Posted by RCE Defiant on 03/22/07 21:43

"Uncopyrightable" <why@why.com> wrote in message
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> Temsonic wrote:
>> "Uncopyrightable" <why@why.com> wrote in message
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>>> Temsonic wrote:
>>>> I've just realised what a stupidly long answer I've written, so I'd
>>>> just like to add my favourite two points as to why I think HD-DVD will
>>>> win and then be done with it: Blu-ray has region coding and has banned
>>>> porn.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> OK, i think you lost the argument when you said 'Blu-ray has banned
>>> porn'
>>> I really think one major factor in VHS sales was porn, from the movies
>>> to home, DVD just increased this faster and further, I firmly believe
>>> the driving force behind the format war will be porn.
>>> Long live porn!!
>>
>> Sorry, I really can't tell if you're serious or taking the piss :) Sony
>> have a policy of preventing Blu-ray pressing plants from producing, ahem,
>> "adult content". Now some people say that it doesn't matter, Horny Joe
>> Public can download all they want from the internet, but the fact remains
>> that there is a big market for it on DVD. If those same punters who
>> presently buy it on DVD want buy it on a hi-def format, it's going to
>> have to be HD-DVD, Sony have left them with no choice. It may not decide
>> the format war, but it's certainly a factor.
>>
>>
> NOT taking the piss no, I don't know the numbers, but porn is a HUGE
> income for many people.
> I am sitting with an upscaling DVD player at the moment, wife won't let me
> buy one format only. till the war is over.

Apparently the porno trade is worth more per year than the 'legit' film
industry. And that's just off my year on year purchases.

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