This cute little (no pun intended) article over at Wired asks whether new small DVD formats like Sony’s UMD for the PSP and Warner Bros. “Mini-DVD” will generate any consumer interest. The article list some intersting info:

However, UMD seems to have clearly upstaged Warner Home Video’s Mini-DVD format with a 2.5-inch screen, which was introduced in the 2004 holiday season.

Warner is the only studio to have committed titles to the Mini-DVD format, which will play on standard DVD players as well as handheld players created for the 3-inch DVD discs (UMDs will only play on PSP units). It’s also the only movie studio that hasn’t announced titles for PSP.

You’d think that studios would be tired of the format wars but they are constantly finding new ground to battle over.