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Apple Backs Blu-ray

Posted by Hemos on from the beta-vs-vhs dept.

zaxios writes "The New York Times is reporting that Apple has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association, and will use Blu-ray in upcoming versions of iMovie and Final Cut. The move puts Apple among Sony, Matsushita, Dell, HP and Walt Disney in supporting Blu-ray; companies including Toshiba, NEC, Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, Universal and Paramount are pledged to adopt the competing HD-DVD format. Apple's support confirms Blu-ray's future dominance on the desktop, but the division in Hollywood and notebook manufacturers between the two HD videodiscs will ensure the bona fide format war we were all secretly pining for."

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  1. Fri, 1st April is TROLL REUNITING DAY by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mark your Calendar folks - all slashdot trolls, old and new, will be out posting their abusive, and ever so slightly amusing posts on this day.

    That, combined with the ususal shit that prevails on this day of the year, should make for a chaotic day of slashdot browsing; so stock up on Cheezals and drag those old troll accounts out of retirement for this monumental day of historic nostalga.
    Any idea's for themes (apart from the classic 'FIRST POST' - which, I might add gets funnier each time I see it)

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blu-ray backs you!

  3. RIP ... Kevin "Klerck" Ealy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Be sure to sign the guest book for the dearly departed Klerck

    1. Re:RIP ... Kevin "Klerck" Ealy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      Is this for real? How do you know it's "the" klerck?

  4. YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. word by northcat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    steve jobs 3

  6. Porn industry is dropping the ball, so to speak by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They should be focusing on sexbots. Which format will win? RealDoll or Superbabe2000? Admittedly both formats are still rudimentary, and lack certain features, such as actual robotics, but things are progressing.

  7. Uh no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude,

    Chicks get into porn when they're about 21, and are out by 24.

    Only a few girls stay until they're 30.

    And no, please don't feel sorry for them. They will make more in a 3 year career then most of us will make in 20 years.

    Watch HBO's Pornucopia for a real eye-opener on the porn industry. If I was a hot chick, I'd do porn in a flash (pardon the pun).