Blu-ray technology blah-blah-blah...zzzzz

Adult blu ray Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 04:15 AM EST

Vivid has begun releasing all adult DVD titles simultaneously on Blu-ray.
That means about 1 titel per week

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=12921

And at http://www.adultbluray.com there are already 96 Adult blu rays on sale but only one gay blu ray

Mick Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 07:17 PM EST

What get's me is some of the blu-ray is just up scaled regular DVD. You have to search to find releases that look really clear. Check out www.buythebestbluray.com they rank them by image quality.

AP Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:21 AM EST

oh yeah...and btw...the Japanese porn industry chose to use the Blu-ray format instead of HD DVD...

AP Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:20 AM EST

eh...HD DVD players fits with any tv sets as well as Blu-ray players. I have a Blu-ray DVD player and a Pioneer Elite plasma screen and it plays beautifully. What you need to remember is your set resolution...what it displays to take advantage of what HD DVD and Blu-ray players produce in picture quality

Joe C Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:06 AM EST

No Idea what your post was about, Michael, but it DID allow me to gaze on the beauty that is Jessica Alba in her Fantastic Four suit. For that, I salute you.

V.M.L. Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:47 PM EST

What really matters is actually the porn industry. When they chose VHS as their prime format, Betamax died.

In my honest opinion, it makes more sense to have HD-DVD. It fits with HD TV sets. Blueray only fits with Sony-brand products.

Dio_K Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:21 PM EST

Truly, can anyone get excited about this? I thought I'd die of boredom just reading the headline, but then I saw Slezak's name attached to the post, so I decided to check it out. Nice eye candy. Thanks.

SpaceCat85 Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 07:57 PM EST

And, on top of this, Paramount/Dreamworks just announced this week that they are switching to HD-DVD-only for all of their new releases.

I'm personally more interested in spending my money on one of those combo DVR/DVD-R units than an entirely new video library. As others have said, I'm still trying to get clear DVD versions of cassettes I've owned since the `80s!

Dave Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 07:45 PM EST

HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, who cares? Get all your necessary high definition updates at http://www.hollywoodtuna.com.

Enjoy,
The Davester

Snarf Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:08 PM EST

Meh.

Kelly Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 04:43 PM EST

I have heard that the porn industry has gone with HD DVD. (Why anyone would want that in H def is beyond me). I understand that this was a major factor in the VHS Beta war. It will be interesting to what happens now.

Ellipsian Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 04:23 PM EST

To clarify, yes, you need a different player (other than your standard DVD player) to play HD DVDs or Blu-rays. The biggest difference between standard DVDs and the two new formats is the visual quality, which will really only be seen on an high-definition TV (HDTV).

Also, yes, you can play "regular" DVDs on both HD DVD and Blu-ray players; in fact, many of them will "upscale" your regular DVDs to make them look better on an HD TV. Pretty cool.
As for me, I'm all about Blu-ray; my oh-so-lovely PlayStation 3 has one built right in, and a Blu-ray disc can hold almost double the capacity of an HD DVD can. To my eyes, the two formats are very comparable...I'm sold! Also, because it is built-in to all PS3s, Blu-ray will certainly survive (if not win outright) the Blu-ray/HD DVD "war". I'm set!

dma69 Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:28 PM EST

Considering that it's been raining all day her in NYC and the temperature hovering in the 60s, The Pretty was a great diversion (even if I had to tolerate the Alba on the right).

Ceballos Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:26 PM EST

beelkay...I did NOT know that you could play regular DVDs on an HD DVD...thanks for the info.

To me, though, the issue is that, for example, I popped in Dr. Strangelove last night (had a void to fill with Hell's Kitchen gone) and it looked REALLY good to me (visually). I just don't know how much I would appreciate stuff in hi-def (though I'm sure a lot of people before me have said that.)

beelkay Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:15 PM EST

I bought an HD DVD player, not a Blu-Ray, so I'm hoping the former is victorious!
Ceballos, I don't know about Blu-Ray, but you can play regular DVDs on an HD player, and if you have an HDMI cable and an HD TV set, the regular DVDs look a bit better too.

Becca Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:13 PM EST

i think you should have more drowsy days to sneak more pictures of wentworth miller into the posts... although i stopped watching prison break after the first season b/c they got out...

Jackie Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:56 PM EST

I'm still trying to get all my VHS tapes on DVD (and I'm only 19, how many formats of movies/tv shows can I go through in this lifetime?!? DAMN YOU, technology!!!!) So until this becomes a major major major issue, will I stop recording on VHS or buying DVDs. Until than, I hope that Circuit City sells regular old VCR/DVD combo players for a long, long time.

ronaldo Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:53 PM EST

Things appear to be getting worse rather than better with studios now claiming to offer titles in only one format or the other. Not a good sign that either one format will simply win out, or that they can figure out some royalty structure to develop dual-format players.

Jilly Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:50 PM EST

I heard that you need a different DVD player to play the blu-ray discs. Sounds like another way to get our money. I don't go for it. I still watch my VHS movies; I'm not about to spend tons of mula replacing all of those. They still look good to me. Hell, I remember a time when there wasn't such a thing as buying movies and playing them whenever you wanted.

Ryan Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:49 PM EST

Alba should give me enough energy to stay awake on the ride home.

Ceballos Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:26 PM EST

As a guy who owns north of 650 (non HD DVD/ Blu Ray discs) DVDs (can you tell I'm a little addicted?) I'm a little scared to jump into the whole HD craze.

I mean, I have decent vision, but I wear reading glasses. I'm not sure if my eyesight is good enough to TRULY appreciate the HD experience.

Also, can someone more in the know than me tell me if the HD DVD /Blu Ray discs (like Slezak I don't care what the difference is between these two formats) are supposed to take over sometime in the very near future? Does that mean all my discs will be obsolete?!

If that's the case, I'm gonna go ahead and start getting depressed now (especially since I just dropped $120 on all seven seasons of Buffy at Best Buy...they were $15.99 each!)