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| 02-27-10 07:09am - 5421 days | #5 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Interesting question. Thanks for posting this. I’ll be interested in seeing how people react. Anal sex seems to be the second most polarizing issue in porn, with breast enlargement probably being the most polarizing. I don’t think that anal sex is a fad. It’s lasted too long and still seems too strong to be considered a fad. I agree that calling it a niche is probably a better description. I don’t agree that “most” porn sites feature anal, though when you join one of the big DVD sites you will see a lot of anal themed videos. I suspect that has to do with the popularity of it. I make no secret of the fact that I’m a big fan of anal sex in porn. It isn’t the only thing I look for in porn, but it is probably my favorite niche. I suppose if I could answer why I like watching anal sex videos that might go some way to explaining why everyone else who likes it actually likes it. But the problem is that I’m not sure why I like watching anal sex, but I suspect that it has something to do with it being something different. Yes, I know that it’s hard for me to argue that anal sex is “different” when it is now so common. So maybe the answer is that it’s different and it’s something that we don’t often get in real life. I’ve been a fan of anal for a long time now, and as James4096 says at one time it was hard to find. I remember when the “Caught from Behind” series came out and its claim to fame was that it was the first series to feature anal sex. Before that, anal sex was hard to find. It had to be popular then too, since that series sold well and started quite a trend. It certainly made it easier for me for find anal scenes. As for your position that anal sex is repulsive or dirty, I have to say that I disagree with that. Anal sex takes preparation and all the girls who do anal in porn would take some steps to prepare. Enemas are the most obvious solution. Some behind-the-scenes clips in anal themed movies have the girls talking about how they prepare and all of those interviewed use enemas. So after an enema and a shower, she’s squeaky clean and any repulsion is your issue to deal with. | |
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| 02-26-10 12:37pm - 5422 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks PinkPanther. Both of those sites look decent. I may try the Ariel Rebel one. | |
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| 02-26-10 05:01am - 5422 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Most of us have at least heard of sites like Little April and Little Summer, etc. Some have been reviewed here. Does anyone know of similar sites that are newer? The obvious problems with some of the older sites like April’s and Summer’s are that they are no longer updating and the video quality is absolute shit. I'm looking to find a site with similar content that has some newer material in a video size that is reasonable. Any tips or advice will be appreciated. | |
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| 02-24-10 12:45pm - 5424 days | #38 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Pretty much sums up my thinking on this new development... | |
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| 02-23-10 04:49pm - 5424 days | #20 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
This webmaster just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper. It's too late for him to get out now. To react as he did to a valid criticism is unacceptable. But then to go to the effort to track Denner down again and shut him down a second time is outrageous. I'm actually pleasantly suprised that stuff like this doesn't happen more than it does. But if there is one thing I like about PU (and there are actually many things I like about TPB/PU) is that people give constructive criticisms. As long as I've been reading and posting here I can't remember anyone flaming another member. Good luck with this Denner. I'll definitely be watching this thread! | |
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| 02-22-10 05:57pm - 5425 days | #14 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Yeah... I remember that! I think this might have also been Randy Spears but I can't even picture the girl. His character talks her into anal sex and she asks "But won't it hurt?" To which the male performer says something like "A bit, but don't worry, it won't hurt me." Sounds like something Max Hardcore would say... | |
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| 02-22-10 01:45pm - 5426 days | #9 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I agree with that... she's definitely a favorite of mine too. I just wish she'd put that stunning butt to greater use! RagingBuddist - I wish I was as lucky as you to remember the name of the first porn flick I saw. It was an expensive pirated copy of a VHS back when porn was unavailable where I live. I paid a small fortune for it from some seedy guy. I don't remember the name of the film, and it may have been cut off in the bad dub too. But I remember the first scene well: a typical early 80's girl with a big brunette hairdo. She's dressed like the chick in Flashdance and with her is a guy (with a curly mullet if I recall correctly) who is dressed in a thong. The whole premise of the scene is that she's trying to teach him to be an exotic dancer and she coaches him to move his hips "like you were fucking somebody." Then she puts her hand on his crotch as he's thrusting and says "Like you were fucking me." And that, my friends, was the first porn scene I ever saw. It's burned in my memory, but without a name or the name of the performers. If anyone can offer a tip on what that was I'll be forever grateful. | |
