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Japanese Adult Industry Adopts Blu-ray
While U.S. adult producers are leaning toward the HD DVD movie format, the Japanese adult industry is turning to Blu-ray.
Samsung Offers New High-End Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Player
The new BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player from Samsung can play discs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. It is aimed at high-end home theater users who want to be able to play both formats as the market decides which format will succeed.
HD DVD Fights Back Against Blu-ray With Internet-Enabled Discs
The HD DVD format, which took a hit when Blockbuster Video said its customers preferred Blu-ray to HD DVD, is striking back with new discs that utilize the Internet connections built into HD DVD players.
Delayed 'Debbie' on Blu-ray Gets Ship Date
After a series of replicating and authoring delays, Vivid Entertainment has set a ship date sometime next week for "Debbie Does Dallas... Again", the first adult movie released on a fully licensed and copyright protected Blu-ray Disc.
BD+ Content Protection System OK'd for Blu-ray Discs
Technical specifications for a new content protection system for Blu-ray discs have been released from BD+ Technologies LLC.
Blockbuster Customers Trending Toward Blu-ray DVD
Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. said on Monday that more of their customers prefer Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format to rival format HD DVD, and it will put Blu-ray discs into 1,700 of its 8,000 stores worldwide.
Sony Ships Lower-Priced Blu-ray Players
Sony Corp. has begun shipping a Blu-ray Disc player with a suggested retail price of $499 to major consumer electronics stores and specialty dealers across the U.S., the company announced.
Shiny, oiled Jenna Haze DVD is first porn Blu-Ray disc
A small company operated out of Porn Valley and Las Vegas has become the first adult firm to release a true Blu-Ray DVD, shot in HD and replicated in both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats
Vivid Entertainment Enters Blu-ray Market
Vivid Entertainment has entered the Blu-ray DVD market with the release of the Paul Thomas-directed “Debbie Does Dallas…Again.” The DVD will be the first adult Blu-ray disc to be stamped at a licensed replication facility and also the first to include full copyright protection.
LFP Video Dives Into Blu-ray
LFP Video Group has announced that it has assumed distribution of CDGirls.com’s “Jenna Haze Oil Orgy,” the first adult title released for the Blu-ray format.
Samsung To Launch Dual Blu-ray/HD DVD Player
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to release an optical disc player this year that will play both Blu-ray discs and the rival HD DVD format, it said Friday.
CDGirls.com First to Jump on Blu-ray Bandwagon
Well-known adult Internet content producers CDGirls.com has announced that it’s become the first adult studio to release adult content on Blu-ray disc with the January release of “Jenna Haze Oil Orgy.”
"Porn flatters itself," sniffs Blu-ray
Blu-ray Association spokesman Andy Parsons, a vice president of Pioneer, suggests that adult's notion of itself as a technology Taste Leader is exaggerated, even if the industry helped decide the VHS-Betamax war in the 80's
Hacker Cracks HD DVD, Blu-ray Protections
A hacker on the popular Doom9.net message forum has cracked the processing keys for both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. By breaking the key, encrypted content can be extracted from both of the next-gen formats.
For Now, More Adult Studios Choose HD DVD Over Blu-ray
Despite recent reports that adult content is not prohibited from Blu-ray, many adult studios are opting to stick with HD DVD for now.
Sony Denies Blu-ray’s Bias Against Porn
A spokesman for Sony has denied media reports that the company has threatened to pull the licenses of replicators who stamp adult content DVDs in the new Blu-ray format.
Maybe Porn on Blu-ray Isn't Dead After All
An official from the Blu-ray Disc Association said that despite reports to the contrary, all content, including adult movies, is welcome on the new format.
Digital Playground’s Joone: No Porn on Blu-ray
Has Sony made the same mistake it made with the ill-fated Betamax?
NEC Chip Blurs Blu-ray, HD-DVD Divide
With technology companies ramping up production of next-generation DVD hardware, NEC has developed a new chip that will make hardware devices compatible with both Blu-ray and HD-DVD technology.
Patent Application for HD-DVD, Blu-ray Combo Disc
A patent application spotted by New Scientist magazine may forestall the ultimate outcome of the next-generation DVD format war. According to the technology periodical, three engineers claim to have developed a technology that allows a single disc to hold both HD-DVD and Blu-ray formatted information.