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Reply of
Drooler's Poll
I agree with most everyone else in that it's basically all of the above. I tend not to necessarily pay attention to any of those things in particular, I just have an immediate reaction to whether I like the photo or not.
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06-13-12 05:58pm
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Naughty America
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messmer's Reply
No.
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06-13-12 05:55pm
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Naughty America
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Marcus's Reply
You're right about that, although most of the time if you rename the FLV file to an mp4 it will actually play fine.
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06-13-12 06:27am
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Naughty America
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slategrey's Comment
Right now, the only difference seems to be that the mp4 is a lower bitrate than the FLV was. I don't think it's very noticeable, but some people might.
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06-12-12 10:12pm
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Review
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Elegant Angel
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82.0
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Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
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| Pros: |
-Good amount of scenes (1900+)
-Multiple download resolution options (HD, SD, mobile)
-Very high quality content
-Some good scene/actress filtering options (though some don't work as well as they could) |
| Cons: |
-Small amount of picture sets (130+), resolution of pics not very high
-Can go decently long periods of time without any updates
-Some DVDs they have released are not on the site (even recent ones)
-Navigation can take getting used to |
| Bottom Line: |
The first thing I'm going to talk about is the actual content on the site. Elegant Angel has been around as a DVD company for over 20 years, and for at least the past 5-6 have been one of my favorite DVD companies in American porn. They shoot with the best girls and the best guys, and get many of those girls to do things for them that they had never done with any other company. Every year, they get 'first' scenes from some of the biggest girls in the industry. Their directors are all top notch, and none of their scenes that I've watched have felt over or under-produced. As far as just the quality of the scenes on the site, I'd honestly place them as probably my favorite website that I've ever joined. But content isn't the only thing that determines how good a site is to me.
At the moment, the site has over 1900 videos, which is a pretty nice amount. The movies seem to take about a month between when they are released on DVD and when they begin to be uploaded to the site. The movies go back to as far as the mid 2000s. This is nice, but Elegant Angel started producing movies in 1990. There's no videos from their truly early days, which is understandable, but it would be really nice if they had some of it. When you get to the middle of last decade, they have most of the scenes from their bigger series, but not all of them. For example, they don't have Lauren Phoenix's Buttwoman movie from 2004, even though they have movies from earlier than that posted. This is a little disappointing, but still understandable. What isn't understandable is that there's movies that they've released this year that aren't up on their site. They released Anal Students in January, yet it is nowhere to be found. Thankfully, there aren't very many examples of this, but the fact that there are any, especially from movies released in the past 6 months, is very disappointing. And even more disappointing than that was that the updates weren't consistent. For about 2 weeks during my time as a member, there wasn't a single solitary update that wasn't just a compilation from other scenes they'd already released on the site. I know that they don't actually release enough new DVDs to fill up a whole month of updates, but with the mention I made earlier of movies from their back catalog that they haven't uploaded yet, they could easily fill gapes like that with older scenes (which they do seem to have done in other instances, including over the past week or so).
The site can take a little time to get used to navigating, but not much. All of your typical sorting and tagging is there (by male or female talent, by sex act [anal, interracial, etc.]). There are also a few that aren't so common. You can filter the girls by their countries of origin or ethnicity (so only American girls, or only Asian girls). It's something that could has potential, but there are some glaring bugs For example, it goes by country of birth and not place of primary residence, so you'll see some girls that were raised American listed as, say, German because they were born in Germany. And there's no way to look by continent (so, say, all European or South American performers). You can also view scenes by DVD, and DVDs by series (i.e. Big Wet Asses), both of which came in handy many times for me.
When viewing the scenes, there are a couple of different options. They have your typical file formats and resolutions (1080p, 720p, standard def, and mobile device). All are mp4 downloads. They also have a feature that I didn't realize how much I liked until recently, which is a set of small thumbnails that, when clicked, take you directly to that point in the scene. The scenes have screencaps that can be downloaded as a zip file, but the resolution isn't very high (720 by 480). Other than the screencaps, there are no real picture sets for each scene. The site does have a separate area for pure picture sets, but these sets are very small (usually 5-10 pics), the resolution is good but not great (1280 by 720) and there's only about 130 sets.
