DVD PORN JUST A CLICK AWAY

Not to be confused with pr0n, or giant prawn. The Los Angeles Times says Vivid Entertainment Group -- the high-gloss smut peddler -- will start selling movie downloads that you can burn to DVD and watch on the big screen. From the story:

Letting people burn downloaded movies is considered key to the growth of online distribution. Despite the proliferation of fast Internet connections, most people still want to watch movies on television but lack an easy way to get them off the computer. Plus, hard drives can store only so many space-hogging movies ...

"The simple fact is porn is an early adopter of new media," said Paul Saffo, director of the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto. "If you're trying to get something established … you're going to privately and secretly hope and pray that the porn industry likes your medium."

Vivid sales start May 8 through CinemaNow. The latter company already has an adult service and has toyed with ideas like pay-per-minute rentals. CinemaNow also offers rentals of mainstream Hollywood movies, but those downloads can't be played back on television sets. According to the Times:

The ability to deliver content over the Internet that can play in any DVD player is "the holy grail," said Richard Doherty of market research firm Envisioneering Group.

"Everybody wants to find something that sticks," he said. "We've got a billion devices ready to play these. Making it compatible with that, and the convenience of electronic delivery, is a proven, desired business model which should stick and grow."

The business model should also thrust and grind, tease and plunge, quickening its pace until the marketplace quivers from the pounding. The business model should then smoke a cigarette and go home.