Posted by Dr Zoidberg on 08/18/07 17:49

kim wrote:
> "Jeremiah Harbottle" <nikemc@nildram.REMOVE.THIS.co.uk> wrote in
> message news:nu2dnT73MP5Qi1rbRVn_vw@giganews.com...
>>> plants that also press porn. So the outcome is that porn will only
>>> be on HD DVD, and it's hard to say how relevant that will be.
>>
>> Wasn't this very relevant in the VHS-Betamax battle?
>
> There was no shortage of porn on Betamax or on V2000 for that matter.
> Finding a shop that rented it was the problem. I did, about three
> days after I threw my Betamax machine out.
>
> Thing is, whichever format won the VHS-Betamax battle was going to be
> mass market. Neither HD-DVD nor Blu-Ray will ever be mass market.
> There simply won't be a mass market for pre-recorded video by the
> time one HD format establishes dominance over the other.
>
Neither of them needs to.

It won't be long before dual format players are available at civilised
prices (�200 was where DVD took off) and then it's irrellevant if a film is
only out on one standard


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Alex

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