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(Do) I Want My XTV (?)
I don’t know what to make of XTV. For those who don’t know, XTV
(http://xtv.com/) is the adult equivalent of cable or satellite
TV. XTV consists of a little black box that goes on top of your
TV and hooks into it. The box receives a high speed cable
connection through which adult content, exclusively, is pumped
in. It costs .95 a month, with hardware - remote, the black
box, etc - costing extra (total of about 0).
The content is akin, to a certain degree, to that provided by
your local cable/satellite company. There are over 50 channels,
each devoted to an aspect of porn. In effect, there’s an anal
channel, a bondage channel, etc. These would be analogous to,
say, the Food Network and ESPN, as far as niche cable/satellite
channels are concerned.
There’s live programming; web cam theaters where you can call
in. There are even pay-per-view movies you can order for
additional fees. And unlike with regular cable, you can re-watch
any movie that you’ve rented in the past as many times as you
like, for free. As long as you remain a subscriber, of course.
Also, unlike with cable TV, there’s interactive content: sex
games, if you will.
For those of you with niche pornographic ADD, this might be the
solution that you are looking for. For the price that you’d pay
for an online membership, you get a broader range of genres than
that offered by your typical paysite. And since the average TV
screen is larger than a computer monitor, the porn is more in
your face. But those of you who are avid adult DVD and video
collectors already knew that.
So if you like your porn larger than life, why not subscribe to
Playboy and/or Spice channels? While Playboy channel doesn’t
show you the hardcore, explicit stuff, Spice does. And where I
live, the two channel package costs only a month. But I
don’t know that Playboy/Spice gives you an interactive component.
Speaking of interactivity, the one aspect of XTV that could put
it over the top - in the minds of a lot of pornophiles who are
considering subscribing - is the live web cam. In the past, I’ve
both purchased minutes and been retro-actively billed for the
pleasure of conversing with cam girls who took “requests”.
Believe me, a 15-minute session can cost a lot. If the monthly
subscription price includes unlimited - or at least a
substantial amount of - web cam conversation minutes, many guys
would sign up yesterday.
So as a porn consumer considering XTV, you should ask yourself
three questions: 1. How much porn do I intend to watch? 2. What
are my tastes? and 3 Am I looking for something “X”-tra?
If you’re going to subscribe to a paysite, you could do worse
than plop down a month for a little variety in your
programming. Throw in some interactivity and guarantee that live
cam girls are included - and that’s a big assumption - and you
have yourself a winner. XTV service is available now, but the
cam girls won’t be available for another several months, so stay
tuned.
Or not.
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