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RE: American Vice Ceased Operations 5/21/10

Sat, 22 May 2010 16:20:42 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-22-10 04:20pm

COMMENT REPLY by apoctom (0)

To lk2fireone (0):

I agree completely with your argument. However, I am going off of the statement in the e-mail that they would refund any unused access or tokens.

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RE: American Vice Ceased Operations 5/21/10

Sat, 22 May 2010 14:34:54 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-22-10 02:34pm

COMMENT REPLY by lk2fireone (0)

To apoctom (0):

Since they are going out of business, there is no legal obligation to give any refunds. I've known several small businesses that took in money for work to be done, that continued accepting money until they officially reported they were closing down, the work was never done, and the money was not refunded.

So if refunds are issued, that would be a class act.

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RE: American Vice Ceased Operations 5/21/10

Sat, 22 May 2010 10:09:39 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-22-10 10:09am

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (0)

To apoctom (0):

Yep, got the same email. This was a class site at one time but one could see, in the recent updates, that they no longer tried very hard to be different from the rest, probably because of a lack of funds. I had a long term subscription with them and am also waiting to see if a refund will arrive.

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RE: Tree Rodent's Review

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:20:02 PDT

American Vice (0)

04-24-10 07:20pm

REVIEW REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To messmer (0):

Thanks messmer, yes I think you are right on all counts. Good observation.

I would hope anyone thinking about joining their first site would consider this one above others. It's a perfect safe first site, and it's also great to come back to.

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RE: Tree Rodent's Review

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:17:18 PDT

American Vice (0)

04-24-10 07:17pm

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To Tree Rodent (0):

A customer recently told me, "you guys are the difference between Ace Hardware and Home Depot."

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RE: Tree Rodent's Review

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:42:24 PDT

American Vice (0)

04-24-10 06:42pm

REVIEW REPLY by messmer (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Very well done review, Squirrel. It gives an accurate picture of the site, and customer service / communication is so good that I almost hate to make adverse comments about this site.

I am glad you mentioned the recent lack of niche (fetish) updates and I'm not talking Latex. :-) This is something that has really bothered me (as a long term subscriber) since this was the main difference between American Vice and all those others not so long ago.

I think that economic circumstances are starting to make their effects felt and AV are starting to play it safe by offering updates that would appeal to most porn lovers rather than just a few. Which would be understandable. Trouble is, with only one update a day, I suspect that the average Joe would rather pick a place like Video Box with five updates daily, even though everything about American Vice spells quality.

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RE: Tree Rodent's Review

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:30:06 PDT

American Vice (0)

04-24-10 07:30am

REVIEW REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To Goldfish (0):

Thanks goldfish. I always find that facility useful. They have not only a list of what you have viewed or downloaded, but a still from each clip. Makes it easy to see what you have viewed. It's handy if you want to find a clip you have viewed, or the dvd where it's from, but can't remember the name, or can't find it.

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RE: Tree Rodent's Review

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:29:50 PDT

American Vice (0)

04-24-10 06:29am

REVIEW REPLY by Goldfish (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Good review. That download history feature sounds cool.

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RE: Niche contents being neglected!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:14:42 PST

American Vice (0)

12-06-09 12:14pm

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Sorry, Reg, maybe I should qualify my comment by saying that I went back a couple of months, looking at all the covers of the updates, and only found a couple of DVDs that would appeal to me, personally. Most appeared to be very much main stream.

First time around I found tons of fetish material and I was truly itching to re-subscribe to your site to get something that was different from the usual offered by the others but, as you said, good "hairy" or "pregnant" DVDs, as an example, are hard to find so maybe I was not entirely fair in my assessment and a bit hard on you.

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RE: Niche contents being neglected!

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:53:25 PST

American Vice (0)

12-06-09 11:53am

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To messmer (0):

Man, I don't know if that's a fair assessment. We've prided ourselves on having the most varied content. Some of the niches you mention (pregnant and hairy), we never have had much content to begin with because it's so hard to find good DVD material.

But MILF, squirt, bondage, fat, foot -- even our own category, Sick & Demented -- are regularly updated.

As far as Gonzo, that's also not really accurate either. Because we love feature films and put up quite a lot of those, too.

We have been light on the she-male stuff recently and have some unique stuff coming up soon.

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RE: The Clyde's Review

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:58:33 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-14-09 04:58am

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To anyonebutme (0):

We can't make our encodes better than DVD quality. That's impossible. And our maximized encoding parameters are achieving lossless DVD quality, ie. it's identical to the original content. It's the best that can be done.