Most of my issues with this site are easily fixable. They have enough content (in theory) to be able to fill the gaps in their schedule and make their updates more consistent. The navigation could be improved easily, and probably without redesigning the site that much. In the end, though I don't have that much experience with these types of sites, most of them seem to basically just be a function of this being a company who puts their DVD business first and their internet business very clearly second. If they were to focus their attention on their site, I think it could probably become a site that I stay a member of for a long time. Right now, though, it's just a site that I'll join every few months. |
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06-11-12 11:47pm
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Reality Kings
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Reply of
noche's Reply
I feel like 60gb is a pretty fair cap, to be honest. That's a ton of data to be moving in a small amount of time. 99% of people are probably never gonna hit that.
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06-08-12 08:50pm
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Pornographic Love
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06-04-12 09:18am
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FTV Girls
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elephant's Comment
If you ever want to find her at other places, her full name is Riley Reid.
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05-20-12 09:52pm
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Brazzers
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pat362's Reply
There scenes from the past few years, including some as new as the end of last year.
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05-12-12 09:59pm
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Brazzers
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05-12-12 01:48am
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I'm somewhere between I don't mind them and a few are okay. The truth is that I don't mind them because I turn my ad-blocker on for every porn site that I visit, so I almost never see them anymore. But even if I did, a few aren't too bad, as long as they're on the sides/bottom of the screen and they don't make any noise.
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05-10-12 12:16am
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Elegant Angel
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05-04-12 11:13pm
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The Art Of Blow Job
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Reply of
Marcus's Review
Good review. I pretty much felt the same way when I was a member 6 months ago, especially with the doing more than BJs a little more often. Occasionally, I wonder what she'd do given the resources and contacts to make a full-on porn movie with other actors.
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05-03-12 06:24pm
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Khan's Poll
Every so often, someone makes a post that screams to me "Get off my lawn, you whippersnappers", so I'll check the age then.
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05-02-12 11:13pm
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Reality Junkies
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rearadmiral's Review
Good review. I was already interested in joining this site at some point, but your review has convinced me to make this the next site I join (especially with the discount they offer).
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05-01-12 09:27am
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AEBN Video On Demand
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rearadmiral's Reply
Yeah, PPM/VOD sites are never going to be where I get the majority of my content, but I've found that they really are pretty great when it comes to watching that one scene or one DVD you want to see, especially if it comes from a company that doesn't have its own website (or doesn't have a good one). The channels could be great if they could get some of the bigger companies to offer their own channels (for example, I'd pay $20 a month right now for a Hustler channel here as opposed to having to join their website). Even though I prefer Hot Movies to AEBN primarily because they give you extra incentive for staying a member for an extended period of time, I can easily see myself spending some money here.
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04-29-12 09:42pm
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AEBN Video On Demand
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82.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
-Huge movie selection
-Multiple payment options (ppm, buy/rent movies, channels)
-Fewer premium titles than competitors
-Good search function |
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-Inconsistent scene tags (especially actors)
-No Flash Player (WMP and Silverlight only)
-Videos take longer to load
-Can be more expensive if watching lots of content (and no giveaway minutes) |
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No site exists in a vacuum. All sites are (and should be) compared to the similar to themselves, to see what works, what doesn't, and what they could do better. While pay-per-minute sites aren't that prevalent, there are a few out there that seem to be doing well, and it's good as a consumer to compare them to each other to see which ones are more worthy of your time. This is why I started looking at AEBN after joining another PPM site, but it means that my opinions on this site are generally in comparison to another site.
