Porn Kings wants PS3 support

The boss of the world’s largest pornography producer has asked Sony to make downloadable HD adult movies available through Playstation Network. In an interview with MCV, Vivid Entertainment founder and co-chairman, Steven Hirsch said that porn films on the Playstation3 had “real potential” for the adult entertainment industry. Japanese DDM.tv will be bringing Blu-Ray-quality HD adult movies as a download service for PS3 owners but it’s regional for now. Hirsch told MCV this week: “[DDM’s launch] is a good start. We hope that Sony will allow adult movies to be downloaded worldwide.” “As long as proper age verification is in place there is no reason why consumers should not be allowed to view adult movies on any device that they desire. “It’s too early to say to what extent this could help our business, but it certainly has real potential.”

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Sony announces God of War Collection

Sony announced today coming this holiday season exclusively to the Playstation 3, the God of War Collection. The God of War Collection will feature reworked versions of God of War and God of War II on a single Blu-ray disc at full 1280 x 720 resolution. Sony has also announced that the God of War Collection will now have trophy support. For the first time, gamers can earn trophies for taking Kratos through the game. “We are excited today to announce God of War Collection,” said Scott Rohde, vice president, Worldwide Studios America. “Our fans spoke and we listened; thanks to our partnership with Bluepoint Games, fans and newcomers to the series can experience the epic God of War and God of War II saga in stunning 720p on PS3. This Blu-ray Disc compilation brings Kratos to PS3 even earlier than expected.” Use this as a way to warm up

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Ghostbusters is hiring

Ghostbusters is celebrating the 25th anniversary with the release of the new Ghostbusters Blu-Ray on June 16th, 2009. Sony Pictures is looking for a new Ghostbuster employee as well. “After 25 long years of chasing ghosts Ray, Egon, Winston and Peter need a little help. So if you think you can handle big marshmallow men, a positron collider and thousands of adoring fans, submit your video application at Ghostbusters Is Hiring. If the Ghostbusters decide to hire you, your first assignment will be a trip to Comic Con 2009!” Submit your video by July 31, 2009 to try and win a trip for two to Comic Con 2010.

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Netflix is raising rates for Blu-Ray on users again

Netflix raised their rates by $1 to your account for Blu-Ray movies. But the cost is going up. Netflix states that due to having to have more Blu-Ray movies in stock from increased usage, they will have to hike the price once again. The price change on your account will take place on or after April 27, 2009. On their blog they have listed how the price increase works. If you do not currently use the Blu-Ray option you will not see a price increase. 1 DVD out at-a-time (2 DVDs a month) Monthly plan cost: $4.99 Additional monthly charge for Blu-ray access on this plan: $1 Monthly plan cost with Blu-ray access: $5.99 1 DVD out at-a-time (Unlimited) Monthly plan cost: $8.99 Additional monthly charge for Blu-ray access on this plan: $2 Monthly plan cost with Blu-ray access: $10.99 2 DVDs out at-a-time (Unlimited) Monthly plan cost: $13.99 Additional

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Tink coming to Blu-Ray

This isn’t really a gadget announcement but I thought those of you that have Blu-Ray players might be interested. Disney is bringing one of my favorite characters over to Blu-Ray. Four installments in the Tinker Bell Series will be coming to Blu-Ray and DVD at the rate of one per year. These are direct-to-video films. ‘Tinker Bell,’ due Fall of 2009 will have the following films after it: ‘Tinker Bell: North of Never Land,’ to be followed by ‘Tinker Bell: A Midsummer Storm’ in 2010, and ‘Tinker Bell: A Winter Story’ in 2011 (exact street dates TBA). Exciting news for those of us that can’t wait to get more of our Disney favorites on Blu-Ray.

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It’s official and now I can get back to gadgets!

Finally the HD vs Blu-Ray wars are over. Now instead of covering the daily news and gossip on the format wars, I can now actually get back to covering gadgets that affect our daily lives. Today all the Hollywood studios announced that they are supporting Blu-Ray. So the fighting, the decisions are now all over. In the Microsoft Blogger breakfast this morning (which I will write about later), they had no comment really on what is going on with the HD-DVD drive for the 360. No plans to pull the item off of shelves or price drop were announced. Doesn’t mean they won’t but as of now nothing. They also are not stating if they will support the Blu-Ray format and come out with a Blu-Ray format saying that they feel that the Xbox 360 is a premier game system and should be used as such. I am glad that

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The end of HD is almost official

The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Toshiba is expected to pull the plug on it’s HD DVD format in the coming weeks. Officially though, no decision has been made, but they are hinting something is in the works. Jodi Sally, vp of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products says, “Given the market developments in the past month Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players.” Software and hardware sales have both dropped steadily since the Warner announcment supporting Blu-Ray. HD-DVD titles sold only 19% of high definition sales last week. Given the fact that Toshiba is looking at discontinuing their format, Microsoft must also be analyzing where they stand. Perhaps there will be an announcement at GDC made regarding if Microsoft will support BLU-Ray. Edit: Just announced today, mega-huge retailer, Wal-Mart

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A couple more uppercuts to HD-DVD format

Looks like Blu-Ray won a few more rounds today in the battle of media formats. Best Buy has announced that they will be recommending Blu-Ray formats in their stores nationwide. “Because we believe that Blu-ray is fast emerging as that single format, we have decided to focus on Blu-ray products,” Brian Dunn, Best Buy’s president and chief operating officer, said in a statement. Blu-Ray will get premier space in the stores starting in March. But the HD camp doesn’t get off easy today. Netflix has also announced that it will be Blu-Ray only. Netflix will continue to carry HD-DVD titles until stock is phased out toward the end of the year but are basically disappointed in the titles that are out on the HD-DVD format. As Toshiba and Microsoft continue to cut prices on the HD-DVD players, it looks like HD-DVD may be on it’s way out. It definitely has

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