Universal Media Disc

Also known as UMD

optical disc medium for PlayStation Portable

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It sits within the topics Audio storage, Audiovisual introductions in 2004 and Discontinued media formats.

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Key facts

Media type: Optical disc
Capacity: 900 MB (single layer), 1.8 GB (dual layer)
Read mechanism: 660 nm laser diode
Developed by: Sony
Usage: Games , movies , music
Released: December 12, 2004 ; 21 years ago ( 2004-12-12 )

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Developer: Sony Group
Image: Universal Media Disc, an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable.jpg

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different from: MiniDVD
Commons category: Universal Media Disc

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Encyclopedic overview

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The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is a discontinued optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform. It can hold up to 1.8 gigabytes of data and is capable of storing video games, feature-length films, and music.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Universal Media Disc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.