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phaedrus
Member

288 Posts
12/08
Posted - Aug 1 2013 : 8:04AM
In the vein of GFF. For that matter why has GFF to my knowledge resisted producing any BR titles?
mr_sphinx
Member

117 Posts
10/08
Posted - Aug 8 2013 : 8:53PM
Yes, they have. There is a large thread on their forum about it, as in 2008 they were planning to do so, but releases never materialized, and the company now (wrongly) feels there is no interest and that it's not worth it. I have tried to get them to release just one title, but resistance is very high, especially from other forum memebers, who dismiss the idea outright:
http://girlfriendsfilms.com/forum/showthread.php?2469-When-is-Girlfriend-Films-going-Blu
There is one Blu-ray from Viv Thomas, way back in 2008: The Art of Kissing 3:
https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/movie/art-of-kissing-3-the-blu-ray
this is probably the closest thing to GFF on Blu-ray.
Jaktarn
Senior Member

4798 Posts
5/05
Posted - Mar 15 2014 : 10:29PM
Its weird... I assume they shoot with HD cameras then they should at least release scenes digitally that are in HD resolution.
Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - Mar 16 2014 : 9:26AM
While I can not speak for Girlfriends Films specific reasons, Blu-ray has not been heavily adapted overall within the adult industry. Some companies like Digital Playground and Adam and Eve release some content on Blu-ray. Other companies like Evil Angel have not. To date only three true classic titles have been released on Blu-ray. Part of this I assume is the cost behind making a Blu-ray release. I know Girlfriends Films state in the thread mr_sphinx linked to that several years ago it was almost the same cost as a DVD but that information seems faulty. This page talks about some of the differences in cost issues and this page gives an example on pricing differences. Note there the cost difference is more than three times higher for Blu-ray vs DVD and those are only Blu-25s.
In addition to cost differences, there are getting the stores to carry it. I know it sounds odd, but look at the store saturation for Distribpix's Blu-rays versus DVDs. Far more stores carry the DVDs than the Blu-rays.
And then beyond all that there is the lack of home saturation still of Blu-ray capability. Some homes have Blu-ray players but don't have a TV that will display in full HD. Other homes are the opposite, have the full HD display but no Blu-ray player. And some have neither of the above. Which leaves the company with two choices. Either make two releases for each title, which raises cost due to having two sets of the product to sell, or one combo pack, which then raises the question of whether you will lose too many customers due to the increased cost to purchase the release. I know I prefer the combo packs since not all the rooms here have Blu-ray support.
I also suspect sales are not great for the most part on the Blu-rays. If you look, many companies that supported Blu-ray at one point or another, like Wicked Pictures, seem to have ceased Blu-ray releases. In fact, looking through the Blu-ray release list, only LFP, Amorz, and Digital Playground seem to be doing "steady" Blu-ray releases with Digital Playground doing combo releases and LFP and Amorz doing separate releases.
I understand the want for Blu-ray releases. It saddens me that only three classic titles have been made available. However, if the sales aren't there the increased cost isn't justified, and the releases won't come out. Maybe as more houses gain Blu-ray support this will change.
Edited by - flash on 3/16/2014 9:28:41 AM
pat362
Senior Member

10081 Posts
3/10
Posted - Mar 16 2014 : 12:03PM
I'd like to point out that as much as I know that some people now want all their porn to be HD or they say they won't watch it. In my opinion that's an idle threat because HD is not that old so these people are the same ones who were watching standard resolution porn not that long ago and they weren't complaining about the quality of the image at the time.
If anything I'd say that HD now makes porn look worse because what was once hidden is made so much more visible. I can't think of the last time I saw an HD video where my eyes weren't glued to the performers pimples, razor burns, bruises and what not that HD makes impossible to overlook and therefore make the scene nearly unwatchable or in some cases unwatchable. That's why I'm still in the camp of people who prefer their porn in a lower resolution than HD.



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