There is no reason to buy a PS3.

[Turbo D]

to be fair, I mainly pirate pron 

[GUTS]

Those links are hardly conclusive, hell in the first one the guy didn't even know if it was HD-DVD, Blu Ray, or something that played them both.  The second one just says things are at a stalemate, not that blu-ray is "dead."  Personally I hope Blu-ray wins just because I'm tired of everyone thinking they're market analysts and that just because beta flopped that blu-ray will too, plus blu-ray discs have that awesome coating that prevents scratching.

[SignOfZeta]

The Standards will unify, I have no doubt. The players, I mean. Dual Standard Players.

Last night my friend bought a PS3. He didn't buy any games because there really aren't any, but we did watch the new Fifth Element BluRay on it (replaces the basically defective one from a few months ago). That was nice, but it might just as well been an HD-DVD since the quality is exactly the f*cking same on either format (ie: very good).

Setting up a PS3 for the first time is a huge pain the ass, btw. Terrible UI. Remember how with the PS2 you had to go into a menu and turn *on* the TOSLINK output...as if you would *ever* want the thing turned off? WTF? Dialog boxes that warn you that you are about to be disconnected from the network...even though you haven't actually connected yet. Crap like that.

I'm so glad I have a PC Engine or two...I really don't like new consoles...

[guyjin]

Those links are hardly conclusive, hell in the first one the guy didn't even know if it was HD-DVD, Blu Ray, or something that played them both.  The second one just says things are at a stalemate, not that blu-ray is "dead."  Personally I hope Blu-ray wins just because I'm tired of everyone thinking they're market analysts and that just because beta flopped that blu-ray will too, plus blu-ray discs have that awesome coating that prevents scratching.

hmm. must have updated since i posted.

As for the second link; As one poster put it:

When you are killed by your competitor, you say they were formidable.
When you are loosing to your competitor, you should say that you are matched up.
When you are matched up with your competitor, you should say how you are killing them!!
When you are even slightly ahead of your competitor, you declare yourself the winner.

[Kitsunexus]

Fifth Element

Words cannot convey how much I love that movie. 0_0

[Joe Redifer]

I thought that movie got boring after about 15 or 20 minutes... after her big escape landing in Bruce Willis' cab.

[nodtveidt]

The fate of the next generation of DVDs will rest not with Hollywood but with the adult film industry, as have all formats that came before it. From my understanding, only one of the very small number of facilities that are capable of producing Blu-Ray discs are even producing adult media on Blu-Ray. More adult films are available on HD-DVD. So there you have it...who's gonna win? Watch and learn.

[nat]

I thought that movie got boring after about 15 or 20 minutes... after her big escape landing in Bruce Willis' cab.

Too bad... One of my favorite movies! I saw it in the theatre when it first came out. I've loved it ever since.

[Joe Redifer]

I saw it in the theatre when it first came out.

I saw it before you!   

[TR0N]

The Standards will unify, I have no doubt. The players, I mean. Dual Standard Players.

Last night my friend bought a PS3. He didn't buy any games because there really aren't any, but we did watch the new Fifth Element BluRay on it (replaces the basically defective one from a few months ago). That was nice, but it might just as well been an HD-DVD since the quality is exactly the f*cking same on either format (ie: very good).

Setting up a PS3 for the first time is a huge pain the ass, btw. Terrible UI. Remember how with the PS2 you had to go into a menu and turn *on* the TOSLINK output...as if you would *ever* want the thing turned off? WTF? Dialog boxes that warn you that you are about to be disconnected from the network...even though you haven't actually connected yet. Crap like that.

I'm so glad I have a PC Engine or two...I really don't like new consoles...

Damn i didn't know "setting up a PS3" was that much of a hassle.

Most i've herd is it has some controller issue problems nothing more.

Kind of a shame though the,PS3 works while the 360 struggles to work  

The current gen is still not much of a concern to me at this point.

Same go's for bluray vs hd-dvd i'm just waiting to see who wins that.

I'm just satisfy with regular dvd as is.

[Keranu]

I really don't care which one "wins" as I don't plan on watching them either much in the future since there aren't any future movies I'm looking forward to and for any older movies I'll just get them on LD or download.

Nod makes a great point about the porn media though.

[Turbo D]

It wasn't hard to set up the ps3, lol. Maybe it is for someone with the tech level of a nutsack 

[GUTS]

Porn is not a great point, nobody knows the effect porn being primarily on HD-DVD is going to have on the format war since this isn't the f*cking 80s and things aren't going to happen like betamax vs VHS.

[Kitsunexus]

Porn, consisting of low-budget films despite the fact that the industry eclipses Hollywood, does not lend itself to HD very well.

Imagine being able to see all the little touchups, the little things they try to hide, the wrinkles, etc... That's why HD ruins porn.

[TR0N]

Porn, consisting of low-budget films despite the fact that the industry eclipses Hollywood, does not lend itself to HD very well.

Imagine being able to see all the little touchups, the little things they try to hide, the wrinkles, etc... That's why HD ruins porn.

Yeah it does i don't wanna see if the women has crabs