High Definition Dvd War Maybe Soon Over

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Sony might say no, but there are already a couple of Blu-Ray porn movies, people made a big deal about them, but looks like Porn might give Blu-Ray a shot.
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that news story is from a year ago. as Chris said, there is already porn movies on blu ray format nowdays.
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i was gonna post about this a few months back but figured i was the only one interested. ive been following it pretty much from the start. hd dvd still has universal and paramount. paramount's contract expires in may or sometime around that. universal has renewed its contract but they have stated that they plan on sticking with hd dvd at the moment. i see an end coming very soon to this so called "war" the only war has been here in the US. blu-ray was outselling hd dvd in europe at either 3:1 or 4:1 and japan was around 9:1. the US has been about 2:1 for all of 2007. as far as the porn industry deciding this one, i would say no. isnt that why the internet was invented???????????????????

check out blu-ray.com for reviews and news or anything blu-ray related
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Mr.Metal wrote: but looks like Porn might give Blu-Ray a shot.
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atoal wrote: as far as the porn industry deciding this one, i would say no. isnt that why the internet was invented???????????????????
Thats a very good point! Does anyone actually buy porn on DVD anymore now that it has a better medium to spread across (the internet) that didn't exist in the 80's?
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No, only free stuff online :)

Toshiba will from now on sell all HD stuff with a 50% standard reduction. They are hoping to sell more HD DVDs and gain more market share so the customers will not think about buying the more expensive Blue Ray.

And wasn't it the porn stars who weren't happy at all about either HD and blue ray because their "newly visible" imperfections were showed..
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Has anyone seen this? Its very funny!

The Downfall of HD-DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ
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slayerdiabolus wrote: Has anyone seen this? Its very funny!

The Downfall of HD-DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ
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What I've read PS3 is indeed very good Bluray player. But Xbox is gonna get Bluray drive too in future, dunno if it's gonna be external like HD drive.

Anyway, it's good that war is becaming to end. Maybe they'll start sell Bluray drives for PC in decent price soon.
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sony just announced at CES that they will be releasing a $200 BD-ROM drive sometime. they are getting relatively affordable now but its all the other parts that are what will cost you a lot, mainly a really good processor and graphics card
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