: In 1986, roughly 77% of video stores carried adult content. For retailers, these guides were indispensable for navigating a flood of thousands of new titles that were much cheaper to produce than the film-based predecessors.
By the mid-1980s, the "Golden Age of Porn" was concluding, replaced by the "Video Age". The 1986-87 period was particularly significant due to several factors: Adult Video News Buyer’s Guide 1986-87
: This guide immediately preceded the landmark 1987 case California v. Freeman , which effectively legalized hardcore pornography production in the United States, leading to even further commercialization. Key Features of the Guide : In 1986, roughly 77% of video stores carried adult content
: The adult industry played a pivotal role in the "format war," favoring VHS over Betamax because of its longer recording times, which allowed full-length features to fit on a single tape. The 1986-87 period was particularly significant due to