The selection here is huge. Definitely bigger than any other site I've been to, and it's not even close. They have movies from every era, and from the huge feature companies all the way down to the small operations with a camera in someone's bedroom. From looking through their selection, I get the impression that if you're looking for something or someone and it was ever even mildly popular, you'll find it here. I've definitely found DVDs on this site that I haven't seen anywhere else that are made by other companies. And they even have a little of their own truly 'exclusive' content, which you won't find anywhere else (though I have found that not all the content marked as exclusive is actually exclusive). Also, from the browsing that I've done, they have less premium titles (ones that cost more than one minute per minute of viewing) than other sites, and some videos that are premium in other places aren't premium here.
Finding the specific content you want is relatively easy, but it could be easier. The search function is good, and returns not only actor and title matches, but studio matches as well. They also make it easy to browse all the movies in a series (i.e. Barely Legal), which can come in handy when you find one that you like. Tag searching works, but doesn't look very organized. My biggest gripe is that while they do a good job of listing all the actors in a movie, even though they separate the movie into different scenes, many (but not all) of the separate scenes don't have the actors tagged, so you may have watch a little of the movie to make sure that the scene you're about to watch actually features the actress you're looking for. Thankfully, they provide a short free preview for each scene so that you don't have to spend your minutes doing this, but it would be much easier if they just named the actors in each scene on the page.
The movie player works well enough, but I feel like it could definitely be improved. They offer the option of using Silverlight or Windows Media Player, and while both work well enough, I feel like it's strange that they don't have the option of using a Flash player when other sites do, and not everyone is going to have Silverlight installed. The Silverlight player works decently well enough, though it does take a while to get started, and if you pause, you have to wait for a few seconds for the video to buffer before it will start again. They have multiple bitrate choices (including the ability to watch some scenes in HD), but the highest options still don't match the quality of a high definition downloaded file.
The payment options are generally the same as the other PPM sites that I've been to, with one twist. You have the ability to pay for minutes to watch content, and you can also buy specific movies for rental or lifetime ownership. I got 30 free minutes when I signed up for the site, but so far I have found no way to add minutes without paying for them, so you'll have to start using your own money pretty quickly. They also seem to be introducing "channels", which allow you to pay a monthly fee and have unlimited access to that channel's content. Right now there are three available, two being from specific studios (Vivid and West Coast Productions), with the third being a "super pass" that, while it features a lot of movies, most of them seem to come from lower-tier DVD companies, with very little content that I had heard of before. The idea of channels does seem interesting, especially if they can get more companies signed up to offer their content through them.
I've stated before that I basically use pay-per-minute sites as something to let me preview things that I haven't seen before, to decide if I want to spend my money on them. And while AEBN does this as well as anyone else, they also cost more than anyone else to let me do so. If you're looking for/at the content here that you can't find anywhere else, it is definitely worth it, and if they can get more companies on board with having their own channels, it becomes an interesting alternative to signing up for that companies pay site (especially if the company has their own underdeveloped or difficult to use pay site instead). But, as good as it is, it still isn't my preferred pay-per-minute site. |
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04-29-12 01:03pm
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I just joined Elegant Angel about a week ago.
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04-28-12 09:12am
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Reply of
Drooler's Poll
Never, because I've honestly never seen a porn scene where I legitimately questioned whether the girl is 18 or not. Maybe that's just because I only watch porn from higher-end companies, though.
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04-26-12 09:22pm
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
Bring back the old. For the people who's opinions have changed since they last posted in the thread, you can easily take the time to quote your post and state why your opinion has changed, if you'd like.
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04-24-12 06:08pm
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Reality Kings
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84.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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-Very good streaming media player (time-coded screen shots, jump-to links)
-Huge library of 6K+ videos
-Lots of variety in content |
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-Huge HD file sizes, and not enough download options (1080p mp4, SD mp4, SD wmv, mobile) for even newer videos
-Confusing site navigation
-Bad actor tagging/actor pages
-Small photo sizes (600px by 900px)
-Page and site layout seems dated |
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The first thing that I noticed when I joined the site was the breadth of videos that they had. Not just the amount (the over 6000 basically exclusive videos is a large number and impressive in and of itself), but the variety of the selection as well. If you like European women, there's two sites dedicated to that. Black or Latina women? Each get their own site. Teens get two sites. MILFs get a couple as well. Big asses? There's a site for that. Lesbian sex? That too. Basically, as long as your taste runs somewhere along the general line that is mainstream porn, there's gonna be something here for you, and not just a small amount of it either.
