Porn factor in HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray format war?

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Just thinking out loud that maybe the outcome between the HD-DVD and Blue-Ray formats will be determined by the adoption rate of porn.

I'm just comparing the upcoming war to what happened when VHS and BETA went head to head. Porn was one major factor that helped the VHS format win.

Any thoughts? Anyone else know if the Porn industry is supporting one format over the other?

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[quote name='TH']Any thoughts? Anyone else know if the Porn industry is supporting one format over the other?[/QUOTE]

If I remember correctly, it wasn't that the porn industry didn't want to support Beta Max but rather Sony didn't want to allow porn on their format to take the "higher moral ground". Thus, all the sketchy material went to VHS and the rest is history.

As for whether or not Sony is supporting porn, there's already a good deal of it available for the PSP via UMD in Japan. No reason to believe Sony hasn't learned their lesson this upcomming round.

Upon further research, Sony may not actually be condoning the release of pron for the PSP.

From Arc Technica:

[quote name='Article']It's not surprising that someone is releasing porn for the PSP; smut is going to find it's way onto every platform just as soon as someone sees the dollar signs. What's interesting is that Sony claims they can't do anything to stop it. The UMD media was supposed to be controlled by Sony themselves, its proprietary nature making it easy to control the content released on the PSP. Where are these adult movie companies getting their UMDs if not from Sony?[/QUOTE]
 
With the internet being full of porn, I don't think the porn industry will have as big of an impact on the next format war.

I did find this though.
Digital Playground cofounder and director Joone said the fact the PS3 will support Blu-ray was the deciding factor in his company's choice, as it will give the format a huge installed base. "What I don't understand is why Microsoft didn't put HD-DVD players in the Xbox," Joone told AVN. "If they really wanted to get a jump on the market, that would have been a good move. As popular as the Xbox is, they could have had tons of consumers already using the format."
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142519.html
 
[quote name='dpatel']With the internet being full of porn, I don't think the porn industry will have as big of an impact on the next format war.

I did find this though.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6142519.html[/quote]

Because Microsoft isn't banking on the sucess of HD-DVD all that much. Microsoft is really looking 5 or so years into the future where formats will be irrelevant. Ideally Microsoft wants it's users to be able to just download any form of media. It's like taking Valve's Steam and Apple's ITunes and putting them together. By the time HD-DVD/Blu-Ray starts to die out probably almost everyone will have a broad band connection, if not in their homes then out in the streets as cities across the nation are looking to adopt free wi-fi for everyone. Granted, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray have gigs of information on them but the speed of everything in the digital world seems to double constantly so it won't sound so crazy to be able to download tens of gigs of information in less than an hour.

So this whole format war is quite temporary for Microsoft, but yeah they should have thrown in their HD-DVD on the 360.
 
[quote name='FurryCurry']
So this whole format war is quite temporary for Microsoft, but yeah they should have thrown in their HD-DVD on the 360.[/QUOTE]
No... what they should do is offer up HD-DVD AND Blu-Ray add-ons for the 360. You might think they're supporting Sony's format by doing so, but what they'd really be doing is lessening the need for someone to get a PS3, if they could keep the cost of the add-on down.

Suddenly you would have a choice between a PS3, which plays Blu-Ray/DVD movies and games, or a 360, which plays DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray and games. Instead of people buying the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player, the only people that would race out to buy the PS3 would be those who have to play the PS3 games.

If MS is really going to be able to decrease the cost of production so much that they could potentially have a price drop at the end of this year or early next year, they're probably better off throwing on at least one of the add-ons and keeping the price the same. A lot still relies upon the price of the PS3, though.
 
I want to see the sperm in the semen slooged all over that 19 year olds face when I watch my porn on my next DVD format player. True story, I watched 10 foot spanish porn once. Oh si!
 
[quote name='FurryCurry']Because Microsoft isn't banking on the sucess of HD-DVD all that much. Microsoft is really looking 5 or so years into the future where formats will be irrelevant. Ideally Microsoft wants it's users to be able to just download any form of media. It's like taking Valve's Steam and Apple's ITunes and putting them together. By the time HD-DVD/Blu-Ray starts to die out probably almost everyone will have a broad band connection, if not in their homes then out in the streets as cities across the nation are looking to adopt free wi-fi for everyone. Granted, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray have gigs of information on them but the speed of everything in the digital world seems to double constantly so it won't sound so crazy to be able to download tens of gigs of information in less than an hour.

So this whole format war is quite temporary for Microsoft, but yeah they should have thrown in their HD-DVD on the 360.[/QUOTE]

It does seem like it. If they truly wanted HD-DVD to succeed, we would've seen it standard in the 360. I am glad that at least one of the companies sorta backed down. If both Sony and MS put all their effort into seeing each format succeed, we would have a longer format war than needed. The shorter this war is, the better.

And pretty much every format is temporary, Hd-DVD/blu-ray is no exception. There is no lasting format. Even the virtual format that you are talking about won't last forever.

[quote name='botticus']No... what they should do is offer up HD-DVD AND Blu-Ray add-ons for the 360. You might think they're supporting Sony's format by doing so, but what they'd really be doing is lessening the need for someone to get a PS3, if they could keep the cost of the add-on down.

Suddenly you would have a choice between a PS3, which plays Blu-Ray/DVD movies and games, or a 360, which plays DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray and games. Instead of people buying the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player, the only people that would race out to buy the PS3 would be those who have to play the PS3 games.

If MS is really going to be able to decrease the cost of production so much that they could potentially have a price drop at the end of this year or early next year, they're probably better off throwing on at least one of the add-ons and keeping the price the same. A lot still relies upon the price of the PS3, though.[/QUOTE]

In order to sway people away from buying a PS3, they would have to be able to sell the 360 + Blu-ray add-on for less than the PS3. Anyway, I think that is sorta their plan. If Hd-DVD fails, they will release a blu-ray add-on. They are taking the safer route for the format war.
 
Come on. Is seeing a labia or foreskin in High Definition really that important to people? I mean, jesus, who the hell wants to see how "used" these porn stars are in Hi-Def? I can see it now, "Well, the acting isn't that great but JESUS the graphics are INCREDIBLE! You can even see the razor burn!"

*Sigh*
 
[quote name='Graystone']Isn't hi-def porn the same as going to a strip club ;)[/QUOTE]
Well, kind of... You can't get herpes on your face from the television...
 
[quote name='-Phantom-']Well, kind of... You can't get herpes on your face from the television...[/QUOTE]

maybe the next format will allow this..
 
[quote name='mr ryles']drooooooooolllllll........... :drool: Hi-def porn......... mmmmmmmmm[/quote]

I like my porn grainy and VHS-quality, thank you very much.
 
[quote name='Graystone']Isn't hi-def porn the same as going to a strip club ;)[/QUOTE]
[quote name='-Phantom-']Well, kind of... You can't get herpes on your face from the television...[/QUOTE]

If I could some how make this look good in my sig I'd totally use it for a quote.
 
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