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Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD
profet writes "One of the heavyweights in the war between BlueRay and HD DVD has chosen its format. Various members of the adult film industry have decided on HD-DVD. The article says the reasons seem to be based primarily on cost of manufacturing. History has shown that the porn industry can be a driving factor for technology, as it was in deciding for the VHS format over BetaMax." Heise reports that US BlueRay press plants are refusing the adult industry's business (in German).
The cat(house) is out of the bag now. This was the news many people that have been following the so-called "war" have been waiting for: which side will the porn industry go with?
Granted, this is just one production company, however it can be assured that more are to follow. Personally, I don't really care which side wins; with the possibility of holographic storage so close in the future (~5-10 years, if industry estimations are correct) I most likely will be sticking with DVD until then.
Despite the news from the industry tho, I wouldn't exactly call this a nail in the coffin...I will, however, say that this brings us one step closer to the end, regardless of which format "wins". I like that blu-ray has more capacity...I'm an extra's and commentary-track fiend, so more space means potentially more content for me to view on less discs...then again, HD-DVD is FAR cheaper both in purchasing and manufacturing.
They both have their plus and minus to go with them...for me, a progressive scan DVD player is plenty fine for now. I'll wait until the "next big thing" rather than "the next medium thing" to shift what format I collect movies in.
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>>I'd always said that the porn industry was fully capable of going both ways
>Must. Resist. Urge to comment.
At the same time, maybe even two of each!