Home audio & video: Poll: If you had one choice, which format would you pick?
- 8/22/07 3:09 PM
Sony has publicly denounced porn in Bluray
by theInterstate - 8/24/07 5:10 PM In reply to: ok i guess sony has thrown in the towel on it by anyer.longThere have been a few movies released in Bluray, but the process was difficult (and Sony and Disney fought tooth and nail to make sure it didnt happen). Make things more expensive and more difficult (both things are found with Bluray, not HD DVD), and it's going to push them away from the porn industry, a very powerful industry.
Just because some of you download, that doesn't mean everybody does. Adult bookstores are still quite popular in the US.
Thanks,
Holla!
I went to your "link"
by tradergeorge - 8/25/07 11:35 AM In reply to: Recheck your Wikipedia sources for "old wive's tale" by theInterstateThe first reference stated:
Porn Influence Overinflated
But not everyone believes the format war will be determined by the porn industry. Steve Duplessie, founder of research firm Enterprise Strategy Group, in Milford, Mass., said the porn industry's influence over the fate of VHS and the upcoming high-def DVD formats is overstated. Duplessie said VHS ultimately won over Betamax because Betamax was a proprietary format owned by Sony, while VHS was more open.
Seems to support my assertion. But what this really means is that there are many pundits out there that have varying theories. I guess the proof will be in the outcome and not in the rantings of adolescents who cherry-pick their references.
HD vs BluRay
by jobert48 - 8/27/07 2:00 PM In reply to: Old Wive's Tale by tradergeorgeFox news report backs this guys post, assuming Fox news is reliable, of course. Even recounts the Sony story of not pandering to porn. See
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245638,00.html
Not true...
by paulndyment - 8/23/07 11:15 AM In reply to: PORN! by theInterstateLook up jenna haze blu-ray.
Also available in HD DVD
by theInterstate - 8/24/07 5:13 PM In reply to: Not true... by paulndymentAlso... not an easy sell. They had to jump through hoops to go there, and the production was still more expensive than on HD DVD...
PORN IS NOT GOING HD-DVD READ THESE LINKS!! Porn is Blu-Ray
by mini14gb - 8/24/07 5:24 PM In reply to: Also available in HD DVD by theInterstateAt the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Vegas porn reps were going with Blu-Ray same with Japanese Porn!!! Maybe it will be you silver bullet and not Blu-Rays!! These are good links not fringe news outlet Washington Post and Mac World which is the same as PC World.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/02/pornhd/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028619
Porn didn't kill Beta, but........
by John72953 - 1/25/08 12:24 PM In reply to: PORN! by theInterstateRegarding the earlier comment about the "porn" industry killing Beta, I don't think that's quite correct.
As far as I can remember it is because of Sony's refusal to licence out the technology. JVC (I beleive the inventor of VHS) certainly saw that move as Sony's biggest error.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
do your homework people
by fatty420 - 8/22/07 9:49 PM In reply to: If I had one choice.. by HTHMANplease please read anything on the specs of hd-dvd vs blu ray hd-dvd uses new tech. & blu ray use 7year old hardware please don't talk if u don't know what u guys r saying thanks in advance for not doing this anymore
HD-DVD or BD
by Tyrelian - 8/23/07 6:21 PM In reply to: If I had one choice.. by HTHMANBD is not technically better. They both use a blue laser, but with different pitches. I chose HD-DVD because of price mainly, but also I thought it had a better picture. I was lucky enough to get a Toshiba HD-A2 for $238 when it first came out. Not a problem ever with my unit. It will even do HD over Component. Toshiba automaticlly sends me disks with firmware upgrades. I love the quality of the picture and sound. My wife even thinks the picture is clearer than BD. Actually the sound on most HD-DVD's is better because it has certain mandatory requirements, whereas BD is optional. Plus HD-DVD has a upgrade path via ethernet. BD is pretty much what you get, unless you get the Play Station, which can be upgraded. Actually because of the codecs, most dual layer HD-DVD's are less than 1 hour difference than dual layer BD. Before the end of the year I will end up buying a new receiver that will be able to do most of the Dolby-HD sound. Onkyo has a model that is reasonable. When you see the numbers (HD-DVD 30g) vs. (BD 50g) dual layer one would think almost twice as much per disk. Actually BD dual layer DVD's with Mpeg2 hold less than HD-DVD's dual layer. Plus most people that I talk to with BD, their disks skip during a movie and start at the beginning again. That is because the pitch of the laser is smaller and every little smudge or scratch is going to cause problems. This is what I was told by Engineers that use blue lasers. The one thing that bothers me though is that certain movies I would like are only BD. If the all studios would release in both formats then there would be a single format decided by the consumer. I believe that would then be HD-DVD, because of price, picture, sound and upgrade potential. Remember Sony caused all the mess with CD & DVD -/+R trying to force upon the consumer their format so you would have to fill their pocketbooks only.
