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.
I got a "we want you back" email and an offer for $15 a month and I took the plunge. Nothing's changed since my review - it's still haphazard as hell. BUT - if you've been here before, and you liked the site, check your email - you might have the chance to go back in on the cheap.
Joined up again and I see that they now have a bandwidth counter/warning.
"BANDWIDTH WARNING
You have reached xx% of the daily download limit. Fair use of the site permits 6GB of data per day as stated in the Terms of Use. When this limit is reached, you'll be unable to watch or download videos until tomorrow."
After you reach the limit, you see this:
"DOWNLOAD LIMIT REACHED
You have used more than 6GB of data today and reached the daily limit. Your usage will be reset in x hours x minutes and you will be able to view or download more videos."
I'm not thrilled with the limit, but it's nice to have something to monitor the usage and tell you when you can resume viewing and downloading.
The site rep says she looks at this site everyday, so this should get her attention.*
I joined this site a few years back and enjoyed what I saw - except for the fact that I had to play with video editting to join clips together. In this day and age, I think that's just too old school. So, assuming the information on TBP is up to date and they're not already online, I hope ATK is considering putting full-length video up.
*Comment editted to correct my gender gaffe. Thanks Capn for pointing that out. : - )
I just ran through a couple of pages and it seems they're back on track with some "departures from the run-of-the-mill gonzo". A good mix of amateur and what they call pro-amateur stuff going up.
But, I cleared out my cookies and I'm still not seeing the discount advertised on TBP
jimmy71 just added a security concern to the nice l-o-n-g list of concerns about this site/network, and I started wondering if anyone else gets as much of a kick out of the comments as I do.
I'll keep the rant to a minimum this time by just repeating my Brazzer's mantra - "Just say NO!"
I was just browsing Videobox and all I saw were a bunch of gonzo flicks. The fetish niches remain virtually unchanged. I certainly wouldn't give it the 97 I gave it 3 years ago. I wonder if the drop in price is a reflection of more people tired of the same ol' crap and their losing signups.
They oughta rename it to GonzoBox.
I just signed up and was happily surprised to see that they dropped the price to something more reasonable. It's now $24.80 for a one one month subscription. A review will follow after I check things out.
Browsing around, I was looking at the reviews and comments here and noticed that Shap said their email system sends email to current and inactive members. Does that mean this is another site you can never get away from? It took me over 2 years to get Bang Bros to stop emailing me, even after clicking their unsubscribe link at least a dozen times. I don't relish the idea of signing up for another site like that - especially if they're sending email with subject lines like HEY! FORMER MEMBER! WE MISS YOU! A little discretion is a good thing.
If I get past that hurdle, can someone give me an idea of how many natural models they have on the site? From what I've seen of the site, my aversion to siliconed tits might make this a site to pass up.
Most of the reviews here seem to lean towards the picture side of things. So I'm curious...
Just how split up are the videos here? Are the clips readily joined, or do they have a fade in/fade out or, worse yet, something like a logo or 2257 splash screen between the clips? Also, any updates on the resolutions stated in the TBP review?
OR
Am I just looking at a site that should be considered photos first and the videos a kind of sideline?
These are quotes from another forum I'm on, all from the last couple of weeks.
"the vids are boring - girls just talk and sit down and start masturbating."
"I have to agree with everything that's been said here. The girls aren't as cute as they used to be and the nudity in a lot of sets is minimal. And suggestions for improvement always fell on deaf ears. They won't be getting another membership from me."
"i was a longstanding member awhile back and wish it would return to its roots. "
"here is another example of why AW is getting so bad...they had a recent model rebekah, very cute (doesnt happen that much anymore) and no nudity until last 2 minutes and its not much... what is this sites problem????"
"They seem to have fallen into a rut and lost their creativity."
"they did it again...new vid with Cate a very cute girl (nice to see) and during her vid she just sits on her ass for the whole video...cant really see her really nice body...they really need to understand what people want in the vids (i guess they feel intellectual conversation is what guys want - they have no clue)... have the girl get up and do something interesting (its a video)"
So it's not just us, here on Pornusers, who see that this site is in a serious decline. Please, SueAnn (or whomever might respond to this), tell us what's really going on at AW!
I'm sitting on their home page and can't see some of the pictures, so my first question is if anyone knows if there are browser specifications to view this site. I can't find anything on their site about it.
The second issue is with watermark size. One thing I've never agreed with in TBP reviews is their definition of what a medium sized watermark looks like. If I ever saw a site they listed as having large watermarks on their videos or pictures, that'd be a definite "no way" here. I know this is all subjective, but can anyone give me an idea of just how big the medium size is on this site?
With no reviews here, or on TBP, I'm wondering if this is just an overlooked site or one of those sites that didn't even warrant a review. I'm not too keen on independent billing from lesser known sites so I haven't jumped in. Is there anyone out there who can provide even some dated details about this site? Number of videos, resolution, updates...?
