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Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
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+No more DRM!
+Unlike VideosZ, Ten.com actually took the time to convert all of their DRM'd content to non-DRM downloads. All of their content used to be DRM, and then the anti-DRM wave came and...boom, all the DRM was gone in a flash.
+Multiple WMV download qualities (1500kbps, 1000 and 500).
+Both the 1500 and 1000kbps qualities are 480p (500kbps is 240p)
+Movies can be downloaded or streamed (with embedded Windows Media Player window)
+Library constantly updated. Countdown timer shows time until next update.
+Category tags are super specific.
+Every movie has a s**tload of category tags, maybe too many.
+Low overlap of content with other DVD sites like VideoBox and VideosZ.
+Option for lifetime membership. It is actually worth it to get this considering the monthly charge is $29.95/mo. In one year it works out to under $15/mo, and continues to go down as you use it.
+Download managers supported. |
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-Too many scenes are NOT full length! When you download a scene from Ten.com and can get it from another site you will mostly find that the Ten.com video is like 30-60s shorter, or more.
-500kbps videos are stretched to 352x240, instead of the standard 320x240
-Disappointing library size (~950 movies)
-Stupid interim popup window before you can download!
-File names are numbers, and include no discernible information
-Hard to get to the star listing (see bottom line)
-Updates are by scene, not full movie. You may not see the full movie for months as you have to wait until all scenes have been added.
-No actual search function where you can type in a string and search. The search is actually more like a listing: star search lists all stars, category search lists all categories, movie search lists all the movies, etc.
-Screencaps are terrible! (see below)
-Turn down your speakers when visiting Home or Join pages (see below)
-Photos/bonus=half-assed attempt
-Routinely get actresses wrong |
| Bottom Line: |
Overall Ten.com is an OK site, but the liftime membership option makes it can't-miss. For the length I've had it it works out to single digit dollars per month. If this option wasn't available I would say skip Ten.com, but if you can afford a 1-time $175 fee, then go for it. There is a lot of quality material on the site, a lot of which you won't find elsewhere. I give it only an 83 because while I am ok with their layout it is unacceptable for average Joes. There is no string search function, and all "search" functions are just brute lists of everything (stars, titles, tags, categories, etc.) and no one has the endurance to go through these long lists (especially considering how they are presented). A search function is THE major draw for average Joes and without it the site is very hard for these people to find what they are looking for. I must say, though, you can't beat the 640x480 videos, something which you pay extra for at VideoBox and something you don't get at VideosZ.
Ten.com has only improved since I originally got it so it certainly implies a good future for the site. Organization has not changed much, but ALL the videos had DRM, video downloads sometimes would be missing, they did a poorer job of tagging performers, etc. Ever since they converted all their videos to non-DRM, the site has become much better.
Some of the cons listed are rather significant, especially the one about videos being shorter than normal. Yeah I realize that they are cutting off time from the beginning, which in most cases is rather insignificant if you fancy fornication (because they would never dare cut that out), but I'm a man who likes to watch me some stripping and foreplay, so it is a big disservice that I feel they are doing. I also hate how they don't add videos in full, rather choosing to add movies by scene. You might not get all the scenes to a movie for months because of this lame decision. I would rather them add 1 full movie per day than 5 scenes from selected movies per day. Oh well.
Forget screencaps. While VideoBox/VideosZ has a reel of caps, Ten.com has a single image which most times is not of the performers' faces.
The home and join pages...yeah watch out for those. Turn down your speakers if you like watching your porn while others are home. Both pages play flash videos of with audio, and the one on the Join page is rather provocative but you probably won't be visiting the Join page all that much. The Home page has a video, which isn't terrible but you shouldn't have to run into that crap with a porn site. Doesn't Ten.com know that most men like watching porn in secret? Hey, at least they have the ability to save your login info so you don't have to experience it (that is, until the cookie expires :P).
Ignore the photos and bonus sections on the home page. Both are lame half-assed attempts. Neither provides anything that would be comparable to real photos and bonus sections you would expect from a porn site. |
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
- A video site that I had on hold for over a year, finally joined, and my review title should be, "eh"
- Quality is not bad, with newest videos coming at 640 high end, 1000 bitrate, but that isn't that great either.
- Good news is, some of these videos will not be found on any of the other video sites, so that does add some value to this one.
- Very fast download speeds at over 1,100 kb/s
- I joined for a month, but they do have a 3 day trial that gives full access. Monthly TBP price is pretty good for what equals 30% exclusive content. |
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- Lets start with the idea to put picture sets on video site, the pictures are tiny 800 high end and have no zips, so just do away with those, unless they are being used to tout models that they don't have videos for.
- Older videos are pretty poor quality, almost to the point that my computer stutters through them.
- Bad thing is, most of the exclusive videos are the older ones.
- I didn't care for their preview, and that was why it had taken me so long to join. It shows the models they have, then when you click on one to see which movies they have of each model, it bounces you to the join page. |
| Bottom Line: |
I do want to add something here, that I found no DRM on these videos.
Overall, this site reminds me of a videobox knockoff, at twice the price. I just didn't find that much here that I haven't seen on other sites, unless I went back to the older videos which are so poor quality that you get motion sickness watching them.
I really wanted to like this site since they did have a few videos I have been looking for, including a couple of old Mia Stone scenes that I have never seen, one, where she has red hair and looks all of 18.
Having said that, I pretty much paid $20 for maybe 12 scenes that I will keep. I still don't know why they had the picture section. It is like they up and decided to add pictures, then had second thoughts about it. I would like to see a video site that adds picture sets, full ones, with zips!
The video quality tops out at 640 high end with barely average 1000 bitrate. The older videos chug along at 500 bitrate. It kind of has an old Kung Fu movie quality to those clips, since their lips move but the words have already been said.
Download speeds were very good, which only makes the bad quality sting more.
I still can see a few reasons to join. They do have a few rare scenes that you won't find anywhere else, at least, not without DRM. The DRM issue with this site has been fixed, as I didn't find one video with DRM, but when you join a site about videos, the quality should be very important IMO. Barely recommended for collectors only! |
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