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Porn Studios Quietly Courted by HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Proponents

Joseph Menn and Dawn C. Chmielewski write in The Los Angeles Times:

As the opposing camps pushing the next generation of DVDs try to win audiences, they are furtively pursuing the affections of the multibillion-dollar porn industry.

Since the advent of home video, adult entertainment has played a key role in the adoption of new consumer technology. Porn companies, for instance, helped VHS trump Betamax in the '70s. More recently, they began streaming online video long before television networks.

So backers of the rival — and incompatible — HD DVD and Blu-ray formats are trying to entice porn producers to adopt their respective technologies. Even if they're not proud of it.

posted by Fergie @ 2/12/2007 10:19:00 AM