Hd Dvd And Blu Ray.

[orange]

Im thinking about getting either an HD DVD or Blu ray player. Which do you think i should get?
I Heard Toshiba's players (hd dvd) are better.
But.....
BLu ray has more titles coming out.

Advice??

 

[Crowforge]

Wait.

 

[black_dust]

Watch it all fall apart then go for the winner, which i think will be Hd dvd

 

[Darthphere]

Neither, stick with DVD, both will go the way of Laserdisc and betamax.

 

[Shuley]

Actually, Wait until porn starts appearing on either format,The porn industry supports Blu-Ray,but until you actually hear of porn being on blu-ray disks,thats the format to go for...reason being is that porn went to VHS and VHS won out over Betamax,even though BetaMax was the better quality format.VHS tapes were cheaper and held more storage.

 

[Darthphere]

Betamax lost, because it was a ****load more expensive, not because of porn. Nice theory though.

 

[chaseter]

Im thinking about getting either an HD DVD or Blu ray player. Which do you think i should get?
I Heard Toshiba's players (hd dvd) are better.
But.....
BLu ray has more titles coming out.

Advice??

Blu-ray players are a lot more expensive. I would wait a while and let the prices come down. I am getting a ps3, that has blu ray and I will buy the attachment for my 360 so it will play hd-dvds.

 

[The Comedian]

Don't buy one. Wait till they decide on one format or release more dual format players. Otherwise you may be stuck in three year with essentially a $1000 betamax machine

 

[NOFX]

Im thinking about getting either an HD DVD or Blu ray player. Which do you think i should get?
I Heard Toshiba's players (hd dvd) are better.
But.....
BLu ray has more titles coming out.

Advice??

Its actually alot of cheaper if you get a 360 and the HD-dvd add on.

 

[Darthphere]

Well not really if you dont already have an HD TV set.

 

[NOFX]

Well not really if you dont already have an HD TV set.

Well if he has an HDTv already...

 

[chaseter]

Its actually alot of cheaper if you get a 360 and the HD-dvd add on.

Do you know when that is slated for release?

 

[NOFX]

Do you know when that is slated for release?

Its Nov 7 or 14 I believe for 200 bucks and for a limited time you get King Kong HD-DVD.

 

[bunk]

Yeah, just wait it out. Toshiba's probably going to win out with HD and beat Sony again.

 

[Orko Is King]

I'd wait a while before buying either because...

1.)They're uber expensive now and the price will eventually drop
2.)One of them will win and the other will be no more
3.)There're still a few bugs that need to get worked out from what I've read

 

[hippy fascist]

Betamax lost, because it was a ****load more expensive, not because of porn. Nice theory though.

Actually the home video market for porn WAS what one that battle. It was a big thing at the time in that this was the first home porno format (other than magazines) and their was no internet at the time. Sony refused to make betamax available to the porn industry so vhs won. Back then porn was the driving force in the home video market. With dvd it was the ps2 making dvd players affordable. Sony have had problems with the lasers though so all blu-ray players have been stripped to meet ps3 launch. Only there not enough of them to go around either. Also they've ****ed off europe with this delayed launch rubbish and contrary to what american film companies seem to think europe is a major market for dvds these days so HD-DVD is gonna pwn blu-ray this time around.

Ultimately the porn market won't matter though as you can always get harder stuff on the net. So it won't impact it but blu-ray is gonna get tanked anyway.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense but I'm half cut so...t:

 

[Darthphere]

Ok, thats fine, but Betamax lost because it was more expensive. That was the primary reason.

 

[hippy fascist]

Ok, thats fine, but Betamax lost because it was more expensive. That was the primary reason.

not really... with formats it always comes down to availability and market share. This case is exactly the same as mac vs windows before the I-makeover. More software available for pc's due to bill gate's nefarious dealings. PC's won at least for a while. Porn became a reason to own a video player. The ENTIRE industry moved over from film to video. BIG market share increase as a result. PORN/VIDEO WINS

It became a reason to own a video player. Not everyone gives a **** about watching movies but lets be honest...everyone loves the company of lady palm and her five flexible daughters t:

 

[Darthphere]

I call her Handgela.

 

[hippy fascist]

I call her Handgela.

do you ever put lipstick on your thumb and forefinger so it looks like...I've said to much...

 

[Bat Attack]

My parents will most likely wait for the prices of the players to go way down, than buy which ever one is cheaper. Probably end up buying a Blu-Ray player down since we don't own a Hi Def television.

 

[Darthphere]

do you ever put lipstick on your thumb and forefinger so it looks like...I've said to much...

I think you have.

 

[Shuley]

Ok, thats fine, but Betamax lost because it was more expensive. That was the primary reason.

VHS was $50 and Betamax was $55.

 

[Bat Attack]

My aunt and uncle used to own a betamax player.

 

[imdaly]

Actually, Wait until porn starts appearing on either format,The porn industry supports Blu-Ray,but until you actually hear of porn being on blu-ray disks,thats the format to go for...reason being is that porn went to VHS and VHS won out over Betamax,even though BetaMax was the better quality format.VHS tapes were cheaper and held more storage.

Hmm...

Format war over, HD-DVD wins by way of pornography appearing on it first. Over in Japan GLAY'z, known for its "Brand-new-century-visual-super-exprotion-entertainment," just released the world's first adult film on HD-DVD entitled (if machine translation isn't too unreliable) "Slave Room." Public fornication aside, it's pretty significant since everybody and their mom knows that whatever format the adult industry supports is automatically the winner, or at least that's how the story goes. The movie includes both an HD-DVD and standard DVD version due to HD-DVD's small penetration rate thus far. It retails for about $52. Screenshots can be found on GLAY'z Web site (Google it). Needless to say, it's NSFW. – Nicholas Deleon
UPDATE: As luck would have it, it appears that another adult HD-DVD is already out there by the name of Pirates. It's some sort of epic production with lots of pirate-on-wench action, just the way we like it here.

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I’m the HD project manager for the largest US adult catalog and think “adult” could influence the format battle.

There will be several bigger budget HD DVD XXX titles out before the end of the year, probably as early as next month, from at least 2 studios and probably more.

The major adult companies have been shooting in HD for a couple years. The problem right now is mastering costs are too expensive when average adult titles sell only 2-5,000 units. This year, HD will be for those companies trying to establish a foothold in the market. Starting in Q2 2007, when the replicator for most adult companies gets its own mastering equipment, there could be a lot of titles available.

We were initially going Blu-Ray because of Sony’s Hollywood and CE commitments, but the cost differences in hardware and most importantly, disk replication, combined with good HD DVD and bad Blu-Ray buzz changed our decision to releasing only on HD DVD. Right now, it looks like most of the adult industry will go the same way.

There is a significant market for adult. If adult buyers purchase HD DVD players because that’s where the initial content is, it could end up being a closed loop of disks/players/more disks. With small production runs, it’s not profitable to release in two formats and Blu-Ray could lose the adult buyers forever. Like what we do or not, adult sells a lot of DVDs and has committed customers.

Adult was a player in the VHS/Beta battle. No question adult led in every commerce application on the web. It is not out of the realm of possibility we will have an effect in HD.

Would more people only buy Blu-Ray because they want to watch Lawrence of Arabia or would more people only buy HD DVD because they want to watch porn? I'd guess the latter.

John Menoni, Wait a couple weeks before you buy your player. We may have something you will like.

Jlaures

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There you have it folks! HD-DVD wins!