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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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01-20-09 07:11pm (Update History)
Reason: Removed/added information and updated score
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| Pros: |
THIS IS AN UPDATED REVIEW - DETAILS IN BOTTOM LINE
+ TBP discount, although the regular price of $14.99 a month isn't bad either
+ Download manager compatible
+ A wide variety of content (however, see cons below)
+ Able to search by fetishes, Sex Acts, Style (i.e. Amateur, Couple, Vintage, etc.), Age, Body Features (Shaved, Skinny, Natural...), Ethnicity and Gay
+ Tabs for DVDs, Amateur Video, New, Scenes and Favorites (You can save scenes to Favorites)
+ Under Amateur Video, it's split between Homemade and what the site calls Pro-Am.
+ Ipod and PSP downloads, in addition to the more usual avi, wmv and mpg formats
+ Flash Previews
+ HD access available (extra cost)
+ Download speed issue seems to have been eliminated |
| Cons: |
- Some of the videos are available only as clips AND, in some cases, all of the clips don't even add up to the complete video.
- Some niche content is very limited
- Video resolution can be pretty much hit or miss. Most are good, some pretty bad, even for "standard" resolution |
| Bottom Line: |
I'd joined Skinvideo back in the "old days", when it first split from Guba. Back then, it was mostly a collection of small clips with an occasional long clip thrown in. Still had a wide variety of stuff to look at, so it was more a "thrill of the hunt" kinda thing. Good ol' Cheap thrills.
Well.. Skinvideo's come a long way. Maybe in response to sites like Videobox, it's been updated to include a lot of full-length material across a wide variety of niches. I hadn't seen the PU discount here but rejoined when they sent me an email, telling me about the new style of the site. I checked it out with the free week that they gave me and decided to stay for the month. As someone else mentioned, there's some stuff on here, like a few Vintage flicks, that I haven't seen elsewhere.
From what I've downloaded so far (about 50 gigs in 3 weeks), the videos look good. Most of the files are in the 720x 480 range, but there've been more than a few that look pretty bad on a 32" screen. The site does offer one upsell - HD access for another $10 a month. I can't comment on that part of it because I didn't take 'em up on it. But I will say it was nice that they allow you to hide the prompts for the extra cost - a nice gesture, unlike other sites that keep the upsells constantly in your face.
*****UPDATE CHANGES*****
I actually let this one rollover into a second month which is rare for me on ANY site. Maybe to celebrate the end of the Bushreich here in the U.S., I figured even a poor man could afford $10 :-)
+ Originally had speeds running in the 300 range, even with an accelerator. Now I regularly get speeds of 1200-2000k/s. More than reasonable.
+ Updates every hour, even though the amount of material added varies a lot is is hard to get a fix on. I've seen as few as 2 scenes, as many as 8 at a time.
+ Totally missed the fact that they offer a 3-day, full-access trial for $2.95
+ Maybe because it doesn't interest me, I overlooked the picture access available for another $4.99 a month. Seems to have the same category breakdowns as the video. Includes zip files for entire galleries. I don't see where the pictures are available seperately though.
+ Offer to drop to/stay at $10 a month if you continue membership
+ No advertising!
- Even though I'm putting SkinVideo near the top of my list, there are still a lot of clips that aren't labelled with the name as they're downloaded. It takes a lot of clicking to find out which files make up a particular movie AND if all the clips are even online to complete a scene. (I've got a few I can't seem to complete) Those are fairly big annoyances in my book. I think either an advanced search engine or a better way to arrange those clips is in order and, of course, it would nice to be able to find all the clips in a scene.
All in all, I think SkinVideo is definitely well worth checking out. They've obviously done a lot of work on it over the years and it shows - and shows well. |
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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
- Low monthly price ($9.95)
- Good quality video resolutions (For the most part, Amateur section is lower resolution)
- Rare Videos
- Allows download manager, however you may have to pause your downloads to continue to browse their site and queue more
- Online Flash to view movies, however takes awhile to buffer |
| Cons: |
- Slow downloads (Only 35% to 40% of my maximum speed) with download manager
- Offers clips (not full scenes), of certain movies, therefore making it look like they have more content.
- There is not a lot of worthy content.
- When Canceling your account, it deletes your account instantly. You will not be able to log back in and will lose your remaining time. So, a 3-Day Trial will only be 2 Days and some hours. |
| Bottom Line: |
With the Full Access 3-Day Trial, because of the very slow speeds, I've downloaded less in 3 Days than I have with a 1 Day Trial from DVDstore (which is quite good by the way).
Some things lead me to believe this is a slightly underhanded and shady website. First, the slow downloads. If you go to their amateur section and click through the niches, they will allow you to download a free sample video. I got maximum speeds with the sample, however when I joined, I got jilted with slow speeds. It might reach maximum speeds for the first 10Mb of my file, but would eventually get throttled back down. Secondly, the instantaneously deletion of your account once you cancel. You have to pay directly through their site with no 3rd party billing, so this gives them that control. And lastly, there is a lot of clips not full scenes of movies, that makes it seem like they have a lot more content than they actually have.
I would only recommend this site if you searched through the site beforehand and found unique/rare content; but be prepared for the aforementioned warnings.
UPDATE 10-01-08: I was unaware that some sites throttle your speeds when you use a download manager, I believe this is the case with Skin Video. If you use a download manager you will likely get slow speeds. |
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
DVD Site with over 1,300 DVDs
Updates content daily
Bonus amateur videos from the net
Good Price, only 14.99 per month
Good download options including Ipod format
Save your Favorite scenes
Easy video stream feature to preview content |
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No search options to find performers
No picture galleries
A lot of old videos with poorly lit scenes
WMV downloads are way too big, IPOD is the way to go
Too much Blowjob scenes in the amateur section
Needs to add a reality niche section. You can edit
your scenes as well on here. |
| Bottom Line: |
This site had some interesting vintage videos
you don't normally see on DVD sites but daily
DVD updates seem to be content you can find
everywhere else. |
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