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| 02-21-10 06:31pm - 5426 days | #4 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Not to hijack a thread I started for a different reason, but when you mentioned Ginger Lynn I realized that although I wouldn’t have said that any of her work was etched into my memory that isn’t true. I remember a scene of hers from a compilation titled “With Love from Ginger.” I’m not sure what the scene was originally in. She plays a “high school tramp” who is at a sleepover at a friend’s house. The friend is asleep upstairs and Ginger joins the friend’s father (played by Eric Edwards) on the couch where he attempts to persuade her to give up her life as a tramp. But this being porn, he’s unsuccessful and they end up doing the deed. Ginger Lynn was always a favorite of mine, but I think that’s partly because of the fact that I discovered porn around the time when she was a big star so I saw her in a lot of stuff. And she did anal too, which was pretty rare in those days. The other scene of hers I remember is even more obscure. It isn’t even porn. It’s from when she had a guest spot on “Hill Street Blues” in their first season. Ginger (as Ginger Lynn Allen) plays a bit part as a stripper. For some reason, Sipowicz is at a strip club and has a dance from Ginger. She peels her top off and Sipowicz says “A-plus in the tit department, Monique.” I have no idea why I remember that. Jesus, I can’t tell you when my wedding anniversary is but I can remember an obscure appearance by a porn star on a TV show. And as an aside, with the rise of Christian fundamentalism a show like HSB could never be aired today on a non-cable network. | |
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| 02-21-10 12:41pm - 5427 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Maybe I’m outing myself as a bit of an obsessive person, (or maybe I’m just bored and want to start a conversation thread…) but do you have any porn scenes that have stuck in your memory? For good and/or bad. For me, there are a few: Lauryl Canyon in “Candy’s Little Sister Sugar.” This was a 1988 title that I saw probably in 1990. Canyon does a scene with John Leslie and at one point they’re on a couch and she’s riding him reverse cowgirl and her body is just rock hard. Yes, she had implants which I’d normally hate, but they worked here. For some reason (and in no small part that porn was hard to come by here in 1990 so seeing ANY porn was a treat) this scene stuck in my head all these years. A couple of years ago I happened to find the DVD in a bargain bin. The scene still seems pretty good. Tammi Ann in “Hitchhiker 1”. This scene started two trends for me. I was amazed by Tammi Ann and got as much of her stuff as I could find, and I became a Max Hardcore fan too. Back in 1993 this scene really pushed the limits, with a bit of gagging. It’s tame by today’s standards and very tame by what was to come later from Max Hardcore. Like most of her work, Tammi Ann brought her ‘A’ game to this performance. She remains one of my favorite porn stars of all time. Heather St. Clair in “Buttman’s Wet Dream.” This 1994 title was back when gonzo was still interesting and John Stagliano (Buttman) was one of the creators of the genre and he did it well. I had never seen this woman before, and she isn’t really what I’d look for with her bottle blonde hair and implants, but they worked well for her. She does a scene (that is set up as an audition) with Tom Byron and Steven St. Croix. Her body is amazing and Stagliano shows it off well. This scene started a collection of Heather’s work. I recently bought this title again at Adult DVD Empire and it also can hold its own still. Inari Vachs in “Whack Attack 1 – Butt Fuckin’ Frenzy.” This was the first time I ever saw Inari Vachs and on the strength of this scene alone I became a fan. This scene also made me a fan of Tom Byron’s style of gonzo. Inari is playful in the scene and really seems to be enjoying herself. But the same can be said for a lot of her work. I think I can safely say that if I was forced to name a favorite scene of all time this would probably be it. Taylor Rain in “Just Over 18 3.” This is a 2002 title right around the time when Rain first entered the business. She’s young and fresh but her ability to be a star is clearly evident. I was impressed and have been a fan ever since. This scene is also part of the bonus material on Red Light District’s “1 Night in Paris.” Speaking of “1 Night in Paris,” an honorable mention has to go to Teagan Presley for her bonus scene. The original scene is from Cum Drippers 6. Teagan is fairly new to the business when this was filmed and she looks it. She’s got the looks and attitude of the sexy-girl-next-door. Too bad she ruined all of that by going for the over-the-top glamour look with implants. Not that I can spot a trend in the small sample above, but all the models in the scenes that stick in my memory are young and thin at the time the scene was shot. Most have small breasts, and with the exception of the Lauryl Canyon scene, all are anal. So do you have any favorites that are etched in your memory? | |
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| 02-19-10 11:22am - 5429 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
No idea... sorry. I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone has any info though. She's beautiful. As for her being on one site only, that's very possible. I've noticed that on a lot of sites that girls seem to take a quick try at porn and then disappear. | |
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| 02-19-10 11:17am - 5429 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
From the thumbnail - and it's hard to tell from the position she's in - that sure looks like Sasha Grey. If it is, you're in luck since she's definitely an A-list girl and there are a lot of her movies available on the web. Try VideoBox and American Vice. She's also done some work for the Kink.com network that is pretty amazing too. She's been on Sex and Submission and Water Bondage at least on the Kink network. If that is Sasha Grey, then you'll have no trouble finding her on many good sites. | |
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| 02-19-10 11:13am - 5429 days | #17 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Jesus... This is the second time today that I can quote Drooler and say "same for me." Most of my friends suggest that I'm not a breast man. That's not true, I just like 'em small. A-cup is perfection for me. Like Aubrey Addams before she got herself "enhanced." :-( That gives me an idea, maybe us anti-boob-job guys should take a page from the right-wing Cristian playbook. They harass abortion providers and the women using the clinics. Maybe we should band together and start protesting at boob-job clinics. I'll start making posters and signs right now. If anyone can think of a bible quote that supports our cause let me know. Lat's save the A-cups! | |
