I don't get DirectTV but I guess they started offering HDTV PayPerView Porn after the Superbowl. This article on
Slate points out the Hi Def can really show the flaws on both porn whores and hollywood whores
From Slate:
But it's doubtful that HD porn will nudge viewers in the right direction. The HDTV microscope could kill the fantasy that the adult industry peddles. Hollywood is already learning this lesson the hard way: HDTV has revealed that some glamorous stars look a lot more pedestrian than we've been led to believe. And the makeup tricks that protect the aging and less-than-perfect are easy to spot in HDTV. When technology pundit Phillip Swann first saw the Charlie's Angels movie in HDTV, he was taken aback by Cameron Diaz's appearance. "Diaz looks like a different person," he marveled in the pages of Television Week, noting that her face has been ravaged by acne over the years. "She's still very pretty. But to be very frank, I doubt that she would make People's 'Most Beautiful' list."