Porn Watcher

Want to know what I miss about porn on videotape?

Before I tell you, please understand when it comes to the larger picture, of course I prefer my whacking material on DVD. The picture is crisper and clearer, and the color is terrific. The sound is fuller, more vivid, and is stunningly impressive on an expensive system. The DVDs usually contain interesting bonuses, including stills, production materials, deleted sex scenes, previews, and other fun things that aren’t available on videotape. It’s always easy to jump to a scene in the middle of the movie without fast-forwarding, then rewinding, then fast-forwarding again, back and forth for twenty minutes. And, needless to say, DVDs don’t wear out as tape does. With very little care a DVD will last, literally, forever.

So, then you must be asking, "Jeez, Axel, what is it about video tape you could possibly miss?" Easy answer: You would loan an adult videotape to a friend, or your roommate would snag one and disappear with it for an hour or so, and eventually they return it. But when they returned it, they almost always forgot to rewind it. There was something voyeuristic, something naughty about shoving that tape into a VCR, rewinding it for just a moment, and then hitting play. You would suddenly be watching the last moments your buddy was enjoying just before he turned it off. In other words, you were watching the moment that brought him to orgasm, the image that made him cum. There are few moments in life that allows you that intimately into your friends’ sexual consciousness.

And I liked that. And I miss it.