Hopefully someone here is on the DDF Network and can check on something for me. TBP lists 78 videos online but then Maggie goes on to say that there are (were?) only 17 videos. Obviously there was some sort of reorganization at some point but it's got me wondering if they're even updating. Can anyone help here?
Sometimes it pays to read the fine print. Nosing around the site, I saw something that really caught my eye:
"OUR EASY CANCEL GUARANTEE
Choose a rebilling subscription with the confidence that if you forget to cancel, we will refund your rebill charge if you let us know within 7 days, and haven't used your account since the rebill."
I can't say I've ever seen that offer anywhere else. More sites should do this! I'm sure more than one of us has forgotten a subscription and let it roll over when we really didn't mean to. It would have been nice to have this option.
But... I'm laughing because my love/hate relationship still stands with this site. I've often said that my life is a series of contradictions, a lot like my screen name. This site is no exception. I just reread some of the expired reviews and it never ceases to amaze me how good content can be accompanied by an attitude that says you can't have the least bit of criticism about it without being told how wrong you are. Still a good join - just keep your mouth shut! LOL
I think it might do well for your site to familiarize yourself with PornUsers before you send your subscribers on what you call a "mission". We're always looking to expand the membership here and getting new opinions of different sites is always welcome. But sending groups of people here who jot down a few glowing words and leave perfect scores isn't what we do here.
This one seemed to come out of the blue. I haven't joined any ATK sites for years and don't recall getting any offers from them in the past. But there's now a $12.99 a month offer sitting in my inbox. So, if you've ever considered joining this one, check your inbox and spam.
It's been almost a year since the last review. I'm curious if someone can comment on what was (is?) one of the biggest complaints about the content on the site, namely the long videos saving the skin for the last few minutes. I keep thinking about giving the site another shot but really don't to wind up feeling like I wasted my money. Anyone been here recently?
I've been mulling over this site for a long time now. The two expired reviews on here say it's a no go - especially if mbaya's saying that you can only download 3 videos still stands. Anybody have any updates?
I also can't figure out what the TBP note means by saying that "3 videos are full length in lower format; others are clips in higher format". I don't know... maybe my reading comprehension is slipping...
I don't know why but it kind of surprised me when I found out that this site was part of the same company that runs Mature.nl and a bunch of others. $50+ for a month? For that price Granny should bring one of her young lovers to my house and perform live.
Reading PinkPanther's comment about the search function on Videobox immediately made me think about searches on this site. As an example, searching for "lesbian" brings up scenes with guys in 'em. Searching "lesbian" by keyword search and clicking on the lesbian tag brings up a different number of results. Another surprise was stumbling onto episodes from series that don't come up when keyword searching one of the words in the name of the series.
It's cheap enough to join for a month, but you might find yourself doing a lot of page hopping to find what you're looking for.
I just got an email offering half off for former members.
$4.90 silver and $7.40 gold, which amounts to regular resolution and hi-res files. Gold access also gets extended archives and mobile access.
The big question is, has anyone been on the site since the last review on here? The last time I was signed up, their highest resolution wasn't "all that". I've looked through the site, trying to get details on the video quality and can't find anything. I'd like to know if they've brought things up to par. (Yeah - I'm being cheap - I don't want to waste a whole $7.40 to find out)
When you agree to the terms of use as stated, the last thing you want are surprises.
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Access blocked: EXCESS BANDWIDTH USE
BANNED FOR 5 HOURS.
If you have been downloading a lot today, you probably exceeded your daily bandwith [sic] usage limit. Come back tomorrow..
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Yes, I somewhat reluctantly understand the need for limits. But tell me up front that there are limits!
My review of the site should be up in a week or so.
Just a note to make it stand out from my review, there have been price changes here. There's now a 10-day trial at $16.95 that renews at $9.95 a month until canceled. The regular price is now $29.95 and also renews at $9.95.
...until I saw the TBP review that said the 720x576 videos are taken down after a few weeks, leaving only 352x288 vids available. Had I not checked on TBP, I would've been pretty disappointed being left with only the lower resolution option. To me, 720x576 is marginally acceptable these days.
An anonymous error report saying that there are no full-length scenes is also a concern.
Since I'm currently on the site, I was going to do a review until I saw exotic's exceptional wrap up. Instead of mirroring just about everything he said, I'll just add a couple of things as I see 'em.
