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messmer's Review
from Tree Rodent:
Missed this review first time around otherwise would have commented that I entirely agree with the review and the score. I'm sure they still have the perspective on some of the videos wrong too. Now American Vice has gone there isn't much to choose from in the way of quality video sites. I'd settle for just one, because that's all you need, but I can't find it.
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11-08-10 09:17am
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REPLY TO
#6
from pat362:
(messmer's Reply)
I could also put up with new and flashy if there was actual intent to make a good porn movie. That is not the case. I've heard the arguments back and forth that it's this or it's that but in the end. I'm left with the feeling that it's a lack of actual talent behind the camera. Most of the guys directing porn today couldn't get a job directing traffic. The guys in the 70's and 80's had to have talent because they understood that a sex film without a story was a basic little loop film. Great for backrooms but it was never going to sell tickect in a theater. I think many have forgotten that there were porn theaters and you needed a product that would attract a wide range of customers so gonzo style would never have made any money to the theater ownwers and these were the people that made you money. VHS and Beta kind of killed porn theaters but they were still being made by the same people so these guys wanted to make a decent product.
I'm not jaded about all porn. I'm just jaded about crappy new porn. I can still watch Seka, Arcadia Lake, Lysa Tatcher,Veronica Hart and all those women that made porn fun to watch.
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11-01-10 07:58pm
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REPLY TO
#4
from pat362:
(messmer's Reply)
There is no way to prove it but I think that a large part of why so many updates on Videobox are new content is because it just didn't sell very well and this is a way for them to make some cash with it.
If the movies were so great then why would they offer them on a site like Videobox who charges so little to download it?
I think you and I have a affinity for older porn and since most new updates at Videobox are not that then why stay. I still visit from time to time and I suspect at some point I will join again but I don't want to download crappy porn simply because it's new and flashy.
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11-01-10 06:55pm
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Reply of
messmer's Comment
from Lionheart:
Videobox is great site to rejoin after a year or so, last time I had my membership with the site was about 2 years ago. So I am thinking about rejoining again. I hope the newer stuff they added isn't too bad.
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11-01-10 02:36am
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messmer's Comment
from pat362:
I've joined videobox a couple of times but I never stayed for very long. The first time was the best because I had access to all this amazing content which would have costed me hundreds and probably thousands or dollars if I had bought it in DVD's.
I can't say that I didn't get my moneys worth but once you downloaded what you liked then all you have left is what new content they add. This is where I find that a long term membership is not worth it. I've noticed that a great amount of the newer content is barely 5 to 10 yrs old. That might be the reason why you thinks it's blech! I know that I do. If Videobox brought older content from the 80's and early 90's then I would have a different opinion.
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10-31-10 06:54pm
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#1
from RustyJ:
(messmer's Reply)
Thanks for the review.
What are these grades B and C you (and others) refer to about DVD's? Just a subjective definition of quality or some PU scale?
Personally I think those old Private videos they have are great. I own many on DVD's from time when you could order them for five to six euros a piece with free shipping.
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10-10-10 02:12am
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#10
from malikstarks:
(messmer's Reply)
Understood. Never been a member at VideosZ.
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10-07-10 08:37pm
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#7
from Goldfish:
(messmer's Reply)
My 2 cents on the "DVD quality videos". My guess is many of these videos are not going to be as good in quality as non-HD movies created by Hollywood producers. In defense of the porn videos, watching them from two feet away on an HD quality monitor will expose many more imperfections in the picture than watching it from across the room on your TV.
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10-06-10 08:30pm
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#6
from malikstarks:
(messmer's Reply)
Messmer, am I to understand that you have subscriptions to both Videobox and VideoZ? Isn't that a bit redundant man?
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10-06-10 07:19pm
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#4
from lk2fireone:
(messmer's Reply)
I think you are basically right, that your expectation of "DVD" quality was just too high for what is mainly available on the Internet.
I've never watched a porn file I downloaded on a TV either.
My only experience is with PC monitors.
