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mrzero
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8/03
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 12:14PM
Hello

I was wondering if one day, consumers well be able to pick their own favoite porn star'and choose what type of sense Example (anal/masturbation/cowgirl style, etc. ) from specific studio and have them put on DVD ?

me


Topic Moved by - DenverDon on Sep 8 2003

AlexPanzer
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6/03
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 3:40PM
I don't think that this will happen anywhere in the future. Its too expensive to do something like that.
mrzero
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USA
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8/03
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 6:30PM
expensive ? I can't believe that, the dvd technolgy is has been the cheapess in years.

Dvd recoders are now 300 to 400 dollars. DVD disk are about 1.50 .

To expensive i dont think so..

They do it with music.. why not porn?

me

Saki
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Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 6:52PM
They could, I'm sure, but it would be compilation footage. And I'm not sure how many people would pay for custom compilations, especially since they would probably be more expensive than pressed discs.

If you were to amortize a professional DVD recorder over the projected number of discs that people would buy, throw in a keep case, print the disc label and insert, pay the person who records the compilation then packs and ships it, add marketing and e-commerce overhead, the cost of the recordable media itself, and then throw in a markup to make it worthwhile, you're starting to talk about a little more than $1.50. In fact, if you're taking scenes from non-catalog titles, there will probably be more markup since you'd be cannibalizing content from your new release titles.

The same "DVD technology is cheaper now than ever before" reasoning could be applied to amateurs websites who sell their videos direct. There's no way that the technology alone accounts for $30-50 for a DVD-R...rather the overhead and margin.

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mrzero
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USA
60 Posts
8/03
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 7:02PM
They ship it without the case, and without the label. They can also make a huge list of porn stars on a hard drive with footage and catagorys.

We just click on which star's we want .

The computer then burn the disk. and ship it out without a lable or insert.

How hard is that?

Me


Edited by - mrzero on 9/7/2003 7:02:50 PM

 
picman
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Nothing says I love you so much as a tongue in the ass.
2884 Posts
1/03
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 9:44PM
What is far more likely would be a variation on the already existing VOD model. Only with downloads that are permanent property and not temporary. Also, I think it would have to be more reasonably priced. Further along in the future, when we are truly getting broadband service or even fibre channel, we might see full DVD quality downloads. Wouldn't it be great if the porn world could show the music industry how to do it properly?
DenverDon
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Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 12:35AM
Technology was the title, and the responses have centered on the technology. I'm moving this to Tech Talk.
Percy Walker
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108 Posts
9/03
Posted - Oct 7 2003 : 1:30AM
You have to think of the cost on the broadcasting end. First, they have to store all that footage as mpeg2, break it up into every possible combination you can think of (that alone might take years) and then be able to send it out at a low enough cost to make us want it. Apple is doing music for $.99 a song. They aren't breaking those songs down into the musicians on the record, the producer, whether it was plugged or unplugged, etc. WHAT WILL BE COOL is 3-D images floating in front of your screen. That will happen.

Holding my breath,
Percy

Anteros
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117 Posts
4/03
Posted - Oct 7 2003 : 11:43AM



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