From the very first inklings of films to the period of homemade videos to some of the biggest internet companies; pornography has always stayed relative while moving forward, as all the non-porn website eventually bite the dust.

Porn movies have been with us ever since the 1800s, or to be more specific, the movie called ‘ Le Coucher de la Mariée’ that was created in 1896 is considered to be the first porn movie ever made. In the film, you can see a beautiful girl performing a striptease.

After the release of this video, there was a high demand on the market for this masterpiece. Because of that, the French filmmakers realized that a lot of people would actually pay to see women get nude in front of them, even if it is on the screen. This is how the pornography was born.

Super 8mm film

Harrison Marks, a young British glam photographer, began making 8mm short films in 1958, where you could see women undress and pose topless. These movies later became known as the ‘glamour home movies’. After this, the ability to watch porn in your home became normal, and the sales of 8mm cameras just skyrocketed.

VHS VS. Sony’s Betamax

Since the 8mm camera was quite cheap and easy to use, it did become a standard in the porn industry at one time. But, during 1970, VHS and Betamax were trying to determine which one of them will be the new standard home viewing equipment.

The difference between the two is quite simple; while Sony’s Betamax was able to tape better considering quality, you could only film about 60 minutes. This was not even enough for a whole movie, while with the VHS you could tape up to three hours with lower quality. This means that people could watch three hours of pornographic content!

Due to Sony not being against the idea of people using their product to record porn, the final decision was easy. By the end of the 1970s, there was a number of erotic movies released, and everyone wanted to get their hands on them, which is why people bought VCRs (even if in the past they cost up to $800).

What came next?

When you look back at technology, it kind of makes you proud of humanity right? We came a long way, and we live in a world filled with constant improvement. However, if you look a bit closer, you might realize that what drove people to improve the viewing technology was nothing else but the ability to see naked women on screen.

We could easily say that the entire technological world that we are familiar with today, owes huge thanks to porn movies. As it was mentioned above, the creation of VHS was once the biggest thing, because the ability to record yourself or your favorite movie and watch it whenever you wanted, was never done before.

Printing press and porn

It is quite strange how the printing press did not see the influence the porn had on technology because many could have taken advantage of this fact. Well, one person did, and his name was Hugh Hefner. He was the iconic mind behind the ‘Playboy’ magazine that became big from its earliest release. The first issue of Playboy was published in 1953, December, and it featured the beautiful Marilyn Monroe.

Have you ever heard about the published book called ‘I Modi’ written in 1524 by Giulio Romano and Pietro Aretino? This was a book that illustrated a lot of beautiful and depicting contemporary Italian life. While we all know that Guttenberg got a lot of his popularity with the creation of the press and the printing of the Bible, for countries Pietro Arentino was the most read author in Europe, because of his erotic publishes.

Porn industry and CD/DVDs

While the VHS tapes were quite expensive, as the only way people could view porn was to film their own or go to the cinema and pay up a wealthy amount to watch it with a number of strangers. To improve the viewing technology once more, the laser discs were introduced, and essentially, they offered the same thing as the VHS tapes.

However, the price of those discs rose up to $150, and there was no improved picture quality that could encourage consumers to buy it. After that came the DVDs, that we all know today. Because of their additional content capabilities, like the ability to film from multiple angles and delete the scenes that were not important, the porn industry was able to make the production of DVDs huge.

After this, many other businesses took the opportunity to make their product bigger with the help of the porn industry. Take the Polaroid cameras for example. They became quite popular at one time, as you could easily adjust the picture settings and take nude snaps all you want. However, they were soon replaced with the digital cameras that we know today.

Selling porn movies

Even today, there are a number of best porn sites that have their own stores where you can purchase movies on DVDs together with all kinds of toys. This just shows that even if our world has been completely drowned by the online content, DVDs are still used.

The Internet

After the massive production of pornography that we could all physically purchase, came the video clips that could be viewed online. There are so many free porn clips that you can watch online today, that there is no need to purchase a porn movie in your life.

On the other hand, there are many different premium porn sites that make people go crazy, as they offer new genuine porn clips that can only be watched on that one Network. This is why, today, instead of buying DVDs and watching porn on your PC, many people just use their card and pay for them online. This way, you are not obligated to leave the comfort of your home, as you can still enjoy many different porn videos.