Porn's problem with HD: 'Razor burn'

In a fantasy world that makes an awful lot of real-world money, there's a new wrinkle that's posing a big problem. Literally.

Makers of pornographic movies are moving as fast as anyone to new high-definition formats, but some are also finding themselves in an ironic bind: In an industry built on people baring it all, the vivid HD images are just a little too revealing.

Wrinkles. Pimples. Cellulite. Surgically enhanced breasts with odd lumps. Those are some of the all-too-human flaws leaping off the screen from the skin of those in the skin trade.

"The biggest problem," an actress-writer-director named Stormy Daniels tells The New York Times in a story on Sunday, "is razor burn."

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