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Originally Posted by Quagmire
I think more and more people are going to come to expect HD quality porn as the format becomes more common. With home networking and being able to send stuff to your TV, watching people bump uglies in a 5x5 square on your monitor is going to go out of fashion for people who want to pay decent money for porn.
Things like XTV and PPV services where you can send HD quality content to your TV will start to push the older content to the side.
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So what would you estimate the timeframe on this to be? 3 years? 10 years? Also, what is the definition of 'decent money' to be paid for porn? What I've seen is prices continue to drop and quantity increase. The exact same thing occured in the saturation of the adult VHS/DVD market.
As far as marketing goes, it seems many companies are banking that they will have enough market share that when other companies fail, they will have the entire pie all to themselves. But it seems there is no thought given to all to the new companies that crop up to take the place of those failed companies.
From experience, there are three basic kinds of porn:
1. Compilation porn: Porn that is sold by price and volume. Some good, some bad, but all grouped into the same catagory. Most bought content is in this catagory.
2. Niche porn - Not as big of sales but a loyal customer base
3. Mainstream, well marketed porn. This is porn from well branded companies.
For the longest time, it seemed that internet porn strived on providing content that was not available in adult video stores. In an essence, providing content that was thought to be 'underground' and 'real'.
Now the internet is viewed as a platform delivery for every type of porn. And with the eventual elimination of the adult DVD market, and the elimination of the need to deliver solid product to individuals, where will all of the studios go?
The only place they can.