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masseur
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actually, I have a question that I have been thinking about lately. will blank UMD disc be available and if so will there be some easy way to write to them?
no doubt this has been discussed in this thread but I still haven't had a chance to go through it all yet
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batesie
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I have heard of the possible release of a umd pc drive writer.
probably just Sony that have them at the moment...
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masseur
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now that I think of it they are not that much bigger than those iomega click drives I used to use with 40gb each that I could write to by inserting them into a PCMCIA adaptor
they were great in their day
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batesie
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Sony may open up PSP UMD format
Sony might take a big step and do something smart: allow other manufacturers to use the PlayStation Portable’s Universal Media Disc (UMD) in their own devices. Other companies would not be able to play PSP games on their machines—that will be exclusive to the PSP, of course—but obviously Sony thinks they have a shot at making the UMD a popular format for music and videos on portable devices.
They’d be opening up the format to potential piracy (since they’d inevitably have less control over the discs’ use, as well as their manufacture and distribution), but loosening the reins is really the only way they’re going to put the “universal” in “Universal Media Disc,” right? If they really want to impress they’d take the next logical step and sell UMD recorders that would let consumers burn their own movies, music, and yes, even games to the discs.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/581/581106p1.html?fromint=1
SCE Opens UMD Format
Hopes dedicated UMD players will help push new format.
If there's one thing missing from the current PSP lineup in Japan, it's original music and movie content on the UMD format. While the system offers plenty of multimedia functionality through Memory Stick, the UMD demo disk included with some PSP units provided such an excellent sampling of video and audio playback that we'd like to see more.
And we may just be getting more thanks to a new openness on Sony Computer Entertainment's part. SCE president Ken Kutaragi revealed today that SCE plans to make the technology behind the movie and music playback of the UMD format open to other hardware makers. Kutaragi hopes that this will encourage hardware manufacturers to make UMD-compatible media players that will allow UMD owners to play back their disks separate from the PSP.
Game content is not included in this opening of the format. Hoping to keep other companies from making game machines that compete with the PSP, SCE will be keeping the game side of the UMD closed off from free access. The PSP will be the only place to play PSP games, according to Kutaragi.
The opening of the UMD format clears one hurdle in the way of making the tiny disks a big thing outside of the gaming world. The next hurdle will likely be cleared once major studios start announcing content. Currently, only Bandai and Sony have announced non-game content for the UMD.
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MikLSP
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A Final Fantasy VII movie is available on UMD in Japan isn't it?
It will be good if the UMD really takes off but I'm not so sure it will replace CD or DVD. MiniDisc never really got going.
I was myself considering the possibility or even probability of a UMD writer, also UMD-RWs would be really useful!
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dave_uk
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On 2005-02-10 12:01:20, themarques wrote:
Looks like another member will be joining you all, Il let him advertise himself to you soon...
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Afternoon all,
I should shortly be joining your exclusive club, thanks (very very much!) to themarques! My PSP is currently en route to the depot, if Parcelforce are to be believed (...but why break the habit of a lifetime!) 
My first question, and I have no doubt that there will be many more, is what is the likelihood that I will have to pay some form of import duty/VAT and, if so, how much is this likely to be?
I'm almost positive that this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but I have not yet had the opportunity to read the whole thing (it will be done).
Your experiences on this not particularly exciting of subjects...? 
Dave
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zMastaa
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lol i had to pay £44.75
and BTW i really dont think Sony Will open UMD's to the world except developers! think about it! ppl will start hacking the PSP and various other stuff and u wudnt really think that sony would star putting moovies on UMD's if ppl could do it themselves its obvious they will not open UMD's to ppl like us
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dave_uk
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45 squid?!!! Wasn't expecting that much - guess I probably should have been though. So that's about 17.5% of the value plus a bit for handling etc....
Oh well - still worth it, judging by the enthusiasm I see around here. And for not having to wait till June!
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Ridahz
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Dave u av 2 pay £43.74 mate i did its grim lol. Stil amazin computer! |
MikLSP
Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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Having received my PSP (at a wonderful) price from themarques I did NOT have to pay ANY import tax or any other fees.
I suspect he'll have sent yours the same way so u probably won't need to worry either.
Didn't u lot who got charged all buy from websites?
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MonsterOfArt
Joined: May 21, 2004
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I didn't have to pay anything when it came, clad of that or it was going back lol.
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voda_jon
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
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hi everyone... i jus bought lumines and ape academy today from the local CEX store.... well lumines is abso amazin!!! fookin hell! addictive as fook!
And ape academy is a typical crazy ass japaneses 100% game but still rocks... apart from the sections where it asks u questions in japanese but i have now signed upto a japanese language course so fingers crossed....
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MikLSP
Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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How much u pay for Lumines?
So its good then? It's definately my next game 
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themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
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@ALL To all the lovely people that bought a PSP from me and anything else, could you please update the The A-Z Of Trusted Sellers with MikLSP...
Cheers..
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MikLSP
Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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No need to run it past me though by the way, just post your Refs in the thread 
Will u be leavin a feedback for your buyers themarques 
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