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| 03-31-09 04:09am - 5745 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User  Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
DVDs Anyone? I've been buying/viewing strictly online porn for years now. Joining one porn site is instant access to anywhere from dozens to thousands of pics and videos for only $20-$30. Recently I was looking for more Jana Cova content. I only have a few low quality vids in my local library so I popped over to adultdvdempire.com to check out her filmography and it got me thinking -- what's the draw to porn DVDs these days? DVDs still cost between $15-$30 a piece for only a fraction of the content you receive when you join a Web site. I suppose the quality (in general) of the video might be better on DVDs and there may be some girls (like Jana Cova) that are difficult to find on the Internet -- but that doesn't seem to be enough to keep the DVD industry in business. Is there anyone on PU who still regularly buys/rents DVDs? Are there any pros of using DVDs over Internet downloads that I've missed? | |
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| 03-31-09 05:44am - 5745 days | #2 | |
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Colm4 (0)
Active User  Posts: 117 Registered: Sep 22, '07 Location: Holland |
The only DVD's I bought the past year are German titles. You can't find these on the Internet. But when the DVD is not as good as expected, it does feel like a ripoff. | |
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| 03-31-09 05:55am - 5745 days | #3 | |
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deanpro (0)
Suspended Posts: 18 Registered: Mar 24, '09 Location: United Kingdom |
There are still plenty of people out there who are afraid of the Internet. Porn DVD's sell suprisingly well in the UK. My father-in-law owns a chain of sex shops and DVD's are his biggest sellers. Though personally I can't see why anyone would want any physical media anymore. http://www.SeriousMistressesForums.com | |
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| 03-31-09 11:57am - 5745 days | #4 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I see no need to buy any porn DVD's anymore, not that bought many ever (including the good old VCS days). For most people, I think they buy them because they are hooked on the top talent that mostly appears in DVDs and because they are "afraid of the internet" for downloading for whatever reason. The top pornstars do appear online but most of their new work is found on DVD. The big production houses that make the DVDs (Vivid, Private, etc.) generally do a lousy job of transferring their content to the net. Part of that is keep driving the sales the DVDs which bring in more $$ per sale than a monthly net membership. It's sort of restricting access to the supposedly "good stuff" in order to keep profits coming in. For me, porn is commodity. If there is something I really wanted that was only available on DVD there is more than enough other stuff out there to distract me while it works it's way online over time. I have also had a related topic on my mind regarding DVD's. There are all those porn "acting" awards that get handed out every year like the AVN awards which I guess are the biggest. Does being named "Anal Starlet of the Year" really do anything for the industry other than let them hand out awards ad naseum like Hollywood does? Does anyone buy a DVD because one of the performers or the DVD itself won an award? Does it enable the individual to negotiate more money because they were super stud of the year? It sort of seems to me that it's basically marketing for the industry. Another way to say "look at us" and push product but that's what Hollywood is essentially doing too. I look at it this way: Would I join a website just because it won "Pornsite of the Year"? Probably not. I guess I don't see the awards making any difference but then again that's just me. | |
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| 03-31-09 01:15pm - 5745 days | #5 | |
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james4096 (0)
Suspended Posts: 132 Registered: Mar 02, '09 |
I have never bought a porn DVD or VHS. I never wanted to have that kind of physical evidence(I don't mean that in a criminal way). VHS seemed too expensive for me back in the day. My best friend would shell used to $75 for a top porn video. Of course I spend much more than that on internet porn, but I get a lot more. These days there is so much out here on the internet that it makes even less sense to buy an actual dvd. I guess you can't get the very latest videos in DVD quality unless you do download them on VOD and that can cost just as much, but I'm still catching up on videos from 2004. | |
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| 03-31-09 02:22pm - 5745 days | #6 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
Back in the day I had VHS tapes or DVDs but I never amassed a large collection for similar reasons (i.e. evidence to be found.) After browsing the DVD site I was looking at before I created this post I wasn't sold on going back to the discs. I'll sacrifice a few clips of Tera Patrick or Jesse Jane for the dozens of movies you can get on the Internet for similar cost. | |
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| 03-31-09 02:38pm - 5745 days | #7 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
I just discovered that you can burn a DVD from files you have downloaded from the Internet. All right, call me stupid but it never occurred to me before for reasons mentioned above: I don't like the idea of porn DVDs kicking around for everyone to find. But it was fascinating nevertheless to be able to look at some of the stuff on my hard drive on a bigger screen TV. Nice picture, too. One question: the files I combined for my first attempt were all in avi(dvx)format, downloaded from Videosz. If I burn a DVD made up of wmv and mpg files do they work as well with the average DVD Player? | |
