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Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. I've already got a huge di by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh wait

    1. Re:I've already got a huge di by iamhassi · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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    2. Re:I've already got a huge di by coachvince · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    3. Re:I've already got a huge di by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


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

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  2. I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies by east+coast · · Score: 1, Funny

    and their aint shit no one can do about it!

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    1. Re:I'm sticking with 5 1/4 inch floppies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  3. well by Wehesheit · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already enjoy having a huge disc.

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  4. Format war.....Who cares! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blu-Ray just sounds more futuristic.

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

    1. Re:Format war.....Who cares! by wo1verin3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

    2. Re:Format war.....Who cares! by TiggertheMad · · Score: 2, Funny

      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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  5. quote by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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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  6. Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry by DrinkingIllini · · Score: 1, Funny

    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)

  7. Is DVD fading away? by 14erCleaner · · Score: 4, Funny
    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. I guess we'll never know...

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  8. Re:Apple supports Blu-Ray... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Go, Lisa!

  9. wait a sec... by nilbog · · Score: 5, Funny

    What was wrong with betamax?

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  10. pR0n Industry by imrec · · Score: 3, Funny

    "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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  11. I can't wait either! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    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.

  12. Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I bet that the porn industry goes for the HD-DVD because of it's backwards compatability....
    Only for gay porn.
  13. Re:Still no word from the pr0n industry by el-spectre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Behold: Wiki DVDA

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  14. where you ask? Why, on the ... by xlurker · · Score: 2, Funny

    discworld of course, heh heh

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  15. Re:DeCSS and DivX major surprises? by pete-classic · · Score: 2, Funny
    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.

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  16. Nice grammar by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Michael S writes sent in a good story

    Ouch.

  17. Re:Can't anyone write anymore? by starrift · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  18. Alternative "huge disc" format by lxt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...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...

  19. I just need to know one thing... by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  20. Re:Why people don't RTFA by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    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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  21. Re:Blu-ray durability? by captaincucumber · · Score: 5, Funny

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