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RE: The Clyde's Review

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:53:42 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-13-09 08:53pm

REVIEW REPLY by anyonebutme (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

"Who the hell wants to download a 20 minute scene that's over 1 GB?"

I do.

12mbps 1920x1080 VC-1 encodes are so beautiful to watch. But then again I prefer quality over quantity.

"Bottom line...our Computer sized files are damn near the source material and almost impossible to differentiate from our DVD sized files."

Building on what the previous responder said, 2mbps is not nearly enough to achieve transparency along side a good dvd encode, for someone who values quality. 4mbps is getting there, and such parameters places a 20 minute scene at 600mb, well short of a gigabyte. Either way, when I join a website today, I look for better than dvd quality.

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RE: The Clyde's Review

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:23:36 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-13-09 02:23pm

REVIEW REPLY by ControllingMind (0)

To The Clyde (0):

I gave this site a try on the free tokens.

Speed was as fast as any site, good content, cheap long term membership and no limits from what I could gather are all good, but the files I downloaded did not look as good quality as videobox. They seemed a litle more blurry IMO.

This is not a slant on the site, with only a few tokens I could have downloaded some of the worst ones and it was before the MP4 format was introduced.

Anyway, I like Divx avi format better than H.264 MP4. That format would put me off the site. Even the likes of Brazzers and videosz have had that MP4 format for ages and members still prefered to download brazzers wmv and videosz divx formats instead according to site polls.

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RE: The Clyde's Review

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:18:16 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-13-09 08:18am

REVIEW REPLY by jd1961 (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

It's true, I avoid the mega size downloads.
I've seen H.264 at another site, and I like it.

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RE: The Clyde's Review

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:04:07 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-12-09 06:04pm

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To The Clyde (0):

The comment about file sizes is very astute. I've seen other sites (or reviewers of these sites) boasting of files encoded at huge bit rates.

It's tempting to just "throw bit rate" around unnecessarily. But that's not only naive, but it imposes huge file sizes on the users. I often wonder if this is done intentionally to discourage downloads. Who the hell wants to download a 20 minute scene that's over 1 GB?

Anyway, H.264 (technically MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC) is the latest cutting edge compression technology. It's used by cable/satellite and Blu-Ray/HD. This is also known as a nearly lossless Broadcast format. Your satellite provider is giving you crystal clear digital signal at about 1500kb.

FLV and WMV are crappy Web formats. Even worse, they require a lot more file size to achieve the same video quality as H.264.

Now to really bore you, H.264 has very complicated encoding parameters. We studied these and consulted with experts, even getting a dialogue going with Adobe (who, BTW, recognizes H.264 as the future of streaming video).

Bottom line...our Computer sized files are damn near the source material and almost impossible to differentiate from our DVD sized files.

There is a law of diminishing returns with encoding, as well as quality enhancements that can be achieved by pimping out the encoding variables. We think that we've really maximized the results for the user.

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RE: Little Engine that Could

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:45 PDT

American Vice (0)

10-12-09 05:37pm

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To exotics4me (0):

Hey exotics4me!!!

I was going back thru all of our stuff on PU, and this comment you made almost 18 months ago still warms my heart.

American Vice has been a great concept since day one. But I'll admit that we've gotten our ass kicked at times with technology. Essentially, shitty Windows Media never allowed our full vision to achieve fruition.

But that's all changed with our new h.264 stuff. There were some dark days years ago, where our faith was tested. But comments like yours kept us marching forward.

Thanks again

Reg Berkeley

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RE: Is this site dead?

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:30:33 PDT

American Vice (0)

09-14-09 11:30am

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To xxrrtt (0):

Well, I didn't wanna give any false hopes back in July, but the silly problem with our JOIN button was related to some amazing new stuff we were putting in.

We're now fully streaming H.264 DVD quality content. And you can download the same, too -- at blazing fast speeds guaranteed to max out your Internet connection.

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RE: Is this site dead?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:08:56 PDT

American Vice (0)

08-07-09 09:08am

COMMENT REPLY by vouivre62 (0)

To xxrrtt (0):

i confirm the email confirmation do not work
what is this website where we can not join directly?

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RE: Is this site dead?

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:20:49 PDT

American Vice (0)

07-19-09 07:20pm

COMMENT REPLY by Khan (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

I looked and saw the same thing as the user (above) you might have your techies check the coding as the Join link isn't working.

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RE: Is this site dead?

