DVD format war gets steamy

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Some believe the format war will be settled by porn. Just when it looked like Blu-ray was winning the next-generation DVD format war, an often overlooked yet powerful force -- porn -- has emerged to potentially swing the tide back toward rivalHDDVD.

Blu-ray has unquestionably been winning the battle of perception. Walk into a Best Buy store and the first thing you're likely to see is a wall of Blu-ray movies. HD DVDs, meanwhile, might be hidden around the corner and are greatly outnumbered by Blu-ray titles.

Then there's the endorsements. Blockbuster Video, the world's biggest rental chain, in June dealt HD DVD a body blow by saying it was expanding its high-definition offerings to 1,700 stores -- but they would be Blu-Ray only. The chain said it was bowing to customer preference -- 70% of next-generation format rentals in test stores were Blu-Ray, while only 30% were HDDVD.

Meanwhile, Target Corp., the second-largest department store chain in the United States, last week said it would feature Bluray players and discs starting this holiday season.

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Originally Posted by pornopete

This is old news, and this is how Sony lost out to VHS with its BETA technology some 30 years ago. Basically Sony didn't allow porn on BETA and won't allow it on Blu-ray.

The driving force on VHS was porn and it will be no different for HD discs.

Blu-ray will come out the loser in the end.

That's a very bold statement. I just don't see it happening though.