Current Member for over 1 year (at the time of review).
Pros:
• Beautiful girls throughout the site
• Very high quality photography
• Daily updates
• Most of the updates include both a video and photo set
• Massive archive dating back to 1954.
• The older sets date from a time when shaving was not common, so if you enjoy a bush, you can find a lot of it here in the archives.
• Many celebs have appeared in Playboy, and a nice selection of those appear on this site.
• Good Navigation and Browsing Speed
• HTTPS is used – TLS 1.2
Cons:
• Newer updates include lots of full nudity, but not much of full frontal nudity.
• On the tamer side of the soft core spectrum
• Photo sets are typically only 30 pictures each.
• The archives aren’t as extensive as one might hope – I’d love to see them scan in every picture from all the Newsstand Specials they used to publish. I’d happily pay a premium to a site that included all of that content.
Bottom Line:
Playboy Plus is the successor to some of the previous Playboy sites like the Cyber Club. It includes photos of every Playmate to have appeared in Playboy magazine.
Some celebrities that appeared in the magazine and included on this site include Marilyn Monroe, Kate Moss, Iman, Cindy Crawford, Margot Kidder, Barbara Carrera, and Bo Derek, and many others.
If you don’t upgrade to the VIP, downloads for videos are available in 1080p, 720p, 480p and 360p, at least for the newest content. The newer downloaded photo sets have a standard size of 1920 x 1080 – older sets get progressively lower resolution.
To give you an idea of how many girls are on this site, there are 31 different models with a first name of “Melissa” on the site (spelled exactly that way – not including Melisa or Mellissa). For years this was almost exclusively limited to American models, but more recently they have tried to go international, so a number of your favorites from other European sites may make an appearance here too.
For the standard type of update, there is both a video and photo set from the same shoot. The model usually starts out wearing some type of outfit, she disrobes, and you get to view her naked body. Open leg shots are unusual here, and close-ups down there are almost non-existent. Videos usually run 5 to 7 minutes, and photo sets are usually 30 pictures.
There is an upgrade you can buy once you are a member, which costs $10 per month, and makes you a VIP member. They promise higher resolution photo and video downloads, and also the ability to see sets 3 days before the regular Joes. They have also added a “Girlfriends Channel” which is only available to VIP members – I think these are just sets with two nude women in them instead of one, not lesbian activity.
I have not yet sprung for the VIP upgrade, although I am sure I will at some point, so I can’t say if it’s worth the money or not. But I’ve enjoyed the site for a year without the upgrade, so don’t let the upgrade opportunity prevent you from getting a regular membership.
The regular price is $29.95 per month, which is kind of steep, especially if you spring the extra $10 per month for the VIP. Luckily the PU discount drops the non-VIP to $14.95 per month. Three months goes for $59.95, and the lifetime membership has a regular price of $229.99, but at the moment is $149.99. Around Black Friday they offered the lifetime membership for $99.95, which is the price that I paid a year ago. I would not be surprised if they made a similar offer around New Year’s, so if you are interested, keep your eyes open.
If you’ve ever seen a Playboy magazine you probably have a good idea of the kind of photographs you’ll find here. If you like that sort of thing, you’ll find a huge amount of it here.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Playboy quality models
- Mostly natural models
- Good mix of niches and themes
- Many download options
- Mostly soft content (some hardcore)
- Photos available
- Allows download managers
- TBP discount
Cons:
- Models are uncredited
- Bitrates are too low
- Username and password are randomly assigned
- Wide variation in video quality even within a series
- Photos dont seem to have a zip option
Bottom Line:
Before I weigh in on this review it might help if the reader knows that while Im familiar with the Playboy brand and magazine Im not familiar with any Playboy videos or any Playboy channel. This is obviously Playboy-produced stuff, but I dont know if this is run on the Playboy channel or if this is web exclusive. Being affiliated with Playboy would suggest high-quality content and that is what youll find here. Locations are great and production quality is great.
Being part of the Playboy brand means that most of the models are beautiful. You will find some fake breasts and tattoos but most of the models are natural. I dont think I need to explain to any reader what Playboy models look like: thats what youll find here. One problem I found is that in most cases the models aren't credited within any scenes. If you find a model you like good luck identifying her. If you do identify her through, you will be able to source more of her stuff through her model page.
