by Playfuls Staff |
12th January 2007
The ongoing battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is a subject
of debate not only for the movies studios or computer makers, but also for the adult
industry, at least according to some media reports from AVN. If the movies
studios [more] already has chosen a side in this conflict, now it is time for
the adult producers to express their support.
According Heise Online and other news sites the adult
industry may choose HD-DVD as their favorite format. Heise Online is
reporting that Joone, founder of the company Digital Playground and director of
extremely popular HD adult movies,
declared that his company would from next week on be publishing movies on HD
DVD on a regular basis.
This is quite strange because at last year’s AVN, Joone
talked to Reuters reportes and expressed its support for Blu-Ray format.
"We feel that of the two formats, it's the one that's more
future-proofed," said, at that time, Joone.
Heise Online has also an explanation for this change. Joone
explained that he had in fact wanted to publish his movies on Blu-ray Disc, but
that all Blu-ray Disc copying facilities in the United States had refused to
cooperate.
This may be true or not, but TGDaily thinks
there is another reason why the adult industry may embrace HD-DVD format:
HD-DVD is cheaper to produce.
"Blu-ray has superior quality, yes," said a
spokesperson for studio Bangbros, for TGDaily "but HD DVD is easier to
produce, cheaper to produce and there are more HD DVD players in homes than
there are Blu-ray players, for example in the Xbox 360."
Also, MacWorld
reports that Wicked Pictures, one of the leading names in adult films, released
the first HD DVD adult video at a trade show this week in Las Vegas.
"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.
Adult producers are the ones most in touch with the latest
technological innovations. They were among the first to use the DVD on a large
scale when the format hit the market nine years ago and are now going for
high-definition and other new formats, including such hand-held devices as cell
phones and game players.