I agree with everything he said except about the video quality. With maybe a few exceptions, where the camera work is less than ideal, you have to go back to somewhere to late 2009 to get to the lower quality, lower resolution video. Even if you want to avoid the older stuff, that means there's still enough higher resolution material to make a sign-up worthwhile. I'm more than happy with the picture quality of the 1280 resolution mp4s that I download, even on a 40 inch monitor.
The picture quality is another story. I get the feeling that there's very little reviewing of pictures before they're put online. Even in the newer sets, there are more than enough out of focus shots and oddities like what I'd call "mid-blink facial contortions" to make this a disappointment to picture fans.
The biggest complaint I have about this site has to do with the updates. It's a masturbation site and that's what I expect to see when I sign up. As an example, the updates from January 3rd to the 6th were, in order, a non-nude interview, a text biography, a 35-second face only clip, and a 9-picture non-nude picture set. Looking back through December's updates, there were 11 that were either interviews or biographies. That's a third of a month's membership.
OK - Even though I'm not a fan of non-nude content, I can accept that there are people who can appreciate interviews. But, the biographies? Yeah, some of the stuff the women put up was interesting, and I was positively thrilled to find out how many models had barely intelligible handwriting and couldn't spell worth a damn. "The vibrator is the best, it is a way better organism." But, on every other site with personal information like that, it's either a link on a model's page or printed directly on her page. I just don't see nineteen questions spread out over four pages qualifying as update material.
It's still all about the amateurs to me, so I still like the site, despite the shortcomings. I'd rate it in the high 80s. The piercings and tattoos aren't TOO overbearing, and silicone is rare here. I just wish I could get more out of a month's membership. The bios and interviews just mean I have to wait a little while longer to sign up again as the REAL content builds up.
Obviously, it's been a while since my review, so here are a few updates.
On the plus side:
The number of models has increased nicely (250+), along with it, the addition of different age and body type models. There are also a few ethnics now appearing on the site.
Picture viewing preference can now be set globally.
Custom zip files for pictures in 3 resolutions.
On the negative side:
I have to agree with a lot of the comments that have been left on here and on the site - weird camera angles, focus and lighting issues are far too common in a lot of the picture sets. Two recurring themes that bother me personally are the models pulling on their pubic hair throughout the set and similarly having to touch themselves or keep their hands near their crotch.
With the video, I've seen a considerable amount of scenes where the camera is constantly moving, almost in (for lack of a better phrase) an amateur-with-their-first-camera fashion.
I'm still an amateur fan and definitely old school - I like my women natural and I still like the site. Fortunately, Basil is one of the most attentive webmasters I've encountered and I have no doubt that anything that can be done to appeal to more people will be taken care of.
I'm back on this site for a third time and notice they've dug into their archives and are releasing old, previously unreleased scenes from their early days. The quality isn't HD because of the age, but, as I'm ever the amateur fan, I really like the "nameless faces".
The new stuff is as good as ever. Creampie fans, especially if they haven't been here before, really should check this site out.
OK - I run an older version of Firefox and I'm used to dealing with some loss of functionality like this. Every page - even when returning to a previously loaded page or opening a single picture - gives me this popup:
A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.
So... I go to my "speed browser", Opera 10, and I see that it's still taking way too long for all the elements to load. That's annoying enough. But add to that their download speeds. Under 600kbps with a download manager?
This has got to be one of my most regrettable signups. To see any appreciable amount of this site, I'll have to dedicate way too much time to it.
After reading all the great reviews, I joined the site and I have to say that I don't agree with the comments regarding the picture quality. I'm seeing way too much field of focus blurring - especially on closeups. I can't put a percentage on the number of sets affected by it, but it really surprised me how many times I thought to myself, "Now why is THAT blurry?"
People who've joined AW in the past might want to check their inbox and spam folder for a special offer from the site. Returning members get 2 weeks free and 10% on a re-up.
I went to join this site just now and noticed there's no encryption on the page where you enter your desired nick, password and email address OR the page where you enter your credit card information. That's on both Firefox 2 and Opera 10. I can hesistantly forgive the lack of encryption for the nick/password/email page, but not where you're entering credit card information.
I won't change my score for the site because I still think they're good at what they do, and the site is still relatively new, but video fans might be somewhat disappointed here. It's two updates a day, but an average of every fifth or sixth one (sometimes more) is a video, some of which are non-nude interviews.
Looks like this will be my next join. The navigation looks like it'll be easy to get around the site. The video quality of the flash video previews alone look good enough to make me think this'll be a winner. A review will be forthcoming, of course.
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