Perhaps, when it comes to things like wrinkles, cellulite, genital warts, scarring, etc... there is such a thing as
too high-res? ;-)
Joking aside, I think it has less to do with porn being ill-suited for high resolution viewing, and more to do with the notion of "good enough technology." Wired ran a
pretty solid piece on this consumer mindset a couple years back.
Here's one of the crucial points made in the article. (The person being quoted in this paragraph is Clay Shirky, a of new media studies professor at NYU.)
Quote:
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"There comes a point at which improving upon the thing that was important in the past is a bad move," Shirky said in a recent interview. "It's actually feeding competitive advantage to outsiders by not recognizing the value of other qualities." In other words, companies that focus on traditional measures of quality?fidelity, resolution, features?can become myopic and fail to address other, now essential attributes like convenience and shareability. And that means someone else can come along and drink their milk shake.
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It's worth taking a few minutes to read the full article.