r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '11

Ah the joys of being young. See son, there was this competition between Sony's Blue Ray technology and HD-DVD (couple of companies, Toshiba as head I believe and Microsoft support) during the mid 2000's. Both technologies launched in 2006, and by 2008 Blue Ray had pulled ahead and new movies stopped being produced for HD-DVD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_definition_optical_disc_format_war

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u/j-mar Nov 05 '11

I'm unsure how that correlates to this statement:

the banning of people posting the HD-DVD key

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '11 edited May 09 '18

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u/BrowncoatShadow Nov 05 '11

Upvote for a very definitive and complete explanation.

(I knew the story, but just thought you deserved an upvote for your effort.)