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Blu-ray is officially doomed

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Jan 11, 2007.

  1. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Contributing Member

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    DOOMED
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    HD DVD versus Blu-ray - The p*rn industry says HD DVD

    Las Vegas (NV) - Knowing their audience quite well, the adult entertainment industry holds their annual get together in Las Vegas to coincide with the CES. There is also a very pertinent crossover between the adult and tech industries - p*rn has a tendency to drive, and be driven, by technology. Which means HD DVD when it comes to high-def.

    Quite famously in the war between Betamax and VHS the latter won especially because the adult industry preferred it. If you've been around long enough, you probably remember that the very early home video rental stores were primarily responsible for driving Betamax out of the market. And those stores carried almost exclusively pornographic content.

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  2. geeimsobored

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    Game, set and match. Another crushing defeat for Sony.
     
  3. Lil Pun

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    Bye-bye Blu-ray.
     
  4. moestavern19

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    I don't buy it.


    When it was VHS vs Betmax, there was not internet p*rn.

    Blu-Ray still has Disney.
     
  5. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Contributing Member

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    Yeah you watch it for free on the internet.

    :D
     
  6. Brando2101

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    Who buys p*rn dvds? That's physical evidence right there.
     
  7. The_Yoyo

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    its not just the purchasing of but also rentals. i would be curious enough to rent a hd-dvd p*rn to see how it looks. maybe i just would throw up since i would be able to clearly see all the surgery scars, botox and makeup.

    either way it may not have the ramifications of vhs and betamax but it will cause a problem for blu-ray
     
  8. moestavern19

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    exactly my point.
     
  9. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    I thought some p*rn companies picked bluray already. Actually Im sure of it. I just dont care enough look.
     
  10. SwoLy-D

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    VIVID, one of the leading pr0N companies, is going with:
    potential nsfw and potential stimulant:
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    Hey, you all asked. :eek:

    if you squint a little and turn up the brightness and contrast on your LCD monitor, you could see...
     
  11. chow_yun_fat

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    "girls with low self esteem"

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  13. Storm Surge

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    you guys can have p*rn, blu-ray can have disney, columbia, sony pictures, all of the other major movie corps.

    Also, Universal, the only big-time HD-DVD backer has nothing to say about HD-DVD even during CES.
     
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    sony fanboys gettin sour :eek:
     
  15. Coach AI

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    I know that the p*rn industry still makes gobs of money, but is most of that Internet? With the kind of cash it pulls in it would seem that there still has to be an important market for actual video (not downloadable).

    I'm sure there are some p*rn experts out there that could tell us. :)
     
  16. BigM

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    i thought i read something from rccola that p*rn had already backed blu-ray?
     
  17. hooroo

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    i've heard p*rn tape trading was a major reason why vhs systems became popular.
     
  18. KaiSeR SoZe

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    what do you mean 'you guys' ?
     
  19. Dave2000

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    i knew it, i called this out way back, a few months ago, im sure mig and RC Cola remembered cause they argued about it with me :)
     
  20. Coach AI

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    He thinks he's in the console war thread.
     

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