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| 03-31-09 03:12pm - 5745 days | #8 | |
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james4096 (0)
Suspended Posts: 132 Registered: Mar 02, '09 |
I don't know of any DVD players that play wmv or mpg files. Typically they play DVD's, CD's mp3's, divx and jpg. Check the specs on your dvd. I really doubt it. The disc you recorded with the divx files worked though? What you could do of course is to encode your video files into DVD format and then burn them DVD. You could also probably make a VCD, but the quality wouldn't be as good. | |
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| 03-31-09 03:19pm - 5745 days | #9 | |
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RagingBuddhist (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 893 Registered: Jan 23, '07 |
Aside from what you said about people being afraid of the Internet, I can think of 3 reasons to want a DVD. 1. Like goldfish mentioned - the picture quality of a DVD is usually better. 2. Even though discs don't last forever either, storing videos on a hard drive can be quite disturbing in the event of a drive crash 3. People may prefer to watch porn on their television using a standalone DVD player. They might not know how to rip files to DVD or just don't want to be bothered with the time consuming process. It's not the case here, but I would figure most people have a TV thats bigger than their PC monitor. Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupidity. | |
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| 03-31-09 04:10pm - 5745 days | #10 | |
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Riffy (0)
Suspended Webmaster  Posts: 73 Registered: Jul 30, '08 Location: Scotland |
The Windows DVD Maker that comes bundled with Vista is fine with WMV files (and makes a good image too depending on the original of course) but doesn't like MPEG at all. It converts the WMV to a VOB anyways but mine does not like those MPEGs. www.rockchicksandbikerbabes.co.uk | |
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| 03-31-09 05:52pm - 5745 days | #11 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Thanks, James. The DVD worked beautifully on my TV through a Samsung DVD player. I have Vista Premium as an O/S and when I popped in a blank DVD-R disk it opened the WMV player and I thought that, just for the fun of it, I would attempt to burn my first DVD ... ever. Someone had mentioned (Here?) that AVI (DVX) files played on regular DVD players so that was my format of choice for the test. I am really surprised because the program even created a menu for the clips I had burned. | |
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| 03-31-09 05:57pm - 5745 days | #12 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Thanks for that info, Riffy. I have tons of WMV files on my hard drive and find that they are generally crisper than AVI so I would be delighted if my DVD Maker could handle them. Most mpg files I wouldn't burn to a disk because the quality is usually not so great. | |
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| 03-31-09 06:54pm - 5745 days | #13 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
Hi messmer. I found this free application (see link) that will convert "wmv" and other formats to avi(divx). It's not the fastest thing on the planet but it is free. Then as long as you have a divx compatible dvd player than you are home free. http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/ Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 03-31-09 06:59pm - 5745 days | #14 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
I regularly buy porn dvd's. I mostly limit myself to studios or movies that are simply not available on the net. I love lesbian porn and my favorite studio is Girlfriends Film. They do not have anything available online except on streaming movie sites. I will buy a couple of their movies each month. The other stuff I look for is older porn (mostly from the 70's and 80's). Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 03-31-09 07:14pm - 5745 days | #15 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Thanks, Pat. At the moment I am trying out Riffy's suggestion and won't know for some time if I'm going to be successful with burning and playing wmv on my Video Player. Thanks for the link, you gave me an option if things don't work out! | |
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| 03-31-09 07:20pm - 5745 days | #16 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
If you decide to try my option then you will at some point get a message to upgrade to a newer version. You can click yes out of curiosity. I did and it brings you to the makers website where the upgrade is not free. The upgrade message appears every time I turn the application on and I simply say no and start to convert my wmv's into avi's. I may at some point upgrade becauyse it does offer more options but they aren't for everyone. Best of luck with this one. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 03-31-09 07:40pm - 5745 days | #17 | |
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badandy400 (0)
Active User  Posts: 869 Registered: Mar 02, '08 Location: ohio |
Exotics. I have this cheap $30 DVD player that CAN play WMVs. It can not play mpegs though. So anything I put on a DVD that is WMV it can play. It is not as pretty as an actually DVD but it works non the less. You would have to look for the windows logo on it. I looked on Ebay and have found others that claim to be able to read mpegs. If you want to look there sort the listing with the cheapest first. It seems that the cheap ones are more likely to be able to do this. "For example, badandy400 has taken it upon himself to become the one man Library of Congress for porn with a collection that surely will be in Guinness Book of World Records some day." ~Toadsith~ PU Interview | |
