The Next Gen Video Formats

**Samurai Waki** · 02-16-2006, 07:14

Probably Blu-Ray but who knows?

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 02-18-2006, 01:06

Well, as in the '80s with the likes of Betamax and VHS, HDDVD and Blu-Ray are set to come out relatively soon and with it the 'format wars'. Sony lost out last time (for those of you who have been asleep this past 20 years) so it'll obviously not want to miss out again.

The funny part is that Sony invented both. But it felt VHS was inferior and sold the right to Panasonic. Beta does indeed blow VHS away. I could never figure out why the software producers preffered it over Beta. Thats the only reason it won out and we all lost out.

I suggest no one buy either of these formats until they decide on one.

**Quietus** · 02-18-2006, 02:30

Whichever Chuck Norris endorses wins!

Seriously, why not just both?

**Phatose** · 02-18-2006, 08:03

I was under the impression Beta lost out as much because Sony was overly stingy with the rights to produce players or recorders or somesuch as it was due to porn. It's not like it was impossible to find porn on beta.

**Beirut** · 02-18-2006, 12:15

I think you could find porn on Edison's wax cylinders if you looked hard enough.

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 02-18-2006, 18:27

I was under the impression Beta lost out as much because Sony was overly stingy with the rights to produce players or recorders or somesuch as it was due to porn. It's not like it was impossible to find porn on beta

There was plenty of porn on Beta that wasnt the problem. It was regular movies that werent available.

**hoom** · 02-21-2006, 10:03

I vote neither, no way I'm touching that crazy next gen DRM-up-the-pooper-so-far-you-can't-get-it-to-work-legitimately stuff

I just can't see that whole non-functional stuff ever getting off the ground.

Probably be watching the DivX (or similar) equivalent with the computationally heavy compression goodness but actually usable.