Amazon.com offers cheap UMD deal
by Adams Briscoe 
{ Feb 7th 2006 at 6:30PM }
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retail giant Amazon.com is offering some sweet UMD promotional action at the moment. Using the special promo code
SPHEUMDFEB67, gamers can purchase two UMD movies and get $12 off the total price at the end. While
there isn't any word on how long this will last, it begs to mention that there are only certain movies this works
with.There's a list of eligible movies if you visit the link. It's hard to get disappointed about it though, given the big selection and special deal.
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Robert @ Feb 7th 2006 9:21PM
I sure wish that UMD prices here in Japan were anywhere near that amount!!!
Catapult @ Feb 7th 2006 10:51PM
Sounded like a good deal till I saw the prices. DeepdiscountDVD.com had a 2 for 1 deal recently and their base prices are about $15 or less for a UMD. I got six titles for $44 including shipping. This is a far better deal than Amazon which seems to have fairly inflated base prices (some titles for $30!!! You've got to be kidding)
soupbun @ Feb 8th 2006 7:44AM
ugh! why can't sony just come up with cheap DRM-based content distribution like iTunes. I hate paying premium for stupid UMDs, and it's even stupider to carry them around when I have a 2GB memory stick. Especially since they are trying so hard to tout the PSP as the walkman of the future, or as the iPod killer.
I guess that's why iPod is going to kill the PSP in this arena. Movie makers and TV people don't have to worry about piracy on iTunes, and they don't have to pay for manufacturing and distributing a UMD. and customers don't have to walk to a store to get there video fix, or wait for the mail. Come on Sony!!! Wake up!!!
bongobuddy @ Feb 8th 2006 8:06PM
Soupbun, question for you. Why do movie makers and tv people NOT need to worry about downloadable content from Apple or anyone else? Tell me, has any DRM not been cracked to date? the UMD format is a challenge to copyright infringers, which is one of its benefits from the provider perspective. I'm not speaking for the studios here, rather as a concerned consumer interested in the quality of entertainment going into our exciting future (who would have thought we'd be talking about things like this today 10 years ago? pretty cool, no matter what:) I have disposable income. I find the UMD format fun and robust. I don't find a a menuless download much fun at all, to be honest.
soupbun @ Feb 9th 2006 5:07AM
bongobuddy,
Have you heard of UMD rippers? and if you like carrying clutter, be my guest.
LooP @ Feb 10th 2006 2:43AM
i just got in on this deal and picked up hackers and SWAT, my first UMD movies for my psp, i'm pretty excited :-).
i do remember seeing the UMD deal on deepdiscountdvd, too bad they're not runnin that anymore...however somebody told me today that Tower Records is now running the same deal in store, so i'll be droppin by over there tomorrow after work to take a peak ;-).
iomatic @ Feb 12th 2006 2:57PM
I just tried this deal, and cancelled one UMD since it was out of stock; half the discount still applied! Got the movie in in two days.
It's good for one UMD, FYI.