Scientific American has brought an interesting idea into the format war: Porn counts. Of course, anyone who uses the Internet already knows this. I mean, of course I only search the web to read the articles, right. But apparently others are looking for a more interesting fare. Well, digging back a bit in history, they have pointed out that the last great format war, when Sony was also involved, went to VHS in part because of the porn industry and the sale of XXX rated material. The other part, which I well remember, was that there were only two machines which would use Beta; one was junk and the other was expensive. At the same time, the VHS people licensed their technology to anyone.

With the market for home rental today approaching $25 billion, both sides are eager to win, but up till now, Sony and the Blu-ray camp has not been a friend to porn. They have blocked any porn DVDs in their format and Disney has even refused to use any replicators for their discs if they also turn out porn.

“The reason they should want to work with us is that they are in a war with HD-DVD and in a war you would want as many people in your corner,” said Joone, the Digital Playground founder, adding that HD DVD has been of significant help in getting out titles.

You know, the porn industry could end this war today by announcing that they would only support the HD DVD side. If they did, millions of homes, read men here, would run out and have HD DVD in their home tomorrow. Finally, a reason to upgrade.

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