"It does not matter how you stand to porn. It is here and it is a massive business. It is also an industry that is an early adopter for new media technology. VHS might not have won with out the adult film industry adopting it."
No matter how we may feel individually to the issue, if this IS true, then Blu-Ray is dead. The porn industry is the huge elephant in the media space that everyone can see, but don't acknowledge. There is many an article on the issue, VHS did win the format war because they allowed porn from the start where Beta did not.
"I'm not sure I buy the idea that porn wins marketing wars, but if the HD-DVD format is open to everyone that wants to use it and blu-ray is not, then sony has indeed already lost."
And true, porn won't win the mass media marketing wars, as when is the last time that you have seen a porn commercial in mass media?, but it will definatly help define a new format. And true, ANYTHING that is open to everyone is going to be a win for the consumer.
I'm not really a fanboy for either porn or Sony. I've watched my fair share of porn, and read up on the business as I am in media ventures, and I always thought it was funny how they innovate or "push" a format and don't get credit. (How one of the members spoke of multiple angles and streaming video, etc. It's a BIG business.)
And sony was once a very good company. They had product for the consumers. But they almost got too good. To where now they feel like they can take this arrogant attitide that they can restrict/make their products however and we as consumers will purchase them because they are the brand "SONY". I have yet to watch either a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disk, but I have seen shows in 1080p, and unless you are a very, and I mean very with all the variables now adays, discerning videophile/audiophile, it's really going to look the same in picture quality of both. Which makes this whole format war, if they are going for the mainstream consumer, stupid.
