Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2008) -- Digital Playground, a leading adult film studio, says it plans to stop releasing titles in the HD DVD high-def disc format by year's end.

That's according to an article by the German web site Heise Online.


Digital Playground has released approximately 20 titles in HD DVD, but has recently started to offer movies in Blu-ray as well.

A year ago, Digital Playground -- and its CEO, Joone -- was blasting Blu-ray as being anti-porn.

Joone said Sony, the leading supporter of Blu-ray, was purposely blocking adult film studios from making copies of their movies on Blu-ray.

However, he says the studio has recently found independent production companies to help it make Blu-ray copies.

In an interview with Heise, Joone noted that Blu-ray disc sales are outpacing HD DVD by a 2-1 margin.

The adult film executive also cited the recent endorsement of Blu-ray by Warner Bros. and the ongoing success of the Play Station 3, which has a Blu-ray player inside, as reasons for dumping HD DVD.

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