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| 02-19-10 11:06am - 5429 days | #58 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Ditto for me. I'm a bit of a geezer too and still like it bare. A little runway is fine too, just not massive bush. | |
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| 01-31-10 05:54pm - 5447 days | #5 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
To add to the comedy, the bag has a rabbit character on it that is drawn pretty much what you’d think a porn star rabbit would look like. As for any Viagra-like side effects of the carrots, that isn’t an issue. All I need to do is think of Bunny’s scene in Lewd Conduct 6. It’s probably 10 years since that was shot, but it still remains one of my favorites of all time. | |
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| 01-31-10 02:45pm - 5448 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
My wife comes home from gorcery shopping last night and as I'm helping her put stuff away I noticed that the brand of baby carrots that she bought were "Bunny Luv" brand! And to make matters better, the bag boasts that they are "ready to eat." Damn right Bunny Luv would be ready to eat. For those of us of a certain vintage, I'm sure there are positive memories of Ms. Luv when she worked in front of the camera. She didn't do a lot of b/g stuff, but I sat through many a lesbian scene just to watch her. So now as I'm crunching my way through the whole bag my wife is wondering why the hell I'm eating so many carrots and sitting smiling like an idiot. I suspect, however, that Ms. Luv would be less crunchy. And less orange. But this is my fantasy... | |
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| 01-16-10 01:47pm - 5463 days | #21 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Squirrel - thanks for the tip. When I learned that WD TV would only play version 9 of WMV files that was the kiss of death for it as far as me keeping it. I never did get to experience any of the complaints that you reported. But... the Patriot Box Office still won't play older versions of WMVs than the latest, #9. This must have something to do with the HD capability the salesguy was mentioning to me. But this begs the question - why doesn't someone recognize that a lot of media exists in WMV format that is version 8 and older. I know it isn't HD, but I'd still like a simple way to play it. Don't these people realize that it's we porn viewers who dictate technological advances??? | |
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| 01-11-10 06:08pm - 5467 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so ï¿¿ there always seems to be a porn 'It' Girl. Sheï¿¿s the model who makes the sales ring up when she's on the cover. She's the girl that seems to define the standard for a while. She's obviously good looking, but often her 'It' status is defined by other things like her intensity on camera. My porn viewing isnï¿¿t up to date. I'm probably still stuck in 2008 or so since Iï¿¿ve spent a lot of my porn time recently in tracking down movies from the early to mid nineties. Some girls who definitely had the 'It' status for a while were Aurora Snow, Taylor Rain and Jenna Haze. Certainly Jenna Jameson had/has it, but that may be more marketing than fan buzz. Some who may have had it (but maybe it was just my infatuation with them that made it seem that way) are Amber Rayne (who could still have it), Gauge, Inari Vachs and Tammi Ann. So is there a current 'It' girl? My guess would be that Sasha Grey would qualify, but since I'm not up on the latest talent she may have already started to fade (I hope notï¿¿!). As a matter of interest and opinion, who was the greatest 'It' girl we never had? In other words, who should have had that buzz but didn't quite make it? Edited by Staff on Oct 22, 2014, 02:30pm (Khan: patched font) | |
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| 01-09-10 06:30am - 5470 days | #43 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
This is a great thread going here. I think the length of it is a testament to how big an issue this is for most of us. While I agree with Malikstarks that this may be the golden age of porn just for the sheer variety out there, I have to also agree with the majority of posters who note that the bulk of porn has lost its zing. I started a thread last year noting that so much of porn had become boring since it was all the same. I noted that when gonzo started it was fun to watch because there was still some setup. One of you had the insight to get right to the core of the issue and said that the problem was with new stuff is that there is no tease. Yes, we know it’s porn and we know that the people are going to fuck, but some tease would still be nice. I also have to agree that the rise of violence and degradation are a real negative. This factor alone, if it continues to grow, may be the downfall of this golden age of variety. I say that because mainstream society may force a crackdown, and it may eventually dry up the supply of fresh young talent. The former is probably more likely than the latter. I remember seeing my first Max Hardcore flick way back in the early to mid 1990s and that was really pushing the boundaries then. But to look at some of his older stuff now the older Max stuff actually seems tame. Back then Max had a setup with some tease and he didn’t so forcefully abuse the girls. Hell, I remember when Max used to even go down on the girls because, well, it was the gentlemanly thing to do! In his more recent stuff it isn’t really about the sex anymore – it’s about pushing the degradation and humiliation. And where did that get Mr. Hardcore? He’s now married to the man with the most cigarettes in cell block D. This is not to say that degradation and humiliation don’t have a place, but its place shouldn’t be in the mainstream. Consider the work done by Kink.com. Some of their stuff really pushes the envelope. Water Bondage was among their most extreme (no longer updating…) but still seemed fun since they went out of their way to make sure that the viewers knew that the women fully consented and were willing participants. That is a common theme in all the Kink stuff. It may be extreme, but it isn’t as sinister as some of the mainstream stuff that really aims to degrade and humiliate. So I guess the bottom line for me (yes, that’s a pun) is that while this is a pretty great time in porn, we need to get back to some of the basics – treat the woman better – much better – and make porn about sex and the buildup to it. | |
