NY Times: Pornography and HDTV don't mix

[Chief Noc-A-Homa]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/business/media/22porn.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

This quote makes it worth it:

“The biggest problem is razor burn,” said Stormy Daniels, an actress, writer and director.

 

[Eagleboy]

I call bull****.

Same here. But then again, I'm the one who notices little difference between regular TV and HDTV, so maybe I'm not the one to ask.

 

[ifilus]

The butt pimples are much worse than the razor burn.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Certain angles of a man's body just should not be shown.

 

[sportschick]

Why doesn't Stormy just wax? No razor burn that way.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Why doesn't Stormy just wax? No razor burn that way.

Como se llama!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh Kelly Clarkson!

Ohhhhhhhhhhh nipple ****!

 

[Angola!]

Certain angles of a man's body just should not be shown.

I thought that was covered in a Seinfeld episode.

 

[PhilaYank36]

Why am I surprised this made it into the Times? I can only imagine the scene where Richtel (as in "rectal?" appropriate for the article) is trying to pitch this to his editor.

Richtel: Hey boss, I've just got a brand new HDTV and DVD player and while watching some new pornos, I noticed that Jesse Jane has a few ass pimples and her crotch resembles Ric Flair's skin. Can I do a story about how HDTV can show you all the ugly details in pornos?

Editor: Yeah, sure, why not?

 

[Just_An_SID]

My favorite quote:
“I tell the girls to work out more, cut down on the carbs, hit the treadmill,” he said.

Don't forget to tell them to quit getting addicted to drugs. That would make them look better.

 

[slappy4428]

Don't forget to tell them to quit getting addicted to drugs. That would make them look better.

Damn, you're demanding....

 

[Football_Bat]

Don't forget to tell them to quit getting addicted to drugs. That would make them look better.

But then they won't get wasted enough to F on camera.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I would think that NYT readers would watch porn that has a lot of plot, making the HD issue not as urgent.

 

[patchs]

Seems like the NYT has a beat writer for the porn film business.

 

[Blitz]

Reading the article, you get the impression that the male porn stars like HDTV
Apparently, their penises appear bigger than with simple video or old-timey film.
The men, I gather, like this.

I'm going to go back and read the article again.

 

[dawgpounddiehard]

This thread/NY Times story is useless without downloadable videos.

 

[Pringle]

Seems like the NYT has a beat writer for the porn film business.

****, they should. I saw on CNN that the porn business brings in more money than the NFL, NBA and MLB combined (could be world-wide, I'm not sure).

It's an economic beast.

("Um, honey, AEBN is Netflix. Yeah, that's what it shows up as on the credit card statement. Absolutely.")

 

[JayFarrar]

The article was actually pretty interesting.
Sony doesn't allow porn to be produced, so it means no porn on Blu-Ray. Good quote from a porn executive that said it was a bad idea. How porn was the driving force behind technology changes.

 

[Just_An_SID]

The article was actually pretty interesting.
Sony doesn't allow porn to be produced, so it means no porn on Blu-Ray. Good quote from a porn executive that said it was a bad idea. How porn was the driving force behind technology changes.

I'm sure that there is a smaller Sony-owned company that will be more than happy to take the Pron money to make the copies on Blu-Ray. It's kind of like Disney. Disney won't put nudity in its flicks but a subsidiary will.

 

[Clever username]

The article was actually pretty interesting.
Sony doesn't allow porn to be produced, so it means no porn on Blu-Ray. Good quote from a porn executive that said it was a bad idea. How porn was the driving force behind technology changes.

I'm sure that there is a smaller Sony-owned company that will be more than happy to take the Pron money to make the copies on Blu-Ray. It's kind of like Disney. Disney won't put nudity in its flicks but a subsidiary will.

You mean the glory and splendor that was Miramax in the '90s?

 

[old_tony]

The article was actually pretty interesting.
Sony doesn't allow porn to be produced, so it means no porn on Blu-Ray. Good quote from a porn executive that said it was a bad idea. How porn was the driving force behind technology changes.

I'm sure that there is a smaller Sony-owned company that will be more than happy to take the Pron money to make the copies on Blu-Ray. It's kind of like Disney. Disney won't put nudity in its flicks but a subsidiary will.

You mean the glory and splendor that was Miramax in the '90s?

Actually, I think Touchstone (in the 80s) was the original Disney subsidiary to make films aimed more at adults. As I recall, "Splash" with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah was the first Touchstone movie. Saw it in '84 at some movie house on Main Street and Northern Blvd in Flushing when I lived there for my first job out of college.