UMD Movies, or Small MP4... quality?

[jimbo77]

ok, so im torturing myself on this one... i dont have my PSP yet (tomorrow)

i plan to really use the movie playing ability on this, so watching a screen that small, ill be wanting decent quality.

ive been seeking out UMD movies, but they are near impossible to find where i live.

here's the question... i see MP4 rips all over the psp sites...

WHAT IS THE VIEWING QUALITY COMPARISON BETWEEN UMD AND MP4 ?

Please use 250 and 500mb as reference for mp4

I mean, I DONT want a 1gb MP4... something reasonable to put on a card,,, i found a ton at 250mb....

Please let me know..... should i pick up umd movies where i can, or would the mp4 quality not be that different, and just buy a big card ?

thanks all !!!

[pspdude201]

they're pretty much the same if its a good DVD rip, but if its a CAM then they normally suck balls

[iedwardsIII]

If you're comparing a UMD to a 250 MB mp4 rip the UMD is definitely going to be better in the visual and audio departments. Whenever I make an mp4 rip it always comes out to about 1.2 GB, not that much really unless you have a 2GB card and you can get it to almost DVD quality. 250 MB mp4 rip is crap, straight up crap.

[jack_rudolph]

UMD Movies are almost dead,.... Now Sony releases movies once in a blue moon ..... So forget about getting new movies on UMD ..... As far as quality is concern, Yes if you do a good dvdrip, say 1.4 gigs or more there would be hardly any difference,..... But 250 to 500 Mb rip will have noticeable difference

[jimbo77]

i got it

prob is a 4 gig memory stick is like $50..... so we're still talking $10-15 to watch a ripped movie.... errr...

i dunno.... most of what i like is on umd, but like you say.... nothing new will be coming outl

decisions decisions