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Review by TheBestPorn:

82.5

TBP Review

Date: 08-22-09

Type: 2.0

Duke

+  Sizable Collection of Hustler Galleries & Videos.
+  Hustler Magazine Archives & DVD Sections.
-  Older Pictures & Videos are Average Quality.
-  No Download Files on Some Videos.

User Reviews (6)

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50*

Nick Nxn (4)

08-24-09 02:57pm

No Badges

TRUST USER? YES (3), NO (0)

Status:

Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.

Pros:

Great Content.
Some Exclusive Content.
Navigation was decent.

Cons:

Slow download speeds.
Poor customer service.
Downloads didn't work 80% of the time.

Bottom Line:

The downloads on this site were slow, and for the most part JUST DIDN'T WORK. It would take 40 minutes to download a video if I was lucky enough for it to finish. Most downloads would get to 90% and just stop. I submitted 3 complaints, but never received a response. I had the 3 month membership and managed to save a total of 26 scenes. Maybe there was something wrong with the settings on my computer, but they never bothered to help me find out. I have several other memberships and never have a problem. I was very disappointed, because if the downloads would have worked (like Videobox) I would probably still be a member.

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TrashMan (103)

01-24-09 04:57pm

TRUST USER? YES (36), NO (0)

Status:

Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).

Pros:

+Site interface has been improved over time
+Higher availability of studio movies than other studios make available on their sites (e.g. Vivid, DevilsFilm, etc.)
+Multiple formats, WMV, RM and QT (Quicktime is actually just MPG with the QT player)
+Three qualities, low, med and high (128, 384 and 768kbps)
+Videos provide download links, but...(see cons)
+Includes images sets from Hustler magazine issues, including centerfolds.
+$15/mo promo for Dvdbox, although TBP gives you this too
+Bonus Hustler3D game - based on Thrixxx's Jenna Jameson game
+Update schedule decent, but... (see cons)
+Newer movies list entire cast but...(see cons)
+Pornstar list, but...(see cons)
+List of all movies SERIES available (key word: series). They do a darn good job of adding all the movies to a certain series. Yes, they do miss one here and there, but they do a better job of SERIES completion than VideoBox or the sort.
+Movies are categorized by type as well

Cons:

-Downloads do not work with download managers
-Downloads have DRM
-They disable right-click in certain areas of the page.
-Image sets not available as ZIPs
-No updates for 2009 yet. Last movie update was Dec 26.
-A lot of the older movies do not have cast lists
-Pornstar list is just that, a list. No headshot gallery or anything, no letter-by-letter list.
-Updates page only go back a month or two at most.
-Only 14 movies added per month - compare against 150 for videobox, 180 for videosz, etc. However that number will be going down for a bit as there have been no updates for 2009 yet.
-The newer movies label the scenes with the girl names, but the majority of the content (because it was added long ago) is not labeled, rather with a generic scene title - meaning you have to stream every scene to find the one you want.
-Newer movies have HQ at 720x480, but older movies, which make up most of the content, have HQ at 320x240, same as med quality.
-No preview images for ANY movie or scene

Bottom Line:

Overall it is an OK site. I put it on the same level as Ten.com (a site I reviewed previously). It feels the same, but that is just my opinion. However Ten.com is better in the sense that they remastered their ENTIRE archive and removed DRM. It is a joke that there are still sites out there which use DRM, and Hustler is one of them.

Now, it is important to point out that the downloads are the only thing with DRM. The streams are not DRM - mind you that RM and MPG (the Quicktime option is straight up MPG) can't be DRM'd - so thats good. But what really irks me is that they are HIDING the non-DRM WMV downloads. The download links for the DRM WMV's are something like (these aren't actual links, just a generic example to make a point):
www.hustler.com/drm/movie.wmv
And if you just change the link to
www.hustler.com/wmv/movie.wmv
you get the non-DRM WMV.

I can't stand when sites blatantly hide content from the users. DRM is an abomination, and porn sites which used to use it have removed it (e.g. VideosZ, Ten.com, etc.). Hustler continues to use it while hiding the real goods without DRM. So where you have sites like Ten.com which went out of their way to remaster their content and remove the DRM, Hustler does not have to do any work but make their non-DRM content available to users. Just takes a few clicks of the mouse, no extra encoding (or de-DRM'ing) required.
I was ready to give this site an 80, but I docked 10 points for the DRM and for hiding the non-DRM content.

Some of the other major rating decreases come from:
*Lack of update history - yes, you can see the last 1-2 months of updates but if you don't visit the site for more than 2 months you are shit outta luck.
*The older movies, which make up the majority of the content, have no cast list, do not label the scenes with the girl names, and have no preview images (no movies have preview images for that matter), so you have to use other sites like IAFD to determine what movie and what scene you are looking for. This is unacceptable for a DVD site.
*Image sets not available as ZIPs.

