Sony has done its usual proprietary thing with the PSP but Sajeeth Cherian has developed PSP Video 9 so you can convert MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI etc to PSP format and synch it with your PC. Wired News says "this, of course, is a wet dream for porn fans. Once you get your porn on the PSP, delete it from your hard drive, and you can enjoy your porn in private while keeping the family computer freed up for other things. Like games."
But that's not all. Like blogging and audioblogging (or podcasting), PSPcasting offers a platform for creating and distributing video, not just downloading and viewing it.
With PSPcasting, enterprising actors, models, escorts or other adult talent could market their services in a big way if the PSP becomes the iPod of portable video. (And it might, if Apple continues to be so reluctant to make the iPod the iPod of portable video).
All it would take is a regular video stream available through BitTorrent, maybe two or three minutes long, à la Danni Ashe's virtual lap dances. Performers could let their personality shine through, help viewers get to know them, flash their URL a few times. It's entertaining for the viewer, profitable for the performer when it results in future business, and it's a way to reach a new audience -- one with money to burn. Hey, they bought mobile entertainment devices, didn't they?
The author of the piece, Regina Lynn, is Wired News's Sex Drive columnist.
