can buy one gigabyte of either CF or SD for USD30, in Argentina (so it's more expensive because it's imported). USD 44 for a gigabyte of flash memory is a ripoff.
Memory sticks were never cheap, and the only reason people buy it is because they are locked into the format.
Hmmm - 2 GB? (Score:2)
Sony is lame (Score:1)
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Premium pricing... ah, bliss. (Score:1)
But.... (Score:1)
Slashdot: a grammar-free zone (Score:2)
Are there some words missing from the middle of that non-sentence? ... the packs contain an unlock code which you have the choice...
just doesn't parse for me.
If it's from Sony... (Score:1)
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Took them long enough... (Score:1)
Wait (Score:2, Informative)
On a lesser note of frustration and confusion, does it at least come with a way to watch the film on anything other than the PSP? How do you get the movie on there? Download?
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I just got a psp and ... (Score:2)
However I do use it for Anime. a 2 gig stick will hold at least 10 episodes of anime, or can hold 5 episodes and a gig of music. I still have to research run tims on the battery but that will be very appreciated.
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So if I rip a legally purchased DVD movie so that I can watch it on another device, say a PSP, I'm somehow shady? Do you happen to work for the RIAA?
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I was more talking to the people who downloaded AVIs being shady.
Proof of Sony's inability to function as a company (Score:2)
They love to make their own formats that only they can control. How useful with the mem stick be in 4 years? Sony will have released 3 more different versions by then, none of them fitting any of the existing devices, thus making us buy new ones again.
Sony is evil in many ways, but the worst thing about Sony is, they will kill themselves while trying.
Yet a
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I would imagine just as useful as the day you bought it. People have been dragging out that line since the first Memory Stick surfaced. How long has it been? Six years maybe? I still have my first Memory Stick from my first Sony camera that I got in 2001. I no longer have that camera, but the stick works fine in my new HP printer.
Sony will have released 3 more different versions by then, none of them fitting any of the existing devices, thus making us
Stick management (Score:1)
I have single and double-sided Memory Sticks for my Clie PDA, a Memory Stick Pro for my camera because it can't shoot HQ MPEG video or save over 128MB with a normal stick. Its cards won't work in the PDA because the capacity is too high for it. Now I have a PSP, and several Memory Stick Pro Duos for it. With an adapter, they work in the camera, but not the PDA.
Whe
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For the fans of german words: "Deppenapostroph" (Score:1)
Also known as "Apostrophitis" or "Apostrophenkatastrophen".
Although the term is mostly used when someone incorrectly forms plural with an apostroph. ("two car's" - ouch, it's still "cars", please!)
In german, the title would have been "Sonys PSP Memory Stick