Studios Face Off in Next-Gen DVD Format War

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Studios Face Off in Next-Gen DVD Format War

Posted by michael on Thursday December 9, 2004 @03:12AM from the early-adopters-get-burned dept.

WaZiX writes "After yesterday's HD-DVD strike, the Blu-Ray Disc format received support from Disney (and its Buena Vista Home Entertainment unit) as reported by ZDNET. As predicted, the format war has only just begun."

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How about a Slashdot poll? by prizna · 2004-12-09 03:17 · Score: 0, Funny

Let's settle the war Slashdot style! Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD
1. Re:How about a Slashdot poll? by calibanDNS · 2004-12-09 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny
  Preferred Video formats poll:
  
  Blu-ray
  
  HD-DVD
  
  DVD
  
  VHS
  
  Betamax
  
  SVHS
  
  VCD
  
  Laserdisc
  
  CowboyNeal does charades
  
  And of course, I'm blind you insensitive clod!
Ob. West Side Story reference by 54M5UNG · 2004-12-09 03:18 · Score: 1, Funny

'Cause when you're a Blu-Ray, you're a Blu-Ray for life!
BAH! by Geek_3.3 · 2004-12-09 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm just gonna buy my "CD-RW, DVD+/-R/RW, HD-DVD, Blu-ray" drive in 2 years for $70, while reading and complaining about the impending SuperHD-DVD vs ReallyBlu-Ray format war on /.

NEEEEEXT... :-P
Or as Yoda would put it... by eldimo · 2004-12-09 03:29 · Score: 4, Funny

...begun the format war has!
As predicted, the format war has only just begun. by brian0918 · 2004-12-09 03:33 · Score: 3, Funny

Don't mention the war... I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
Re:That's an expensive DVD player by Carbonite · 2004-12-09 05:11 · Score: 2, Funny

Mystery: I almost never have house guests.

Mystery solved: ...if I did have house guests, any of them who didn't like it would be more than welcome to fuck off.

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