Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/27/07 23:11

WinField wrote:

> Tomcat wrote:
>
>> asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday, it was officially announced that
>>> popular porn producers Vivid Entertainment will be bringing "Debbie
>>> Does Dallas...Again" to Blu-ray.
>>
>> Looks like PS3 owners will be able to utilize some motion sensing to
>> pass the time while waiting for more games...
>
> Yeow! LOL ... great comeback, Tomcat. =)
>
> Blu-ray's dislexic codecs are actually a bonus for cheesecake. Blurry,
> soft detail is what them glamorous babes need.

[And I know this's a month overdue, but I was out when the original
thread hit:]
The reason Vivid is doing porn on Blu is that it was NEVER BANNED FROM
BLU IN THE FIRST PLACE, nor was it "exclusive" to HD--

That bit of urban legend only came about because:
A) Sony licenses its own replication equipment to companies, which is
why it tends to be so crushingly expensive to smaller studios than
mega-corporate Vivid--HD uses a variation on normal disk replication,
which is much more affordable for the mom-and-pop indie community.
B) Urban Legend 2-A, "Sony won't allow it because Disney told them not
to!", was also fake, as it's illegal under trust laws for companies to
prohibit policy for other companies--
C) However, Disney makes it a rule to avoid replication companies that
also process porn films (remember those little taped-over embarrassments
that used to be at the end of cheap early 80's kid-vid VHS's?), and most
reputable houses won't process porn titles anyway, for fear of letting
too many rats in the door.
And, of course,
D) Anything with the word "porn" in it automatically gets a laugh on the
Sony and X-Box groups. That's our audience, folks, give 'em a hand.

(If this's already been hashed out a month ago, and too hard to find on
Digital Bits by now, apologies....
But the constant giggling was just starting to publicly humiliate even
us HD supporters, and even the Blu-Meanies were starting to rub this one
in our faces--If we've finally buried this one six feet under in
lead-lined concrete housing by now, we'll be one step closer to more
mature arguments, and a better world for our children.)

Derek Janssen (notices urban-legend grave, laces up his best Fred
Astaire tap shoes...)
ejanss@comcast.net

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