The regular price is $35/mo, but the TBP price is $20/mo. $20 is still rather expensive, especially for a site continuing to use DRM. Must miss? Eh, no other site leases Hustler content, so in essence, no. Just be aware of what you are getting when you sign up...DRM'd, low quality downloads.

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Denner (200)

10-09-07 01:39pm

TRUST USER? YES (60), NO (0)

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Review is over 2 years old and no longer counts toward score.

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DigglerFL (16)

06-23-07 10:21am

TRUST USER? YES (18), NO (1)

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Review is over 2 years old and no longer counts toward score.

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exotics4me (361)

05-20-07 10:26am

TRUST USER? YES (66), NO (0)

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Review is over 2 years old and no longer counts toward score.

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Woodruff (37)

03-14-07 06:35pm

TRUST USER? YES (25), NO (0)

Status:

Review is over 2 years old and no longer counts toward score.

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*Newbie reviews and ratings don't count toward a site's overall score/rank until the user reaches the Rookie status level (5 points). This rule is needed to help prevent fake (or heavily biased) profiles and reviews.

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rearadmiral (20)	12-10-09 04:39pm
	TRUST USER? YES (25), NO (0)

A slightly different perspective

I figured that I wouldn’t do a full review since there have been a couple recently and I’m in agreement with most of what the reviewers say.

First off is a really general opinion of the site. I was glad to get access to such a large portion of the Hustler catalogue. Three cheers to Larry for that. But I was mostly disappointed with the site. There are a few little things that I can point to that I didn’t like, but overall it was a just a feeling that the site could – and should – be so much better.

I don’t get this. If I had the resources that Hustler has, I’d make the best damned porn site on the ‘net. It’d be easy to access and navigate through, and I’d have multiple options for streaming and downloading that would push the industry standard. I figure that of all the old ‘mainstream’ print empires, Hustler would be the most likely to try this. Playboy wouldn’t, because they have no hardcore to offer. Penthouse – well Penthouse tried to be everything to everyone and became nothing to nobody. But Larry Flynt seemed to get video early.

The Hustler website, however, seems to have something about it that I can’t quite describe. It’s like it was born of an order from Larry who said “This internet thing seems to be catching on a bit with the young people. But it’s just a flash in the pan and people will abandon it soon and come back to magazines. Get in and get some of that internet business but don’t go overboard because it’ll die.” That’s the sense I get about the site. It’s a kind of malaise. The kind that plagued North American car manufacturers for so long. You know – when you bought a Big 3 car and got a sense that some engineer said on a Friday afternoon, “It’s good enough. Let’s go home.”

There are little things. For one thing, the stuff that was posted years ago has never been updated. Those files still have crappy resolution and come in multiple parts. The best resolutions available don’t appear often and even those would barely meet the standards of many other websites. The search function for the talent didn’t work. I tried it several times throughout my membership and it never worked right at all. And for those of us who download, in many cases the highest quality download was much less than the highest quality stream.

Bottom line for me is this site is definitely worth a membership to get access to Hustler’s stuff, but it could have been so much better. Picture it’s 1976 and Larry Flynt brings out the Vega. It has an engine that’ll blow up in 20K miles, a three-speed manual tranny, and bias-ply tires. Kink.com is Honda, sneaking in with a little product called the Civic that has more technology in it’s radio than the entire Vega. The Vega was a decent little car, but for a lot of people, good enough ain’t good enough.

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dracken (107)	10-20-09 03:20pm
	TRUST USER? YES (29), NO (1)

Quick opinion

Many people have already pointed out the good stuff and the bad so I won't do a review, just go over the stuff that I encounter and thus add my 2 cents...

-not enough photos
-sometimes frustrating to navigate
-some videos cannot be downloaded

-DRM is not in effect anymore. See reply #1 from webmaster
-a pretty decent price
-a lot of interesting videos such as the This ain't series (this ain't star trek, this ain't happy days, etc.)
-a lot of pron that clearly has a large-ish budget behind it. Quality stuff all and all, but the DRM is frustrating...

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Drooler (192)	09-24-09 03:03am
	TRUST USER? YES (68), NO (0)

Pics? No. Vids? Yes, but ...

First off, as a pic fiend, I was pretty disappointed. The galleries are usually really small, ranging generally between 10-20 pics, and there are no zips. So, aha, I finally got it: It's a video site.

There are a lot of videos. And there are a lot of theme-based Hustler "sites" you can access from the main one. The themes are things like college girls, anal, "cum crazy," milfs, etc. Vids that show up on one may appear on another as well. You could see this either as an annoyance or a convenience.

