The Naked Truth About 3-D Porn By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com
http://www.tvpredictions.com/truth011410.htm Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2010) -- The Los Angeles Times has suggested it. So has PC Magazine. FoxNews.com. CNBC. And several other publications and broadcast outlets. What have they suggested? That adult movies will somehow stimulate Americans into buying new, expensive 3-D televisions, 3-D Blu-ray players and, let us not forget, expensive 3-D goggles. The publications are surmising that the power of porn is so enormous, so hugemongous, if you will, that people will run to their local Best Buy, hand over their credit card and ask questions later. Dear God, how dumb. Ever since adult movies helped drive sales of the VCR in the early 1980s, journalists, particularly the many lemmings who call themselves tech journalists, have written stories saying that adult fare will help drive whatever new TV-based technology has just been introduced. The journalists seem to ignore that the conditions surrounding the VCR's introduction in the 1970s bares no resemblance to what was going on when future TV-based products were introduced. Think about it. It was relatively easy for adult fans to buy a VCR in the 1980s -- the price had fallen to around $300 -- and there was great motivation: it was the only way to watch porn in the comfort of your own home. (There was no Internet then, as you may recall.) Consequently, fans of the flirty and frisky film were happy to plunk down their hard earned dollars on a VCR. So it was a one-time phenomenon. But that hasn't stopped the media from going back to the well to make the obligatory comparison every time a new product comes out. Most recently, a few years ago, there was a spate of stories suggesting that porn would persuade people to buy Blu-ray players. Well, sales of Blu-ray players are now finally booming, but no one is crediting the porn industry for the rise. Sales of Blu-ray adult movies are small and have had little impact on the high-def disc's success. Now, in the case of 3-D TV, it's even crazier to think that adult movies will somehow get people to buy a new 3-D television (and all the other accessories.) Are people so desperate for a new form of porn that they will go bankrupt to watch it at home? I don't think so. -- ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
