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Now I guess Sony will be building a Vaio P with UMD?

These lil disks hold less than 2 GB...just build higher capacity SSD drives and you'll make out way better with downloaded content.

]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
The codec thing is just stupid. Coming up with a standard for that is pretty easy. The only potential problem is in standardising a DRM scheme, but that looks to be less and less of a problem every day.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Not to mention as long as you're not a dumb dumb and know what codecs you're phone supports/where to get codecs for your netbook, the codec support means nothing but "We limit the type of shit you can put on here!"

No thanks Vmedia, 2001 called and wants their concept back, i'll choose the media standard that is 10 times smaller and has 8-16 times the storage capacity.]]>Feb 4th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
PS-Name a mainstream OS that can't play MPEG4 natively.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
An optical format limited to even 4 or 8 gigs just isn't very interesting. As for 1GB, it's a joke; I bought a 2GB MicroSD card the other day for $8 CAD ($6.50 USD), including two adapters (MiniSD and SD) and a carrying case. Kingston brand. So a 1GB optical format is laughable.]]>Feb 4th 2009 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
Seriously what is this company thinking?]]>Feb 3rd 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/ - Kenneth Olsen, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977."

"Never say never. Ever."
- Some guy in a bar]]>Feb 4th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Stuff it. You all know why. It's just futile.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
Also there are USB powered DVD-DL Burners.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301744
For less than $75.00 you can have access to REAL Optical media!

So why on EARTH would ANYONE find this appealing.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
If they made small and affordable 1Tb drives, they'd have a winner. For a couple of years.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
Looks like this company has solved the problem.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 3rd 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
I really liked UMD when it came out, and I still hold that it could have been a good replacement for music CDs. Twice the capacity and 1/3 the size makes a lot of sense logistically speaking. But the price was always too high. It was one of those things (like MiniDisc) that was a good idea for such a short time that it could never take off. Flash and other portable media dropped in price so quickly that they could never get a foothold. UMD probably would have done better for video if they had packaged a UMD in with a DVD for like $5 more. I would've bought those packs so I could have a copy of the movie for home and a copy for on the road in my PSP. I think it would've taken off a lot more, especially since 512MB Memory Sticks were like $60 and could only fit one movie when the PSP first came out. Also, some other devices (like PMPs) that used the format would have been beneficial. ]]>Feb 3rd 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
^ I agree with this]]>Feb 4th 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
Vmedia, go do research on terabyte crystals!]]>Feb 4th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
http://www.compress.ru/Archive/CP/2004/12/34/DataPlay.jpg]]>Feb 4th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
For example, Microsoft can sell Windows 7 Mobile (or whatever) edition on a bootable flash ROM for netbooks instead of DVDs.]]>Feb 4th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/To succeed, this thing needs to be dirt cheap, a user recordable data medium, and supported by every consumer electronics manufactures. UMD failed because those 3 things were not fulfilled. In the end, this will fail too.]]>Feb 4th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
....Is it only me who thinks that 5.25" media (DVD, BD) is oversized for the times?

I'd support any open disk format which would allow me to carry say 10 disks with me - in pocket.]]>Feb 4th 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/Feb 4th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/vmedia-not-dead-yet-wants-to-bring-optical-media-to-netbooks/
Or perhaps a drive that takes those half-size CDs, thatwould also be cool.]]>Feb 4th 2009 7:02AM