A big part of the allure of porn—at least the relatively highbrow variety that DirecTV shows—is that the participants appear to share few of our species' physical foibles, thanks to clever lighting, makeup, and surgery. 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."