bigvman, I think you misunderstood my post. My main point was that you could have posted a comment with the word "warning" in the title and explained the slow speed situation and at least a close description as to where you are located. This way, potential members would see the warning clearly labeled in the comments in case they were in the area you are in or close to it. See what I mean? Since we don't title our reviews, yours just blends right in with the other reviews, but warning as the title of a comment would have been clear to everyone.
Though one of their webmasters is now posting on this entry, I would like to say that I've not known many sites that offer refunds. Similar to your comparison, unless the store you hypothetically mentioned has a return policy, then I wouldn't see why the customer would be upset that they didn't get a refund. You also mentioned that the hypothetical product was defective, but in this case, if the rest of us are using the DDF sites and you're saying you know when in America that you wouldn't have these problems, I think you can see that the defective part isn't their site.
I'm on your side though, I hope they do something to fix it for you.
My first thought when reading this review is that it probably should have been a comment/warning instead of a review. The reason I say that, you have 6 pros/4 cons, and two of the cons only are cons in the area you are in.
On the flipside, I'm also in on the special right now at 1byday/DDF and have received 95% of my max download speed for two straight weeks. The only problem I've had is that a few thumbs don't open, but that has always been a problem with the DDF sites. Believe Spencer's new TBP 1byday review even mentions the problem.
There also have been a few other comments here about the sites running a little slow during this promotion, but each says their DL speed is fine. If you will look back at your bottom-line, it isn't so much a review of the site or content as it is an explanation of the problems you are having with the site. Not trying to bust your balls or anything like that, I'm just not for sure how a site with 6 pros and only 2 global cons rates a 69 and think it would have been much better served as a comment/warning for those that will be in the area you are in.
Hey Denner, I also had stopped by and saw that they have a new set with the lovely Aneta Keys in it. Last I had heard, Aneta was in a pretty bad car wreck last year, so I am guessing this is her first new set in well over a year. Also made a note on the positive side that all of their updates so far in May have been new updates and not just reloaded updates. Maybe they are turning the corner and coming back strong? I'm still waiting on DDF to launch the new Eve Angel site, but that is a whole other story!
Panther, I guess you missed where I said that there could be numerous reasons. Anyway, most reviews of 1byday, from major review sites were done in 2007. Long before they went to the 2 updates per day format. The only current reviews and comments that are public and easily viewed, by way of visiting TBP, are the PU ones. I'm looking at the list of "outside reviews" and only see two of the major sites (Freeones, Sir Rodney) that have reviewed 1byday over the last year, and I'm not for sure how seriously anyone takes Freeones reviews.
And you're right, the reason you give is a possibility, which is the reason I said there are numerous possibilities. I also know that last year, 1byday had a lull in new updates and it was because DDF was off filming, seems like it was around last spring. The one I gave is a possibility too. I remember 1byday changing their removal of archive right after several PUs complained about it.
As for you, please, get over whatever your problem is with me. This comment was not about me or my reply.
Well, the site was never officially called 1byday and 1bynight. I guess there could be many reasons why they went back to 1 update per day. One, I think, could be the fact that they have several new sites, another is they are launching the new Eve Angel solo site and I guess Denys can only be in so many places at one time to film new content.
Maybe the growing negativity towards the site has taken away some of their ambition. Even when delivering two full HD updates per day, some were still complaining in reviews. One of those damned if they do, damned if they don't scenarios.
I will give you this much, there does seem to be some site sharing content between the DDF sites and I don't understand why they are doing that either.
Things I don't agree with at all.
Anyone can take a look at their site right now and see 30 new updates since January with 40 or so reloaded updates that are remastered and of a much higher quality, but you say, "I was a member for 3 months and only saw an increase in the amount of archive material being re-posted."
As much as you don't think that is fair that they do remaster and re-release content, they are not hiding it from anyone. You can easily see from the cover of each set if it is reloaded and can see that in their preview before joining. And if the original was 512 high end and in parts and the new is 1280 high end, and in full scenes, it is new in that sense.
I was one of the first ones to complain about the archive removal in January, but I wouldn't say they hid it or covered up. I have an email from them that explains in full that they removed the archive and it came with a link where I could still access the archive.
Where your review jumped out at me was when you said, "I have been a member of their main competitor site and they showed everyone's comments and posted replys to most of them." Who is their main competitor? I noticed that the two family of sites that I generally consider the top two in Euro porn, 1byday/DDF and Pix and Video/21st Sextury BOTH received a bad review and a bad comment from you. It just made me wonder with so many untruthful parts in both if maybe you had a connection to the main competitors site that you mentioned.
I guess it also looked strange to see a complaint and con, and would assume a removal of points for them not responding to requests for different settings. I didn't even know 1byday offers members the chance to pick the setting. Even more so, I don't even know what a "train carriage" is, a bakery and shop, would sound like settings from a niche/fetish site.
