Both. I get turned on by them and I like trying to get new ideas for new things to do. We also love seeing the different camera shots to give us ideas on how to video ourselves.
It's a turn on... I like the background noises when we have sex. As far as getting "ideas"... I think there's like 3 things they do in every porn and it's always the same so there aren't many new ideas to get from them.
I do get turned on a bit, but porn doesn't do it for me as much as erotic stories. I get turned on by the real factor, and I can more easily put myself in the situation of a story. Porn usually seems too fake to me.
I watch porn to augment masturbation and some porn turns my wife on, so we can watch while "heavy petting" as early foreplay. But, we both tend to want the sound turned off because the noise of porn acting is usually a turn off. The right amateur stuff, with real spontaneous sounds, and real orgasmic spasms captured can be quite arousing. But too much amateur stuff is amateurs trying to mimic porn, including the irritating sounds.
Personally, I just use it to get my rocks off. Sure, if something looks good then it'll go in my 'to try' list, but mainly I know a lot of the stuff they do.
Porn is usually not super-arousing to me. I have one or two fetishes where porn of them turns me on, and occasionally if I'm masturbating alone I'll watch some for extra arousal. Somehow unless porn is one of those, it's pretty much a neutral experience for me*, and I'm doing much more learning than heavy breathing. Erotica, on the other hand, almost anything can turn me on...
*Not entirely sure why, those two are definitely not my only kinks.
Both really. I am more like a guy in that I am pretty visual when it comes to sexual things. Also, I sometimes get ideas for either actual acts or fantasies from some porn.
I think it's good clean fun.
I used to be "offended" by it. Brainwashed by 2nd Wave... OK, I'll shut up now. I learned to listen to my own body and mind, not some dried up old man hating... OK I'll shut up now.
As long as it's legal and consensual, I have no problem with it and we enjoy it a lot.
So many movies are just not very good that sometimes it's bit hard to be turned on by some, but usually that is what I (we) are going for. Definitely do get some ideas from them.