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Blu-ray Website Hacked - Redirects Vistors to HD DVD Website

Justin Berka writes on ARS Technica:

The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD continues, but now the participants are really getting feisty. Both camps have been particularly aggressive this holiday season, offering a variety of discounts, free movies, and other incentives to convince consumers to back a particular format. The intense competition seems to have rubbed off on Internet fanboys, leading to Internet arguments that are even more ferocious than usual (which is saying something).

As part of the animosity, the official Blu-ray site was hacked this weekend, and an online forum had to shut down its format discussion section.

The Blu-ray site modifications occurred last Friday, when visitors to the Blu-ray site were redirected to "The Look and Sound of Perfect," the website for the HD DVD format operated by the North American HD DVD Promotional Group (including Universal Studios, HP, and Intel).

posted by Fergie @ 12/26/2007 05:33:00 PM