DVD format wars about to end?
Published Fri, Jan 19 2007 9:56 AM
Remember Betamax? It was technically superior to VHS but the world got stuck with VHS because Sony wouldn't let the pornography industry use its format. Now the DVD format wars may be decided in the same way. From Infoworld:
Sony said it will not work with the adult film industry to help put their movies on its Blu-ray Disc format, although it will not try to stop them completely.
The company will not allow its disc replicating subsidiary, Sony DADC, to handle adult film titles, it said this week. In markets where it operates around the world the company won't duplicate any movies above a certain rating or that have not been certified by a local motion picture association.
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Many believe that Sony's Betamax video tape format, while technologically superior to VHS, died because the adult movie industry was barred from using Betamax, noted Jake Richter, an analyst at Jon Peddie Research. "Is Sony doomed to repeat one of the mistakes of the past? It seems like that may be the case," he wrote in a report.
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"Sony is really protective of proprietary information and proprietary products, especially when it comes to the adult market. Sony is always a little more stand-offish and hands-away from it," said Jay Grdina, president of ClubJenna Inc.
I admire Sony's stand. We don't really need mass produced pornography with resolution so fine you can see every ingrown hair on some actors backside.
It's a shame that pornography has become so pervasive in our society that the adoption of a particular format by the smut industry can influence consumer's technology decisions.
Once again, Sony has made the right choice morally. It's just too bad that it could spell the doom of yet another technology because of our society's immorality.
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