Took advantage of the 1 day free pass just to check things out. Bottom line: worth the free pass but that's all.
First off, I'm grateful for the freebie opportunity but the offerings didn't get me going much. Most of the content is nonexclusive, especially the updates prior to this year. A few sites may be exclusive but the HC niche sites that are part of the network are mostly nonexclusive.
The pics are good sized (1000x1500) with zips but the number and content (pose shots vs. hardcore) vary widely by set. Some pic sets are professional, some are just screen caps.
There are very few HD vids, most are 600x480 at the top end. The HD vids I looked at are not true HD but, then again, most porn sites don't do true HD. TBP says some are true HD but I didn't download many so I can't say for sure. Download speeds were about average (300 to 400 kbs). You do have multiple stream and download options which is nice.
Navigation is just OK. Lots of clicking to get around and the model directory is really only searchable by letter of the models name. Can't search within the individual sites themselves. There are scene tags though and they seem pretty accurate. You can also search by scene tags.
Updates come at best about once every two weeks for each site on the network. Many sites have stopped updating or only have a few updates this year.
Quality varies from scene to scene depending on the original source. Some are dark and poorly shot, some are great. Lots of POV and oral here in the network so if you like that you might like this network.
I could say more but I only spent a few hours here. If I had done a full review I'd probably score it in the mid 70's.
Naughtystaff is the newest edition to the Twisty's network and it looks pretty good. There are only 12 sets as of July 08 but the quality is very good and the content is exclusive. Pics come in at 1600x1070 and vids, which can be enlarged, come in at 640x480. I will say that the download speeds were a little slow though. All the action is hardcore and includest the likes of Audrey Bitoni, Bree Olson, Carmela Bing, etc. The quality here is a welcome addition to the Twisty's sites and I hope this one keeps growing.
I used to enjoy the Newsenations suite of sites but I have basically given up on it. While they have a ton of material they seem reluctant to beef up their images (most of the sites offer only 800 x 600 or slightly larger) which for photo lovers like me really hurts. A lot of the sets also seem to be repetitive in look and content. While they seem to be doing well they are falling behind the curve and need some improvements.
Just joined Only3x and so far it isn't bad but it isn't great. Lots of big pics and vids but some of the more recent content is nonexclusive material everyone's seen before. I'm more of a picture guy and for me there aren't enough pics, there's incomplete sets for the nonexclusive material and a lot of movies don't have accompanying pic sets. Navigation isn't so hot but it's tolerable. The vids are pretty good though and download speeds are good. At $15 for the month I'm satisfied. When I do my review it will score in the 80's.
I used to visit this site once in a while about years ago but I've more or less quit visiting. I rejoined on a trial in '07 but was mostly disappointed.
For the uninitiated, the site is all russian women in pantyhose. A lot of the guys in the sex scenes also seem to wear hose too. The women are mostly average with a few hotties.
You get large pictures (1600 pix I believe) but the number of photos in a set is small (usually around than 50). I found the sex scenes to only be OK and you only get a couple of photographed positions. The vids are only average. Updates didn't seem to be coming very often either.
This site, while it was pretty good years ago, seems to have fallen behind. If you're really into pantyhose it might be worth the trial but mostly for the pictures.
I was a member of this site years ago and rejoined last summer. The site does have some hardcore but stopped updating it years ago. I recently went back to take a look and it did not appear that any new hardcore sets were posted.
The site is basically eastern european girls in panties doing solo and toys with some toys and a little hardcore. I think the owners have basically focused this site as a solo site so keep that in mind if you're interested in joining.
I joined the loverpass sites about a week ago and I'm putting this comment up here because I've seen this advertised on it's own and want to give mature fans a heads up.
As for the basics, there are about 100 photosets with about 100 pics each (no zip, no search, bad job of cropping too). There are 40 vids but only one downloadable size (small) and they only come in clips. The content is pretty amateur. It's mostly genuine older women with young men and one young gal who has several sets with older men. For the most part, the models here are not attractive.
The content here is too limited in quality to recommend joining even at a trial price. The loverpass too is not worth the fee in my book. If I were reviewing this site, it would score in the 60's.