There's a lot of variation in terms of what you can access and how quickly. Some vids were "1200" (864x480 wmv), some were only up to "768" (720x480). Some had smaller dimensions than that. And sometimes, they were streaming only.

I like to preview vids online and click ahead through scenes before I decide to download. With some of them, it was a snap, but not with others, which I just downloaded before viewing.

Some downloads took under 5 minutes. Others took quite a bit longer.

For the price of $20, it's not at all a bad site, but it's not great, either. I'd joined years ago and just hated it then, but it's definitely more user-friendly than it had been.

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lk2fireone (42)	06-14-09 06:29pm
	TRUST USER? YES (45), NO (1)

What are the number of video updates at Hustler for 2009?

I would like to hear from someone at Hustler that can indicate in a clear and specific way
what the number of latest updates have been made in 2009 and what is the normal update sequence.

Also, some of the latest movies are only steaming. I would like to know why some are only streaming and some are not.

Thank you,
Bruce
...........................................................

(Note to PU staff: Please credit this comment to bruce987. He made a reply to an earlier comment of mine, lk2fireone, but should have submitted it as a new comment, instead of submitting it as a reply to an older comment.)

If you want to read the reasoning behind this comment, you can read my comment with replies at:
http://www.pornusers.com/replies_view.html?id=34310

Comment titled: What is fair score for Hustler? DRM at Hustler?

Specifically, see replies #3, #4, and #5.

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lk2fireone (42)	04-27-09 09:13am
	TRUST USER? YES (45), NO (1)

What is fair score for Hustler? DRM at Hustler?

The current PU score for Hustler is 72.9, the TBP score is 82.6. That is a big difference, One reason might be that the TBP score was given Nov 4, 2006. The PU scores are from more recent reviews. Actually, if TBP was following PU rules for scoring, Husler would have no TBP score, because the reviews would have expired, and the scores based on those reviews would have expired as well.

A second reason for the difference in scores is that PU members mainly have an aversion to DRM.

Hustler videos were until recently DRM protected. That would have lowered the score massively for many PU members, or they would have avoided the site altogether.

bruce987 writes in a comment dated 04-26-09 that Hustler has removed DRM 3 months or more earlier.

But TrashMan writes in a review dated 01-24-09 that "Downloads have DRM".

james4096 in comment dated 04-22-09 writes, "It does seem like they have removed DRM on their wmv videos....but the video quality still stinks in most videos."

Webmaster reply 02-28-09, "we removed all DRM protection a couple weeks ago".

So DRM should not be at Hustler any longer.

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bruce987 (1)	04-26-09 08:19pm
No Badges	TRUST USER? YES (2), NO (0)

Much Improved Site

I joined this site about two years ago and didn't like the streaming video quality, small screen and the fact that they had DRM. Three months ago, I joined again because Hustler emailed me directly after requesting the DRM status. I'm glad to report I can still view all the movies I downloaded. The Hustler site also gives you access to about 80 plus Barley Legal DVD's with about three or four movies on each one. Of course, there are many Hustler titles and I'm still enjoying them. The quality varies and the new ones are better quality. The DVD's are the best quality, which they sell but the downloaded movies are fine. After one month membership, I had plenty of movies and will wait till next year to renew my membership. So, fear not, DRM is dead for all there movies. Oh, one more thing. About 5% of the newer movies are just streaming. Not sure if they can be viewed at some point but there was no download options. Overall, much better site and it's about time!

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james4096 (110)	04-22-09 03:55pm
	TRUST USER? YES (37), NO (0)

No more DRM

It does seem like they have removed DRM on their wmv videos. I have not encountered any DRM so far, but the video quality still stinks in most videos.

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TrashMan (103)	02-27-09 10:52pm
	TRUST USER? YES (36), NO (0)

New beta site

New beta site offers more download options and one new bitrate quality (1200kbps) over the original three (768, 384 and 128kbps). However, the majority of movies still only available in 320x240 resolution (even for the 1200kbps quality).
Those that are available in 480p have resolutions of 720x480, which sucks for movies that are not widescreen by nature - the video ends up looking stretched.

Then of course the Windows Media downloads are DRM protected. The WM streams are not...what a joke. Thank god for stream recorders.

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Wittyguy (67)	01-22-09 01:16pm
	TRUST USER? YES (46), NO (0)

DRM Discontinued?

I saw a posting on another site that Hustler has stopped using DRM on its videos. I can't confirm this but if it's true that is good news and yet another sign that companies are starting to realize that DRM can't stop people from downloading and that it chases potential customers away.

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