PS3 Dumps Blu-Ray Content on Your PSP
...not quite!
Digital Copy has been a feature in Blu-Ray movies for quite some time now. It allows users to copy the movie, which is usually pre-formatted on a separate DVD, onto another device such as the PSP or iPod/iPhone. But this required a PC to do the dirty work – until now, that is.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that upcoming Blu-Ray releases will include Digital Copy functionality specifically for the PlayStation 3 directly on the Blu-Ray disc itself. Starting with the upcoming November release of Godzilla, all you will need to do is hook up a PSP to a PS3, insert the movie and begin the copying. The video file that is transferred over to the handheld cannot be played anywhere but on that PSP, however. Also releasing soon with this feature is the movie The Ugly Truth. Great news for movie lovers with PlayStation 3s and Portables!
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9 Responses to “PS3 Dumps Blu-Ray Content on Your PSP”
so uh, whats to stop us from renting films and getting free copies for us and all our closest friends? you know, besides the honor system? Sure theft would be limited to PSPs but a PSP can be connected to a TV now and be viewed in large format glory.
I dont see this being good for the movie companies.
@darkangel269
When you rent a blu-ray it only comes with the blu-ray movie. The digital copy disc is on a whole different disk so just renting the movie wouldn;t work
But first off why would you want dvd quality video if you are watching a blu-ray? Ever since blu-ray I have refused to watch the inferior dvd as much as possible. Still not a bad thing to have
This is good lateral thinking from Sony… May not be perfect but it’s a good step.
Finally! Now if we could just have a PS3 utility to transfer our DVDs to the PSP without a PC…
Yes, I know that isn’t going to happen. But this is very good news.
the Ugly Truth!??
i totally wasn’t going to get one of these, but after hearing that the Ugly Truth will be available for it, im sold!
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I’m beginning to see more and more why the price tag is so high. I will likely end up buying one of these…if only sony had some way of transferring UMDs =/
A nice step to promote the PS3, PSP, and their blu-ray format.
this is what l’m talking about, they should be selling movies with voucher codes that u can use to get a digital version for your psp
Be excited! this is a WONDERFUL FREE ADDITION! Although i probably won’t be using this, as I refuse to get rid of my custom fw, i enjoy the prospect of being able to simple and easily take a movie with you by just plugging in your psp and popping in the movie. you know how annoying it is to rip each DVD, manually compress it for quality, and then export it to your PSP? It’s usually not worth it to me. Well done Sony!