From: Ellen K. 

I read in yesterday's paper that some stuff is already being released on
double-sided disks that can be used either way.

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:24:01 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message :

>I somewhat agree with you. The porn industry adjusted to the popular
>format - VHS. It was one of many factors in the VHS win. I also doubt
>they'll be instrumental in selecting which hi-def format wins as most will
>get their porn via the net. As to hi-def I'm hoping both formats fail and
>teach the warring camps an expensive lesson
>
>
>http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/02/pornhd/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
>But not everyone believes the format war will be determined by the porn
>industry. Steve Duplessie, founder of research firm Enterprise Strategy
>Group, in Milford, Mass., and a Computerworld columnist, said the porn
>industry's influence over the fate of VHS and the upcoming high-def DVD
>formats is overstated. Duplessie said VHS ultimately won over Betamax
>because Betamax was a proprietary format owned by Sony, while VHS was more
>open.
>"I love the whole pornography concept simply because porn is still the
>number one money-making use of the Internet. But I don't believe the porn
>industry will drive the format. Like any other industry, it will supply what
>the consumer wants," he said.
>
>
>"Mark"  wrote in message
news:45a71bd3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> "Quite famously in the war between Betamax and VHS the latter won
>> especially
>> because the adult industry preferred it."
>>
>> That's a swimming pool full of bullshit!
>>
>> "you probably remember that the very early home video rental
stores were
>> primarily responsible for driving Betamax out of the market. And those
>> stores carried almost exclusively pornographic content."
>>
>> That's an ocean full of bullshit! I lived then, my local video rental
>> stores had a very small selection of Porn in the backroom; not front and
>> center by any stretch of a "John Holmes" imagination.
>>
>> Rather, it was the Beta limitation to 1 hour of recording time vs. 2 hours
>> on VHS that did Beta in. This is indisputable.
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:45a713a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> The war is over 
>>>
>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/
>>>
>>> Las Vegas (NV) - Knowing their audience quite well, the adult
>>> entertainment industry holds their annual get together in Las Vegas to
>>> coincide with the CES. There is also a very pertinent crossover between
>>> the adult and tech industries - porn has a tendency to drive, and be
>>> driven, by technology. Which means HD DVD when it comes to high-def.
>>>
>>> Quite famously in the war between Betamax and VHS the latter won
>>> especially because the adult industry preferred it. If you've
been around
>>> long enough, you probably remember that the very early home video rental
>>> stores were primarily responsible for driving Betamax out of the market.
>>> And those stores carried almost exclusively pornographic content.
>>>
>>> Putting myself through the arduous trek through the floor of the adult
>>> expo I did a quick straw poll on, the virtues of HD DVD versus Blu-ray,
>>> and the answer from a dozen companies, big and small, including Pink
>>> Visual and Bangbros editor-in-chief, is going into a single
direction: HD
>>> DVD is the preferred format. Period.
>>>
>>> One of the big problems they have with Blu-ray is its expense, followed
>>> by its market share. "Blu-ray has superior quality,
yes," said a
>>> spokesperson for porn studio Bangbros, "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."
>>>
>>> Pink Visual heavily complained about the fact that Blu-ray discs cannot
>>> be replicated and a range of other studios, who did not want to be
>>> mentioned by name indicated that the cost of going with Blu-ray cancels
>>> the technology as a possible HD solution for this industry.
"Only bigger
>>> studios can afford Blu-ray, and even then it's not
economical," we were
>>> told.
>>>
>>> It would seem that either Blu-ray has to do some catching up very
>>> quickly. But we got the strange feeling that HD DVD has won the format
>>> war already, at least in the porn industry.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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