Japanese Adult Film Industry Chooses Blue Ray

[Cap'n 1time]

Via /. (http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/07/31/1924233.shtml)

"Early this year the meme circulated that Blu-ray might be going the way of Betamax, and for the exact same reason: Sony's unfriendliness to the porn industry. But at Japan's recent euphemistically named Adult Treasure Expo 2007, adult filmmakers said Sony has begun offering technical support, and this was later confirmed by Sony PR. The company stated that Sony would offer support to any filmmaker working on the format, no matter their industry. Apparently, Blu-ray is now the preferred medium for Japanese adult films."

It seems Sony is taking the consumers advice and is showing some support for the porn industry.

Feedback via comments.

[blackrave]

I think that's a good choise strategically of Sony, seeing as the porn industry is so giant. It will definitely raise the sale of Blu-Ray players, movies and overall sales numbers. It's also great of them to say that they offer support to any filmmaker no matter their industry. It makes them feel welcome. :)

[Triv1um]

If blu-ray is the favorite in porn, most likely it will win the format wars.

[dweem2006]

Desperate times cause for desperate measures. lol

[Vampbri-n]

great can't wait to see what they produce

[mcdougall57]

i wonder what hi-def porn is like on my projector

[Chameleon]

also from /.

Sarusa writes
"If this is true, it's Beta vs VHS all over again and HD-DVD may be the foregone winner of the format wars. First that Digital Playground, who were committed to Blu-ray last year, are now producing HD-DVD titles instead. No Blu-ray disk manufacturer would make their disks because Sony doesn't want porn on Blu-ray (just as with Betamax). Second, as reported by tgdaily, the por (http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/)n (http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/) i (http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/)ndustry overwhelmingly favors HD-DVD because it's much cheaper and easier to produce (http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/). As noted in the tgdaily article, porn was a huge factor in VHS winning the VHS/Beta format wars even though many people don't like to acknowledge it. Porn, like gaming, pushes tech adoption."

[kcajblue]

thats funny.
ive never thought of high def porn.

[Gold Line]

Well yeah.... thats nice you cant go wrong with high def porn