HD DVD the look and sound of... Oh, hey there's a scratch
by paulndyment - 8/23/07 7:34 PM In reply to: HD-DVD or BD by TyrelianThere is no noticable difference in quality, except for the fact that the extras from HD DVDs won't play in my LG Super Blu player. No lie. I have never had a movie skip back to the begining or skip at all for that matter. So I don't know who you're freinds are that have these problems but maybe they should learn the benefit of cleaning the smudges off of the disk before putting it in a player. Are they half retarded?!? Unless you have a Dobly digital 7.1 those mandatory HD DVD audio codecs are useless, most BDs have "High Def" audio. (Dolby 7.1 isn't very practical for the average household because it is sooo expensive) What is practical is the super hard outer coating that protects BDs from scratches and fingerprints(hard coating was developed by NASA.) BD players also connect for upgrades via an eithernet connection there sparky. Did you know that the only reason Paramount and DreamWorks made the move is because Microsoft threw $100 million at them. Blu-Ray is killing HD DVD in sales 2-1 so microsoft buys back in with $100 million. Good Luck Microsoft, by the way, I have had the same exact problem with companies trying to force products on me... but it was Microsoft with Vista. You know in many ways Windows Vista is just like Windows Millenium Edition on crack.
Microsoft is still good though don't get me wrong they make good stuff once in a while.
I had the same problem
by revolledo - 8/23/07 9:30 PM In reply to: HD DVD the look and sound of... Oh, hey there's a scratch by paulndymentwith my Blu ray player, it skipped the movie back to the beginning, until one day it screwed up the player and did not work again. I blamed NETFLIX for that, and since my player did not have more than a week I took it back to Best Buy(where I bough it) and they replaced it without questions. Now, it works perfectly fine.
Blu-Ray
by Platypus159 - 8/22/07 6:47 PM In reply to: Blu Ray by jostenmeatBlu-Ray has better storage capacities for single and double layer discs and just has better qualifications. I just hope prices come down because that's what this is all going to come down to.
please please know what u r saying 1st
by fatty420 - 8/22/07 9:42 PM In reply to: Blu Ray by jostenmeatthere r hd-dvd that hold just as much storage space & also try reading cnet on which one uses new tech. & which one use 7 year old tech its blu ray they r to cheap to use new tech. so always do your homework b4 u say something thanks & have a great day
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
by eddie_b - 8/22/07 10:05 PM In reply to: please please know what u r saying 1st by fatty420Are you saying HD-DVD has the same capacity as Blu-Ray? If so you're WRONG and you should try doing a little research before posting. HD-DVD may be a viable technology for now but what about in 5 years? The need for more data storage is only going to go up as color and video resolutions increase. You can by a $200 HD-DVD player now but plan on having to replace it with a new player in 3 to 5 years.
http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/blu-ray-vs-hd-dvd-state-of-the-s-union-s-division/
Replacement
by Tombo60 - 8/23/07 5:13 AM In reply to: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? by eddie_bWell most people replace their players every 3-5 years anyway so it doesn't really matter if they buy a HD DVD player now.
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