Fyre TV: The Future Of Porn In Your Living Room

People used to complain that the VCR killed theaters and then DVDs killed the VCR and now they complain that the internet will kill everything. Oh, that's still going to happen, but maybe not in the way you think. Because someday soon the internet is going to make love to your TV and together they're going to use little "set top" boxes and IPTV to make your computer and your DVD player obsolete. We've spent that last couple of months playing with one of those little boxes, Fyre TV, and we have to say that the future of porn looks pretty cool. Take a tour below.

The basic concept behind Fyre TV is that the second you hook up the little black box, your porn collection becomes an afterthought. It gives you online access to thousands of movies and scenes that are streamed directly to your TV over the internet. No hard drives or discs needed.

You can scroll through this huge library of smut, by title, genre (mature, anal, lesbian, etc.) or studio, or you can search for your favorite stars and watch all their scenes at once.

You can watch scene-by-scene or entire movies and even though it's streaming video, you can pause, rewind and fast forward like you're watching an actual DVD. If you've never used an IPTV box before, the picture quality is surprising good for something that only exists on your modem wires.

Fyre TV is still in beta testing, so many of the features that are envisioned for the future have yet to be enabled. They plan to charge customers in several different ways depending on their usage--a la carte, per minute, or with unlimited monthly subscriptions. They've already made deals with several big studios to make their collections available through the service and are adding more on a regular basis.

Perhaps the best part of this service is that the box itself is small and black with no labels or markings of any kind and fits right in on any entertainment center. (It's even more innocuous than it looks in the picture above.) Unlike your complete collection of "Barely Legal" discs, it can sit right out in the open and--even when Grandma comes for a visit--no one has to be the wiser. It can also be password protected.

The future of true internet television is a long way off, but if Fyre TV is any indication, things look very promising. The system and technology itself is still in the early stages and nowhere near where its potential lies, but an entire library of porn that's constantly updated and always ready to play, all in one tiny little box, is a pretty enticing idea. If only the future, would get here already.

P.S. Fyre TV is still in beta, but you can sign up for a chance to be a test subject and get a box in your own home now. Our readers can use the code "fleshbot" when they register and get priority for boxes when they become available.

· Fyre TV (fyretv.com)