And Maggie and the other TBP reviewers have far more extensive experience with all kinds of porn than I will ever have.
But there is a wide variation in the bitrate and other quality factors in the porn videos you find on the Internet at different sites. There are some sites that have some extremely high quality videos, and the quality keeps going up as time goes on.
So one day, if we are still around, we will be able to watch these porn videos on our TV sets, when the quality becomes good enough. Lol.
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10-06-10 03:39pm
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#2
from lk2fireone:
(messmer's Reply)
LOL. Well, you've answered your own question.
The video files you don't like for their "low quality" are low quality as regards bitrate.
Whether you've been spoiled or whatever, it's wonderful to be able to watch a video and see it with good to great definition, which takes a higher bitrate than what is available on many older videos.
A lot of "DVD" quality videos are not really very good quality, especially if you want to watch them full-screen.
I don't like watching videos that are fuzzy or unclear. Most PU members don't either.
So welcome to the club (but I think you were already a member before I was). :)
Edit01: Watching a video in a smaller window makes the video appear clearer. The poor quality is not as noticeable.
The high bitrate videos you think are poor quality might have been remastered (?, not sure what the correct term is) from lower bitrate videos, without really improving the original video.
Someone like Toadsith is an expert in this area, and could give you a complete and accurate explanation of your problem.
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10-06-10 03:06pm
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Reply of
messmer's Comment
from lk2fireone:
What is the total bitrate of the video files you think are low quality? It could be that the files you think should be high quality are much lower in quality (bitrate) than you are expecting.
Bitrate is a major factor in the quality of a video, although there are certainly other factors.
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10-06-10 02:17pm
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messmer's Comment
from PinkPanther:
There is an ebb and flow to the quality of updates to Videobox.
There were years when I was looking at high ratings for this site and checking the updates and thinking - Meh - I can easily skip this!
At a certain point, there was a lot of archived material that was of interest to me plus a lot of recent updates that were of interest to me and I joined. At a point when I felt that they were providing enough of interest to make worth my while, I joined long-term.
They're in rather a fallow period for updates these days, for my tastes, so I'll be keeping my eye out for when my subscription runs out and seeing whether I want to re-up or let them buid up an archive that I'm interest in again.
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06-26-10 04:33pm
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messmer's Comment
from Denner:
Oh, yes - I certainly wonder....every time I go back and join this site - it may take hours or a couple of days - and then it comes: Man, I've been here before and before and before - and most seems the same - as ever...
And, messmer: your input makes sense - a lot...
And why do a lot of us keep coming back? This user has problems answering that question - One possibility: a couple of new vids with new models or known favorite models in a couple of new vids for a low price - but that's maybe all - at least to this user....
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06-26-10 02:05pm
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messmer's Comment
from lk2fireone:
It's human nature to always want a new toy.
But based on what's out there, VideoBox appears to be one of the best DVD sites available, especially considering the low monthly membership price.
So I think it's reasonable to give the site a very high score, based on extensive site contents + ease of access + low membership price.
Like I say, it's human nature to always want a new toy, new sensation, better, bigger, brighter videos, more original videos, etc.
But based on what's out there, this is one of the best DVD sites around, so I think it really does deserve a high score.
(Even though I personally don't care for most of the DVD material at this site. :) )
So call me confused. Or trying to be objective.
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06-26-10 11:06am
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#3
from Denner:
(messmer's Reply)
Thanks a lot, Messmer - those words are surely welcome.
And - man, quite: Never seen so much anal-material elsewhere, BTW - and why?. Never understood why a major site like this is topping with anal-stuff......
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12-22-09 08:03am
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#1
from Monahan:
(messmer's Reply)
Ditto that. I signed up for a full year that gave me an additional 6 free months. Not that sorry I did because the price per posted DVD is $.0367 (less than 4 US cents per video) which is pretty damned cheap. If I catch one video in 100 that is worth downloading my cost is $3.67, which is about the cost of a video rental these days.
