"Blu-ray has superior quality, yes, but HD DVD is easier to produce, cheaper to produce and there are more HD DVD players in homes than there are Blu-ray players, for example in the Xbox 360."
those are not the words Sony wants to hear. who said them? a spokesman for Bangbros, a porn studio. apparently the entire porn industry is selecting HD-DVD over Blu-Ray as the next-generation high-def format of choice.
why does this matter? porn video buyers are an important if overlooked segment of early adopters. who knows, they may even account for the majority of early adopters (who else is going to spend $500-1000 on a DVD player and $60 or more for a bunch of DVDs?) some claim they were responsible for the success of VHS over Betamax as the porn industry chose VHS back then.
apparently Sony is making it very hard for porn producers to manufacture on Blu-Ray, which is hilarious. it might be just as big a mistake as delaying the PS3 a year so that they could put their overpriced Blu-Ray Trojan horse on it and shove it down the consumer's throat at $600 a pop. if somebody were trying deliberately to destroy the world's erstwhile consumer electronics leader, they could hardly be doing a better job.
a couple-three articles:
ozymandias.com
tgdaily.com
[porn producer] Pink Visual heavily complained about the fact that Blu-ray discs cannot be replicated and a range of other studios, who did not want to be mentioned by name indicated that the cost of going with Blu-ray cancels the technology as a possible HD solution for this industry. "Only bigger studios can afford Blu-ray, and even then it's not economical," we were told.
It would seem that either Blu-ray has to do some catching up very quickly. But we got the strange feeling that HD DVD has won the format war already, at least in the porn industry.
sgknox.com
Has Sony gone mad? Prominent adult movie producer Digital Playground (site) says it is forced to use HD DVD instead of Blu-ray, because Sony does not allow XXX-rated movies to be released on Blu-ray.
It does not matter how you stand to porn. It is here and it is a massive business. It is also an industry that is an early adopter for new media technology. VHS might not have won with out the adult film industry adopting it.
German Heise has interviewed Joone the founder of Digital Playgrounds at the AVN 2007 show in Las Vegas. Joone says actually said last year he is committed to Blu-ray. Now they announced four HD DVD titles in the United States. In the interview Joone says he was forced to use HD DVD, because no Blu-ray disc manufacturer would make his discs, because Sony was against it and they would loose their license. |