The site gives you access to 92 different shows. These range from casting shoots, spring break stuff, strip club stuff to some hardcore material. There is a wide range of niches available. Within each of these shows there may be multiple seasons and within each season there are multiple episodes. Given that variation I cant give an accurate number of how many individual scenes there are but I can say with confidence that this site does have a lot of quantity to offer.
The site is well-organized and its easy to find something youll be interested in. There is a search function but I didnt find it to be very useful. But since the site is laid out so well there really isn't a need for much of a search function. Being able to sort by shows and models gives a lot of functionality.
Something I didnt expect (but probably should have) is that many of the shows follow a reality-TV format. I downloaded and watched two series that featured strippers and strip clubs. Im a fan of this niche and was expecting a lot of stripping. There is some of that but most of the series focused on the drama among strippers and between management and the strippers than any actual stripping. This is also the case for most of the other shows too.
There is some hardcore on offer but it is best to think of this as a softcore site with a little hardcore thrown in. Dont join expecting Playboy-quality models in hardcore scenes because youll end up disappointed.
Probably the biggest flaw in the site is the video quality. Most videos are offered in multiple resolutions (with MP4 being the only format) but the focus is on the lower end of the scale rather than the upper end of the scale. Resolutions of 272p, 320p, 368p and 480p are offered with most videos. I may be missing the point here, but it seems to me that offering both 320p and 368p is a bit pointless. If youre viewing on a phone would there really be that much difference between those two files? The upper end of the scale isn't as well served. On many files the best you can get is 720p. Those come in at 1280x720 which isn't bad but theyre let down by a bitrate of only 2500kb/s so they look pixilated on even a 24 monitor. Some scenes are offered in 720p with a higher bitrate of 4000kb/s but even that is low by todays standards. Some, but not many, files are available in 1920x1280 with a 6000kb/s bitrate again, thats low and should be improved. One thing I found both odd and frustrating was that within a season of a show there were variances in the resolutions available. Episode 1 might offer both 720p bitrates and the 1080p while Episode 2 only offers the low-bitrate 720p file as the highest quality. Presumably these scenes were shot and uploaded around the same time so this variance is baffling.
Photos are available but they appear to be screenshots. If there is a way to download the photos as a zip I couldnt find it. The photos are 1920x1080 but I found the few I downloaded to be fuzzy but that may be intended.
I used a download manager to queue-up files and didnt experience any problems. The download speeds were average. I didnt experience any limits or caps.
There is a TBP discount offered but make sure you select that as the annual membership is the default.
A final beef I have with the site is that it randomly assigns a username and password and these are just a random uses of letters and numbers so they aren't likely to be memorized. Further, when you sign in you can select the remember me option but that doesnt work.
I recommend the site as long as any member goes in knowing what theyre getting. Think of this as reality TV with some extra spice thrown in and a bit of hardcore for good measure. The site has a lot to offer but could be greatly improved by offering better bitrates as the ones they offer now are too low. Having a TBP discount makes this site a great value but be careful to make sure you select that option.
Was a member approx. 2 months prior to this review.
Pros:
-Models are amazingly gorgeous and beautiful.
-Some shows are enjoyable to watch, like "The Man" or "Celebrity Sex Tales"
-If you enjoy watching reality television, this place has much of that.
-Good range for the different types of video quality.
Cons:
- If you are into cumshots, this is not the place to view them.
- Many of their content is from Manwin owned companies (Daredorm or RK), with the cumshot excluded from the scene.
-Too much softcore for my liking, and most of their original content, sex is very limited.
Bottom Line:
It is different from the typical pornsite. I would say that it is in the spectrum between mainstream reality television and porn site. A lot of their content has a television style format for those who enjoy television shows. Great site, but I wish they had more original content, and more sex scenes as wells.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Discount through PU. $14.95 instead of $29.99/month.
-Easy login. No captcha.
-Can view photosets as slide show or download the zip set.
-Long time before site timeout.
-Good download speeds. I'm getting 1.3 MB/sec, my max download speed.
-DownThemAll download manager works at this site.
-Choice of download version quality: Many videos have a WVGA480, HD720, and a HD1080 version.
Cons:
-Uncheck pre-checked cross-sell.
-Search could be better. Search term "Christine Maddox" returns any photoset with the name of "Christine" as first name or last name, instead of specifically returning only photosets with the name of "Christine Maddox" included.
-Also, either they are missing photos of past playmates, or the search does not return all the photos of those playmates. For example, the annual photoguide of past playmates of the year photos are sometimes not included in the search result. There are other past photos of playmates and models that are either not on the site, or not returned by a search of the model's name.
