Format War Update: Porn 'Coming' To Blu-ray Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
It was stated before that the porn industry was going HD-DVD exclusive. Many know that this is what ultimately killed Betamax. Porn went VHS exclusive. Well, now you can get your porn fix in a new Hi-Def format. Looks like Sony is really working 'hard' at getting their proprietary software in every home!
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Blu-ray wins in Japan! Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The Japanese porn industry adopts the Blu-ray dick format en masse.
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DISK format. Sorry.
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Update on the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
Blu-ray outpaces HD-DVD in U.S.: Home Media Research.
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Sony concedes defeat in MP3 player format war Posted: 2 years ago by mitzuzake
Sony is planning to close its online music store and abandon its proprietary digital audio format in favour of more successful MP3 and other open format options. Sony admitted its audio format had failed to match the success of MP3 and others.
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Warner Bros. Picks Blu-ray Over HD-DVD Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
Warner Bros. Entertainment said Friday it will release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject the rival HD DVD technology and further complicating the high-definition landscape for consumers.
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"Expert" says that possessing child pornography does not a pedophile make Posted: 3 years ago by digitalgimpling
"Collecting kiddie porn -- even the most graphic images of child sex abuse -- doesn't automatically make one a pedophile, a noted psychologist said yesterday."
"Baillie told Crown prosecutor Jenny Rees labelling all kiddie porn collectors as pedophiles would be akin to saying anyone with illicit drugs is an abuser."
Comparing drugs to child porn? You're either USING it or DEALING it, either way.
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The Desperate Times Before Internet Porn Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad
Getting porn as a kid in the '70s was hard. You had to be part 007, part Pee Wee Herrman and part Rocky (specifically, the meat beating training scene). In short, there was no internet. How'd they do it?
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Sony unveils new Blu-ray recorders to fight HD DVD Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
Sony Corp said it will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the HD DVD camp heats up.
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Wal-Mart Goes Blu-ray Exclusive! Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
The format war is over!
Triumph for SONY!
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Microsoft's Xbox Could Consider Blu-ray Support Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
Microsoft Corp's Xbox video gaming unit still fully backs Toshiba Corp's HD-DVD high-definition DVD format but could consider supporting Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray technology should consumers want it, an executive said on Tuesday.
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Porn star sets up $75,000 college fund for her sister's children. Square sister doesn't want to accept the money. Dear Abby to the rescue. Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
DEAR ABBY: Two years ago my younger sister "Cilla" generously set up college funds for my three children. Each account has more than $25,000.
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Porn Industry Bailout: Only $5 Billion? Posted: 11 months ago by mattgup
Larry Flynt and "Girls Gone Wild" king Joe Francis head to Washington to seek a bailout for the struggling Porn Industry. "With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind."
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India's First Porn Star Dies? Posted: 4 months ago by beaplourde
In India, porn is illegal, however, some smart internet geeks decided to create Savita Bhabhi. She has since become a cartoon internet porn star sensation. Savita Bhabhi, is based off the fantasy of having sex with a hot sister in law, and looks like a cross between wonder woman, Jessica Rabbit, and Padma Lakshmi. Now the Indian government is potentially banning sexy Savita, so it seems this hot Bhabhi will be no more.
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Warner's Total HD delayed 'till 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
Everyone loves a format war! It looks like Warner Brothers will not be able to get their dual-format Total HD discs out this year and the format has slipped to 2008.
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Sony Thinks Blu-ray Will Sell Like DVD by End of 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
While the vast majority of Blu-ray players out there are the ones built-in to the Playstation 3, Sony has plans for cheaper Blu-ray players including a new focus on "IT devices."
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Uh oh. Porn Industry Actress Tests Positive for HIV Posted: 6 months ago by suebe
The new case marks the first publicly confirmed HIV infection in an adult performer in Southern California since since 2004 when an HIV outbreak shut down porn production for four weeks.
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Best Buy will be giving gift card to those who bought HD-DVD players. Posted: 2 years ago by escaflowne
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Wednesday it will give gift cards to customers that bought HD-DVD players or HD-DVD attachments from its U.S. stores as the format goes away in favor of the Blu-ray standard.
And the catch: The products had to be purchased at one of the company's stores prior to Feb. 23.
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What porn is really for... Posted: 8 months ago by Ankabout
After years of watching late-night porn in anonymous hotel rooms - for research purposes - its purpose is clear..
For research purposes... yeah
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90's Porn PSA Posted: 2 years ago by psycmoe
Possibly NSFW, although there's nothing raunchy about the video itself. Just some phrases which could get you in trouble if overheard.
Just a creepy music PSA that aired before porn in the 90's. Not bad info, but certainly up the creep creek.
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Next step in mobile phones - free porn Posted: 2 years ago by kamaloo
U.S. consumers may soon be offered free porn on mobile phones alongside paid services like live video or "adult dates", a term for prearranged sex with strangers.
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Sony says no to porn on Blu-ray Disc Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
Sony says they will not aid porn producers wishing to use Blu-Ray as a distribution format.
If I was a stock holder in Sony I would be raising cain about the failure of their fiduciary duty in turning down an industry worth $4-$14 billion per year.
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