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| 03-31-09 08:51pm - 5745 days | #18 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
With newer TVs it's easy to just plug the PC or laptop right into the back like it's a large monitor. I do it on occasion. | |
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| 03-31-09 09:25pm - 5745 days | #19 | |
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GCode (0)
Active User  Posts: 386 Registered: Feb 23, '09 Location: USA |
That's funny you mentioned that site because I am currently renting dvd's from there. But, as I started to join more n' more sites I have found that renting or buying is becoming pointless. I started out with buying an occasional dvd here and there then I finally joined a rental site. I was at 4 dvd's out at a time and this was all fine and dandy at like $30 a month. However, as I started to get familiar with genres, I found model's that I loved and wanted more of those beauties. However, I soon found out that website content was far more for these models. As I started to join more sites, the more these dvd's just rotted in a corner until I returned them. Eventually, I just decided to stop my membership but they sent me a deal to rent 1 at a time for $9.95 a month. I stayed and currently have this. It's good because yes, you may get some better quality scenes that are there for you without doing any work (if clicking is considered this :)) and you know they are gonna work on your tv no matter what. Converting shit takes hours upon hours so I found that pointless. As for divx avi's, I have stumbled across A LOT of websites that use some other codecs (still as divx AVI) and these don't even work on my dvd player or ps3. I have found that .wmv's using my ps3 is stellar and that's one of my reasons that I join a site is to fact that the site offers .wmv format. MPEGS work on most newer dvd players as well. As far as DVD's, I think as you become more of a perv (MYSELF INCLUDED!!!) and your demand for porn becomes higher, they become more obsolete. Buying is outrageous, especially new Blu-Ray porn movies (I think they average $50 a movie) because of the prices. Why buy 1 DVD movie with 1 - 2 hours footage for $20-$30 when u can get 100's (even more) hours of footage for less or the same price? Yeah, a slight sacrifice in quality but plz, these 4 mbps videos are killing DVD's quality all together. Therefore, I think a person who is casually in to some porn and watches a scene every once in awhile to get their rocks off, DVD buying may be better (they are prolly in to more mainstream shit anyways, VIVID ANYONE?). However, us PU's need our thirst to be quenched with MORE. BELIEVE ME. I even tried the combo of sites and dvd's, but sites top that shit making those DVD's pointless. WEBSITES WIN -GCode Sexted From My iPad | |
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| 03-31-09 10:39pm - 5744 days | #20 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
It's a mystery to me why people continue to buy DVD's, now that I'm pretty much done with the practice - the quality of downloaded material - and I'm talking about from paysites - is good enough on a nice big monitor to not make it worthwhile to buy DVD's anymore for me. But the BluRay thing is definitely hooking plenty of people - Digital Playground, especially, has been all over the bluray thing - and selling the damned things like crazy at premium prices too. | |
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| 03-31-09 10:41pm - 5744 days | #21 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I have always found the VHS format to be creepy even if it is not porn, and especially if you lose the case. I always imagine tapes are something that police would find in a serial killer's basement, or be presented as evidence in a murder trial. Call me crazy, DVDs never come across this way, and of course the snuff-thriller movie "8MM" was about a reel of film and that somehow took it to a whole other level of creepiness. I also find Polaroids creepy, probably for the same reasons as VHS, but I think they have long since stopped manufacturing cameras and now their film as well. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 04-01-09 12:43am - 5744 days | #22 | |
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badandy400 (0)
Active User Posts: 869 Registered: Mar 02, '08 Location: ohio |
They still make the Polaroids. Although I am sure their business is not going so hot with privacy of the digital camera. I never thought of VHS as creepy, but now that you mention it those tapes on my shelf are starting to take a new attitude. "For example, badandy400 has taken it upon himself to become the one man Library of Congress for porn with a collection that surely will be in Guinness Book of World Records some day." ~Toadsith~ PU Interview | |
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| 04-01-09 04:13am - 5744 days | #23 | |
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Riffy (0)
Suspended Webmaster Posts: 73 Registered: Jul 30, '08 Location: Scotland |
I've never tried that... party cuz my TV is coal powered. Nah seriously I may look into this. Cheers. www.rockchicksandbikerbabes.co.uk | |
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| 04-01-09 07:00am - 5744 days | #24 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
You may also want to catch the poll question from last Sept. Do you still purchase actual physical porn DVDs? ... as a few users shared their thoughts on the subject there. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 04-01-09 08:12pm - 5744 days | #25 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
