Porn Poised to Be a Boon for 3-D TV Sales

Adult movie makers were the first pioneers for making porn widely available to average consumers and it helped fuel new formats such as VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, High-def and the internet.
The Porn industry is now poised to be the driving force behind many 3D TV sales, as the sets start hitting the U.S. consumer electronic market.

You would normally think that 3D porn would only be of interest to men, but it is not. 3D porn on TV is on everyone's mind, both male and female alike.

The technology has been around since the invention of 3D. A 3D porn film called The Stewardesses was based on old technology, and projected in cinema art houses in 1969, grossed a staggering $27 million.

In 1961, a young Francis Ford Coppola released a 3D adults only title called, Bellboy and the Playgirls. This groundbreaking film introduced the 3D peeping tom key hole that was popular in the swinging 60's.

The 3D market exploded once again when director James Cameron's Avatar grossed more than $1.34 billion globally since it's December 2009 release.

At consumer electronics shows, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, LG and Panasonic have all revealed a plethora of 3D televisions, home theater and Blu-ray systems for home use .

One exhibitor at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Bad Girls in 3D, is in the fore-front of 3D technology that it is selling a $3999 kit that includes a Mitsubishi 60-inch 3DTV, two pairs of 3D glasses and a small PC that can be used to stream 3D films from the web.

The company will shoot porn using 3D cameras and upload it to their website every week. The content can then be purchased for private use for $19.95 monthly.

Adult entertainment producer Lance Johnson said in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, that he would start selling stand-alone 3D porn discs once 3D TVs start to hit the market.

"I want to try it out," said Satoshi Miyazaki, 33, who pays about 2,000 Japanese yen a month to watch adult cable channels. He also said he needed something dramatic to justify replacing his old TV and that, "This could be the motivation."

Bloomberg.com reports that California-based researcher iSuppli Corp says, Worldwide shipments of 3-D TVs are expected to reach 4.2 million units this year and 12.9 million in 2011.

Panasonic became the first major TV maker to sell high-definition 3-D sets in the U.S. in March. Sony, the world's third-largest TV maker, plans to offer 3- D Bravia TVs in the U.S. and Europe later this summer.

When asked about the reported porn connection. Sony refused to comment on whether 3D adult movies would be a boon to sales of their latest television technology offering.


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