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:17:23 PDT

American Vice (0)

07-19-09 07:17pm

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To xxrrtt (0):

Yes, reports of our death are greatly exaggerated!!!

All kidding aside, we upgraded servers and boogered our email confirmations. Doh!

Anyway, we're on it like white on rice.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:37:19 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 07:37pm

REVIEW REPLY by Goldfish (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Talent is totally subjective but I would disagree on the video quality. VideoBox is better.

Oh, and it's $17.95 for one month if you buy just one month -- which is a great price but it's not $8.33.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:26:11 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 05:26pm

REVIEW REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To Cybertoad (0):

Okay I'm supposed to be not contributing here anymore because of PU censorship over free material, but I have to comment as I really like American Vice.

Cybertoad I think you'll love this site. It does come down to opinion but I do disagree about some of the things said in the review. The quality of the American Vice videos is IMO, really good. Personally I consider it is at least equal in quality to VideoBox, and is in fact better in one respect. VideoBox does not have correct perspective on some of their videos. So the bodies look really distorted. Unwatchable for me. American Vice gets the perspective right.

There was a comment about mediocre talent. I would certainly say the talent on BrainPass, a site I reviewed recently, is mediocre, compared to the talent on American Vice. The girls in some of the American Vice videos are IMO sensational. The videos are much better, and although BrainPass may have a higher Kb/sec, the original videos are clearly not as good quality as those on American Vice.

There are a number of us here who love American Vice. I know you have the VideoBox groupies, and you have those who are the American Vice groupies, so it's all opinion I guess.

Without a doubt American Vice have the friendliest and best support I have experienced. I compare this to the total lack of customer support and couldn't care less attitude of VideoBox. I guess its clear who I prefer. But I'm not alone. Check out some of the other American Vice reviews. It may give you a clearer picture.

If you want to check out the quality of American Vice, just take up the free video download offer. It's a genuine no strings no dirty tricks offer. See for yourself.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:05:27 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 12:05pm

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To Cybertoad (0):

We used to have just one low flat rate...but then we went to $17.95 per month which ratchets down on a quarterly, bi-annual and annual basis.

We also sell scenes by the token for $.79, which is popular with the European crowd. . .I can't say why.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:45:50 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 11:45am

REVIEW REPLY by Cybertoad (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Hmm so you can join for just one month at that price, sounds pretty darn good.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:31:11 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 11:31am

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To Cybertoad (0):

Yeah, our annual membership is $99.95 which breaks down to $8.33 per month. I wish the price sounded cooler than $8.33 :) Maybe some marketing genius will suggest something better!!!

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:13:34 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-23-09 11:13am

REVIEW REPLY by Cybertoad (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Is the site really only 8.33 per month as the site says ?
If so that remarkable and a great deal. The site says DVD quality.
And why I agree 79 isn't bad for a review. It low in my opinion for a DVD site with that price. I am outta cash right now our I would try it out myself. I still stand that in my thoughts any site with 2 cons and is under a 90 needs more explanation.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:21:10 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-22-09 07:21pm

REVIEW REPLY by Goldfish (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Reg, I'll give you the limit on the medium. I guess my hit on quality came in because I discarded some otherwise good clips because they were fuzzy/had bad picture quality or was chopped down to size because of the letterbox.

But I still gave you a 79, that ain't bad! ;-)

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:41 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-22-09 05:46pm

REVIEW REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To Goldfish (0):

Look, I'm not one to start a flame war. If you don't like our site, then by all means. Frankly, "bland" isn't the first word that comes to mind involving AmericanVice. Crass, vulgar, distasteful, profane...that's my cup of tea :)

But all this talk of video quality made me want to jump in. We are a DVD download site. Our content comes from DVDs. All non-BluRay DVDs are MPEG2, which utilizes 720 x 480 (640 x 480 on PC...see another thread on square pixels versus round pixels).

We also maintain the proper aspect ratios on letterboxed DVDs and have gotten big kudos because of this. We even letterbox our screen caps to prevent distortion.

So unless you're trying to compare our DVD content to a HD site...then I can't apologize for the quality. We're bound by the nature of the source material.

All our videos are encoded at 2000K, which is the point of diminishing returns on encoding MPEG2 content. These files are about 400MB on average per scene. I'm not exactly sure what else we could do to address your comments about the quality.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:23:42 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-22-09 04:23pm

REVIEW REPLY by Goldfish (0)

To Cybertoad (0):

Yeah, it really all boils down to personal preference I guess. Another person who has tastes more in line with this site and more tolerance for the video quality may love it.

