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Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD 413

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:47PM from the soemthing-to-think-about dept.

Michael S writes sent in a good story which sumarizes the current status of the battle between Blu-Ray & HD-DVD. There still isn't really a clear victor... or is there? I for one can't wait for this crap to get settled out so we can just enjoy having huge discs.

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I've already got a huge di (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:48PM (#11969032)

oh wait

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I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies (Score:1, Funny)

by east coast ( 590680 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:48PM (#11969034)

and their aint shit no one can do about it!

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well (Score:2, Funny)

by Wehesheit ( 555256 ) writes: <aridhol@g[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:50PM (#11969056) Homepage Journal

I already enjoy having a huge disc.

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Format war.....Who cares! (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:50PM (#11969062)

Blu-Ray just sounds more futuristic.

I am totally going for the format thatg
has the better sounding name

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quote (Score:5, Funny)

by circletimessquare ( 444983 ) writes: <(circletimessquare) (at) (gmail.com)> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:53PM (#11969102) Homepage Journal

"Although at the beginning of the decade, the DVD seemed like a major discovery..."

we discovered the dvd? where?

atlantis? europa? the city of the dead?

and all this time i thought we invented it

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Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:1, Funny)

by DrinkingIllini ( 842502 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:54PM (#11969106)

In fact don't these standards sound suspiciously pornish already? Blu-Ray, Blew Ray? And add and a to HD-DVD and you have HD-DVDA. (Double Vaginal Double Anal)

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Is DVD fading away? (Score:5, Funny)

by 14erCleaner ( 745600 ) writes: <FourteenerCleaner@yahoo.com> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:55PM (#11969118) Homepage Journal

They ask whether DVD is dying, as the sub-heading in the article. Here are some recent sales figures; judge for yourself:
Um...
Oops, sorry, MPAA won't release that information [hackingnetflix.com]. I guess we'll never know...

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Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:3, Funny)

by iamhassi ( 659463 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:56PM (#11969133) Journal

yeah but do you enjoy it? Having it is one thing, but enjoying it is quite another ;)

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Re:Apple supports Blu-Ray... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:58PM (#11969160)

Go, Lisa!

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Re:Format war.....Who cares! (Score:5, Funny)

by wo1verin3 ( 473094 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @04:59PM (#11969166) Homepage

It does, and sure beats the names I proposed to replace DVD-R and DVD+R. I was going to go with DVD*R and DVD/R.

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Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:5, Funny)

by coachvince ( 760294 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:01PM (#11969200)

I find that the more pr0n I have, the more concerned I am about the size of my disc.

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wait a sec... (Score:5, Funny)

by nilbog ( 732352 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:03PM (#11969231) Homepage Journal

What was wrong with betamax?

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Re:I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:06PM (#11969275)

If you rely on a floppy, you can't have much of a hard drive.

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pR0n Industry (Score:3, Funny)

by imrec ( 461877 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:06PM (#11969276) Homepage

"didn't express its support to neither format."

Ats rite, cause I ain't done got no reason to decide now whachur tatties get burned to anywise!

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I can't wait either! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:10PM (#11969319)

I for one can't wait for this crap to get settled out so we can just enjoy having huge discs.
I wonder what CmdrTaco plans to put on these "huge" discs.
On second thought, I don't think I want to know.

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Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:5, Funny)

by fm6 ( 162816 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:10PM (#11969328) Homepage Journal

I bet that the porn industry goes for the HD-DVD because of it's backwards compatability....

Only for gay porn.

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Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:3, Funny)

by el-spectre ( 668104 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:11PM (#11969341) Journal

Behold: Wiki DVDA [wikipedia.org]

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Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:3, Funny)

by grub ( 11606 ) writes: <slashdot@grub.net> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:14PM (#11969368) Homepage Journal

Considering what you wrote, your sig is quite amusing. :)

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where you ask? Why, on the ... (Score:2, Funny)

by xlurker ( 253257 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:15PM (#11969375) Homepage

discworld of course, heh heh

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Re:DeCSS and DivX major surprises? (Score:2, Funny)

by pete-classic ( 75983 ) writes: <hutnick@gmail.com> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:17PM (#11969398) Homepage Journal

With the obvious exception of Paris Hilton's career.

Which clearly wasn't created by human ingenuity, but by a bargin with a demonic force.

Poe's conjecture stands.

-Peter

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Nice grammar (Score:5, Funny)

by StevenHenderson ( 806391 ) writes: <stevehenderson.gmail@com> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:17PM (#11969399)

Michael S writes sent in a good story

Ouch.

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Re:Can't anyone write anymore? (Score:2, Funny)

by starrift ( 864840 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:31PM (#11969565)

Agreed. I'm glad somebody said this, because this is one of the worst written articals that I have ever seen.

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Alternative "huge disc" format (Score:4, Funny)

by lxt ( 724570 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:38PM (#11969631) Journal

...if you really want a "huge disc" that can store video data, why not just pick up a LaserDisc - the "hugest" video disc if ever I saw one...

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Re:Format war.....Who cares! (Score:3, Funny)

by TiggertheMad ( 556308 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:40PM (#11969657) Journal

I was going to go with DVD*R and DVD/R.

Wow, and that totaly beats out my ideas: DVD(E^i^pi)R and DVD(dx/dy*dy/dt)R.

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I just need to know one thing... (Score:3, Funny)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes: <peter@slashdot.2 ... m ['.ta' in gap]> on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:41PM (#11969675) Homepage Journal

Will I need to buy the "White Album" again?

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Re:Why people don't RTFA (Score:3, Funny)

by Tenebrious1 ( 530949 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @05:49PM (#11969733) Homepage

So it's probably this, but on the other hand it's most likely something else? My faith in anything the article might say was lost.

Either way, we're still going to see one /. article a week about it until the end of 2005, but most likely even in 2006...

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Re:Blu-ray durability? (Score:5, Funny)

by captaincucumber ( 450913 ) writes: on Thursday March 17, 2005 @07:42PM (#11970663)

10 bucks says this special coating causes cancer somehow. That's always the case with these types of things.

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I've already got a huge di (Score:5, Funny)

I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies (Score:1, Funny)

well (Score:2, Funny)

Format war.....Who cares! (Score:3, Funny)

quote (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:1, Funny)

Is DVD fading away? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Apple supports Blu-Ray... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Format war.....Who cares! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:5, Funny)

wait a sec... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies (Score:2, Funny)

pR0n Industry (Score:3, Funny)

I can't wait either! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I've already got a huge di (Score:3, Funny)

where you ask? Why, on the ... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:DeCSS and DivX major surprises? (Score:2, Funny)

Nice grammar (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Can't anyone write anymore? (Score:2, Funny)

Alternative "huge disc" format (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Format war.....Who cares! (Score:3, Funny)

I just need to know one thing... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Why people don't RTFA (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Blu-ray durability? (Score:5, Funny)

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