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| 01-09-10 06:09am - 5470 days | #11 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks for all the good information on this. PinkPanther - your point about the reluctance to ship to certain zip codes reminded me of a documentary I saw a while ago and would highly recommend. It's called "U.S v. Tommy Chong" or "a/k/a Tommy Chong." It's well worth watching. The specific issue isn't porn, it's drug paraphenalia, but the primary story is how Chong was entrapped by the feds for selling bongs. Chong owned a company that made artistic glass bongs. He knew that some states would give him problems so he refused to ship to certain states. A federal agent posing as a customer from one of those states tried to order and Chong refused. The agent persisted and finally told Chong he was a retailer and he wanted $40,000 worth of bongs and he would drive to California to pick them up. So based on that Chong's staff made up this massive order, and then the agent said he couldn't make it to California so the items would have to be shipped. Chong faced a significant financial strain because of the size of the order and finally relented and shipped the product. The feds raided him right away. So the lesson is that some states must be off limits for physically shipping some things. But the internet has to be treated differently – at least until someone figures out how to regulate all us reprobates. Here in Canada our border service bans hundreds of porn titles a year for being obscene. Our obscenity laws are similar to yours in the U.S., but probably a little more wacky. But of those banned titles, I have many of them digitally. All I do is go online and buy them as a download. And I’ll keep them until the government pries my J.M. Productions titles from my cold, dead hands! (With a wink to the late Charleton Heston, of course…) This also reminds me of a story in a book by Allan MacDonell who rose to be Larry Flynt's right hand man. The book is "Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler." This is a highly entertaining read for anyone interested in the porn business. MacDonell makes the point that the feds tried for years to get Flynt on obscenity charges but never had much luck. The difference was that back in the 70s and even into the early 80s the religious nuts who the feds put on the juries still believed that they had no right to impose their view of morality on anyone else. That alone is probably the biggest shift in the business of prosecuting on victimless morality offences like porn and drugs. These days I suspect you'd be hard pressed to find a fundamentalist who DIDN'T want to impose his or her values on me, you and everyone else. Maybe the moral of the story is best summed up by Frank Zappa when he said (noting that many Christians use the fish symbol to advertise their faith) “Beware the fish people, they are the true enemy.” | |
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| 01-07-10 11:47am - 5472 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
For the first time in a long time I stopped in to an adult DVD shop (remember those?). One video that I noticed was titled "Put Your Hand in My Ass" by a studio called Sweet Pictures. The cover showed a picture of Julie Night being anally fisted. I'm not up on the advances in this area of porn, but the last word I remember is when Adam Glasser (aka Seymore Butts) was charged with obscenity for showing vaginal fisting in Tampa Tushy Fest. I'm making the assumption that this is a 'Made in the USA" movie because Julie Night and others are from the U.S., but this could be a European studio. Does anyone know if showing fisting in the U.S. is now legal? (I should also add, just in the interest of clarity, that I saw this DVD in a shop in eastern Canada. Canadian obscenity law tends to be more strict than in the U.S, so I can't imagine that it is now legal in Canada and not in the U.S.) | |
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| 12-26-09 05:55am - 5484 days | #11 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
RagingBuddhist: Maybe I'm just mis-reading your post, but I'm confused. It seems like you're saying that you don't join American Vice because of the split files and file names used. But American Vice uses scene-specific file names and no split files. When the American Vice webmaster made his comments about them having "always done it this way" he was referring to having done it the right way - used a naming system that uses scene-unique names. Maybe I'm wrong, but I interpreted the wemmaster's comments as simply pointing out that sites like FTV Girls and Hustler got into using generic names for all files early and now it's too late to go back and change them, so they just stick with a bad choice and live with it. I think what the American Vice webmaster was saying was "We've always just named our files in [a scene specific, unique] fashion since day one. But you're not the first person to mention this pet peeve [that other sites don't use this method]." I may be accused of putting words in the American Vice webmaster's mouth, but I don't think so. My apologies for anyone whom I've mis-interpreted or mis-represented... M | |
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| 12-23-09 04:16pm - 5486 days | #3 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Not to head off in a different direction, but FTV is one of the few places where I don't mind split files. I took my mmembership based on the reviews that noted a lot of public nudity, and having split files makes it easier for me to get just that. In most cases, split files are another pet peeve though. | |
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| 12-23-09 03:12pm - 5487 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
