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826
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VideoBox
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Reply of
pat362's Reply
I don't really see a problem with posting a comment like this before waiting a few days, people do this here all the time with respect to login issues, download speeds, and other technical issues. Clearly he has had some issues with the site over time, and he should feel free to voice his opinion, may be useful to fellow PUs.
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08-05-12 10:36pm
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827
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VideoBox
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Reply of
mike11w's Reply
Not to state the obvious, but why not just use VB2 then? I haven't been a member here in a while, but I never used VB3 because I can't stand it, as long as 2 is availble (and apparently more functional) why not just use it?
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08-05-12 10:23pm
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828
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VideoBox
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Reply of
rearadmiral's Review
Nice review,
I agree with most of your points, although I obviously am not as fond of this site as you are. I also agree with exotics, that I find videosz to be a bit better, the crap-to-decent ratio seemed a bit better there to me. The site you were thinking of was perhaps American Vice (I liked them much better than either of the 'video' sites?
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07-17-12 12:12am
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829
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VideoBox
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Reply of
messmer's Reply
I object to the 'could be better' statement messmer, that implies that it is actually half decent to being with ;). Its fucking terrible, it only seems to work if you are searching for recent and popular stuff. I don't think that I have seen one that is worse anywhere (unless things have changed since last I was a member a few months ago).
Monahan is right, their naming scheme is also bad, my guess is that they have plenty of members and don't really care.
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04-21-12 11:13pm
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830
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VideoBox
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Reply of
rearadmiral's Comment
Ha! That instant stream thing pisses me off to no end as well, so many times forgetting to mute my speaders...
Thanks for the info on Kink, sounds like a reasonable way to get a sampling without having to join all the sites. How to the video specs compare with what you would get directly from Kink?
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12-20-11 10:32pm
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831
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VideoBox
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rearadmiral's Reply
curious, thanks for the info rearadmiral. I probably wouldn't join that channel anyway given exotics comment. Thanks again.
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12-14-11 05:55pm
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832
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VideoBox
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Reply of
rearadmiral's Review
I never even noticed the RK channel, and I was just a member here. Is it new? I checked on their site and it isn't even listed under the channels. Curious. Hope you update your review and let us know how it is if you join it.
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12-12-11 05:55pm
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833
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VideoBox
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Reply of
Monahan's Reply
I agree, I have done the same thing, but it sort of annoying to go between IAFD or something and VB when they could just add a decent search function. They also seem to often have some comically incorrect model photos. I get the feeling the just don't care, their membership is probably very high, and site functionality and design improvements probably wouldn't make it any higher.
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11-14-11 01:18pm
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834
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VideoBox
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Reply of
SexCliche's Review
Nice review Tobey666, although personally I think their new search engine is awful. Quite glitchy, so often it has no results for stars I know they have.
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11-12-11 12:41am
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835
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VideoBox
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Reply of
Goldfish's Reply
They do, or used to offer custom clip downloads, so that could be considered a slight improvement I suppose...
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02-06-11 12:32am
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836
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VideoBox
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Reply of
RustyJ's Reply
I think the reason they charge extra for these two channels is that they are perfectly aware that most of the material on their site is crap, and thus they feel they can charge more for material that has a higher percentage of decent content.
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09-14-10 12:18pm
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837
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VideoBox
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Reply of
RustyJ's Comment
In my opinion, no, especially if you have joined as a member of both anytime recently. Of course, I generally dislike evil angel, so others might value it more. The updates from those studios aren't super-common, and for the most part I don't think they are all that new of material.
You can easily browse all they offer and decide if it is worth it to you, unless they have significantly changed the preview in the last couple of months.
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09-13-10 11:52pm
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838
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Wow, that is crazy low. Weird, maybe it is a Europe thing? Perhaps local ISPs in the UK were capping their bandwidth since they are such a hog? What'd it take, like 5 days to download a small video?
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08-27-10 03:23pm
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839
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VideoBox
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Really? I never had any problems with download speeds, sometimes during what I'm sure are peak download times it would slow a bit. Perhaps you were logging in at bad times or they had technical problems when you were a member? Certainly not the best download speeds, I'm sure they use a ton of bandwidth.
