The adult movie industry seems set to standardise on the HD-DVD
format, and it appears that Sony has banned pornographers from
using its Blu-ray discs.
Reports from the adult industry exhibition in Las Vegas suggest
that all the major adult movie studios are standardising on HD-DVD,
citing the lower costs of production as the primary driver.
But there are reports that Sony may be encouraging this by banning
Blu-ray disc manufacturers from accepting adult content at
all.
'Joone', the founder of Digital Playground, one of the biggest
adult studios, told German magazine Heisse that he was originally
planning to switch from DVD to Blu-Ray because the capacity of the
discs was larger.
But Joone found that no manufacturer would take his content, citing
fears that Sony would cancel production licences with any facility
printing pornography.
If true, this seems a bizarre decision by Sony. The adult
industry's adoption of the VHS standard is seen is one of the key
reasons why Sony's Betamax format lost in the video player
market.
So far no adult movie studio is currently stocking Blu-ray titles,
while major names like Bangbros and Pink Visual have come out for
HD-DVD.
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