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"Sony now supporting high-def Japanese porn on Blu-ray Disc
Earlier this year, around the time of Consumer Electronics Show and the Adult Entertainment Expo, much of the online media claimed that the high-def format war was won by HD DVD thanks to the adult industry’s support for the format.
The reason for the adult industry’s support of HD DVD is multi-faceted. For one, authoring and replication costs of HD DVD are more economical due to the format’s similar manufacturing requirements to DVD. And secondly, Sony was resistant to producing adult material on the Blu-ray Disc format.
“Sony is not giving any assistance in the authoring or replication of adult content on Blu-ray,” said Vivid Entertainment Group founder Steven Hirsch. “Sony is somehow trying to keep away such material from the format, which I think is a mistake.”
Although HD DVD may remain the choice for adult movies in the North American market, things are completely different in Japan. The Blu-ray Disc format commands the high-definition market in Japan, and Sony is changing its stance on the allowance of adult material for that region.
According to news from the Adult Treasure Expo 2007 in Chiba, Japan, Sony will now be offering more technical support and assistance to adult filmmakers. Sony will also be sending Blu-ray equipment to a partnered company in Taiwan to handle production of the adult material.
“In Japan, there are some problems. Companies cannot press Blu-ray discs because they cannot touch adult-related contracts,” said Kiyotaka Konno, director of administration at Assist Corp., a Japanese company that authors and replicates DVDs for the adult industry in Japan, to the IDG News Service. “So we asked some makers in Taiwan to do the work, and then we import the discs back to Japan. The Taiwanese company was able to obtain a pressing machine from Sony and will start mass production in August.”
“HD DVD is popular overseas, but it faces a tough market in Japan,” said Takeshi Kobayashi, head of operations at Taisei Co. Ltd., which distributes films under the trade name Glay'z in Japan. “Sony is really pushing the industry to adopt BD DVD.”
A Sony spokesperson said that the company has not changed its internal policy – it will still not directly handle the replication of adult movies – but will now offer support to any filmmakers seeking to use Blu-ray Disc, regardless of content."
dailytech.com
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