It has been a while since I was a member here and I lost the dvd I had of some of the downloaded vids so I thought I might go back and update my collection. Now I'm not so sure.
I'm glad this site lets you glance over the model directories and updates because everything here seems to be recycled. The most recent updates are shoots from years ago. The model directory has Silvia Saint listed as age 23, Nella and Anetta Keyes as teenagers and that's just the start. From my look, I can't say there is any new content and the content that is here is years old. Old content is just being put up or recycled through the site as new updates.
If you're a newbie and like attractive younger girls then this site is probably worth a trial because it's so inexpensive. However, if you've been a member before I would probably advise you to stay away.
I joined Pinkfever a couple of years ago and went back to visit on a trial in later '07. The story on my second trip was that there was nothing new and the old material I already had was simply being recycled. Thus, don't expect much new content. However, I don't know if this is continuing or not.
This is a site to visit if you like pics of porn stars, I probably wouldn't join for the videos. The older pics are not real big but a lot of sets came in the 1200 pixel range.
I'll note that some of the Pinkfever material is posted on the Suze.net site so if you've been a member of Suze I would probably not bother going here.
In my opinion it is worth the trial if you have not seen his material before but don't stick around for full membership. Assuming not much has changed since I was last there I would probably score this site in the mid to low 70's.
I originally posted this in the forum but figured more people might be interested if they looked here. After years of fighting a losing battle with illegally posted vintage playboys online, they decided to throw in the towel and start offering them up themselves. If you go to www.Playboyarchive.com you can get access to about 60 classic Playboy's including the interviews and other nonphoto content. You do have to download a small viewer program to see them and you can't save the material to your hard drive but it's sort of fun to browse. I believe that they are going to rotate old magazines in and out of the line-up as time goes by.
First, I'll note that I haven't joined this site. I just saw it listed as a new site on TBP and took a few minutes to tour around. I'm really only commenting on this place because for anyone over 30, Playboy still has a certain residual place in our "hearts" (insert body part of choice).
This is the site they should have done long ago. You get access to the PlayboyPlus sites that have been around for a while, plus at least some magazine/article content, and exclusive HD vids. It looks nice and professional. If they had done something like this years ago they might have had a chance at avoiding bankruptcy.
The problem I see is that they're too late. Without upgrading the quality and content of the PlayboyPlus sites, they're still behind the curve. Also, I don't see any emphasis on social media or fanboy participation beyond some chat sessions. Everything is still softcore and centered on whatever is left of the Playboy mystique. In other words, I don't see this effort resulting in them generating a new and younger audience. If I want softcore, Met-Art kicks their butt. If I want articles about the "sophisticated player" lifestyle I can find that at any number of other websites for free.
This platform also seems to undercut their other niches. It looks like you get access to Playboy radio, i-pad content and some Playboy tv stuff. I guess that makes sense from a consumer point of view but, again, when you're struggling financially with a shrinking brand does that end up shortening your longevity?
The only way I see them continuing on is if they take this website and really push it on other countries (unknown if this site is available in other languages).
Like I said in the title, I like what they've done but I'm not shelling out money for content that other sites do better and I don't care any more about the Playboy brand and keeping up with Hef and his fantasy lifestyle. I doubt many others do any more. If Playboy wants to exist beyond this decade, they need a paradigm shift. While this result is pretty to look at and has a bunch of content, I'd say this ain't it.
I used to be fan of private and joind the site several times before the days of high speed internet and the explosion of quality on-line porn. Today, Private seems stranded in the past. I haven't been a member in several years now and was recently going over reviews here and at other review sites with the idea that I might re-up. I can't say that I'm really convinced to do so.
They still only post about 15 pics per set (who the hell does that any more) and still insists on DRM protection. All of this plainly states that they are still making their living off of magazines and DVDs and probably won't budge until their sales start falling too flat. With their huge back catalog this could be one of the ultimate web destinations but instead choses to stay stuck in the past.
I noticed that Reality Kings has a new discounted price of $18 a month through TBP. I used to like the site years ago (before it became Reality Kings network) but stopped going because I felt it had been passed up by too many other sites in terms of quality.
So, here are my questions two:
1. I'm a picture guy. One of the big reasons I stopped going back was the small pics (800x600 I believe). Has the picture quality gotten better or larger recently?
