Bye-Bye Blue-Ray....

[MovieStuff]

If this is true, then Sony must be on crank.

http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/

You'd think they would have learned their lesson after getting their ass whooped in the Beta vs VHS wars. :roll:

Roger

[Mitch Perkins]

If this is true, then Sony must be on crank.

http://www.sgknox.com/2007/01/11/no-porn-on-blu-ray/

You'd think they would have learned their lesson after getting their ass whooped in the Beta vs VHS wars. :roll:

Roger

Perhaps it is this very ass-whooping they do not wish to see surfacing on a Blue-Ray disc? I'm sure it must have been hot!

Mitch

[reflex]

Incidentally, Sony has just announced that they're pulling out of the computer LCD market.

I guess they're planning to make all their future profits on the distribution of Blu-Ray discs with religious themes. Or perhaps they're going back to their roots. I need a new AM transistor radio.

[Daniel]

a bit off topic, but as far as I know the best videotape format is still D6 Voodoo , a joint venture between Toshiba and Philips.

[woods01]

While I'll admit to enjoying the odd porno :oops: I actually have to give
some props to Sony for this decision. Most corps are after the easy dollar
which porn definatly is. There is a lot of negative results do to the easy
access to porn today, why should Sony help that? Do they need the money?

I wouldn't write blu ray off so soon, it'll do fine through all the PS3
sales. Video games are bigger than film.

[freddiesykes]

Porn will still sell just as well on standard dvd for many years to come. It also helps that blu-ray players are backwards compatible.

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

Hahaha, so stupid and ridiculous of Sony if this is true! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[mattias]

There is a lot of negative results do to the easy
access to porn today, why should Sony help that?

because it shouldn't be their concern. it's sad when people mix up the medium with the message. what if you could only write what the manufacturer allows on a piece of paper you buy? or only say certain things on the phone?

this said i don't think sony wants to ban porn, but i do understand if the end manufacturers don't want to be associated with it at this stage, which seems to be the case here. it's easy to blame sony when all they really want is to get the accounts of the big studios. when that fails they will make porn, believe me.

/matt

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

when that fails they will make porn, believe me.

/matt

Haha, so true! :lol:

[MovieStuff]

it's easy to blame sony when all they really want is to get the accounts of the big studios. when that fails they will make porn, believe me.

On the one hand, Sony is in a good position because they can flood the market with movies on BluRay from their vast library of Sony Pictures films. That is something that the competing HD-DVD can't do as easily. On the other hand, Sony is already in an uphill battle because competing studios may go with HD-DVD just to keep Sony Picture Studios from getting any more powerful in Hollywood. It isn't like Universal or Paramount or Columbia are in the HD technology development business. So for other studios to put their product on BluRay essentially means giving money to Sony Picture Studios, which I think most of the other studios would rather not do.

Not allowing porn on BluRay does nothing to further their goal of getting the big studio accounts and their "no porn" philosphy didn't help Betamax thrive against the VHS onslaught. So all Sony has going for BluRay is a marginal technical distinction in quality and the Sony Pictures library for content. I dunno if that's going to be enough. Sony tried to push Beta as being superior to an audience that couldn't have cared less. They just wanted it to be cheap and convenient and the last thing they wanted was to be dictated what content they could buy on video tape. You'd think that Sony would learn from their past mistakes, as far as marketing of a new format goes.

Roger

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

They just wanted it to be cheap and convenient and the last thing they wanted was to be dictated what content they could buy on video tape.

Did Sony do the "no porn"-move back in the days of videotape battle?

[MovieStuff]

They just wanted it to be cheap and convenient and the last thing they wanted was to be dictated what content they could buy on video tape.

Did Sony do the "no porn"-move back in the days of videotape battle?

Yes. That's why VHS won, really. Not because there was a huge public outcry for porn but simply because porn was a staggeringly powerful cash market. The format that generates the most revenue wins.

Roger

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

Hahaha, unbelievably stupid of Sony. I just cannot believe they did it, unreal. :lol: 8O :roll:

[Uppsala BildTeknik]

Like making a portable MP3 player that doesen´t play any rap music. Because the designer of the player reallllly doesen´t like rap.

Kind of anyway. Stupid. :lol:

[JCook]

Sony lost the Beta VHS war here in the states due to their odd 1.5hr vs. 2hr VHS record speeds, plain and simple. There's numerous articles out there statiing such, the consumer saw bigger numbers on the same priced vide casette cartridges and bought accordingly.

Greater recording time is now in the Bluray camp if you discount Toshiba's recent Triple layer HD-DVD disc format. I'm wondering if this new triple layer format is for PC content only or if they plan to use it for future video use too. I haven't heard to the contrary but I would doubt the current HD-DVD players can read the triple layer discs.

According to an article on Blu-ray.com Blu is expected to outsell HD-DVD by a 3.5:1 margin this month. Considering the source I'd take that with a grain of salt.

Due to our recent Sony PS3 acquisition we own a half dozen Blu-Ray movies, currently haven't bought into the HD-DVD camp but I plan to buy an XBox 360 add on HD-DVD drive and strip it down to install into our HTPC for future use...