Blu-Ray Snubs Porn, Porn Goes With HD-DVD

Do you hear that? It's a bunch of Blu-Ray owners weeping.

In what might seem as a bullet in its own foot, Sony decided recently to bar any porn from being sold on its proprietary Blu-Ray format. In response, pornography (an early adopter of new media formats) chose the only next-gen format available- HD-DVD.

Does this spell Blu-Ray's death before it even leaves the starting gate? Or is this just a minor squabble that will be resolved in time?

One thing's for sure- pornography needs to be sold on some kind of format. If DVD falls out of popularity (a'la VHS) and there's a new format to pick, porn being exclusively on HD-DVD might offer the killing blow to any competing formats- namely, Blu-Ray.

Unfortunately, I don't buy porn, so I can't verify this information directly. There is this story relating supporting porn being released on Blu-Ray, but it's a bit dated. If you happen to see your favorite X-rated movie on Blu-Ray, be sure to toss the information my way so I can update this.

In related news, you can bypass media formats altogether and use your Wii browser for your XXX needs. As reported in this unbiased, well-researched report (*hack*), the Wii is a venerable porn-spawnin', child-insensitizin' machine from every parents' nightmares (but a godsend for all porn lovers). Not only is porn viewable from Wii's Internet browser; certain websites are actually forming their websites to be Wii-Friendly! So, surf n' jerk till your hand loses feeling, and unchain yourself from the worries of picking the wrong format in the most recent format wars.