Blu-ray or HD-DVD -- what's winning?

[Jand3rson]

Right now, it IS too early to tell. But Pierced said has solid merit, it's no secret in the media industry that porn decides the format. About 6 months ago, Sony had released a statement saying that they would not allow porn to be made and/or sold on Blu-Ray, but they seemed to have changed their tune since then, so it's hard to say. This sounds hilarious, but many of the big names like Vivid and the like in the porn industry are also hesitant to go to HD at all, because a lot of the actors/producers are wary about the amount of detail that HD shows, and that it will be harder to "hide" a lot of things.

I actually haven't started buying anything in HD or Blu-Ray yet, because I don't have a player, and I don't want to start buying until I know a little more what format will come out on top. The plus side is that a lot of HD DVD's are coming out in dual-format discs, with standard DVD on one side and HD on the other, so at least you can buy those, and if HD DVD loses out, you can still watch it on you DVD player, so it's not a total loss. And like someone said earlier, there are a few combo format players, but you're talking $1000-1300 for them, so it's kind of a toss-up. My reccomendation is to wait it out, unless you've got an XBOX 360 or a PS3 already.

[LINUS]

Odd to think Sony would pull a morality trip about porn content on Blu-Ray when they have the GTA series of videogames.

I wondered if HD-DVD's would play in a standard DVD player, was pretty sure they didn't, but your last comment sealed that for me.

Yeah, I have a PS3 - so I'll just get a copy on Blu-Ray. Really I buy so few movies it probably will be settled as an issue before I buy much more than a dozen movies. I really only buy maybe 1 movie a month, I only have like 80 movies & a few others (Charlie Brown specials disc set, Transformers, Seinfelds, & a bunch of Warren Miller vids).

[Jscotty]

This sounds hilarious, but many of the big names like Vivid and the like in the porn industry are also hesitant to go to HD at all, because a lot of the actors/producers are wary about the amount of detail that HD shows, and that it will be harder to "hide" a lot of things.

Not only that but I have to ask myself if I REALLY want to see a man's hairy nutsack in high definiition while he is laying the pipe to Jenna Jamerson. I can appriciate the technology of a crystal clear picture but I don't think I would be that interested in seeing the bubbles in the cum.

[kylebes1]

Blu-Ray

More capacity than HDDVD and a much color name

[Jand3rson]

Blu-Ray

More capacity than HDDVD

For now.

[LINUS]

For now.

Spill it, J - if you know some isht, tell it.

[Jand3rson]

Spill it, J - if you know some isht, tell it.

No inside industry info, there's nothing stopping them from developing HD DVD discs that will hold more than current discs. A la dual-layer DVD's, superbit, etc. But the same goes for Blu-Ray.

[BeirBrennerE30]

dont listen to me.... i went with beta.

But, i think that when more games come out for only Ps3 it will put bluray over the edge and beat out hddvd. i know a lot of people who buy bluray disks just because the already have the expensive player built into a game console that they bought reguardless of formet