Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
navigation setup
frequency of updates
system to favorite certain stars / scenes
Cons:
content feels outdated / old
much of updated content is old movies / DVD's
much of updated content is from studios I personally don't care for
Bottom Line:
Bottom line is that VideosZ and Xmovies are pretty much the same and I thought updated content was of higher quality. I'm not just talking about the actual video quality, but the content of the videos. For the month I was a member they kept updating from the same lame supposed amateur series.
I think trying to be too broad and fill too many niches waters the whole thing down
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Updated:
06-29-1104:18pm (Update History) Reason: Speed is generally much better than first experienced. And the longer I am with this site the more I discover its depth and how much I like it!
Pros:
+ 7250 DVDs, 62000 Videos (Scenes).
+ 1080p HD Videos (251 at present).
+ 59 Extra Sites.
+ Good Navigation.
+ Speed is good for me most of the time but tends to fluctuate.
+ Zipped Picture sets.
Cons:
- Very unfriendly when it comes to my Firefox DTA, speed tends to be blazing at around 4MB/s but will shut down every 20 seconds or so and report a server error until I click on resume.
This forces me to stay with the download all the way. Downloads are fine with the ordinary Browser Downloader. At first I experienced much slower speeds but this must have been a fluke because now they do approach my maximum speed.
- Many videos are only available in avi, or mpg format but wmv is also available, except for the HD content which is in mp4.
- Talking about HD, I think most people would not even be aware that there is such a thing. I stumbled across them by hitting the "advanced search" link and seeing 1080p HD listed right beside the small window listing "videos" on the new page.
- Had to sign back into the site twice in the space of an hour.
Bottom Line:
I like this site. It has plenty of good stuff, some of it previously unseen by me and that's unusual for what is primarily a DVD (Video) site. Especially a site so closely related to Videosz.
HD videos are of nice quality!
Their ordinary videos are not bad but could stand an upgrade. By comparison to other DVD sites and this, strangely enough, includes Videosz, they don't appear to be quite as sharp and clear.
But I am only a couple of days into my subscription so maybe I have just looked at the wrong videos so far.
It requires a bit of time to get used to the basic lay-out of the site but what's wrong with clicking a few buttons to see what's behind them.
Picture sets are generally small and taken from the beginning of a video shoot. They are, however downloadable in High Resolution at 1600x1200p size. In other words better than the general vidcaps.
All in all a good subscription at a fair price through TBP. Recommended.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- When you join through TBP/PU you get full access to the entire site
- Huge archive of material
- Large volume of DVD porn
- Large volume of semi-exclusive stuff
- A lot less overlap with other DVD sites that you might expect
- Wide range of genres covered
- Decent collection of 1990s porn
- Good download speeds (not extremely fast, but slightly better than average)
- Excellent customer service
- new scenes added daily
Cons:
- Navigation can be confusing
- Search function doesn’t work well
- Many DVD scenes are listed under a created title that can be confusing (instead of listing it as Taylor Rain in Taylor Rain Gets Fucked in the Ass Volume 74, the scene might be listed as “hot teen brunette fucked in the ass.)
- Download limit of 100 files per day (which for most people isn’t too bad, but some of the older scenes are broken down into smaller files so that might cause more of a problem
- No HD options on even the newer stuff
- Some of the exclusive sites aren’t updating (I can’t and won’t fault PSN for this since the most likely cause is that the model has left the business)
Bottom Line:
In the past when I’ve had friends ask me how they can turf their collection of 1980s Hustler mags and join the new world of internet porn, I steered them to Videobox. I’ll still do that, but I’ll also tell them to get a membership at PornStar Network too. This is a great site with access to a great mix of DVD porn and some seemingly exclusive stuff too. Many of the best models from Quebec are here. (The site is run out of Quebec, so that makes sense.)
The site also features access to over 130 porn studios, some major, some smaller. Some studios have almost 600 DVDs here. The smaller ones less. What surprised me was that there was not as much overlap with Videobox as I expected. Even in the studios that both have, there were titles here that I couldn’t get elsewhere.
One factor that could have been a serious negative has been turned into a positive and is a reward for those of us who hang out at TBP/PU. The membership for those who stumble in from the open web is tiered: your basic membership excludes access to “MovieZ” files that make up about 50% of what is on the site. That sucks, unless you join through TBP/PU. Doing so gives you full access to the entire site, and there is a lot of material here.
All the extra material that you get is accessed through PSN but it is all watermarked as VideosZ. I can’t say for sure that PSN gets you access to all of VideosZ stuff, but it must be close. If you’re considering a VideosZ membership this might be the better value.
Many of the files have some options for download, though the premium stuff through MovieZ is only available as AVI files.