2. There has been a lot of posting about the download limit (15 movies a day I understand and many reported problems with download failures). Has this changed recently - the download crashes and limits?
Unless some of these issues have been fixed I guess I don't see the reduced price as real bargain in my book.
This is a site with a lot of potential ... with the operative word being "potential". There is some exclusive content here which comes in HD and has large pics and there is a slew of nonexclusive content (3600+ HC vids and 950 HC pic sets plus thousands of pics and vids in other categories). The problems? Download speeds absolutely suck. Navigation is almost impossible on the nonexcluvive material because you can only jump up to 5 pages at a time. There is a search function but it's too general to make any real use of it.
For the nonexclusive you find a lot of this stuff on Twistys, Only3X and I think I saw some stuff from Newsensations. It would be a cheap alternative to these sites (currently a 3 day, full access $5 trial) but the slow speeds can't make this a recommend. Look for my review soon.
With this site you get access to 24 sites, most of which can be found on the Newsensations network. You do get some differences with reelpass like Freshoutofhighschool and a few other mostly video sites where the quality is average at best.
As a general rule the newsensations type sites have smallish pics (1020x680) and vid in the max range of 800x600. Download speeds are OK. Some of the older vids on this network only have downloadable clips. A lot of this content gets repetitive for me at least.
I will note that you can access this network on a $5, 3 day full access trial by joining freshoutofhighschool through TBP. So, if you like Newsensations and their cadre of sites this might be a cheap way to update your collection. Newsensations has the better network but if you can find cheaper prices then go with the cut rate option when deciding which network to join.
This site looks like the red headed stepchild of Clubsandy.com. I like Sandy and took a look at this site but the most recent update was October, 2007, and most of the material looks like archieve postings. Personally, I like the DDF sites but at $25 a month it looks like this one needs a makeover.
I noticed this site was offering a full access trial through TBP so I took a quick look at the site. I will note that you do get to see all the vid and photo offerings as part of the preview (one thumbnail per set / scene showing the girl and type of content). I wish more sites would offer this option. It now appears that as of April '09 they are back to offering daily updates since not offering any updates since late '07.
I will also note that based upon my quick review the older content appears to be a mix of exclusive and nonexclusive content. Given that they have just started updating again I'm passing on the trial at this point but I might check it out in about 6 months or so if they keep on adding content.
Postscript: After looking at the replies to this comment and the site again it appears that this place is not in fact updating. Rather it is just recycling content or changing the dates on their content to make it appear they are updating.
Just happened to see the new TBP review today and saw that the review noted exclusive content. Just by looking at the preview page I noted that all the models can be seen on Teenmegaworld, 18xgirls and related sites. Given the high cost / low quantity ratio on this site I'd say save yourself a few pesos and look elsewhere.
This site is part of the RealitypassHD network. I only mention this site here because I found it rather amusing.
There are currently about 20 original episodes that feature a rather attractive porn starlet. In each episode some average joe gets a chance to see if he can "make it" and a lot of them don't with humorous results. It's basically what happens when you take some guy off the street, give him an STD test and plop his ass on a couch with a hottie and a bunch of people and cameras in the room and tell him "ACTION!". Most of 'em get wood and pretty much fizzle out under pressure. One guy bombed out twice. Makes me wonder how good I'd do in a similar situation ;)
I can't really recommend the site or the network for now because download speeds are way too slow.
I saw this site listed as one of the top reviewed sites on PU and thought, what a load of junk. Then I took the site tour and was pretty damn impressed. It really is a whole on-line community with lots of interaction among members and with the models as well ... sort of like PU for alternative crowd. Millions of pics, thousands of vids, updates several times a day and an inexpensive price. I'm not really into the tats and alternative thing but I'm thinking it might be worth a membership in the near future.
As an aside, does anyone know what sizes the pics come and if there is a zip function? The tour pics weren't much better than 900x600 so I was hoping the members area had them larger sized.
I notice that Suze Randall just rolled out a new network and I poked around the site facts and site preview to see what's up. Overall, it sounds like a case of 1 step forward and 1 step back. It used to be that you you could subscribe to suze.net (the photo site) for about $7 to $10 for a full access trial. That also got you access to suzeclassics. The video site, suzevideo, was more expensive and not part of the suze.net trial.