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RE: Goldfish's Review

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:22 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-22-09 09:00am

REVIEW REPLY by Cybertoad (0)

To Goldfish (0):

With such a low rating I expected to see more cons, but was a good review.

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RE: Free Trial

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:18:04 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 12:18pm

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Hi Reg, as a former member who praised your site highly (see my review) I can enlighten you as to the "why does not every single person do the free trial of five free downloads! I used two tokens and those two downloads convinced me to subscribe! Why bother with the other three tokens if the first two are enough to convince you? Keep up the good work! :-)

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RE: Slow download speeds

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:46:40 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 07:46am

COMMENT REPLY by wiild1 (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Great to hear that you keep investing in technology and that you honestly care about your customers/fans. That should pay off longterm.

I just downloaded of a 306MB video in ca 2mins, impressive. The speed was hoovering: 1.96-2.1 MB/s

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RE: Free Trial

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:15:45 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 04:15am

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To wiild1 (0):

We're always amazed that not every single person who checks out the site doesn't do the free trial of Five Free Downloads.

I honestly believe that people have become so desensitized to "Free" and "Porn." And they probably think that there's some nasty catch involved.

A new restaurant will give out free samples. That was always our theory behind it. Moreover, I wouldn't say that AV is the most intuitive site out there.

Since our Search Engine and commentaries are totally unique, these features aren't always readily apparent to the casual visitor. Thus, we just want people to use the site and discover on their own all the cool shit that we do.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:02:23 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 04:02am

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To wiild1 (0):

Glad you're digging the site. I think we appeal to the hardcore porn enthusiast who's been around the block several times. Your observations are spot on with our objectives. Awesome!

On the download speeds, I didn't want to make any big announcement yet. But a couple months ago we changed our content delivery method to a global solution utilized by companies like ESPN and the Washington Post.

Theoretically, European customers should be getting fast download speeds from local servers versus pulling from a single server in the United States.

However, yours is the first report I've actually received of a kickass speed. To date, my only data has been that I haven't had one single complaint of download speeds since we made the switch.

I have occasionally noticed slow speeds at some peak hours, but that I attribute to my ISP's traffic. Across the Internet as well, there can be periods of sluggishness, and even the best delivery methods are still affected by this.

Anyways, enjoy your free trial and don't hesitate to hit me up at support@americanvice.com .

Reg

PS: We've got streaming/download of MP4 in the works. We're utilizing a ridiculously high quality encoding parameter and just need to finish up a Flash player that can decode its complexity.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:37:49 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 03:37am

COMMENT REPLY by wiild1 (0)

To picky (0):

I'm a Europe based trial/token member and I actually recorded really fast speeds today, up to 1.2Mb/s which I rarelly see, I usually get 200-500kb/s.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:34:48 PDT

American Vice (0)

06-05-09 03:34am

COMMENT REPLY by wiild1 (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Keep up the good work Reg Berkeley, I have only been a free trial member for one day but I can alreay see in the commentaries and your choice of content that you guys actually like porn yourselves and that you know this stuff.

I think most companies would benefit from having porn experst/enthusiasts buying the rights to the content, doing the commentaries, do editotial picks etc.

Good work!

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RE: runefist's Review

Mon, 11 May 2009 02:57:12 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-11-09 02:57am

REVIEW REPLY by runefist (0)

To messmer (0):

Im using explorer

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RE: runefist's Review

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:46:41 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-07-09 11:46am

REVIEW REPLY by messmer (0)

To runefist (0):

Hi runefist, what kind of browser do you use? I had the problem of only being able to download two scenes at a time with a new browser I was trying out, when I returned to Firefox there was no such limit.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Tue, 05 May 2009 02:34:56 PDT

American Vice (0)

05-05-09 02:34am

COMMENT REPLY by largeun (0)

To picky (0):

Ye, same here.

Us UK dudes are, I believe, are way down the pecking order (pun intended) as far as pricing, service and server bandwidths go.

Any time after 1.00 pm GMT and my download speeds to sites like VB drop like Paris Hilton's smart decisions.

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RE: What an offer!

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:08:07 PDT

American Vice (0)

03-10-09 12:08pm

COMMENT REPLY by Jay G (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Agree with you, squirrel, but in my fantasy world I could check-out videos with a little ass slapping without digging through other fetish content I don't care for (to each his own, but digging through latex, foot fetish, pissing, etc., isn't my cup of tea, LOL).

