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If Digital Playground and Wicked Pictures are having issues getting their stuff replicated then I doubt that Vivid is going to just waltz in and get the hook up.

Porn will help HD DVD get into homes however. You don't have to buy them as there will likely be places renting them. Who's going to turn down Club Jenna? I suggest they put scratch and sniff stickers on the HD DVD packaging. tsk ]]>Jan 19th 2007 8:32PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/Jan 21st 2007 9:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
Plus japan already has the very first porn title in HD-DVD.

Here is an article, from as recent as yesterday, that the headline says:

Sony says 'no' to porn on Blu-ray Disc
Analysts say Blu-ray could lose format battle to HD DVD because Sony will not handle adult film titles

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/19/HNnopornonbluray_1.html]]>Jan 20th 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/]]>Jan 20th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
http://www.hdtvtotal.com/module-pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-775.html

Pirates XXX WMV-HD-DVD


Slave Room is touted as the REAL first HD-DVD.
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article2905.phtml

If you know of a REAL HD-DVD to be the first american one let me know i think it would be cool to order and say i have the very first american porn in HD-DVD hehe. Mght be a collector's item later on. ]]>Jan 20th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/Jan 20th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
thanks for the info. I haven't seen that anywhere. I have heard of the slave room one because it's the world first which came out like a couple months ago.

Do you think this will help HD-DVD and hurt blu-ray?]]>Jan 20th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
I think must will still prefer the Internet as their man delivery method for porn.]]>Jan 20th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/Jan 20th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/

This is the best point. With Universal not releasing any HD-DVD's and with rumors of an expired contract regarding an exclusive content deal. I think there are quite a few people that smell what is in the wind. Especially considering the two other HD-DVD exclusive providers have jumped ship...... one even created a TotalHD disk didn't they??

bobbydr2000 your right about beta 100%. I remember it as well. It's nice to see sony has LEARNED from there mistakes of the past. This time we won't have to sacrifice quality for quanity(it's lookin good for the quality to be the quanity). Especially considering my 60' SXRD (1080p input) looks hot playing BD on my PS3.
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Well, apparently you are not aware that another "exclusive HD-DVD supporter" is THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY [who created and owned Miramax until they sold it for major MILLION$ to Disney].

That's right, Weinstein is dilberately NOT supporting Blu-ray with their growing catalog of films!

Just yesterday I picked up the Weinstein release "CLERKS 2" (Kevin Smith) on HD-DVD [2-disc special edition], at my local Best Buy, and used their "price-matching" guarantee to get it for only $17.99 [per Fry's Electronics adv.], LESS another 10% off with a coupon [since I'm a BBuy cardholder].

So, along with Universal, all Weinstein product [with Genius Entertainment] will appear on high-definition disc ONLY on the superior HD-DVD format.

And don't forget the huge European and Japanese support for HD-DVD! Many of the so-called "Blu-ray" exclusive titles here in the USA, can be purchased now (and in the future) on HD-DVD from Amazon's France website, yesasia.com (Japan), xploitedcinema.com (USA), and others.

Titles like the 3-film "RAMBO Trilogy" [NOT even out on Blu-ray from Lionsgate yet!], "T2" [pre-order just announced], "TOTAL RECALL", "XXX" (Van Diesel), "BASIC INSTINCT", "THE GRADUATE", "REIGN OF FIRE", "LEAVING LAS VEGAS", "THE FOG" etc.

How long will Sony, Fox, Lionsgate, and Disney support "Blu-ray only", when the growing HD-DVD base can easily buy many of their titles on HD-DVD from a growing import market?

Within another year or so, there will easily be well over a million HD-DVD players [includes XBox 360 add-on drive] in use, also computer drives, and a fast-growing world-wide market since the Chinese will soon offer lower-cost players in '07, along with those by ONKYO, MERIDIAN, LITE-ON, RCA, HP, TOSHIBA and perhaps [rumours] another MICROSOFT player!

You will see that HD-DVD will be the main format that ordinary consumers will grow attached too, because the overall hardware/software/production costs are lower than Blu-ray. (and of course, the image and sound quality are superior over Blu-ray in my opinion)]]>Jan 23rd 2007 4:20AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
I could be wrong, but I think the adult industry had those wmv HD via DVD titles out over 2 years ago.]]>Jan 21st 2007 11:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/
Sony are certainly doing themselves a disservice with this though, It also suggests that a lot of independent movies/media will also end up on HD-DVD.

In terms of this article I would suggest that High Def porn offers exactly the same improvements as other High Def films do over SD films, more so in fact. After all who wouldn't like their porn to look more realistic, like actually being there or to quote some early HD evangelists "like looking through a window", lol.]]>Jan 21st 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/tags/show/Disc_Announcements

Cant get this to copy, but vivid released it's first BD title...]]>Jan 24th 2007 2:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/Jan 24th 2007 2:15AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/Jan 25th 2007 1:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/19/will-porn-effect-the-outcome-of-the-format-war/ However, now that Toshiba has found the average person's price point with players costing $99 and $199 you will see an increase in sales of HD DVD porn as long as they keep the prices in the $25-$40 range.
When you consider that DVD porn sales are currenly in the billions of dollars per year and all other DVD sales combined are in the millions of dollars per year it's easy to see that once people are willing to buy the players, porn could very much have an influence in this format war.
Anyways, my opinion is that now that HD DVD players are flying off the shelves you are very like to see porn HD DVD's flying off the shelves, which in turn could give HD DVD a considerable push.]]>Nov 27th 2007 10:38PM