Comments on: Sony says “no” to porn on Blu-Ray, the Porn industry gets behind HD-DVD!

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:33:53 +0000

I think that Sony makes a big mistake again. Not the first in the last time, and surely not the last!

By: Simon Zerafa

Simon Zerafa — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:30:10 +0000

Hi,

Well if this is true then Blue-Ray is doomed to fail as a HD movie playback format.

Perhaps they could concentrate on the data storage market where they may be the better option.

Just about every new storage format has to get the backing of the porn “industry” to become popular and accepted.

In any event dual-format players and recorders will appear (as with the various DVD formats) so it will be a moot point in 12 – 18 months.

Kind Regards

Simon

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:36:40 +0000

#25 said: “How does Sony stop you?”

I think someone already said how: rootkits. And maybe, with vista, it maybe a lot easier via adding hardware disabling instructions to a rootkit.

By: KarmaBaby

KarmaBaby — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:43:46 +0000

So a person can’t buy a Blu-Ray burner and blank disks, and create whatever the hell commercial content he wants? How does Sony stop you? Do the burners come with a EULA? Do you have to sign a contract containing a morals clause in order to purchase a burner?

Oh, what the hell. One of the two formats had to go. It might as well be Sony’s.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:16:46 +0000

Blu-Ray is dead!

(Seriously, isn’t porn what got both VHS and streaming media started?)

By: Jägermeister

Jägermeister — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:46:08 +0000

Sony being moral… *ROTFLMAO* Root kit anyone?

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:39:09 +0000

The porn industry earns more money than the NFL, NBA and MLS combined.

Plus bear porn in hi-res is beautiful! You can see every hair from their pelts.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:35:32 +0000

Digital Playground released “Pirates” on HD-DVD last year.

By: moss

moss — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:26:34 +0000

The victory of VHS v. Betamax is certainly not debatable among business historians. During the original release period of both formats, only VHS allowed full-length recording of a football game.

If anyone should take credit for VHS over Betamax it’s the NFL.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:18:01 +0000

#17

While i don’t know about the vcr vs betamax, but it’s very well know that the porn industry was one of the first types of business online at all and was an early adopter of SSL encryption to accept credit cards online. I’m sure if you google it you can find reports. I know I’ve seen graphs showing the market share adult websites had early on and how they were the first sites that took online payments.

As far as sony denying ANYONE from using blu ray, srsly, wtf? When you introduce any new thing, you want as many people to use it as possible. It’s the exact reason why most other sony things never happened. They either don’t allow places to use their device or have huge licensing fees to use it. It happens every time and it flops every time.

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:50:14 +0000

One question. What is porn?

#11 said: “VHS did not win over porn over Beta”

Is that what they call a threesome?

“Now a new technology comes out and Sony doesn’t want a huge industry to use Blur-Ray”

Why do they want it out before it gets huge? Is Sony industry envy then?

By: OhForTheLoveOf

OhForTheLoveOf — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:37:06 +0000

#16 Can anybody give me a good reason to buy Blu Ray or a PS3?

No.

and…

anyone who credits the porn industry with the video revolution, the Internet, or the home computer, is living in a fantasy world as vivid as that of any porn film…

Not that that would be a bad thing.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:24:07 +0000

I actually saw dozens of PS3s for sale at my local Best Buy. Went to CompUSA and saw them offered as part of a package (you had to buy games with the console). Initially, I was tempted to buy one and then thought why? What games are must have for the PS3? I could not think of one. Blu Ray? I already own an Xbox 360 and have bought the HD DVD player for $200. $600 for a slightly better DVD player? Besides the HD DVD player, you can buy a DVD that upgrades standard DVDs to near HDTV quality for a $100.

As far as not going with porn, Directv make more off of porn than any other product. I have to admit I am sorely tempted to short Sony. The market has put a lot of expectation into the sales of PS3, and I have zero interest in buying one, and this is from a guy who owns several HDTVs, one wii, two PS2s, and two Xbox 360s. Can anybody give me a good reason to buy Blu Ray or a PS3?

By: traaxx

traaxx — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:13:32 +0000

I’m glad all this technology is going towards a good cause. You would think bald fat men would be happy with their wife and forget about watching a female and male on the boob-tube. I understand someone that hasn’t married yet, but if all these porn-nerds were into getting a better education or learning just think how much better society would be, (sorry I guess that’s the leftist line and they usually are the porn-nerds).

I haven’t really noticed any of the PBS videos or History Channel video coming at even DVD quality, that I would see much differance anyway. HD-DVD is another way to take our money without really doing anything, do you really think that much content will be improved by HD-DVD? Hollywood isn’t going to put the money it needs to into making these video better, they are just interested in stopping the pirates and home copies. Really, I don’t need or want to see Brittany Speers in HD-DVD. Now days there actors look like they’ve been on all night binges, which they probably have, when you see them. Blah and Bah…..

By: FRAGaLOT

FRAGaLOT — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:25:51 +0000

#11

Blur-Ray! I hope that wasn’t a typo.. that was funny!!