Rock In Rio Released on PlayStation Portable

Posted by Nephellim on August 12, 2005 @ 15:13

After The Number of the Beast, another album from Iron Maiden is to be released in Sony's new format, UMD. Read on:

Sanctuary Visual Entertainment is launching five UMD titles available for PlayStation Portable's (PSP) initial launch period. September 1, 2005 will see the launch of Sony's PSP in Europe and Australia, and on the same day, Sanctuary will release their first UMD music title — IRON MAIDEN's "Rock in Rio"...

UMDs are 2.3-inch optical discs housed in protective cases. With data storage capacity of 1.8GB, the discs can store up to 140 minutes of DVD quality video content. The format was developed by Sony for the PlayStation Portable gaming system. In January 2005, Sony announced plans to open the format to content providers interested in releasing movie and music on UMD as well as to other hardware manufacturers who want to create systems that play the discs.

Source: Blabbermouth

13 Comments

Anonymous said:

Moved to Maiden news.

#2983, August 12, 2005 @ 15:20

Real World said:

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#2984, August 12, 2005 @ 15:24

Anonymous said:

That's awesome! I already have it on DVD, so I'll pass, though.

#2985, August 12, 2005 @ 17:48

dogigniter said:

Information on the PSP (PlayStation Portable) can be found at [the official website](http://www.us.playstation.com/Content/Sites/65/Info/)

The dimensions of the PSP are 6.7 inches wide x 2.9 inches high

![](http://www.gorgonzolastoragefacility.buddha.org.uk/psp.jpg)

#2986, August 12, 2005 @ 18:32

Anonymous said:

Nice news !

Thx
Cheers

#2987, August 12, 2005 @ 19:15

Anonymous said:

It's so fuckin' small.
Watching it on TV is much better.

#2988, August 12, 2005 @ 19:15

DeadlySinner said:

> It's so fuckin' small.
Watching it on TV is much better.

Of course a TV is better, but the point is to watch on this little thing when you find yourself in place that lacks the presence of a television...

#2989, August 12, 2005 @ 19:52

Anonymous said:

Thank you, Mr. McGyver!

#2990, August 12, 2005 @ 19:54

IronDuke said:

TV is so small! It's better on a 15 ft screen with a projector

#2991, August 12, 2005 @ 20:51

The Saint said:

For the moment, I'm still very skeptikal on the sales potential on such a new format.

BluRay and HD-DVD are close to be released and will dwarf this little format. Ok, it's a format for portable devices, but who really uses these as video players ?

Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but the current numbers aren't very shiny.

Cheers

#2992, August 13, 2005 @ 00:36

DeadlySinner said:

> Thank you, Mr. McGyver! 

MacGyver, yes, thank you

#2993, August 13, 2005 @ 12:47

Anonymous said:

I ahve played the PSP and they are amazin! The graphics and video quality that you get on it are so clear from any angle. Although it is the only thing I know that uses UMD format.

#2994, August 13, 2005 @ 13:19

The Saint said:

I had heard that UMD sales passed 100000 which was a good start. However, Sony doesn't plan to include UMD on its forthcoming Playstation3, so what's the deal ?

They will push the BluRay format, that's for sure.

So, are they ready to push many non-compatible formats ? Is Sony willing to relive the Betamax failure ?

Cheers

#2995, August 13, 2005 @ 15:24