I have a newer Sony LCD. My computer has a video card with DVI so I could use a DVI to HDMI cable for a digital picture but I've found that problematic. The TV also has a regular analog port for a monitor cable. It's not digital but the high quality movies look just as good as any HD cable channel to me. | |
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| 04-01-09 09:00pm - 5744 days | #26 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Polaroid has a page on their site with a list of when their instant film products will stop being manufactured, and they are all dated last year, though you can still find the film for sale on the web. They do make a instant digital camera, but that only prints photographs, it doesn't actually develop film. I suspect the cameras will one day become a rare item on ebay -- it they haven't already -- but I think the film is time-sensitive and usually expires within a year or so, though I wouldn't be surprised if another company comes along and acquires the rights to manufacture it. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 04-07-09 10:56pm - 5737 days | #27 | |
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Bei M (0)
Suspended Webmaster  Posts: 5 Registered: Apr 07, '09 Location: USA |
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| 04-08-09 07:40pm - 5737 days | #28 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
We can be patient and determined to find physical DVDs or we can click a couple links and get a better deal downloading porn almost instantly. LOL. | |
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| 07-17-09 11:39am - 5637 days | #29 | |
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PornEmperor (0)
Active User  Posts: 4 Registered: Jul 17, '09 |
A lot of DVD sites have started to get into other areas than just DVD products I think. I checked out adultdvdempire.com and they have a lot of new content available on Blu-ray and on Video On Demand. In fact, I'm a big Jana Cova fan myself, and adultdvdempire.com is one of the only places that you can find her movies from Digital Playground in a downloadable format. ADE is the exclusive carrier of Digital Playground videos on demand. ADE's videos on demand are of DVD quality too, so you don't have to worry about terrible resolution or anything like that. If you're a fan of Jana Cova I'd definitely check it out. There's all sorts of different ways to get their VODs too. | |
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| 07-17-09 01:24pm - 5637 days | #30 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
Are you aware you're posting to a fairly old thread? It might be seen as you specifically wishing to promote adultdvdempire.com I certainly hope that's not the case. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 07-17-09 10:30pm - 5636 days | #31 | |
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NMC2008 (0)
Active User  Posts: 40 Registered: Jul 07, '08 Location: Los Angeles, California |
Last porn dvd I actually bought was Face 2 Face 6, only because nobody had it for rent or download, that was in January 09, I plan on buying Face 2 Face 1 soon, only $10.00, and is also rare, so why not? But I usually rent or download. | |
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| 07-18-09 12:24am - 5636 days | #32 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
Where I find people wanting to get DVD's is if there are performers that they particularly like and it's a matter of speed - and having the cover and all the bonus material - all the "collector" ancellary aspects. Jenna Haze has said that she'll be posting all of the scenes from her movies that she is in to JennaHaze.com - but the biggest Jenna Haze fans are going to want to have her movies as soon as they come out and to have the physical product so they can get her to sign them when they see her feature. It makes me wonder where the "real" money is in the porn industry - and I guess that, much like with Hollywood movies - there's got to be a mix. For most new porn releases, it's the DVD sales that pay back the initial cost of production. Then it's the various internet opportunities - the star's site, the Online Video Rental, the licensing to DVD sites - that give the ongoing streams of financial returns. I would imagine that for porn DVD's that are releases of scenes that have already been on the internet - such as with the Brazzers DVD's - the streams of financial returns get a bit mixed up - where the release of the scenes on DVD is a secondary financial opportunity, rather than the primary financial opportunity. If I'm dwelling on this, it's because I'm trying to wrap my head around it in relation to the industry that I work in | |
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| 07-18-09 07:03am - 5636 days | #33 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
I may be a rare exception among PU members because I still regularly buy porn dvd's. I tend to only deal with 2 sites. The main one because they tend to ship their merchandise quite fast. I'm affraid that quite afew sites say that the material is stock but it's usually takes them over a week to ship. The other dealer I use is because they have a very good ligrary of older movies. on a side note: adultdvdempire's movies are a couple of dollars more expensive than one some other sites. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 07-18-09 03:54pm - 5636 days | #34 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
A site that I used to use is Adult DVD Marketplace - there are a lot of sellers there that buy their stuff through wholesalers and the pricing gets quite competitive - it's very much half.com used to be or like the competitive pricing on new DVD's and video games gets to be with the "other sellers" at Amazon.com. With their rating system, the sellers have a great incentive to deliver as promised - I never had any bad experiences with any of the sellers there. | |
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