[Grindstone]

Originally Posted by ScotRacer

I intend on buying a PS3 when Gran Turismo 5 is launched, which I bet is around Q2 2008. That will be a perfect time as the 20Gb should have had a price drop (if Sony want to stay in the game) and we will have had a winner to the HD media war (all the signs for now are pointing at Blu-ray).

WRONG! This format war just got a little more complicated:

Slashdot | Adult Film Industry Chooses HD-DVD

Blu-Ray has officially snubbed the porn industry. HD-DVD is welcoming it with open arms (among other things). Now you could argue that the porn industry does not need Blu-Ray nor HD-DVD as online is the way to go. However, last year, just over $24 billion was spent on Dvds, and under $5 billion of that was attributed to porn.

Also, although it can be downloaded, you're still eating up lots of gigs to do so, but even still, not all porn advocates are internet literate (gasp!). Nonetheless, you can not dismiss the fact that those who bought an HDtv do not want to watch porn in high definition. And since that porn will not becoming to their HDtv via Blu-Ray, you can bet it'll keep HD-DVD around for a long time.

It's VHS v. Beta all over again.