And I'm looking at you, FTV Girls and Hustler... The rest of you know who you are too. I have this fantasy that maybe someday there will be the perfect website. Everything will be done right: content, ease of use, download speeds. But the little things matter too. I just ended a membership with Hustler and found this trait annoying, and I'm into my first-ever membership with FTV Girls. That trait? Naming every goddamn file on your site the same name. Do you know how many video files on FTV are named "o1w"? I don't know, but I'm guessing that it is in the thousands. Downloading from the site is so much harder since I have to create folders and sub-folders as I go along. Sub-folders are necessary since a model with 6 shoots will have 6 files named o1w, o2w, o3w, etc. Does it detract from the quality? No. Does it impact download speeds? No. Does it show a bit of laziness? Yes. Other websites can manage, like Videobox and American Vice. Think of it as a little way to mprove your relationship with customers. | |
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| 12-19-09 12:23pm - 5491 days | #4 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks for the answers. Maybe I'm confused still, but is the issue really only that the price listed is in Euros rather than in USD which we're all more used to seeing? TPB lists the monthly subscription price as 29.95 but doesn't say that it is in Euros. | |
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| 12-19-09 10:43am - 5491 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I've searched the forums for variations on the word 'target' and came up dry. I know I've read something about this here, but I can't find it now. I was thinking of joining FTV for the first time. I was doing my due dilgence and read all the reviews here and then jumped over to TPB and noted that they have a warning that FTV may use geo-targeted pricing. I can guess what it mean - it would seem that the price charged may depend on where I live. But what good does that do them? Does that mean that people in third-world countries can but porn cheaper than those of us in more affluent countries? Is it some kind of a scam that I should be aware of? Any advice would be great. And if you have any experience with FTV I'd like to hear about that too. Thanks all... M | |
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| 12-10-09 04:52pm - 5499 days | #9 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I returned mine too. The guy I spoke to about it seemed both managerial and technical and he offered an opinion as to why it only suuports wmv version 9. (It supperts other formats, but only version 9 of wmv.) Western Digital sells the WD TV thing as an HD box, but only version 9 is HD. It baffles me why they'd choose HD only over wider compatibility. Wmv version 9 doesn't seem to be too common on porn sites, and that's a problem for Western Digital. They've forgotten one very important lesson - porn drives technology. Do you think we'd have VCRs if the only reason was to watch Poltergeist at home? No! We have VCRs because men wanted to wank in the privacy of their own homes! Same with 4-head VCRs. The ability to freeze the frame with no stutter wasn't driven by the desire to freeze our favorite scene in Back to the Future. It was to do a frame-by-frame of a messy money shot across Ginger Lynn's face! Never before did mankind have that ability. So Western Digital may have shot itself in the foot. | |
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| 11-28-09 06:16am - 5512 days | #7 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm thinking that a dedicated PC is the way to go. Thanks for the input. M | |
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| 11-27-09 11:27am - 5513 days | #46 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
For me it's having confidence that I'm getting what I'm paying for. Getting it for free I'd give up some control. Quality is assured, there is less change of a virus, and, as stated before, I prefer to support companies that make porn so they can keep doing what they do best. | |
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| 11-27-09 10:19am - 5513 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Anyone have experience with devices that allow you to play files on a TV? I know that there are several out there. I'm only aware of the one that Western Digital makes. (Type WD TV in your search engine if you aren't aware of them) My issue is that although the list of supported file types seems extensive, most of them (including the WD TV) only support version 9 of WMV and no earlier versions. Using mediainfo (thanks to GCode for the tip on that) I found that only about 25% of my near-2TB collection will play on one of these. I'm not about to spend the months converting everytyhing. Does anyone have any experience with these things? If so, how has the experience been? Do you have compatibility problems? Finally, why would the companies that manufacture these things only make them compatible with WMV9 and not earlier versions too? Is it cost? Do they have to pay to licence the code? Thanks | |
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| 11-27-09 06:34am - 5513 days | #9 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Gotta agree with that. She's the only woman I know who did a scene with Max Hardcore while in bondage. That takes courage! Amber Rayne is also good, as mentioned too. My recommendation is to check out any site by Kink.com. They're rough and top quality. With Kink, the sex scenes are rough but not abusive. If you want rough AND abusive, then the king of that is Max Hardcore. I'm not sure if much of Max's stuff is still available since he's now (I think) a guest of the U.S. government for offending the right-wing Christian nuts. BTW, CHA Babe, no need to rationalize liking rough sex scenes. It may not be to everyone's liking but obviously enough of us are into it that it is a pretty popular niche in porn. M Edited on Nov 27, 2009, 10:06am | |