-Some bugs in the navigation or site structure. You play a slide show of Susie Scott, and it only plays a few of the 24 photos in the set, then stops. Can't get it to play/show all the photos in the set.
-Photoset of a playmate does not include the data sheet.
Bottom Line:
-Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Playboy was the premier "gentleman's magazine". Penthouse was a close second. Both those magazines were renowned for their nude photography, as well as their articles and fiction and interviews. They were money-making machines that brought their founders vast wealth. Those days are history. Both Playboy and Penthouse have flirted with bankruptcy in recent years.
This is supposed to be a softcore glamor photo and video site. Given the Playboy name, you would expect to find superior, high quality photos and videos of their models.
-I don't know why, but there are superior copies of their onsite photos available elsewhere. Years ago, I belonged to a newsgroup, and I collected the photos of most playmates.
You look at the photos at this Playboy Plus site, and the photos just don't have the same impact as the photos that I collected. The basic image is the same, but the images I collected from the newsgroups were more striking.
-Some photos are mis-labeled. You play a slide show of a photoset, and instead of identifying the model(s) in each photo, the label shows the title of the photoset. So you have to know from other sources (or your own special knowledge) who these models are.
-No choice of download version quality for zip photosets. This is surprising. For a photo-oriented site, the only option I see is for one definition of a zip file download, not the standard 3 definitions that many photo sites have of low, medium, and high quality.
-The quality of the "high definition" video files can be poor. For example, the video for "stacy-fuson-paymate-of-the-month-vid-01.mp4" is 1920x1080, total bitrate is 6049 kbps, which would seem to indicate a high quality, high definition video. But the frame rate is 7 frames/second, which might explain why the video is a poorly defined video picture. I've seen the DVD which this video is made from, and the video is much sharper than the video you download from Playboy Plus.
Let me be clear. Watching the downloaded video is like watching a shitty version of the video you should be watching.
The streaming version of that video is better quality, but nowhere near the quality of Metart, Diesel Access network, or other fine sites. The video quality of a streaming video at Playboy Plus is actually below the quality of the Teen Mega World videos.
That is amazing to me. Don't the people running this site realize the video quality of their videos is so poor, compared to the better sites on the internet?
Maybe they are blind to the poor quality of their photographs, which is not as bad as the quality of their video downloads. But the obvious degradation of their video download files is pathetic, for a site that is supposed to empasize the beauty of the female form.
The site does not use DRM. But the poor quality of the video files I have downloaded, in effect, means you can not save a high quality video file. And I am going to sign up for a new membership to a newsgroup, because I believe I will be able to find better quality photos of past playmates from a newsgroup than I can find at this Playboy Plus pay site.
I don't believe my expectations for this site were too high. But what I've found at this site, in terms of photo image quality, and video image quality, is a massive disappointment.
Not all videos are as bad (poor definition) as these 2 videos of Stacy Fuson. The videos of Erika Eleniak are better. Not great, not as good or defined as high quality sites like Metart or Diesel Access, but still better than the Stacy Fuson videos.
Giving the site a score of 68. I believe the quality of the photos at the site is inferior to what you will find at high-quality sites like Metart and MPL Studios and Femjoy.
And the quality of the videos is even further below what you will find at those other sites.
Comparing the photo and video quality of this site to high grade sites on the internet, you begin to realize the Playboy brand has really fallen from its former quality standards.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Updated:
11-10-1211:25am (Update History) Reason: Added information on Customer Support
Pros:
+Fast download speed
+Lots of models
+Zip files
+1080p Videos (newer ones)
+Great quality images
+Good amount of photo and video sets
+Easy navigation
Cons:
-Some models don't either have a video or photo set
-Some zip files don't work
-Average of 16-30 pics per set
-Lowest image size is 1920 on the long side
-Not much extras
Bottom Line:
I read the latest review on here and decided not to take their advice and try it and I have a very different point of view on it and here is what I have to say.
The site has six sections of models where you can choose from, which are: Playmate, Celebrity, Cybergirl, International, COED and Amateur. You can also choose to look for either Videos, Galleries and Girls plus you can also search for a video or girl. They update two models everyday with a photo set and a video too. The newest photos are 1920 on the long side and 1280 on the short side, and the older photos vary from 1728 (long side) to 1024 (long side) depending on when those sets were released.
