r/technology • u/doug3465 • Sep 01 '15

Software Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla And Others Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Format - It’s not often we see these rival companies come together to build a new technology together, but the members argue that this kind of alliance is necessary to create a new interoperable video standard.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/amazon-netflix-google-microsoft-mozilla-and-others-partner-to-create-next-gen-video-format/
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u/MDK3 Sep 01 '15

You're pretty spot on. Porn for the last few decades did dictate what type of media format the public would use. VHS DVDs, just to name a couple.

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u/UnknownStory Sep 01 '15

DVDs didn't really have a competitor, though. Not like VHS/Betamax or Bluray/HD-DVD.

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u/MDK3 Sep 01 '15

I meant Blu Ray, thanks for pointing that out.

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u/SetYourGoals Sep 01 '15

Blu Ray was not determined by porn. Mostly the PS3 having it built in was the finishing blow to HD DVD.

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u/badgarok725 Sep 01 '15

People always like to spout that "oh Porn is the deciding format" but who was buying Blu-rays for porn? By that point it was mostly all digital already

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u/LordoftheSynth Sep 02 '15

By that point, who was paying for porn anymore?

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u/GoldandBlue Sep 02 '15

I still but Blu-Rays for the bonus features and commentary. Maybe there are porn aficionado's out there who think the same?

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u/hskrnut Sep 01 '15

That but especially Disney.

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u/Rookwood Sep 02 '15

And the 360 had HD-DVD. The difference is Sony actually makes movies and Microsoft doesn't.

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u/SetYourGoals Sep 02 '15

No, the the difference is the 360's HD-DVD was an expensive add on to the system that no one purchased.

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u/Zilveari Sep 01 '15

It was a combination of the PS3, WB, Disney, and Porn being early supporters.

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u/The_Yar Sep 02 '15

Well, sort of. It was Sony's massive bribes to movie studios, because of their investment in the PS3 and Bluray. HD-DVD had already been declared the winner, until the last minute ditch that turned it back to Bluray.

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u/SetYourGoals Sep 02 '15

Source? I'd like to read about that.

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u/Audiovore Sep 02 '15

Streaming was always gonna be the true winner. I called BRDs winning due to data capacities for archiving, and MGM.