But I am finding an average of 2 or 3 DVD's a week that have some good stuff so I've got no price complaints.
The only complaint is that I've got to weed through the crap to find the few good ones.
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12-06-09 09:14pm
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messmer's Comment
from uscue:
I've noticed the past week or two that downloads have gotten extremely slower. Not just an isolated deal - the downloads have gotten slower. I get the jerky streaming sometimes, but if I pause for a minute and then start watching, no problem. Looks like it just buffers slower when you initially pull it up.
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09-21-09 11:47am
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messmer's Comment
from Tom22:
I currently have a 4 month subscription and yes sometimes its jerky, but most of the time its fine. It might have to do the the load on the server at given times of the day.
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09-20-09 03:27pm
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#6
from PinkPanther:
(messmer's Reply)
That's a lot better than 88 kb/sec - glad it worked for you, Messmer
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09-19-09 05:34pm
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#3
from PinkPanther:
(messmer's Reply)
As I say, with this DownThemAll plug-in to Firefox, it's pretty straightforward, just like saving any file. You right click on a scene that you want to save, below the usual options such as "Save link as", you'll see an option to "Save Link with DownThemAll!", you choose that option, a "DownThemAll!" window will open, which is also very straight-forward. It has a clear place where it says "Save files in" so that you can direct the file exactly where you want it to be. You click "Start" and it starts and displays a nice window so that you can see the progress - at the bottom it shows the speed at that moment, next to the file itself it shows you the average speed - because I may get speeds of 2.02mb/sec for a moment or two, but my average download speed is 515.2kb/sec.
Repeat as you go. If I'm too much of a tech-moron to answer your question correctly here, I would recommend the forum.
Good luck - I hope it solves your problem - there's too much good stuff on Videobox to suffer with 88 kb/sec downloads.
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09-19-09 09:12am
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#1
from PinkPanther:
(messmer's Reply)
Have you tried using a download manager? The web-master from DDF recommended "DownThemAll", which is a plug-in to Firefox, so it works right from your browser - you right click to download and using DownThemAll is an immediate option - the simplicity is great for a tech-moron like myself.
I get speeds of 515 kb/sec from Videobox and virtually every other site I've used this download manager with any hour of the day or night.
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09-19-09 12:06am
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#3
from largeun:
(messmer's Reply)
Have to agree. It's even worse in the UK after 2.00 pm as the bandwidth gets killed.
I don't even bother downloading after that time anymore.
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09-04-09 08:11am
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messmer's Comment
from largeun:
At least they have varied content offering some ethnic shit etc but the resolution, premium channels and revamps of old movies into new titles makes this a non starter for me.
I have been a regular member of VB for the past couple of years but apart from their scene-scene selection function, they really have stagnated.
I am more into the hi res sites like DDFs Hands on Hardcore, Hot Legs and Feet, Sex and Submission etc, even though they update very slowly and milk you of every penny.
VB does need to up it's game and even though the sheer volume of content always gets my eye twitching, when I recall that I get agonisingly slow download speeds after 1.00 PM GMT and the material ends up being the same so so I realize that my money could be better spent elsewhere.
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05-05-09 03:23am
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Reply of
messmer's Comment
from triplab:
I've joined this site 3x total, about every 4-6 months or so just to catch up and see what's "new." Gotta say, I put my CC away quickly when I saw the rate hike, and especially the "Premium" channels. What a crock of shit. This implies that what you are paying for is sub-par material unless you upgrade to Premium. Light-bulb moment ... it is. Just browsing the newer DVD's over the past couple months, I completely agree that Vid-Box has jumped the shark and that everything posted looks like repackaged and recycled tattooed silicon porn. That said, if the price were still the same I STILL may have joined again. It appears VB is not happy with the ga-jillions of dollars they already raked in from us and now must try to squeeze another gallon of gas from me - not gonna happen.
TBP should pay attention and start listening to their users too if they want to remain credible. Of course, VB probably pays them handsomely for referral sign-ups so there's not much motivation there either.
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04-20-09 11:13am
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