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| 11-09-09 05:17pm - 5530 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Porn really does seem to be treated differently in Canada from what it is in the U.S. At least in the larger New England states where I have some experience. It appears that the larger New England states and those on the west coast have a more libertarian bent. Canada has no similar libertarian streak in it. Part of the issue in Canada is what much of our obscenity laws are based on. Back in the early 90s our obscenity laws got a bit of a working over by the supreme court. That's bad, but to make it worse, the court had evidence from the American ultra-feminist Catherine MacKinnon, who has the idea (I'm over-simplifying a bit) that all porn is equivalent to hate propaganda. The Canadian supreme court bought that load of crap and created a new standard that was very limiting. I've heard, but have never confirmed, that MacKinnon earlier tried that same argument at the U.S. supreme court and was ignored. Another key problem is that in Canada (and I'm not really sure about the U.S. here), government has a position of prior approval when it comes to porn. What I mean is that it would make more sense if I was told what the law was and was expected not to break it. In the case of porn though, government steps in and previews the porn and makes a decision whether I can see it or not. That'd be like government putting speed limiters on all cars to ensure that no one broke the speed limit. I don't mean to create an image of us all being wimps up here, because like in the U.S. there aren't many people who would stand up to government and say 'hands off my Max Hardcore.' Especially since Max is now cooling his dick as the guest of the government somewhere. You are correct about a proposed law that would change how the police can access my ISP records. The proposal isn't explicitly for allowing constant monitoring of internet habits though. It purports to simply remove the requirement for the police to get a warrant to view my ISP records. If they want to see them, no probable cause is required. Ask and ye shall receive. An obvious criticism of this proposal is that given how police don't tend to exercise any restraint on their power, there really is no difference from the proposed law and constant monitoring. If our current Prime Minister happened to be born in the U.S., he's so far to the right I'm sure the Republicans would scoop him up in a heartbeat. The interesting thing about this proposed law (which probably won't pass in this form but who knows. Politicians won't stand up to church ladies screaming 'won't someone please think of the children!) will be how it is used on people like me. They say it will be used to check on people accessing child porn, but how will it be used on me if they find I'm downloading a movie from AdultDVDEmpire or Hot Movies? I might be downloading a supreme court-approved video like an old Shane's World, but I also might be downloading the banned Gag Factor series. As currently drafted, the new law will allow them to ask my ISP what I'm doing with no evidence at all that I'm doing anything wrong. So excuse me while I start downloading all the banned porn I can get my hands on... | |
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| 11-09-09 04:50pm - 5530 days | #11 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I did, but these days I'm such a Luddite that without the technical knowledge to back it up it isn't a big help. Sad to say, but I think I'll just have to report on raw numbers and then make a subjective judgment as to the quality. I appreciate the tip though. Thanks. M | |
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| 11-08-09 05:00pm - 5531 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I found this link and thought it might be of some interest here, and not just to those of us from Canada. The site is a Canadian page for an anti-censorship group. The reason I raise it is that this page has information going back several years on all the porn videos that have been barred from being allowed in the country. No big surprise, but when looking at the older stuff (say 5 years old and older) it appears that not much from Max Hardcore or Jeff Steward made it into Canada. (In Canada, material that is deemed to have a "dominant characteristic of which is the undue exploitation of sex, or of sex and any one or more of the following subjects, namely, crime, horror, cruelty and violence, shall be deemed to be obscene.") This information is hard to find on the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency website, so it is nice to find it in one easy-to-access location. I think several things make it interesting. One is certainly how pervasive censorship is here in Canada. Obviously if, in 2004, I had ordered a Max Hardcore DVD from a U.S. distributor I'd be very unlikely to ever receive it. (And wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall as these guys watched this stuff!) The second is that sometimes you see listed something that never seemed that bad. I've seen a lot of the videos listed and many of them aren't bad. But then I'd guess that the censors would hardly see me, or any of us, as worthy of being the moral safeguard for an entire nation. The third thing that I noticed, and I may be wrong, is that there seems to be a drop in the number of titles from the larger porn studios in more recent years. You see Diabolic, Extreme Associates, J.M. Productions, and the like being regularly banned a few years ago. My perception (and I didn't count the number of titles so I may be wrong) is that fewer of those titles are being banned now. Or, more accurately, fewer are being stopped at the border. I think that if my perception is accurate this signals a shift in porn that most of us have seen coming steadily for the past while: porn is fast becoming an internet business. Several years ago if I wanted a decent copy of Gag Factor 5 I had to order it and physically have it shipped to me. Now, if I want that title I dig out my credit card and download it from a reputable site. No moral-minority censors need view it and tell me that I can't. I guess I'm not sure what my point is here. I started out with the premise that this was an interesting database for people with an interest in porn, but I think I'm now working on the premise that unless a government wants to seriously crack down on the internet like North Korea does, then maybe censorship is pointless now. Maybe border guards could be taken off this important task of stopping a consenting adult from buying a DVD from a consenting adult that shows other consenting adults doing something that the Baptist Women's Tea Cozy Society doesn't like. Maybe they'd have to do more mundane things like weed out terrorists. In the meantime, maybe I'll go download something from the Gag Factor series. If the border guards don't like it, I'll guess that I would. The site is Gomorrahy.com | |
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| 11-08-09 04:07pm - 5531 days | #12 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm with jd1961 on this. Big butts don't do it for me at all. Slim, sexy bum on a slim sexy lass does it for me. And narrow hips too. Too wide leave me with the impression that she'd likely get pregnant too easily... | |