I agree that a lot of people probably join the site and think "holy shit, what a ton of content", but in my experience I have typically only downloaded like one scene out of every 10 DVDs (which is not a good ratio) - and I probably end up going back and deleting 50% of those later...
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08-27-10 03:12pm
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840
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VideoBox
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Reply of
Rob12's Reply
Thanks, its a pity they don't improve the navigation elements a bit, this site would be so much better if they did. As you said, I assume they just don't care since the site is so enormously popular - why bother?
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08-27-10 03:07pm
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Review
841
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VideoBox
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84.0
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Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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Pros: |
-Vast amount of content
-Decent price, one of the few sites I have ever seen where it is cheaper to join by renewing free trial membership than by joining outright, although probably a mistake on their part
-Plenty of variety, although some niches aren't as well represented
-Download managers work
-Download speeds are decent, I averaged 900 KB/s
-Excellent member interaction with reviews and opinions of videos and scenes
-Frequent updates
-Ability to creat custom clips, so you only have to download what you want. |
Cons: |
-Site navigation is mediocre. For a smaller site, their style might be great, but for a site this large it just doesn't work
-Search function often returns a mixed bag of seemingly random stuff, or doesn't work at all
-Model labels are often incorrect. I can accept that they can't be held responsible for what is on the DVD, but when the members comment that the model name is incorrect, would it be that difficult to fix it?
-Video quality is mediocre in this age, and the file size of newer videos seems quite large given the quality of video
-Site bills directly rather than using a 3rd party biller
-Quality of videos is very hit-or-miss, with most in my opinion being miss. |
Bottom Line: |
I know there are tons of reviews of this particular site, and I am sure that everyone at PU has been or will be a member eventually. This site used to be one of the best if not the best porn site on the net. However, lately I feel like they are focussing on stupid little user interface issues rather than resolving major issues with the site. How many times have they redesigned the front page? While adding user costum edited clips is interesting, who has the time to dig through that shit?
They should focus more on fixing the problems with the site. Get quality rather than quantity. They already have a huge archive, I don't think many would be dissappointed with 4-5 updates per week if they were good updates. Also, a site this large needs better navigation. The videos can easily be tagged with more info than gonzo and one on one. Tags for tats, breast size (other than large), and body type would be nice. If they don't want to do it, let the users tag the scenes - I'm sure plenty will.
This overall is a good site, and there is a reason it is so popular, but they could certainly take a cue from sites like American Vice that unfortunately failed. Like I said, everyone here should and will become a member here at some point or another, but that doesn't mean videobox doesn't have plenty of issues to resolve. |
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08-27-10 12:47am
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842
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Reply of
slutty's Comment
Nevermind, tried the free trial - no downloads.
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08-11-10 04:55pm
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843
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08-11-10 04:31pm
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844
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VideoBox
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Reply of
exotics4me's Reply
Yeah, of course the only reason I even have IE is because I need it for work... My lady prefers Safari for some reason, I find it almost as unstable as IE.
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07-28-10 11:42pm
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845
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VideoBox
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Reply of
exotics4me's Comment
I get 17.95 when I try to join as well, I also tried clearing my cookies and tried in safari, firefox and ie. Still came up 17.95.
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07-25-10 11:26pm
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846
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VideoBox
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Reply of
Skip's Reply
Odd, which did you upgrade to? Mine for vivid was $9.99
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03-24-09 03:47pm
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847
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03-23-09 07:50pm
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848
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VideosZ
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Reply of
NMC2008's Comment
Try DownloadThemAll, while I haven't been a member here in a while, it worked for me the last time I was (you need Firefox). I have yet to encounter I site where DTA didn't work, it is freeware as well.
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04-04-13 11:30pm
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849
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VideosZ
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Reply of
RustyJ's Comment
Maybe try fewer concurrent DLs? I wish I had a connection that would get me 2MB/s, best I ever seem to get is 1.5 or so, I hate the ISPs around these parts.
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01-24-13 08:34pm
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850
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VideosZ
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Reply of
elephant's Reply
True, but at least it is free, you can watch the trailers if that helps you pick the best ;) There might be some that are worth less than 300 credits, I didn't really look around too much.
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05-14-12 12:10am
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