Again, I am sorry if I am wrong, but I know for a fact that most of the things you say here are not true and the things you say in your comment about Pix and Video's site isn't true either, and I know that I can't be wrong about those parts that aren't true. Between the two, I felt like I had no choice but to change my trust vote from yes to no. I can deal with strange and differing opinions, but not the untruthful parts.
I had considered doing the exact same thing, but 1byday has a model that I had never seen before, looks very exotic named Yoha, and she has several sets put up recently. So I figured with my luck that my 5 days to 1byday would run out and they would up 2-3 more new sets of her!
I think they have changed some of those bonus sites. I downloaded a couple of sets from "Euroteenerotica.com" of Eve Angel that have this for a file name on the zip, "Eurogirlsongirls" oops ha ha! I also know there used to be the very rare Anetta Keys blowjob clip on onlyblowjob.com but it isn't there anymore. Maybe they should just consider combining these similar to how Twistys has done? I'm guessing it would seriously boost their membership joins.
I had checked that taboo site as well, but didn't see much that interested me, though I did like the Zuzanna Z sets on it. She reminds me of Mia Stone. Oh, have you seen Wivien/Vivien/Wanda? Her new sets are some of the best I've seen from any model. What a body, fake boobs and all, that is probably the best boob job I've seen. I had only seen one set of her on vivthomas with Eve, she seems to have caught Denys eye now.
The only latex suit set that I've really liked is the Aria Giovanni ones. Aria has to be one of the few models that fills a latex suit out completely. I always wondered if Julie wore a girdle, if not she had an incredible hips to waist ratio!
trashman, the problem isn't the content at all. I love 1byday's content, though repetitive, I love the Euro models. And as I'm finding out after joining around 150 sites over the last two years, it is all getting repetitive. I could though see how someone who doesn't really like the Euro solo style would get tired of this site.
No problem, in their defense, they did seem to get it going strong again, so strong in fact that I had 6 connections going at 250 kb/s each this afternoon. My normal top speed is a total of 1,200 kb/s, so I was going over that. On a side note, similar to what Drooler said, most of the content on these bonus sites are already on 1byday. It kind of surprised me since I thought each site was exclusive.
Agree with nygiants03, my problem with 1byday is that my membership runs out before I download everything I want. Of the hundreds of sites I have been a member of, I don't know of any off the top of my head that has more content than 1byday.
I have tried with Peck's Power Join which I got from the 21st Sextury sites, but my understanding is that the older clips are missing frames. When you join them, or at least the ones I try, the video freezes when the 2nd clip starts or there is no volume. I watched one yesterday from 1byday, believe it was Sophie Moone's 2nd video with them in 2002. It has flashes in it, I have no idea what that it is. It is like watching an old filmstrip. The screen jerks and a light flashes.
As I was telling JD, I think some of my frustration was getting a total of 35 more minutes or Aria Giovanni teasing. I just wish she would stop the nonsense.
I agree, but my guess is they could have taken the money they paid Aria Giovanni to tease us with and rounded up 10-12 programmers to get it done. I may have just been frustrated with the Aria videos when I typed that complaint!
Meant to reply to this earlier, sorry about that Khan. You can check my Xisty review, reply #6 where I got that information at. The only thing I had wondered and maybe you would know the answer on. Would it be possible that some of the models' names are copyrighted? Like Eve Angel for example, since she has her own site. Sophie Moone is another, Lora Craft and so on. Wouldn't they have to give a site permission to use the name like Eve Angel since it is copyrighted? I'm not real familiar with copyright laws, but I have noticed that most models who use several names have solo sites as well. Also Sandra Shine, she is probably the best example. On Twistys, some of her sets download as Judit, others download as Sandra Shine. But on the site she is listed as just Sandra. The other interesting part is have you noticed that most that use multiple names are European? I do know there are different copyright laws depending on the country. I also vaguely remember and you probably remember this to, back when Aria Giovanni was everyone's #1 model, another site came out with a similar built model named Aria, then they would put, (The Real) Aria or Aria (Pornstar) as her name. Since she did hardcore, it threw a lot of Aria Giovanni fans off so that we went and joined these sites thinking it was Aria Giovanni doing hardcore.
Thanks for correcting that. I was just passing along what I had heard from a webmaster on here.
Hey Denner, two of the webmasters have replied to me complaining about the different names, both said that the models sign their name (I guess on a release) and whatever name they sign, they have to use. I think the best site for models names is Twistys, most people don't even realize this. If you go on Twistys and search for say Anetta Keys, even though her name is Aneta Smrhova on Twistys, it will still bring up Anetta Keys. If you search for Severine, it will bring up Eve Angel, which was Eve's old screenname. The best example is if you search for Henrietta or Diamond it will bring up Simony Diamond, as she has used about 7 or 8 names in her career. The worst I have seen is teen dreams, though I really like the site, their names are all confused and they will have something like 4 models with the same name.