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| 11-08-09 04:31am - 5532 days | #9 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks all. This was helpful. The reason i asked was that I recently joined Hustler and found that the video quality is mediocre in many of the files and wanted to better understand the technical stuff before I make any comment on it. | |
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| 11-07-09 04:17pm - 5532 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm not very technically savvy, and I looked for some information here but found nothing. Is there a direct correlation between a clip's bit rate and the screen dimension? Some clips might have a 1200kbps bit rate and dimensions of 720x480, or something like that. I realize that the higher for both numbers the better, but what does each mean and are they related at all? Could you have a high bit rate (1700kbps) and a really low screen dimension and vice versa? Thanks M | |
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| 09-24-09 03:39am - 5577 days | #5 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
That's exactly the info I needed. Thanks Khan. M | |
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| 09-23-09 05:51pm - 5577 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
That's definitely an option, but since the site is completely different now, and there are serious flaws, my preference is a full review. I think I'll just try it and see what happens. Thanks M | |
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| 09-23-09 04:07pm - 5578 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I've been having a spot o' bother with the good folks at Diabolic. I posted a thread here and a warning about a serious flaw on the Diabolic review page. I also reviewed the site back in 2007 and I want to add a new review since the site has changed so much. The only option I have is to edit my 2007 review. Can I re-write the whole thing? If I do, will the posting date be updated too? Help is appreciated. M | |
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| 09-23-09 04:00pm - 5578 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Mmmmmm... titlets... | |
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| 09-23-09 03:59pm - 5578 days | #10 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
As someone who is active, but more in a second or third tier kind of way, I can confirm some of your fears. Posting here among people who have been here for so long can be a bit un-nerving. Having said that, I've always been treated with respect and many have given me a stamp of approval with a 'trust' rating. I'd post more if I could, but time constraints don't allow. And as for reviews, some of the more senior people must post a review a week to get to the points level that they're at! I wish I had that kind of time and budget! I've told a few porn-loving friends (I guess that would make them pornusers...)about this site in hopes of having them join in. I don't think that's happened yet though. I don't think the site is in real danger of becoming elitist simply because the big dogs don't come across as being that way. The important thing is to keep the site active since it is HUGE source of reliable and valuable information. And besides that, it's a great place to talk about our 'hobby.' There aren't many other guys I can confess to that I still think Tammi Ann is the best porn star ever. My wife just wouldn't get that, and if she did she wouldn't appreciate it. Thanks for all your efforts guys. I'll continue to contribute what I can. M | |
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| 09-13-09 05:25am - 5588 days | #7 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
james4096 - you didn't steer me wrong. I was a member a while back and what you reported was what I remember too. It appears that they are revamping the website, but the issue is how long will it take before all the scenes I wanted are linked again and will I get a refund. I'll report back here or in an updated review - though I will add a comment and hope the webmaster sees it. Thanks | |
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| 09-12-09 06:39pm - 5588 days | #5 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm actually feeling like a bit of an ass since all I wanted were two scenes Lewd Conduct 6. I just figured that my options were to DL it from Adult DVD Empire which I could download to own for $22. Bad value for sure, but I figured the Diabolic membership would cover what I wanted and I could get a few more 'classic' scenes. I feel compelled to quote the mid-20th Century American philosopher, Yosemite Sam, on this one: "I paid my four bits to see the high-diving act and I'm a-gonna see the high-diving act." | |
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| 09-12-09 06:16pm - 5588 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks for the reply. I still have hope though. The tech department is probably closed for the weekend and there is some evidence that they are revamping the site. And to top it off, the webmaster has responded to some criticisms on this site. Maybe I'm being naive... But the bottom line is that I joined a site for about 20 specific scenes and every-frigging-one of them is a dead link. In fairness to them, I'll give them a few days and if there's no response then I'll open both barrels on them in a new review. | |
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| 09-12-09 04:50pm - 5588 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