As for the support, I had no problem getting through the Live Chat in which I canceled yesterday and I didn't wait over ten minutes. The customer service employee was very fast and helpful on succeeding my request.
Now, if you haven't been on here since the reformation then I'll tell you it's a whole lot better than before and it has a better navigation so you can find the videos or girls you want.
The bottom line is, this is a great site featuring the most beautiful girls in the world showing their goods. Now, I would recommend this site to anyone who is interested in Soft-core pornography. By the way, I've joined lots of sites and this might not be the best, but it is very easy to navigate.
Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Good download Speeds
- No DMR
- Outstanding models
- Easy sign upo process
- Good amount of content
- Regular updates
- Fantasic Video Quality
Cons:
- Poor Image/photo Quality and size
- Poor Navigation
- Support is non existent
- Advertises content that does not exists
- Very difficult to cancel
- No refund policy even if the site is at fault
- 3rd party billing with threaten you if you ask a for help and will disconnect live chat when they dont have a answer
Bottom Line:
This site has the ability to be amazing but once you have signed up everything quickly turns nasty. I have joined 100s of websites and this is by far the worst experience I have ever had. They have put me off joining any porn site in the future
They advertised some content i wanted which was not in the members area so i asked tech support who passed me around and gave me an email address that does not work. Then after 1 hour I gave up and asked for a refund. This was within 3 hours of signing up mind you. They disconnected me twice in live chat then when i phoned the they said no refunds and if you issue a chargeback they will send debt collectors and fine me admin fees as well. In the end I let them keep my money as its not worth the agro anymore but Ill never come back thats for sure.
My review is complete genuine and is not over the top. Im completely honest
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU AVOID THIS SITE JOIN THIS SITE.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-Decent number of models, hard to get an exact figure but pretty large collection
-No DRM on newer videos, appears to have started in 2009 as well, but only for some models
-Zip downloads of some of the newer photosets (seems like this started in 2009 for the most part)
-Some attractive ladies
-Download managers work, although there isn't much to download with them
-Good photography
-Decent price with TBP
-Navigation is acceptable although not the best
-Download speeds are decent, I got 1 MB/sec, although once again not much to download
-Newer streaming videos are decent quality
Cons:
-Too many 'fake' women, although it is Playboy so what should one expect...
-Difficult to tell which of the many sites you are getting when you join
-Click on links to models and get directed to content you don't have access to
-Video quality is sub-par, 840x480 2900 kbps is the best I have seen, and it isn't well encoded for the downloadable videos
-Photo quality is mediocre, typically 1600 long-end.
-Prechecked cross sell
-Too many adds, up-sells, and other junk on the site
-It just takes to much time to go through it all, I doubt I will
Bottom Line:
To be fair, this site is pretty much what I expected, and what most people should. Overly made up, often fake breasted women in softcore photoshoots. I wish there were a greater variety of body types, but it is Playboy after all.
Given that, it isn't a terrible site, but I probably wont be joining it again unless they make it all inclusive, make all videos downloadable, and increase their video and photo specs significantly.
The main reason I joined was someone told me there was a local girl who had posed for them, which would have been interesting, but I couldn't find her, and I was in the mood for some softcore material. Probably should have just joined MetArt again or something, but oh well.
It is hard for me to be too harsh with this place, because I was well aware of this companies faults, and pretty much expected what I got, although for some reason I thought the TV stuff was included with the subscription, but I guess it isn't. Or at least I can't find it, not that I would watch it much anyways.
Probably an okay place to join if you are into the not-so-endangered large breasted american blonde and very soft softcore, but it is definitely hard to recommend.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
large collection..seems to be relatively thorough.
took this membership because of the trial price..
i have always preferred penthouse content overall.
because of a sign-up glitch had to contact playboy
directly via phone. was treated very well by cs, so well in-fact they gave me 30-day trial for free!!
don't know why
Cons:
far more fake boobs than i would have guessed, VERY
dissapointing for me. according to tbp 1000 videos
overall and many being downloadable, i can't find
any that are downloadable! doesn't really matter though, have looked at a few videos..pretty vanilla overall. picture quality varies from average to very good. site is relatively easy to navigate. a ton of blondes at playboy..i prefer more variety.
