| The Sony PSP was originally developed for playing | | | | PSP: One is to buy movies on UMDs. These are |
| cutting edge video games. This is what the PSP | | | | available in most electronic shops where they sell |
| can do best. It has got superb display and sound | | | | PSP games. The discs are even smaller than the |
| quality and a media called UMD (Universal Media | | | | old mini-CDs that the record industry tried to |
| Disc) for mass storage. | | | | establish. |
| But besides playing games the developers had | | | | However, you cannot buy all movies on UMD. |
| another cool application for the console in mind: | | | | Especially TV-series are not usually found on |
| Watching movies and video clips. The display of | | | | UMDs. Also, if you already have your favorite |
| the PSP has the perfect 'wide-screen' format to | | | | movies at home on a DVD you don't want to |
| display current movies in their full wide-screen | | | | buy them again. Especially since the price of a |
| format. It turns out that the resolution of the PSP | | | | UMD can be even higher than the DVD. |
| display is able to render movies in a quality that | | | | The second option that is very trendy right now |
| you normally wouldn't expect from a small device | | | | is to download PSP movies from the net or |
| like this. | | | | convert your existing DVDs and transfer the |
| If you have even been on a flight were people | | | | movie to the PSP. |
| left and right of you just watch the board movie | | | | Unfortunately UMDs are not writable so the only |
| you know how it is if you take you PSP and | | | | place where you can store a movie on a PSP is |
| watch your favorite Star Trek episode. You know | | | | the memory stick. The memory stick was |
| how good it feels to get all these envious looks. | | | | designed to hold saved games, but Sony quickly |
| Some people may pretend they are not watching | | | | realized that people wanted to put all kinds of |
| - others will openly ask you: 'Hey, I didn't know | | | | things on the PSP like music and videos. So now |
| you could watch movies like that with a PSP - I | | | | memory sticks with 1GB or more are easily |
| bought this for my son but I thought it was just | | | | available and affordable. |
| for video games.' So many times I have heard | | | | For watching movie you should have a memory |
| this or a similar statement. | | | | stick of at least 1GB. Anything smaller will not give |
| In general people are surprised by the quality of | | | | you're the full length or quality for a movie. |
| the image displayed by the PSP. If you hold the | | | | Fortunately there is software available that |
| PSP in your hand you get a sufficient details level | | | | automatically converts a DVD into the right |
| to enjoy an entire movie. | | | | format and transfers it to the DVD. |
| There are two ways to watch movies on your | | | | |