HD DVD wins adult entertainment industry!

I didn't want to write "porn" in the thread title at least, since they're on our side now. The following is only a part of the article,

"If Blu-ray isn't adopted by the adult industry, then HD DVD will win out," said Jake Richter, an analyst at Jon Peddie Research.

There are several reasons the adult industry is turning to HD DVD instead of Blu-ray Disc, including primarily the lower production costs and better technology support, adult companies say.

"It's a lot less expensive to use HD DVD," said Jackie Ramos, vice president of DVD production at Wicked Pictures, at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, which runs parallel with the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Wicked faced a huge hurdle because neither the HD DVD nor Blu-ray Disc camps seemed willing to help the adult industry mass-produce their films on high-definition discs, Ramos said. But some members of the HD DVD camp -- whom Ramos declined to name -- finally lent a hand.

"Suddenly we got help, and boom, we were able to move forward and do it," he said.

Blu-ray never offered such help. Wicked had no access to the "stampers" it needed to reproduce its films in bulk, Ramos said. Still, Wicked has not ruled out Blu-ray Disc and hopes to work with the format some time in the future.

Another concern raised about Blu-ray was its installed user base. Part of the reason ClubJenna Inc. plans to release its first high-definition title on HD DVD is due to concerns that the rival format isn't aimed at its target audience, according to Jay Grdina, the company's president. The PlayStation 3 appears to be a central part of the plan to increase the number of Blu-ray Disc players in use, but game consoles target a younger audience than ClubJenna would like, he said.

ClubJenna plans to release its first HD DVD title in March, and aims to put out a total of 10 this year.

Richter says the HD DVD name will ultimately help it win the format war because it's an easier connection for consumers. "If you buy an 'HD TV,' the natural choice is to buy an 'HD DVD' player to go with it," he said. "Are there any 'Blu-ray TVs'? No."

Looks like COST is the main reason that porn is going HD DVD (besides Sony's snub and the BD user base), just like John said. It seems that John is always right. :-}

I see that the BD area of AVS is a LOT more subdued lately and is not quite the victory party atmosphere of Monday-Wednesday. Funny how the biggest news during CES came from somewhere else in town!

- EXTERNAL LINK -

Read this also recently and thought we might see a forthcoming release with a title like "V FOR VAGINA" on HD-DVD...

OK, I'm just kidding.

-Love Hendrix!

Yeah, this is practically old news now as we have a total of at least four Adult studios on board. Not that I'm proud about it but hey, I'll take 'em. I wonder how BD feels about it?

Bruce

Rest assured, Blu Ray is SO jealous. No one masturbates to THEIR software!

Then again, if you're an electronics-junkie...

Looks like Digital Playground has now jumped on the HD DVD bandwagon also :)

"Digital Playground gives production cost and a ill will within the Blu-ray camp the reason."

haha this is just the beginning. bluray is toast.

You can already order HD DVD adult entertainment from - EXTERNAL LINK - One title is available now, and there are others available for pre-order. I am planning on ordering some, but I need to figure out how to sneak it past my wife, she is not so cool with such things.

I have noticed the HD DVD add-on (#81 in games) and the HD-A2 (#19 in ALL DVD players) doing quite well on Amazon.

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