U.S. adult film maker Digital Playground on Thursday said it will throw its support behind Sony Corp.'s high definition Blu-ray format, adding spice to the multibillion-dollar standards war raging in Hollywood.

That's it. HD-DVD can pack up and go home now. We knew one of you was going to win, and I knew how this little war would be decided and now it has. The same thing occured back in the VHS-vs-BetaMax days, the Porn industry prefered VHS, be it the longer recording time (don't most people turn off these things after about 10 minutes?) or the cheaper cartridges or the more generous licensing agreements for VHS or the attitues of Sony towards the adult industry, one thing is clear, the Adult industry definitely played a part in that selection war and will likely decide this one. I suppose though that you could also think that the Adult film industry didn't cause VHS to win over betamax but simply picked the better of the two formats and VHS suceeded over BetaMax on it's own merits. I'm going to assume that the reality is somewhere in the middle. Either way, things are looking down for HD-DVD.
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