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  1. March 1st, 2006 09:28 PM #1
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    High Def DVD Format Wars

    Karahd sent me this:

    http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6044...4262&subj=news


    The advantages for HD-DVD:

    Toshiba leads the HD-DVD camp. Sony, Samsung and Philips are part of the rival Blu-ray camp. Blu-ray players will come out later in the year and cost more.
    The advantages for Blu-ray: Supposedly it holds more data, and the PS3 is planned to have a Blu-ray drive, which helps boost the installed base.

    Frankly, they both suck since I am pretty sure both are closed standards that can screw us just as hard as DVD.
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    From C|NET

    America meets its first HD DVD player

    http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6061110...1110&subj=news
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  3. April 19th, 2006 02:01 PM #3
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    Man, this upcoming format war is horrible.

    It is like watching the Yankees play the Lakers with the Philadelphia Eagles taking winners.

    When you hate everyone, and when everyone is a crooked piece of crap, who do you root for?
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    Well, check this one out, then.

    Week in review: TV's fuzzy future

    Neither HD DVD nor Blu-ray can offer movie titles from all seven of the top movie studios. That means buyers of one disc player may be prevented from watching a movie from a studio that doesn't support the format.
    At least one TV technology is getting a quick dismissal from some consumers, who weren't very happy with an invention from Royal Philips Electronics that prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content
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  5. April 24th, 2006 10:43 PM #5
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    Originally posted by Aristotle
    Man, this upcoming format war is horrible.

    It is like watching the Yankees play the Lakers with the Philadelphia Eagles taking winners.

    When you hate everyone, and when everyone is a crooked piece of crap, who do you root for?
    The Browns
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  6. April 24th, 2006 11:12 PM #6
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    Originally posted by drasoini
    The Browns
    You want me to root for the football equivalent of VHS? Pretty good in the 80s, but basically worthless garbage now.
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  7. May 3rd, 2006 01:49 PM #7
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    Originally posted by Aristotle
    You want me to root for the football equivalent of VHS? Pretty good in the 80s, but basically worthless garbage now.
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    More fuel!

    Porn Industry May Be Decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD Battle
    Adult entertainment market seems to have already chosen Blu-ray.

    Just Like VHS vs. Beta
    "If you look at the VHS vs. Beta standards, you see the much higher-quality standard dying because of [the porn industry's support of VHS]," he said. "The mass volume of tapes in the porn market at the time went out on VHS."
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  9. May 3rd, 2006 07:06 PM #9
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    Originally posted by karahd
    More fuel!

    Porn Industry May Be Decider in Blu-ray, HD-DVD Battle
    Adult entertainment market seems to have already chosen Blu-ray.
    This might be true, but it is certainly LESS likely than it was in the VHS era.

    In the VHS/Betamax war, there was no market for people owning their own movies yet. The adult industry had a huge effect on the winner of VHS/Beta because it allowed people to watch porn, for the first time, in the privacy of their own home rather than a peep show booth or adult theater.

    The sale of "legitimate" movies and TV shows on DVD is huge now, and tons of consumers are active in this market. Thus, the adult industry does not have nearly as strong of a "market making" power. However, their choice will definitely have a big impact on the winner, since the porn industry sells more discs than the "legitimate" movie industry and music industry combined.
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  10. May 4th, 2006 09:27 AM #10
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    By the way Karahd, you didn't post a link!
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