Jesse Jane

Thursday January 11, 2007
Adult industry hops into bed with HD DVD
Thursday January 11, 2007 Comments [4]
Next door to CES, at the much ruder Adult Entertainment Expo, the first ever, adult HD DVD title was announced by Digital Playground. Porn star, Jesse Jane reveals all in an exclusive interview with t3.co.uk.

Next week, Island Fever 3, the first of four adult HD DVD titles, will go on sale, hailing a new era in high-definition porn. Four more skin flicks - Pirates, Jack’s Teen America 3 and Island Fever 4 – will follow later in the month.

Jesse Jane and the director of all four films, Joone, were delighted to explain the decision to go with the HD DVD format.

Jesse: “Everyone loves high definition TV over here in the States and they’ll pay a premium over DVD to have it. We [Digital Playground] were the first to put out a DVD in ’93 with ‘Virtual Sex’ too and everyone went crazy for that. Then when we did Island Fever 3 with the WMV HD disc, it broke all the records for an adult movie. It sold even more than Deep Throat.”

Joone: "I love the high definition experience and committed to using the format exclusively in February of 2004. Our entire library of movies produced since then has been filmed and mastered in this resolution and we will eventually re-release everything in HD. We've been waiting for the delivery technology to be available and now that it is you can expect to see our HD product dominate the market."

Jesse: “Island Fever 3 is perfect for high definition. The locations are beautiful and it’s very mainstream. It’s the kind of porn you can watch with your wife or girlfriend and they’ll love it too. The extra picture quality puts you right there.”

Joone: “My first thought was to go with Blu-ray, but Sony doesn’t want this kind of content on their format and their answer was no. It’s reminiscent of the Betamax versus VHS battle back in the 80s when Sony said exactly the same thing. You think they’d have learned a lesson from that.”

Jesse: “No, I don’t mind being shot in HD. I think everyone should see that we’re not all perfect and sometimes we have spots and stretch marks.”

Joon: “The adult industry took a big hit with the internet and people downloading their porn for free. HD DVD adds value and quality that the internet can’t provide. The other adult companies will follow us onto HD DVD when they can because they’ll see how much it’s doing for us.”