Blu Ray vs HD DVD: format war over before it starts?

dj_soo · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

No Porn on Blu Ray:

http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/

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Has Sony gone mad? Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground (site) says it is forced to use HD DVD instead of Blu-ray, because Sony does not allow XXX-rated movies to be released on Blu-ray.

It does not matter how you stand to porn. It is here and it is a massive business. It is also an industry that is an early adopter for new media technology. VHS might not have won with out the adult film industry adopting it.

German Heise has interviewed Joone the founder of Digital Playgrounds at the AVN 2007 show in Las Vegas. Joone says actually said last year he is committed to Blu-ray. Now they announced four HD DVD titles in the United States. In the interview Joone says he was forced to use HD DVD, because no Blu-ray disc manufacturer would make his discs, because Sony was against it and they would loose their license.

If this holds true, Blu-ray is at a major disadvantage and could fail.

Man Sony just keeps fucking up over and over.

cubed · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

somebody needs to give their heads a shake.

FeelGood · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

sony is retarted. hd dvd will win the battle; hopefully.

dabbler · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

considering that blu ray supposedly has a 96% market share in japan, i doubt its over.

Senior · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

go blu ray!!!!

Senior · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

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Originally Posted by FeelGood

sony is retarted. hd dvd will win the battle; hopefully.

blu ray is way better and has even more potential. why back hd-dvd?

by better I mean higher storage capacity, higher transfer rates, and more potential to add capacity later.

FireWire · #7 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

Blu-ray has higher storage capacity and IS founded and supported by Sony. I don't understand why Sony won't allow the adult industry to use it though...

Senior · #8 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

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Originally Posted by FireWire

Blu-ray has higher storage capacity and IS founded and supported by Sony. I don't understand why Sony won't allow the adult industry to use it though...

well you gotta figure they'll drop that soon.

se7en · #9 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

i prefer blue ray but toshiba just announced that they made their hddvd with 51gig memory, 1 more than blue ray at the moment though

Senior · #10 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

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Originally Posted by se7en

i prefer blue ray but toshiba just announced that they made their hddvd with 51gig memory, 1 more than blue ray at the moment though

linK?????

Ista · #11 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

im good with the dvd..

Revolver · #12 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

interesting, my sony rep was just in my store today.

i was disscussing this blu ray vs hd dvd with him in great length.

LG put out a interesting player this year at CES wich can ply back both blu ray and hd dvd.

hd dvd has more support from the movie studios, blu ray has great strength due to the large install base of the playstation.

big difference in price, 599 for a hddvd vs 1199 for a sony/samsung player.

alot of folks in the industry say that blu ray will be strong with gaming and hd dvd for home theater.

.....oh and the sony guy was telling me that at CES TDK unveild a blu ray dvd that can hold 200gb!!!!!

200 gb on one disc!!!....amazing.

mapleleaf4ever · #13 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

Innnterestink!

GO BETAMAX!

Senior · #14 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

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Originally Posted by Revolver

interesting, my sony rep was just in my store today.

i was disscussing this blu ray vs hd dvd with him in great length.

LG put out a interesting player this year at CES wich can ply back both blu ray and hd dvd.

hd dvd has more support from the movie studios, blu ray has great strength due to the large install base of the playstation.

big difference in price, 599 for a hddvd vs 1199 for a sony/samsung player.

alot of folks in the industry say that blu ray will be strong with gaming and hd dvd for home theater.

.....oh and the sony guy was telling me that at CES TDK unveild a blu ray dvd that can hold 200gb!!!!!

200 gb on one disc!!!....amazing.

every episode of Sopranos on one disk!!!!

Revolver · #15 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

^YEAH!, i forgot to mention. since hd dvd has undying support from microsoft, rumor has it that they are brewing up somthing to smoke the tdk disc for xbox development.

i dont really see eaither format dying anytime soon. instead a focus on each market segment....

blu ray games, hd dvd home theater.

www.avsforum.com is a spectacular site for this kind of stuff. both from a consumer and industry standpoint......

Séguin · #16 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

This is Sony shooting themselfs in the foot again. Its the whole Beta/VHS battle all over again. Except this time Sony didn't invent them both.

Revolver · #17 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

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Originally Posted by Séguin

Except this time Sony didn't invent them both.

JVC invented VHS

Séguin · #18 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

Yes, but Sony played a key roll in its devlopment too

Senior · #19 (**permalink**) Jan 15, 07

just curious why people would prefer HD-DVD?

Ista · #20 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

because they have money and they say they can.
im happy with my basic tv and my dvd player and a vhs.
lol

Revolver · #21 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

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Originally Posted by Séguin

Yes, but Sony played a key roll in its devlopment too

nope, pehaps the tape threading method that was licensed from sony but thats about it....the media,the form factor,tape heads, dubbing method...was all jvc.

MarcelM · #22 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

Pornography is not that big on dvd´s anymore, it moved to the internet and therefore I think the battle between blue ray and hd-dvd is not over.

NeVeRLooKBacK · #23 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

LG is releasing a dual format player later this year
it can read both HD dvd and blue ray
the onlything is it cant do the menu for the HD dvd (which sucks cause tahts the coolest new feature with HD dvd)
the LG is a blue ray player first HD dvd second

BongMan · #24 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

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Originally Posted by MarcelM

Pornography is not that big on dvd´s anymore, it moved to the internet and therefore I think the battle between blue ray and hd-dvd is not over.

Are you kidding me, people will always buy porn on the newest format available..

se7en · #25 (**permalink**) Jan 16, 07

this is a reply to senior.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01...ts_51gb_hddvd/

Toshiba touts 51GB HD DVD
By Tony Smith
Published Monday 15th January 2007 12:20 GMT
Toshiba has submitted a triple-layer, 51GB HD DVD-ROM disc to the standard's overseer in the hope the technology will be adopted as a standard by the end of the year. If approved, it allow the format to exceed the 50GB storage capacity of rival medium Blu-ray Disc.

The HD DVD standard currently defines single- and dual-layer discs capable of holding 15GB and 30GB of data, respectively. That's plenty, say the format's supporters, for a movie encoded in 1080p HD resolution and a stack of extras.

But Blu-ray backers have long touted their favoured format's higher capacity. In May 2005, Toshiba said it was hoping to eliminate that advantage, and initially touted a three-layer disc capable of holding 45GB (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05..._45gb_hd-dvd/). The new disc's higher capacity arises from an increase in the storage space on each layer, to 17GB.

The snag, of course, is that today's HD DVD players will be incapable of reading the new disc, which is something of a problem for early adopters, who will presumably have to buy new kit. Toshiba last week positioned the new disc as an "extended capacity, high-end option". ®