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RE: What an offer!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:44:42 PDT

American Vice (0)

03-09-09 10:44am

COMMENT REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To Jay G (0):

Yeah, but as we know, real spanking is a specialist thing. On the other hand they do have some good Black Mirror stuff. I think they have a better selection of fetish per video than any of the bigger dvd download sites.

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RE: What an offer!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:40:52 PDT

American Vice (0)

03-09-09 10:40am

COMMENT REPLY by Jay G (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Thanks, squirrel. I definately am joining. My only regret is that there's no specific "spanking" as a category, although I've seen an ass or two slapped in some of their videos. If this had spanking, I think I'd need no other sites.

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RE: What an offer!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:28:35 PDT

American Vice (0)

03-09-09 10:28am

COMMENT REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To Jay G (0):

There are a few of us here who really love this site, not least because of its great customer service. The difference between American Vice, and the big sites who really couldn't care less about customer service, as they probably consider themselves far too big to worry about customers, is enormous. The great customer service, along with the variety and quality of videos, makes it one of my favourites.

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RE: What an offer!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:32:35 PDT

American Vice (0)

03-09-09 09:32am

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (0)

To Jay G (0):

I started with the five free tokens myself but after having a good look at what the site had to offer I said, what the heck, and subscribed to get my unlimited download. The video aficionado will find all kinds of DVDs here that the other sites don't offer. Great site to complement your collection. Great site for those who are tired of cookie cutter porn.

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RE: A Note of Thanks

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:28:52 PST

American Vice (0)

02-27-09 07:28pm

COMMENT REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To RagingBuddhist (0):

It's one of my favourite sites. Great value for money and customer service. I know Porn.com does a special offer to PU/TBP for $9.95 but you may have a lot of that stuff already. Hope you get some money together soon. Good luck.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:07:04 PST

American Vice (0)

02-25-09 03:07pm

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Download speeds are a complicated issue. You could be 3000 miles apart and get a better download rate than 2 servers 500 miles apart. It depends on the networking and switching in between.

We actually built our own proprietary download system that does a bunch of cool threading.

Regarding the recognition...we obviously love it. Our following is small but devoted. But porn enthusiasts seem to really dig and appreciate what we do, even if it goes right over the heads of most review sites. The praise of guys like you, Clyde, Messmer and Toad really means so much.

I will tell you this much. The review sites think you guys are stupid and will watch/download whatever is mindlessly put in front of you. They see zero value in our commentary. I refuse to accept this and promise to keep up our high standards, as well as topnotch customer service.

Rock on,

Reg

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RE: Slow download speeds

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:51:04 PST

American Vice (0)

02-25-09 02:51pm

COMMENT REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To Reg Berkeley (Webmaster):

Thanks for the info Reg. It's nice to know it's not just us in the UK suffering. There's some strange stuff happening out there at the moment. I don't want to get too harsh about Video Box, but when I was a member last year I had speeds down to 1kb/sec! That site is still my worst by far, for download speeds, but I do get a slow download on a lot of sites now at those peak times.

I guess you noticed the review by Messmer. Great to see you're getting some recognition at last, and featuring high in the PU scores. With your customer service you deserve it. You must hate me - my score of 90 is dragging your average score down!

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RE: Slow download speeds

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:22:37 PST

American Vice (0)

02-25-09 01:22pm

COMMENT REPLY by Reg Berkeley (Webmaster)

To picky (0):

Welcome to the wonderful world of network latency. Depending on how your ISP connects to our servers, this affects download speed.

It's not necessarily even a UK issue per se. It boils down to any potential inefficiency in the network of interconnects.

There's a command prompt function you can run called tracert.

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RE: Slow download speeds

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:24:17 PST

American Vice (0)

02-25-09 12:24pm

COMMENT REPLY by Tree Rodent (0)

To picky (0):

I don't know exactly, but I have experienced the same thing with many sites between the hours of 4pm until about midnight. It varies but there is nearly always a slow time. The worst speed I have ever experienced was Video Box which was virtually inaccessible between those hours. I found American Vice to be much better for speeds, but there was still a slow time, as there was on a lot of sites. I had BT check this and according to them I had good connection speed.

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RE: messmer's Review

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:44:28 PST

American Vice (0)

02-24-09 03:44pm

REVIEW REPLY by messmer (0)

To Tree Rodent (0):

Yep, I agree. I think that once people try the site it WILL take off. Right now VideoBox has the edge by sheer volume but when it comes to variety American Vice has them beat already. And thanks!

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