But I did notice that TBP lists the free trial as recurring at $26.95. The site shows it goes to $16.95.
I suddenly find myself unable to login in on either Firefox or Internet Explorer. Wondering if anyone else happens to be a member right now and having the same problem. They've been very prompt in replying to my email, but are saying that they've tried my reset password and user name on Firefox and Safri and they both work. This sucks!
One thing I've always liked about SkinVideo is that you can check out what all's been added to the site and that the previews are animated gifs. That always seemed a little better to me than a thumbnail and a 10-15 word description. But, as I just came from a run through of about the last 10 pages of new stuff, all I'm seeing is what might be called run-of-the-mill teen porn. Other than tranny and gay scenes, there doesn't seem to be a lot of fetish material going up on the site. That's a shame - this has always been a site I fall back on when everything else has gotten boring. If this keeps up, I might have to actually turn of the computer for a while - and that would suck!
That's what the home page says - "Perfect tits in HD". And just about all the models on the page look like they've had a pound too much silicone stuffed into their chests. Who's idea of perfection is this? And, if that's what's on the home page, how many scars do we get to see on the rest of the site?
I'm not one to put my email on any site just to get a free trial, so maybe someone who's been there can tell us what's what here. Anything natural to look at?
With what I'll call the down slide of AbbyWinters, it seems I'm down to two staples - IFeelMyself and AllOver30.
Since it doesn't make too much sense to me to keep reviewing the same sites over and over, I guess I'll be sticking to comments when I see something noteworthy on those sites.
On May 7th of this year, IFM rolled out some really nice crystal clear mp4 files. Starting with the hi-res files, they've changed the page layout slightly so you no longer have to set your media preference for the file type you want. Each preview picture has all the download options available right below it - 1280 resolution mp4 (If available), 640 resolution mp4 and wmv, and lower res wmv and m4v files. I don't know the specifics for the lower res files as I've never downloaded them.
There is one curiosity with the new files though. I don't know if it's just because the hi-def is relatively new on the site, but some of the files they have tagged as HD have mp4 files that are no higher resolution than the 640 wmv files. And some of the videos still aren't available in HD mp4 yet. It remains to be seen if this is just their running out material they had already shot, or if the truly HD files are going to hit or miss from now on.
I have a love/hate relationship going here. The content's great. Some of the responses their reps have left on here leave something to be desired. Telling someone it's none of your business why they've done something they've done or that the download limit "only bothers people who are sucking the site dry" is just the kind of thing that reminds me that porn is a business, nothing more. So it seems these days - Buy my product, take what you get.
I'd joined this site twice - the last time right around when the TPB review was updated and I'm curious how they came up with no watermarks on the videos. And, while I'm here and thinking this might be my next join, I'd also like to know if there've been any major changes since Goldfish's last review. Number of videos, resolution and bitrates, etc...
Okay - I've heard things about GOW like messmer's "Abby's with spice before, and I'm definitely all about amateurs, so I'm pretty sure this is going to be my next signup. But I am curious about a few things.
I didn't see any mention of a download limit here and couldn't find anything on their tour about it, so... is there one?
What's the watermark look like? Is this one of those sites that likes to scream "This is ours!"?
Is it safe to assume it's download manager compatible? Along with that, what are the server speeds like?
TBP indicates that there are no full-length videos, so I'm curious how the scenes are broken up and what the average file sizes are.
This kind of mirrors dingle's review of the site but, as I just clicked the cancel rebills link and directed Abby's crew to come here to see why I'm not re-upping, I wanted to make it easier for them to see this. It assumes they'll make the effort and I hope they'll respond.
I just watched the lastest video - a 321 meg file, 20:25 running time and, yet again, it was over 16 1/2 minutes of the model talking away before she started to undress. This trend almost has me wondering if AW is heading towrds becoming a non-nude site. Okay.. maybe that's a stretch. But what they're doing now is not something I'd ever knowingly sign up for. The same goes for the picture sets. The matching picture set to the above video was just as bothersome. 236 pictures with the first HINT of nudity at pic #135.
So what's the standard now? Picture sets that are 2/3rd's clothed? Picture and video resolutions that look upscaled - especially the outdoor shots? And who decided that a good porn site should include such yawn inspiring videos such as a girl prattling on about what a lazy day she had?
I never thought I'd have any feeling like this for a porn site, but I have to say I was a bit sad to see this one go down like it did. This used to be one of the few sites I'd actually let rebill. Not this time. Again - what a disappointment.
Nope - I can't stay away from this one. But I always try to go back after the content has built up. Since there's a 3 gig download limit, I'm trying to calculate the best time to rejoin, so I'm curious if anyone currently with the site can tell me the average file size of the new HD files. I'm most interested in the wmv files.
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