Hey, one of their webmasters at Hands on Hardcore had replied to me a few weeks ago and said they were making big changes at 1byday to be sure to check it out. I guess this is the big changes! I join it every 4 months anyway, may have to bump it up a month ha ha!
DDF sites are most definitely some of the best on the internet. Good to see that you like Stracey and Simi, I was starting to think I was the only one! Nice review
I noticed those sites too, as far as I know $1.23 US is right! I've seen varied reviews though, some that say the price is $1 too much ha ha. At that price though, you can't go wrong.
After trying every possible way to join Adult Time, I opened the Fantasy Massage network today to see that I now have access to Adult Time. I don't even know where to start with how this is going to change internet porn.
I will say at least for other sites/networks, as much content as Adult Time has, it looks near impossible to navigate unless you know which model you're looking for. I was checking out the Vivid channel in it since Vivid is probably my favorite hardcore site and the only way I can navigate it is by picking a model from the model list then going through to see which scenes they have.
It makes me wonder about 21Sextury too. Mine has 21Sextury, 21Sextreme and 21Naturals, the numbers look like their full video catalogs. I thought I had found one left out -- pictures -- but they're still on there too. As luck would have it, my fantasy massage membership is an annual one so I guess I will get to keep an eye on Adult Time the whole time.
Like they say, there's not enough time in a day lol.
I've heard a lot about Adult Time, is it a separate site? Or a hub? I've tried finding it but hard to believe, a Google search for "adult time" brought up an adult watch!
I'm wondering if it has to do with the Gamma billing since I think they manage 21Sextury and all the Fame Digital sites and networks.
I wondered about the impact on the customer service of those networks. I had talked to DDF's support several times over the years and 21 Sextury's Peter used to email me some, but haven't heard from either of them for several years now. Also always thought both had top-notch tech support.
I actually thought of you when I saw all those anal scenes. My membership is still going thanks to accumulated credits and still have enough to go for 3 more months. If the credit counter hadn't refreshed on me I don't think I would have ever had to pay for 21 Sextury again. When I first signed up it said I had 56,000 credits, but when I went to the updates page it refreshed the credits to 16,000, still enough to join four or five times.
Agree, they're a trustworthy site and I'm sure if they were going to try to pull anything bad off, they would be the first to tell it though it would probably be in a very complex, complicated way!
I hope I did lol! If not, 21st Sextury is going to be really pissed at me. I've always known this company to be a very stand-up company that sometimes seems to have problems explaining their new features, I'm guessing the language difference plays into that, but just couldn't see them using DRM either.
Going to take a stab at it based on the way I understand it.
21st Sextury has the lifetime membership feature now. This allows you to stay a member without member benefits. Meaning you can view everything the members can, like new updates, check to see if favorite models have new content, without having an active membership. You just can't download anything. I'm pretty sure on that part.
The new credits, in my thinking, are saying even if you're not an active member, but have credits left in your lifetime membership, you can download a scene. For example, if Eve Angel had a new scene and my membership expired 2 days before it came out, but I had credits, I could use them to download that scene.
I'm simply basing this one how the lifetime membership works and the mention that in the future, the credits could be used to subscribe to the network. There's a comment on ALS, believe Pink Panther made it, about the ALS On Demand sites where you don't have to be an active member of ALS to download a scene, but just pay for that one scene instead. It looks like 21st Sextury is doing something similar to that by giving the option of buying credits or earning them over time.
I noticed Rusty's comment and meant to comment on it. The first thing, considering 21 Sextury has around 10,000 scenes with an average of 3 different formats, that's 30,000 files total. As with anything in electronics there has to be a rate of failure. I can say that I downloaded 1,572 (1.2 TB) scenes from 21 Sextury and have no corrupt files. What I was going to tell Rusty is to check DownThemAll. I was using it on Eve Angel Official, my last comment on it even talked about it, I had a whole section of corrupted/broken video files. When I went back and downloaded them through my browser, not through DownThemAll, I only had one corrupt file. In that case, I downloaded the MOV file instead of the WMV and it was uncorrupted. I don't know how or if we can punish a site for one of the files being corrupted when they have other formats of the same file that work. Also can't fairly say 21 Sextury is the problem when DownThemAll has been updated 3 times in the last month, showing some obvious bugs in it.
Like I have before, if the problem starts showing up for me, I will go back and reduce the score, post a comment explaining the reduction, but even if I got one corrupted file, I have 1,572 that aren't. Even if I had 15 corrupted ones that's still less than 1% so it's hard to gauge exactly how I would go about lowering a score for an error that happens less than 1% of the time. And on the other side, if you notice on Rusty's comment, the 21 Sextury staff had replied and were working on finding out the problem. Which as we both know is much more than we can say for most sites.
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