If you want to watch porn in high-def, you
probably don't want to buy a Blu-ray player. According to report by heise online, Sony will not allow pornographic films to be released on Blu-ray.
This is a U-turn for
Joone, who at last year's AVN event had declared his support for the Blu-ray Disc format. Asked about his change of attitude by heise
online the director responded: "Sony wants me to publish my films on HD DVD." He then went on to explain 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. The
companies had unanimously declared that Sony had threatened to withdraw their Blu-ray licenses should they stoop to making HD copies of
pornographic films, Joone said. Even though he would have liked to supply with his movies the predominantly male group of Playstation 3
players he had been forced by events, he declared, to switch to HD DVD. The game console has the ability to play Blu-ray Discs built into
it. The director said he was puzzled by Sony's attitude, which, he noted, had also turned out to be counterproductive in the case of
Betamax.
This is definitely a blow to Blu-ray, as the adult film industry can make or break a new format. If you'd like to
read more, the entire article can be found here.