I see that suzevideo no longer exists, instead you join one site to get access to suze.net (pics+vids), suzeclassics (remastered oldies) and Bestpornscenes (videos). It appears that suzevideo has been merged into suze.net so you get both the pics and vids of the same pornstars and scenes. However, you now have to pay $25 for a monthly access fee to all the sites. For pic lovers like me, this is not progress when you compare it to the old trial options and I won't be returning any time soon, especially since they haven't upped their pic resolution (at least they hadn't as of late '08) to keep pace with modern cyberspace. For those who like vids, there's really no change. Previously you had to pay $25 a month for the vid site (suzevideo) which also gave you access to the suzeclassics and suze.net site.
In one respect it's nice to see all the suze sites linked under roof but for those liked the classics or pic niches over the video we lose out on the new price structure. Depending on what type of content is in the bestpornscenes (original content or just licensed stuff that's all over the web) this could be a good change or just a reason to change the overall pricing structure without offering much new. I do see that a new site is scheduled to be added to the network before long so maybe it will all work out in the end.
I wish more sites would do this. You can now see all the pic and vid shoots available on this site so no more guessing about might or might not be there before whipping out your card.
Currently, when you sign up for any of the Suze sites, you get automatic access to suze.net (photo site), suzevideo (vid site) and suzeclassics (80's and 90's porn site). Here's the current breakdown as of January '09:
Suze.net = 580 HC sets, 350 Lez sets, 1830 solo sets, 290 fetish sets and some assorted other sets. Most sets have 50 to 100 pics and most come in at 1280x850 pixels (oldest sets are smaller).
Suzevideo = 280 HC vids, 60 lez, 190 solo, 220 large size and quality streams, 130 "virtual sets" (mostly close-up and some POV), and 150 i-pod / mp3 download vids.
Suzeclassics = 110 pics sets (mostly softcore and lez) and 75 mostly hardcore vids.
All the sites seem to keep updating regularly so all continues to be good in Suze land. Current TBP discount of $10 for a week of unlimited access and no DRM.
I reviewed Swankpass last April, barely able to justify giving a 71. I just saw the TBP review that clocked in with a ginormous score of 84. After reading the review and going back to look at the site's preview pages it became pretty obvious why the TBP score is so jacked up. Maggie raved about all the exclusive content available there. That wasn't my experience when I was a member. Looking at the preview pages, I saw page after page of hardcore sets taken from DDF Productions web sites. Most of the softcore updates they had posted have been nesting in my hard drive for years as well although many of the scenes were not necessarily DDF clones. It does sound like the search issues may have been fixed up since I was last a member.
For $30 you can get a membership to Swankpass. For $35 you can get a membership to DDF Productions and see all the sets (Swank edited down their pic sets sometimes) and movies in larger and crisper format. If either amount is too rich for you, try Videobox since a lot of the vids from this site are on that one too.
[Note: After Maggie responded below -- always good to see that we occasionally have an impact around here -- TBP lowered it's score to 81. Still too high in my book.]
I'm sort of cleaning out my closet today and adding comments to sites I've been to the last 8 months or so.
I joined Tastethebabes in the Fall of '07 on the trial offer after a computer crash wiped my material from a couple of years before that. To my discovery there were only a couple of new sets added. I looked at this again this week and feeble tour showed nothing that I didn't already have so red flags started popping up for me. I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger even for another trial.
When I was last there I noted that there were about 80 sets with about 1/3 being hardcore. The pics were clear and good sized (1200 or so). The vids were average at best. All the content is east european girls who are mostly good looking.
If you pay the whopping $40 monthly membership you also get access to some other sites. I had been a member of some of them several years ago before they eliminated the full trial offers and the content is pretty much the same throughout with Tastethebabes and Teensmagic being the best of the bunch. I cannot recommend paying $40 for the whole package of content though.
So, if you like eastern euro babes and pics, this site would be worth a trial but not a monthly membership. Then, cross it off your list.
Follow-Up - 07-31-08:
Actually, I just rejoined this site in July '08 and I can no longer give this site a "worth the trial" mention. Read my review posted on this site.
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