Bottom Line:
i would never pay full price for this site.
but for the trial price/time..it's worth it.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Right now the site offers a deal where you can get 3 weeks for free, (in order to cancel you have to call them, but it was all pretty easy)
- A ton of playboy extras including montages from the photo-shots, extra pictures and access to old pictorials (Betty Paige, Marlyn and so on)
- The images are anywhere between 531px 800px to 1600 x 1200 px. In other words you get decent quality.
- The videos are anywhere from blurry cut into pieces 2 minute segments to beautiful HD more recent shots. Most of the scene can be seen as quick time or WMV and are anywhere between 320p to 720p resolution and then quicktime HD, which I didn't figure out how to download.
- You get access to videos from casting calls, amateurs, coeds, classic pictorials, playmates, some 2 girl shots, a decent forum, interviews, a how-they made the covers and a few extra bells and whistles.
- The girls look really good, which is to be expected and if you like the magazine you're almost guaranteed to like this
Cons:
- Inconsistency. The whole site is extremely confusing at times. Each girl (even in the same category) has different types of content, most of the older ones only have photos, others have a short interview, others have just a video. Some you can download, many you can't. Sometimes when you click on a gallery you're taken to a little editorial before you get to the good stuff, other times you don't.
- The search function is a bit funky and navigation can get confusing.
- A lot of the content cannot be downloaded.
- Not as many interviews with the girls as I expected, most of the videos are of the girls posing for the photos, only some playmates get an interview.
- Often the site re-directs you to buy a DVD or an older magazine, a bit disappointing as I expected full access to the contents.
- Most videos feel like something you'd see on TV, not like a porn video. You get music and cut-aways which are not always necessary
Bottom Line:
First of all this is a Playboy product, don't expect any type of hardcore (or even softcore touching or masturbation) going into this site. Hell even in the fre photos they have with two two girls the models barely touch, it's all very artsy and classy.
This comes with a bonus and a downside. On one hand most of the girls are absolutely gorgeous much better looking that most sites, on the other hand they all seem to have that Playboy look (no small titties, almost always shaved and very skinny, etc.)
What was also interesting was that many of the videos felt like a reality show, more than a porn video...I am still not sure if I like this or not. For now I left it under cons because when you have a 3-5 minute video, which a lot of these are, I'd rather see more naked girl and less pan around the room or have a nice intro and outro.
Most of the older content is a bit outdated with lower resolutions for both videos and images and no option to download. However the streaming option worked flawlessly and the inbuilt image navigator is perfect, it allows you to set a slide or navigate manually and you can save the photos.
For new content you get a lot more bonus with the most recent playmates having a longer (20 min or so) video which contains an interview as well as a sort of story- strip video... I remember for one girl she follows a rabbit around until she ends up naked then we cut to some interview with her, then back to the nakedness, then some more questions and so on.
For the rest of the girls you usually just get her stripping naked to music, a few giggles some funny faces and it's a wrap.
At the end of it all the site feels like the extras on a DVD, more than the main feature. I mean, don't get me wrong I saved a ton of stuff (since each video is so small they are easy to store and so many of the amateurs and co-eds are adorable) but I don't think I was "really" turned on by any particular video.
Here's how I feel about the site by way of analogy: most of the scenes I felt very comfortable reviewing in the middle of my living-room with friends and wife nearby, if you get my drift...it's like the playboy magazine, I'm not embarrassed of having it on my desk and I'll check out the girls, but I probably won't jack-off to it.
That being said, as a fan of behind the scenes, seeing some of the girls I saw long ago in the magazine actually talking and moving around was very interesting. I appreciate the very high quality of the images and the videos and while they feel to TV for my taste I wish more porn sites would use well chosen songs and work with the models at least half as well as Playboy does.
So, the conclusion? If you are subscribed to the magazine (which is about the same cost like the site) you will probably enjoy the extra content of the site, if the magazine seems like waste of time and money the site will probably do little to change your opinion.
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
The price for a 5 day trial is amazing, and you get to see a lot. There is enough to satisfy your average Playboy fan. The quality of the pictures is excellent. Navigation is made easy.
Cons:
This may just be me, but I don't want to have to call to cancel my membership. If I join online, I should be able to cancel online, but not with Playboy plus. You have to call an 800 number to cancel your membership. Although you do get access to some magazine. they only go back a few years.
Bottom Line:
I joined this site because I wanted access to their archive of magazines, but since they only had a few, I was really disapointed. Then the method for cancelling membership gave me a really bad taste. The trial price of 2.95$ for 5 days is unbeatable.
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