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• Told ya so - DWPC 09:11:16 05/02/07 (3)
  In Reply to: Costco says they are going HD, not Bu-Ray because Walmart posted by Duilawyer on April 30, 2007 at 17:01:16:

  As with Beta video, Sony will pay a steep price for taking the licensing high road vis-a-vis the porn industry.
  

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  • Porn in HD is moving rather slow. - Jack G 12:06:03 05/02/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Told ya so posted by DWPC on May 2, 2007 at 09:11:16:

    I don't see it as being a major factor-At least for now.
    For those who haven't seen it, here's the list:

    
    Glay'z
    "Slave Room" 2006 (Japanese import, censored, first adult HD DVD released)

    
    Wicked Pictures
    "Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre" 12/29/06 (first U.S. release) 720p
    "Curse Eternal" 4/10/07 1080p

    
    Digital Playground
    "Island Fever 3" 1/30/07 720p
    "Pirates" 2/06/07 720p
    "Jack's Teen America: Mission 3" 3/6/07 720p
    "Island Fever 4" ?/?/07 1080p (delayed)

    
    Vivid Entertainment
    "Debbie Does Dallas...Again" (remake) 4/18/07 (BD also) 1080p

    
    Digital Sin
    "HD DVD Sampler" ?/?/07 (available now) 1080i

    
    High Def Home Entertainment
    "Deep Throat" release date TBA
    "Dreamcummers" 3/?/07 (available now) 720p
    "Girls Gone Skiing" 3/?/07 (available now) 720p
    "High Def Lesbians" (TBA)
    "Personal Assistant" (TBA)
    "Virtual Girlfriends" (TBA, softcore)
    "Debbie Does Dallas" (TBA)

    
    TightFit Productions
    "Punk Rock Punishment" 4/?/07

    
    Raging Stallion (first male porn studio on HD DVD)
    "Mirage" 6/1/07

    
    CD Girls
    "Jenna Haze Oil Orgy" 4/4/07 (BD also)
    "Luxury Lovers Vol. 1" 4/4/07 (BD also)

    
    Platinum Blue Productions
    "Airgazmic" (TBA)
    "Lust in Time" (TBA)

    This was compiled at AVS. Perhaps more will come later, we'll see.
    Small studios seem to have problems authoring both HD media. It took Joe Kane almost a year to get HD-DVE out. Its still too early to make any conclusions. Perhaps things will get interesting later.
    Jack
    
    

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    • \\\Perhaps more will come later, we'll see./// - Interesting use of words in a porn thread? ~t - three_sox 02:40:32 05/03/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Porn in HD is moving rather slow. posted by Jack G on May 2, 2007 at 12:06:03:

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  • let's clear up some of that - Joe Murphy Jr 10:19:56 05/02/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Told ya so posted by DWPC on May 2, 2007 at 09:11:16:

    "It does not matter how you stand to porn. It is here and it is a massive business. It is also an industry that is an early adopter for new media technology. VHS might not have won with out the adult film industry adopting it.

    While they do qualify that statement with "might not have", the biggest reason VHS won out was because JVC was willing to license the technology -- Sony was not (re: video recording technology). Sony learned from that and made Blu-ray technology available to anyone wanting to license it from them. How'd they do this time around? Ask yourself this question: how many CE manufacturers haven't licensed Blu-ray technology?

    German Heise has interviewed Joone the founder of Digital Playgrounds at the AVN 2007 show in Las Vegas. Joone says actually said last year he is committed to Blu-ray. Now they announced four HD DVD titles in the United States. In the interview Joone says he was forced to use HD DVD, because no Blu-ray disc manufacturer would make his discs, because Sony was against it and they would loose their license.

    Not quite. There are 5 main Blu-ray stamping facilities. If you stamp (the physical disc production) for Sony or Disney/Buena Vista, their contracts specifically state that the contract will be null and void if that facility begins stamping porn titles. It doesn't say a facility can't stamp porn dics, but it does mean that Sony and Disney/Buena Vista will pull their business if the facility does. There are 4 facilities that are under these contracts -- Joone never says why he couldn't get the porn-friendly facility to stamp Blu-ray discs for him. My guess is that they were too backed up stamping non-porn discs for other companies. The usual porn order is for way less than 5k discs per title: companies like Sony, Disney, Fox, etc wouldn't think about placing orders for 10k discs minimum per title. From a business standpoint, which industry are you going to cater to?

    If this holds true, Blu-ray is at a major disadvantage and could fail."

    Take a look at CDGirls.com *** WARNING not for prudes or kids *** The company will be putting out Blu-ray porn on their own (they won't be using a stamping facility). How? They made a purchase of about 10 Blu-ray burners and will be making discs the old fashion way -- burning them on their own. No, they can't cater to millions, but they can get High Definition porn out and be ahead of the curve in this industry. On top of that, they're saving some money going this route because they don't have to pay the copy protection fees that are incurred (from the BDA, the DVD Forum gets the fees for HD DVD stamps) when discs are stamped.
    
    

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• So Costco is not going to sell the PS3 or any Sony BD players or computers with blu-ray drives? - Jazz Inmate 16:02:15 05/01/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Costco says they are going HD, not Bu-Ray because Walmart posted by Duilawyer on April 30, 2007 at 17:01:16:

  I doubt it.

  But thanks for the mindnumbing HD-DVD propaganda.
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  • Now we can rev up the HD format wars on this forum. - oscar 13:39:47 05/04/07 (0)
    In Reply to: So Costco is not going to sell the PS3 or any Sony BD players or computers with blu-ray drives? posted by Jazz Inmate on May 1, 2007 at 16:02:15:

    I'm not sure Wal-mart can sell a lot of HD DVD players, even at $200-300 price point. They'd have to drop the prices on the HD DVD movies to "competitive" with DVD AND they'd have to convince Fox, Sony, Disney et al to support HD DVD. Not going to be an easy thing until it's absolutely clear the "new & improved" Blu-ray DRM scheme won't stop the pirates.
    
    

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• "Costco says"? How 'bout a Costco news release to that effect? (NT) - jeffreybehr 00:35:49 05/01/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Costco says they are going HD, not Bu-Ray because Walmart posted by Duilawyer on April 30, 2007 at 17:01:16:

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