Download speeds average about 650MB/sec, though that can get higher on occasion. One problem I encountered several times was that while download speeds remained the same, the navigation speed dropped off to the point where it was frustrating to use. That didn’t happen often, but it was annoying when it did.
Pictures are available on most of the exclusive sites, but I don’t download those so I don’t have a lot of detail. Zips are available.
Search and navigation functions aren’t up to standard, but once you figure it out you can muck about. Sometimes DVD scenes can be catalogued using a description that makes it harder to find if you’re looking for a star or a title.
This probably isn’t relevant now, but when I joined they were in the process of giving PU members full access and I was missed somehow. The customer service was excellent and fast. (Two thumbs up to the TBP staff for their help with this too!)
The bottom line is that not only will I recommend this site to porn buddies, I already have. The video quality and navigation are about industry standard, but the sheer volume of porn here makes this an excellent value whether you’re just starting out or whether (like me) you have enough titles to rival the best porn store in the country. To top it off, the material is a good mix of DVD and more exclusive.
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PSN Made Fraudulent Charges to My Credit Card Under Bogus Names
After joining PORNSTARNETWORK.COM back in June they signed me up for two additional sites I didn't want tripling my bill, charging my credit card under different names not present on the list of billing processors in their Terms & Conditions, continued charging me after I cancelled my account in August, and are now hiding behind a 90 day policy to justify not refunding my money for services unused as well as unwanted from June through September for a total of $245.50.
How did this happen?
PORNSTARNETWORK.COM sneaks a little pre-checked checkbox with a trial promotion for EXTRAMOVIEZ.COM onto the billing form right before you finish your order. According to them that is how I got signed up for that one, but it doesn't account for the second site AMATEURNETWORK.CA that I couldn't find a single checkbox promotion about on any of the PORNSTARNETWORK.COM partner site sign up forms.
Why Didn't I Notice?
Like most people with a steady income I didn't think anything was wrong until the fraudulent charges took their toll and I thought something was not right with my account last week. I also didn't notice because when I signed up their Terms and Conditions said "All charges will discreetly appear as PSNSupport, PSNBilling.com, EPOCH or CCBILL on your credit card statement depending on the processor" and they charged me for the other sites by opening up different accounts that billed my credit card separately as SUPPORTMEMBERS.COM and HELPONLINESUPPORT.COM without my knowledge or permission.
My bank ended up being useless because they refused to look at the evidence I prepared for them electing instead to have someone from the fraud department interview each of us over the phone. The bank said that I needed confirmation that I cancelled the additional accounts individually, but of course I couldn't provide that because it is impossible to cancel accounts that you don't know about to begin with. Then things just went downhill from there because I got a bit confrontational with the bank staff, so I stormed out of there because it looked like they were going to call the police as an alternative to reversing the charges as demanded. I might try the bank again once I calm down a bit, but PORNSTARNETWORK.COM is responsible for this ripoff not the bank.
It seems that every time I click on the members' log-in, for the first time on any given day, I get redirected to a page called Pornstar Network REVIEWS. I can't even use the back button of my browser to try again but have to close the tab, go back to home, then to my bookmarks and do the log-in over again .. and this time it will work. First time - redirect, second time - success! This does not look like a mistake, but looks more like someone's plan to make me subscribe to another site through Pornstar Network. Maybe the webmaster can correct me on this.
Downloading of Moviez package is not granted (anymore?)
Hi all,
after i have sent an email to Cindy, everthing works fine including the moviez package!
I will leave my original comment as this shows that this site really cares about their customers!
Original comment:
Just joined the site and right away disappointed... as the Moviez package is not included for downloading.
I joined using the tbp link, which should include "the Moviez package ($59.95/mo), which gets you unlimited downloads to all sites."
But obviously this is not true anymore!
I wrote an email to support stating that i joined via tbp, but reply was:
"All current and new members of PSN and all the sub-sites will have access to a portion of ExtraMoviez. You will be able to see all videos in flash streaming without paying more.
In order to have access to DOWNLOAD movies that are tagged as ExtraMoviez, the customer will need to become a member to this particular site. This is an additional charge to your current PSN membership."
So be warned if you are keen on downloading the moviez package!
My personal experience is that Download Managers do not work with this site, after trying two browsers and two DM, I have reached the collusion that the site is constructed in a way to stop download managers.
Queued items seem to expire quickly; only elements in the queue which start quickly seem to be downloaded. Elements which are waiting to start do not download, the resource which they link to seems have a finite life.
Are other users having the same problem?
first if this site is same with brain pass, why does it have 90 and this one 93? second if many of the sites have not been updated for a long time, how do you give such a high score?
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