The W
Views: 178597592
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Color chart | Log in for more!
19.3.17 0424
The 7 - Movies & TV - Of all the movies to release in HD-DVD...
This thread has 1 referral leading to it
Register and log in to post!
(4498 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (8 total)
The Thrill
Banger
Level: 108

Posts: 2008/2781
EXP: 13124061
For next: 396482

Since: 16.4.02
From: Green Bay, WI

Since last post: 3624 days
Last activity: 223 days
#1 Posted on 27.4.06 1632.26
Reposted on: 27.4.13 1632.39
...they picked Deep Throat.

High-definition porn? I suppose I should've seen this...uh, coming. (image removed)

Promote this thread!
The Vile1
Lap cheong
Level: 87

Posts: 1434/1694
EXP: 6183792
For next: 209007

Since: 4.9.02
From: California

Since last post: 5447 days
Last activity: 5179 days
#2 Posted on 27.4.06 1706.44
Reposted on: 27.4.13 1706.56
My prediction?

HD-DVD and blu-ray aren't going to take off at all. Just like Divx and disposeable DVD's.
Mr. Boffo
Scrapple
Level: 124

Posts: 1562/3844
EXP: 21357074
For next: 479588

Since: 24.3.02
From: Oshkosh, WI

Since last post: 3886 days
Last activity: 3847 days
#3 Posted on 27.4.06 2010.10
Reposted on: 27.4.13 2015.03
Well, I think one or the other will eventually. I mean, if you've got an HDTV (which are slowly becoming more and more common), then why wouldn't you want to watch your DVDs in the same high quality format? As to whether it will be HD-DVD or BluRay, I have no idea. That's the biggest problem. No one is going to want to spend this kind of money on a player that's going to be obsolete in 5 years.
Zeruel
Thirty Millionth Hit
Moderator
Level: 142

Posts: 2967/5284
EXP: 34593596
For next: 374919

Since: 2.1.02
From: The Silver Spring in the Land of Mary.

Since last post: 1666 days
Last activity: 1666 days
#4 Posted on 27.4.06 2028.47
Reposted on: 27.4.13 2029.01
    Originally posted by The Thrill
    High-definition porn? I suppose I should've seen this...uh, coming. (image removed)




And you're surprised? The porn industry is always on the forefront of new technology. They will be the first to admit that if it wasn't for them, most new technologies wouldn't take off. If that's true or not, I don't know, but sex does sell.
Mike Zeidler
Pepperoni
Level: 73

Posts: 187/1117
EXP: 3325713
For next: 160172

Since: 27.6.02

Since last post: 3506 days
Last activity: 728 days
#5 Posted on 27.4.06 2236.40
Reposted on: 27.4.13 2245.36
And there's always the consideration that film stock has a much higher resolution than even HD TVs can replicate, so why not go with one of the better known films (especially on the coat-tails of that documentary last year) in the industry (porn, not film)

It's the same reason that some of the first programming on the HD networks were shows from the 60s and 70s. They were shot on film, so a new generation (or really the same generation grown up) could ogle Charlie's Angels in a new format.
Brian P. Dermody
Liverwurst
Moderator
Level: 75

Posts: 953/1205
EXP: 3706209
For next: 120712

Since: 20.9.02
From: New York, NY

Since last post: 4372 days
Last activity: 3794 days
Y!:
#6 Posted on 27.4.06 2355.10
Reposted on: 27.4.13 2356.13
Few will ever go broke grabbing the newest technology and putting a naked woman on it.
Cerebus
Scrapple
Level: 119

Posts: 1724/3558
EXP: 18734492
For next: 194854

Since: 17.11.02

Since last post: 2451 days
Last activity: 2173 days
#7 Posted on 28.4.06 1350.13
Reposted on: 28.4.13 1350.13
I'm a film geek. If it's put on a screen in front of me, 99 times out of 100, I'll watch it. Good, bad... REALLY bad, it doesn't usually matter to me because I can usually find SOMETHING in it to make me want to see it.

This said, I see no reason for yet ANOTHER next generation format.

Seriously, I've seen THE EVIL DEAD on a movie screen, video, laserdisc, beta, DVD, black and white TV, color TV (small and large), my computer monitor, and on a high def television... it's still the same fucking movie.

What's the big deal?
rockdotcom_2.0
Frankfurter
Level: 62

Posts: 725/763
EXP: 1897407
For next: 87290

Since: 9.1.02
From: Virginia Beach Va

Since last post: 4016 days
Last activity: 1 day
#8 Posted on 28.4.06 1428.50
Reposted on: 28.4.13 1429.01
    Originally posted by Zeruel
      Originally posted by The Thrill
      High-definition porn? I suppose I should've seen this...uh, coming. (image removed)




    And you're surprised? The porn industry is always on the forefront of new technology. They will be the first to admit that if it wasn't for them, most new technologies wouldn't take off. If that's true or not, I don't know, but sex does sell.


I read somewhere once that one of the reasons that VCRs improved so quickly in the 80's was porn movies. Because you had to do so much rewinding and fast forwarding, they had to make VCRs and tapes that could handle the wear and tear. Dont know how much truth is in that, but it makes sense.
ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Thread ahead: TiVo VS Windows XP Media center
Next thread: Phil Hendrie to quit radio
Previous thread: Supernatural viewers?
(4498 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
The 7 - Movies & TV - Of all the movies to release in HD-DVD...Register and log in to post!

The W™ message board - 7 year recycle

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim
This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.211 seconds.