John
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Micorosoft don't care who wins, this in no way at all affects the xbox, they can just make a blu-ray drive that plugs into it.
Microsoft want an online content model not media.
Steve there will be multiple posts from you saying how blu-ray is shit and specifically how the extra space on blu-ray doesn't mean anything.
You have backtracked every single point you have ever made about it except your love for the 360.
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Dom
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Originally posted by Steve
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Originally posted by Nismo
i think Blu-ray sounds ace, much better than HD DVD!
ENd of the day HD DVD does not allow Porn on its format, there fore BR (see it sounds good in short form too) was allways going to win!
a) BR is technically no better than HD as both format have been made to hold equally as much.
b) the hd codec is said to actually produce better results than BR according to some movie experts
c) porn has always been allowed on HD infact it was BR that started by saying no porn, although they went back on this when they saw sense.
Got anything regarding codecs used on HD-DVD? As everything i've read shows that there is no difference between codecs used on both formats 
The only thing HD-DVD has going for it, is the fact that it's cheaper to manufacture as it uses the same (or similar) manufacture process as DVDs. Other than that, HD DVD is actually inferior - Blue ray is capable of storing more data, quicker access times (+write times), dynamic menu structure (using JVM) etc.
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Dom
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Massive blow to microsoft though via the stock markets as they have been seen as backers for HD-DVD
hardly? have they crashed? are they filing for bankruptcy? or are they planning on releasing a blu-ray drive..
robbo, i thought you were wise, turns out, your just a slow calculator.. or a fast abacus
What the fuck?
No, microsoft aren't filing for bankruptcy (lets be honest, it's no brainer that the company has enough cash) but the fact remains that them backing the suppose "failed" format is going to make a dent, especially with manafacture costs of creating the original HD drive and now the extra costs of them creating an external Blue-Ray drive. And i also wouldn't assume that the reason for there falling stock (down 3.2%) was because of there bid for the Norwegian search engine
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Steve
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i cant see it making much of a dent, as they didnt supply the console forced with a hd drive, they were clever about it really
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Dom
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i cant see it making much of a dent, as they didnt supply the console forced with a hd drive, they were clever about it really
they had the extra manfacaturing costs of producing an external drive, wheres as sony didn't. Microsoft have now got to produce another external drive. Im sure it didn't make much of a dent but a dent eitherway.
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Cosmo
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Its more so a dent on the reputation aswell...afterall look at what still gets mentioned when you talk about Sony and technologies they tried to push in the past!
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Steve
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bluray isnt an exclusive sony made product though they were just one of many groups of names that helped develop it
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Dom
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bluray isnt an exclusive sony made product though they were just one of many groups of names that helped develop it
no, but from average joe consumer, Sony is the name thats out there for pushing Blue-ray. Microsoft was the same for HD-DVD....
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Russ
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bluray isnt an exclusive sony made product though they were just one of many groups of names that helped develop it
no, but from average joe consumer, Sony is the name thats out there for pushing Blue-ray. Microsoft was the same for HD-DVD....
toshiba was no microsoft, ask some people called jo if it makes you happy
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