Avert Your Eyes! High-def porn has arrived
There's an old saying that porn drove the technology uptake of the internet; things like web security, video and audio, and business models all originated from porn sites driving the development. With the dearth of High Definition content and the prices still quite high for a HDTV set, it was only a matter of time before a HD porn channel would be announced, though as the author warns in the piece, it'll just show off more of the less-than-ideal conditions actors and sets suffer from, perhaps ruining the appeal for HDTV in the first place. That said, it'll be interesting to see if this drives adoption of HDTV equipment in any way.
I read this recently in the December 2003 issue of Electronic House:
"Mark Cuban (founder of Broadcast.com, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and now HDNet) has no plans for high-definition X-rated programming. 'I watched some, just for a test,' jokes Cuban. 'And believe me, you don't want to see that in high-definition. Some things are better left air-brushed.'"
Posted by: Josh | February 06, 2004 at 11:34 PM
Not that I'm an expert, but the people don't look that great on analog... So I can't imagine it being any worse in High Def.
Posted by: Mike | February 17, 2004 at 08:56 PM