The reason I ask is that that was the last date for a full review. I just got a membership there hoping to pick up a few older scenes from some of my favorite series (Lewd Conduct, Spring Chickens, Un-natural Sex). The last reviewer, James4096, noted a few things that seem to have changed. He says that all the videos are called the same thing and that there is only one size download available. That doesn't appear to be the case now though. My issue is this: the videos I want were added to the site sometime prior to April 2006 and it appears that many of the videos added to the site prior to that have dead links and can't be downloaded or viewed at all, even though they appear on the site. This includes Lewd Conduct 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20 and 24 - all of which I want scenes from. In fact, it appears that 41% (!!!) of the videos uploaded prior to April 2006 are dead links. My question is this: has anyone else experienced this and emailed about it? I'm wondering if maybe the site is undergoing a thorough re-work (file names and different download options) and they are working their way through the library. I'm still kinda pissed though, since I bought a membership specifically to buy a lot of titles that don't have working links. This will be my second subscription to Diabolic and I liked it last time and this didn't seem to be a problem then. I've sent a message through the usual link on the site, and I realize that it might be early next week when I get an answer. I know this will probably met with howls of laughter, but if they can't fix the links I'm going to ask for a refund since I haven't downloaded anything else I wanted (I did randomly download a couple of scenes that were uploaded recently to make sure my problem wasn't user-oriented) and the scenes that I wanted and appeared to be available when I signed up aren't really available. Anyone have any insight into this? Edited on Sep 12, 2009, 04:55pm | |
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| 09-12-09 04:48pm - 5588 days | #14 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Thanks for this thread Capn. Like you, I think this is a vastly under-served niche. Maybe some entrepreneur will read this and start something. | |
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| 08-12-09 04:09pm - 5620 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Okay, maybe not all porn, but at least the mainstream stuff. The stuff that is posted on VideoBox, American Vice and similar sites. The stuff that makes up the bulk of porn these days, and what seems to be the new gonzo. First a brief history lesson for the younger people who may not have seen earlier post-VCR porn. In the late '70s and early '80s pretty much all that was available was what would probably be seen today as couple-oriented porn. There was a story line and the stars were required to act. There was a plot, there were characters and there were long bits of movie between the sex scenes. The fast-forward button got used a lot. Then in the early 1990s the format changed. Gonzo porn was developed and movies were no longer required to have a plot and characters that could justify the sex scenes. Scenes could be just fucking. That was what a lot of us wanted and I think that is still the case today. But my concern is that gonzo was different back then. The movies themselves may not have plot and characters any longer, but the scenes at least had some setup. There may have even been some thin connection between the scenes (as in a lot of early Seymore Butts stuff). Some of the early practitioners were people like John Stagliano (aka Buttman) and Joey Silvera. Their stuff was a breath of fresh air compared to the stuffy 'feature films' that came before them. And they used brief setups to get the scenes started. Maybe it was a girl on her way home from school, maybe it was a girl 'auditioning' for a shot at stardom. It doesn't matter, but it was the norm. Hell, even Max Hardcore had some kind of setup back then. These days the norm seems to be 'This is star X and Star Y, today they're going to fuck for you.' The guy is probably naked and the girl has some skimpy clothes on. They do oral, then screw. The end. I know there are still a lot of videos out there that do have a setup, but there are a lot more that take the easy way out. Am I the only person who laments for the early days of gonzo? Surely I can't be the only guy left who likes a little bit of setup with my porn. | |
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| 06-20-09 06:50pm - 5672 days | #3 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
Jay G: Thanks for the comments. I'm new to streaming and am only doing it reluctantly since several titles that I wanted to see were only available that way. Like you, I'm less than satisfied. To make matters worse, my VOD minutes with a reputable site keep disappearing without being used. I've emailed the tech people and am hoping for a reasonable resoultion. I guess that most users here don't do streaming since there seems to be little interest in discussing it. MM | |
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| 06-15-09 04:04pm - 5678 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I'm new to VOD. I don't really like streaming so I've avoided it. I've been trying to watch some porn from my glory days of the mid-90s and have had some luck finding them available for download. Three of the titles that I really wanted to see were streaming only. I was able to get one from Adult DVD Empire and the resolution was fine. (I don't know how to objectively measure the properties of a streaming video, but subjectively it seemed pretty good.) Two other videos that I wanted to see were only available on Gamelink VOD. I paid for streaming access to both and was really disappointed with the resolution and overall video quality. In fairness to Gamelink, these are mid-90s videos and are probably taken off an old VHS. But the streaming video I got from Adult DVD Empire was from the mid-90s and was fine. My question is this: does anyone here have experience with Gamelink? Did I just happen to buy two movies that are poorly streamed? Are newer releases better quality? Final question: PU seems to be mostly about download sites. I haven't found a lot of information on the VOD sites (both streaming and download). I've been downloading a fair bit of stuff from several of these sites and can certainly pass on some information on the forum if anyone is interested. Thanks M | |
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| 06-15-09 03:54pm - 5678 days | #11 | |
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rearadmiral (0)
Active User Posts: 1,453 Registered: Jul 16, '07 Location: NB/Canada |
I have several of the Western Digital drives. I think Iomega makes them too. These aren't flash drives, they still have moving parts. The thing I like is that they are small and powered off the USB. My oldest one of these is at least four years old and I haven't had a problem yet. I have seven of them (ranging from 120GB for the older ones to 500GB for the newest one) and can't recommend them highly enough. | |
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