We remember when our parents caught us "flipping past" the Playboy channel as a kid. Embarrassing for us, probably more so for them. Well, if they'd had their own porn cable box that they could have unplugged, it wouldn't have been a problem. But that was the 80's and this is 2008 and such gadgets actually do exist.

Debuting at the "adult part" of the Consumer Electronics show this week is the Fyre:

Miami-based entrepreneur Estefano Isaias is using the adult expo to debut Fyre, which he is billing as the first set-top box to deliver DVD-quality adult movies on demand to home televisions. The Fyre simply has to be plugged into an Ethernet port in a broadband connection. Another plug goes into the TV, and voila.

If it's not your thing, consider at least the technical achievement. A mainstream service from Vudu Inc., which works in a similar way as Fyre, has about 5,000 movies available. Fyre has 20,000 and is still expanding.

The Fyre box (in beta now, officially debuting in April) will be free but require a subscription plan ranging from $10 to $100 a month. Fyre shares revenue with the adult film studios that supply the videos, which are protected from copying by "digital rights management" technology.

Subscription service or no, some wily kids are going to use this to get around the Internet porn block their parents put on the family computer.

"Honey, you got a box in the mail, what is it?"

"Thanks, Mom. That's just my Proactiv. You can throw it in my room."

[AP: Porn Gets Its Own Home Set-Top Box]