Dave
Well-Known Member
January 17, 2007 - There was no shortage of one-upmanship and taunting between the HD-DVD and Blu-ray camps last week at the annual CES convention, yet it may well be decided that the most telling drama between the formats was taking place at the same time, not in the tech-infested halls of the main convention center, but just next door at the Sands where the AVN tradeshow was going down. The AVNs are the CES and Oscars of the adult-entertainment industry, and in our mind proof that god loves geeks since the shows take place at the same time every year.
Last year, prior to either next-gen format launch, many of the largest porn production houses had anointed Blu-ray as the favorite format, reciting the general bullet-point benefits of the technology over HD-DVD, such as its inclusion in the PS3 and greater storage capacity per-layer. A year later, however, Blu-ray owners hoping to kick back with some high-def vicarious voluptuousness will find themselves empty handed, in more ways than one. There is no porn available on Blu-ray at all.
At the AVNs last week, Joone, founder of Digital Playgrounds, one of the industry's most forward thinking production houses, told German site Heise that despite both his and other outlets interest in releasing features on Blu-ray, Sony has pressured Blu-ray disc manufacturers not to produce any media for pornography, threatening revocation of licenses for failure to comply. As such the adult entertainment industry has been essentially blocked from supporting the format and as a result has turned to HD-DVD.
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hmmmm....wonder which format will win out
