Porn Business Driving DVD Technology
609331
As goes pornography, so goes technology. The concept may seem odd, but history has proven the adult entertainment industry to be one of the key drivers of any new technology in home entertainment. Pornography customers have been some of the first to buy home video machines, DVD players and subscribe to high-speed Internet.
138588
An upstart adult industry venture pioneers a revolution in technology and entertainment. Again. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
620623
TWO decades after the battle between VHS and Betamax, the worldâs biggest electronics firms are gearing up for another drawn-out video format war that is likely to confuse consumers and hinder the industryâs transition to next-generation DVDs.
213721
Company is the latest to choose sides in the next-generation DVD format battle.
679912
Will the competing next-generation optical disc standards ever meet in the same device? Not for now, it seems.
691416
Can the movie studios kill the most promising new DVD format?
343812
A company that sells ripping software for high-definition disks operates through a corporate maze reaching from Ireland to Antigua. Good luck, MPAA. In 27B Stroke 6.
720509
Multimillion-dollar price tags are springing up. And not just for Porn.com.
76800
A technology that allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs using the same content-protection system as commercial discs got the OK today.
446479
The video rental chain gives one high-def platform a needed boost.
443468
To some consumers, the self-destructing DVD sounds like a device out of &quot;Mission: Impossible.&quot; To Atlanta entrepreneur Jeffrey Arnold, it sounds like money.
323001
The bloom may be off the rose for porn as a growing volume of low-cost sex images online cuts into the territory of pay Web sites and video rentals.
189184
Electronics companies are at war over next-generation DVDs
160472
As videocassettes fade into history, a full-fledged battle is on to establish the next standard of DVDs which could open up a new realm of possibilities in interactive home entertainment.
224276
doubleTwist rolls out media sharing utility doubleTwist, the firm founded by scourge of DRM manufacturers Jon Lech Johansen (AKA DVD Jon) last March, has released software designed to allow users to share digital media files - including copy protected content - across devices.â¦
727003
Netflix may have an overlooked competitive advantage in the DVD rental business.
700813
The Motion Picture Association of America shows off a new antipiracy tool: DVD-sniffing dogs.