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Skin Video Review

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:29:07 PST

Skin Video (2)

11-30-10 03:29pm

REVIEW = 75 by messmer (123)

Pros:
Tons of clips and videos.

Good search with great choices to narrow the field to what you are looking for.

Good Price.

Cons:
Clips in HD (1280 x 720 3100 kbps) and in lesser resolution (720 x 480 2100 kbps) are not up to net standards even though the technical details say they should be.

I found it quite easy to do a side by side comparison of the HD material because it was sitting on my hard drive already, downloaded from another site. I did not expect exclusive material but HD clips from one extraneous site only, and that for a premium price?

Despite the fact that there is a large amount of material subscribers should be aware that clips can range anywhere from 3 minutes to 30+ minutes.

Updates may come with regularity but consist of clips rather than DVDs. You always take a gamble with the updates themselves because the streaming is of terrible quality. I have yet to watch a streaming clip (HD excepted) where the picture isn't blurry and one has to wait until one has finished downloading a clip to see what the quality is really like. Cont'd below:

Bottom Line:
There is no consistency when it comes to the date the latest clip was produced either. One would expect that a brand new update means a fairly recent production date but that is seldom the case.

Download speed varies wildly. I got only one fifth of my normal speed with this site and on the "old" site the speed was ridiculous at something like 64 KB/s.

The layout of the home page looks cluttered and confusing.

Clips are not exclusive. This is something to be expected, so I won't count this when it comes to the score.

Bottom line: Not one of the better Video sites in my estimation. If one counted all the clips added to the site during the average day it would amount to no more than a full DVD, or DVD and-a-half!

I did find some niche content I hadn't seen before but there's not too much of it in any of the niches that lie outside the mainstream.

This site made me regret the join from the moment I first logged in. Not only is the quality not very good but there is something outdated and "off" about it. Other video/DVD sites have advanced way past what this site has to offer.

Not a pleasant experience and I am really sorry I took the three months offer because of the HD content. I swore in the past I would never do that again but the price sounded so right! Sigh, not recommended.

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Skin Video Review

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:19:20 PDT

Skin Video (2)

07-04-10 05:19pm

REVIEW = 89 by graymane (20)

Pros:
1) A Huge archive of image and video selections. A search on any genre will usually bring up almost anything you can ask for (within guidelines, of course)
2) Very affordable, starting just under $15 monthly, and from my perspective dropping to $10 after established membership.
3) Although HD and other advanced features are basic on much of the general fare, Upgrades to HD and/or selective premiums can be had for a small additional fee.
4) a very good flash player and streaming video options.
5) Easy downloads with no limits.
6) No DRM or watermarks.
7) Variety index for subject matter seems endless -- Vintage, classics, early porn, TV and movie clips, selective clips from other pay sites etc.,. Includes thumbnails of similar content of what's currently selected.
8) Downloads are fairly fast, depending on the traffic. Plenty of space for favorites.
9) Full screen as well as other selections.

Cons:
1) Things were going fine until, recently, The overall appeal from Skinvideo recently changed configeration to a newer format; although still leaving an option to use the old site, it tends to be very confusing -- as well as new stuff they're promoting that is irritating.
2) Selections under names/subjects are somewhat scattered and not very orderly.
3) Continued Clips are often-times missing segments breaking the continuity of the overall movie.
4) The Streaming feature although good could use some improvements.
5) In praise of the multitude of content being featured, there is still a cluttered amount of content that's worthless and just in the way.

Bottom Line:
Being a member of Guba -- later giving over to Skinvideo -- for ten years pretty much speaks volumes for a bottom line. I've loved this site and stayed loyal...(pondering)...until now.
Skinvideo's new format is quite disconcerting and the changes are not to my liking. Sure, I can still shift over to the old site, but it just isn't the same.
Further, after before offering a generious quantity of softcore, they're focusing more on hardcore now -- which is definitely going against the grain.
Overall, however, I still think it's the best for the money and heartedly endorse it.

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Skin Video Review

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:32:08 PST

Skin Video (2)

12-12-08 05:32pm

REVIEW = 92 by RagingBuddhist (47)

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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Skin Video Review

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:01:40 PDT

Skin Video (2)

09-28-08 09:01am

REVIEW = 69 by impuls (6)

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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Skin Video Review

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:34:59 PDT

Skin Video (2)

06-08-08 11:34am

REVIEW = 84 by Pornjackker (37)

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

Cons:
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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Skin Video Review

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:18:06 PDT

Skin Video (2)

11-01-07 02:18pm

REVIEW = 90 by Bacchus (30)

Pros:
*HUGE selection of videos to choose from
*Site rips from the greatest selection of newsgroups out there today
*Multiple file and scene selections make it a breeze to watch scenes without having to download entire clips or full scenes
*Video quality is great
*You have download options as well as streaming options
*Offers an "ethnic women" section which is nice

Cons:
*Updating depends directly on the newsgroup participation
*You may have to sift through undesirable videos to find gems you really like
*If you have a slow modem, your download speeds may suffer
*The newsgroup lists are for selected niches are sometimes unoccupied or not active at all

Bottom Line:
I love newsgroups. They offer a variety of videos and pictures for your selective tastes. I would suggest though that visiting this site on occasions rather then daily can keep content fresh. Patience is also needed when newsgroup participation is not frequent. All in all, it is now one of my new favorite sites for good high quality newsgroup porn.

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