Which brings me to my first negative point: Finding that content is not as easy as it should be. When I first join a site, the first thing I do is look for videos of actresses that I know I already like. When you do that here, there's no guarantee that all you'll actually find all the scenes that feature that actress. The first problem is that, for two of the sub-sites in particular, the tags are inconsistent and occasionally incomplete. One of the sites' (In the VIP) issue is that they basically tag every girl in the scene, even if they aren't the girls having intercourse in that scene. The other (Money Talks) only tags the last girl in the scene, even though there is usually more than one part of the scene that contains sex, so you have to hope that someone in the comments below the scene can identify the other girls so you can find them. Even beyond that issue, when you try going to the individual actor pages, it will only show you the most recent 9 scenes. There's a link on the bottom of the actor page if they have more than 9 scenes to help you find the rest, but my first couple times that happened I kinda glanced over that link and didn't realize it was there. It just all seemed a little confusing, and there has to be a way they can make it easier.
That confusion also extends to the general layout of the site. The whole thing looks like it was developed around 2007-2008 and hasn't been updated since, which is ages in internet time. This seems most evident on the page for each scene, which are tab based and reload each time you click on one of the tabs. This would make sense in the past, when not everyone had high-speed internet and you just wanted to get the entire page loaded as fast as possible, but nowadays everything should should all be loaded on one page, and I shouldn't, for example, have to leave the streaming video page just to go back to the preview page to look for other scenes featuring the same actress. Another small issue I have is with the way the top layout bar works. When you click the part that says home from watching a scene, it only takes you back to the home page of the sub-site that that scene is from, not back to the main homepage, which you get to by clicking the logo instead. Clicking the favorites tab works the same way. This was something else that I didn't notice at first and took me a while to figure out, when it really didn't need to.
Once you find a scene you want to watch, there are many ways to enjoy it. The best way is the site's Flash video player, which is pretty much the best I've seen on any website. At the bottom of the video is a scrolling group of thumbnails, and clicking any of these takes you to the specific point in the video that that thumbnails is from. Right above that are links that take you to specific sex acts in the scene (blowjob, cunnilingus, etc). Both of these make it incredibly easy and fast to get to exactly the part that you want to see. The download options are relatively standard, but the 1080p sizes are huge (2-4 GB per scene), and the next option down is only slightly better than SD. They would benefit greatly from having a 720p option like many other sites do, that would be a nice balance between size and video quality. There's also a picture gallery, but the pictures are pretty small (900x600), and many times the whole set seems more like screenshots than actual photographs.
Even though this was my first time joining the site, Reality Kings content is some of the earliest internet porn that I ever watched, as I first obtained a high speed connection in 2001 and proceeded to download nearly everything I could get my hands on. A lot has changed about porn and the internet and internet porn in the past decade, and a lot of companies have come and gone, but they have stuck around and blossomed. After having joined, while I think the content is still generally top class, the website itself is falling behind the times a bit, and in need of an update.
Also, while there has been talk in other reviews and comments of a download limit, I downloaded about 16GB worth of video over the course of about 2-3 hours and was never cut off from browsing or downloading. |
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04-23-12 02:06am
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Reality Kings
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04-22-12 01:18am
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Reply of
lk2fireone's Poll
Fast and helpful, but that's because I always make sure I know who I actually need to contact before I ever join, and I press the issue when I need to.
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04-20-12 12:52pm
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Reply of
Drooler's Poll
At least 3-4 a week, partially because I actually go looking for them.
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04-15-12 01:08am
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
Don't own one. Never fired one. Maybe touched one once, I don't remember.
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04-12-12 12:11am
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