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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.
Ray Guhn Charged With Money Laundering
Prosecutors have charged adult webmaster Ray Guhn with money laundering, adding to existing obscenity, racketeering and prostitution charges filed last year.
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.
Who-ray came first?
Two companies with vastly different projects are claiming to be the first porn producers to release a Blu-ray disc
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.
Ray Star Re-signs as Exclusive With Lucas Entertainment
Performer Ray Star has extended his contract as a Lucas Entertainment exclusive until 2009.
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.”
Ray Guhn’s Lawyers File Motion to Define Community Standards
Lawyers for adult webmaster Clinton McCowen, aka Ray Guhn, filed a motion April 5, petitioning the court to determine the nature and geographic scope of the community whose standards will be applied in McCowen’s obscenity case.
Vivid Entertainment Offers Ray J Directing Deal
On the heels of co-starring in a celebrity sex tape with socialite Kim Kardashian, R&B recording artist Ray J has been offered a contract to direct his own line of films for Vivid Entertainment.
"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.