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by Motherhead 09/30/2005, 2:57am PDT |
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Horrible Gelatinous Blob wrote:
Current DVD manufacturing plants can be retrofitted to support HD-DVD production, however, while all new facilities will be required for Blu-Ray (and the cost of building those facilities will be passed on to the consumer, of course). Also, HD-DVD players will be natively backward compatible, while Blu-Ray players will require a second laser in order to read current DVD discs.
Basically, much like VHS and Betamax, they both have their strong points and weak points. The market will shake it all out, like it always does.
One thousand years ago when I followed this shit, back before a very pregnant wife had me remodeling the entire motherfucking universe, I had read this: The Porn Industry, apparently, presses more DVDs than Hollywood (11,000+ titles a year), so where they go, so goes the rest of the industry.
At the time the Porno Industry was favoring Blu-Ray for just the reasons you described. The Asian counterfeiters have already made the same investments in fabrication as many legitimate DVD pressing fabs. The cost of retrofitting could more easily be absorbed by the Porn Industry than they. So they fuck the counterfeiters for a couple of years until they catch up and the process repeats itself. Or we die or fly around in cars.
Doing a google search to check my math lists articles that fall on both sides; Some pornographers want to make the initial capital investment, some don't. But whatever they decide might dictate what's going to be connected to your living room TV. |
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Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 6:23pm PDT 
The format wars are hotting up. NT by February's Fussbett 09/27/2005, 8:29pm PDT
Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Vietcong (Vietnam mode) 09/27/2005, 8:56pm PDT
Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Souffle of Pain 09/27/2005, 9:21pm PDT
Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by corax 09/27/2005, 9:50pm PDT
Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/27/2005, 10:50pm PDT
Porn by Motherhead 09/30/2005, 2:57am PDT
Re: Porn by I need clarification 09/30/2005, 12:09pm PDT
Re: Microsoft and Intel side with HD-DVD. Format war looming. :( by Fussbett 09/27/2005, 11:30pm PDT
Why I don't care. by Oom Shnibble 09/29/2005, 12:51pm PDT
Re: Why I don't care. by Fussbett 09/30/2005, 12:05am PDT
Maybe I'm being dense here but... by Oom Shnibble 09/30/2005, 11:13am PDT
A little short-sighted. by casual observer 09/30/2005, 11:27am PDT
Re: A little short-sighted. by Oom Shnibble 10/04/2005, 1:56am PDT
Re: A little short-sighted. by casual observer 10/04/2005, 2:17am PDT
HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Fussbett 01/07/2006, 5:12pm PST
Re: HD-DVD fails at CES, everyone cheerfully looking forward to 2 formats... by Siskel and Ebert 01/07/2006, 8:49pm PST
Final verdict: check back on this "format war" in about 5 years to see who won. NT by Creexul :( 01/07/2006, 11:14pm PST
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