Will PRoN decide the format war
It may come as no surprise that the other format war (VHS/Beta) was supposedly decided by the porn industry and the availability of porn on VHS.
Today, with the new format war, everyone is looking at this as the new litmus test and if it will decide which side wins.
I beg to differ. Porn is a $10 billion industry. $10 Bil is not something to be sneezed at, but today people can get their porn in many ways. Internet, DVD, cell phones, you name it. Back in the VHS days there were only peep shows, XXX theaters, and HBO. VHS revolutionized the privacy of watching porn. Now that revolution is over. People can now get porn anytime, and with services like TOR, anywhere (even work).
So my prediction is that the porn industry this time around will be just another player like Time/Warner. They’ll produce for both formats and eventually will choose one, but the winner of the format war will be decided well before these guys choose. Who knows the winner may be streaming video?
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February 9th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’ve heard many times in the last month or so that pr0n was the deciding factor in the Beta v. VHS war. And we’ve been hearing for years that Beta was a “better” format than VHS. In fact, perhaps the major deciding factor in VHS’ victory was that a whole movie could fit on 1 casette. Because VHS (originally) had a 2-hour capacity, instead of Beta’s 1-hour (original) capacity, folks using VHS didn’t have to get up off the couch and change tapes.
February 17th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I agree with the Wiz. You need a format which store more, porn or not!
February 21st, 2007 at 11:27 am
Well hands down, that is Blu_ray