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Pornstar Network
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standard's Review
from host2626:
+1 for starting with Ryan Conner :)
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02-10-15 10:22am
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Private.com
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Reply of
standard's Review from standard:
An update:
I've figured out what looks to be a workaround for a download manager, but I won't post any hints until after my month has run out. Sorry if that seems jerkish, but I don't want them "fixing" it until my time is up.
So, technically, "download managers: yes, should work" is accurate. Using them isn't simple or intuitive, which ultimately means they are discouraged.
Comically, even at the blazing 150KB/s speeds they provide, it's probably possible to download all ~350 videos in their "high WMV" format in a month. Let that give you some idea of the size and quality of the clips. One can assume Private has access to their own original DVDs, so it makes no sense why most of the clips should be so small and of such poor quality.
I was initially impressed with the compact size of their 1080p encodings until I reached a fast-motion and/or high-contrast section. Size-wise they did a good job, but the quality suffered greatly (single pass?) and I decided I'd rather download non-HD without their artifacts and blockiness rather than waste time on their subpar HD material.
There are ads for other sites (Reality Kings was one IIRC) inside the members area. I'd mark 20 more points off their score for this if I were allowed to. Paying members shouldn't have to look at non-related site ads. If you want to double-dip with advertisements then you should reduce the price. Ad-free price and ad-supported price, perhaps?
Their search/actress links are next to useless. It's almost like they don't know who is in their scenes and instead used broad catch-alls to connect names to scenes. "That lady is blonde and it looks like she's got a tattoo on her ankle," someone at Private.com must've said, "and Kathia Nobili is blonde and she has a tattoo on her stomach, so let's put them both under the Nobili link." Horrible.
And more points off for way too heavy a focus on their not-really-that-erotic snow/beach niche scenes. I bet they are ~15% of all the clips on the site.
(Frankly, I suspect no real time was put into this site and they just ripped whatever movies they had left in a cardboard box after breaking down their 2007 AVN awards promo booth. The website probably started with the moving of some folding chairs and a crumpled up vinyl banner.)
Hey, look at them having sex in the snow! Hey, more snow! Oh good, a snowmobile for them to have sex on. Look, a beach! More beaches! Wow, even more beaches! Hey, a boat! Another boat! Awesome! Oh good, snow again. Holy crap, that guy is wearing a bigfoot costume with the crotch cut out (yep, seriously). C'mon, Private. You were classy. You were the best. Act like it.
I can't say it enough- Don't join. Not even for a month. You'll be disappointed.
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06-19-11 06:01pm
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from williamj:
no wonder why their stock is trading at 75 cents
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06-13-11 05:01am
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from Denner:
When the Swede, Berth Milton started the Private corporation back many years ago when porn was YOUNG - he did the best in his field: Gorgeous models doing solo, lez and hc/bg (among others) - mostly - or rather only photosets in the beginning.
So it's kind of strange that Private on the internet front is what it is today....Lousy - with low resolution vids, bad buildup and support of a paysite that COULD have been a SERIOUS alternative to sites like 21Sextury and the (former) DDF....and quite a few others since then.
Some things went terrible wrong, ALAS!!!
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06-12-11 07:31am
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from Thomas20:
Plus when I was a member they had drm too, although I think they have abandoned that now. So not only did you get low res material they ran out at the end of the month. I ended up picking up almost all of it later on at VideoBox just like standard says.
Even the magazine section was average with only the recent years in good quality. All the older stuff looked like screen scans so they couldn't even get that right.
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06-12-11 02:53am
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Private.com
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from slutty:
(standard's Reply)
No problem, just a pet peeve of mine! All of my friends do the same thing...
Again, welcome to PU, looking forward to hearing more from you.
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06-11-11 10:55pm
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from Drooler:
It's weird how some of the brand names in porn get consistently low web site reviews again and again, for years. Wicked is another.
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06-11-11 05:42am
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from Capn:
An informative & well reasoned review.
Welcome to PU. :0)
I think what we are seeing here, is the results of a half hearted attempt made by a short sighted company to enter the modern virtual media.
Cap'n. :0/
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06-11-11 02:28am
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Private.com
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from RustyJ:
Thanks for the review and welcome. Too bad Private isn't doing any better on digital age as it's my all time favorite studio.
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06-10-11 11:50pm
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from slutty:
hey standard, welcome to PU, nice review.
Too bad download managers still don't work here. I also thought this site was pretty crappy for what you get.
Did you really only get 150kbps, or do you mean 150 KB/s? I seem to recall getting decent DL speeds here, and 150 kbps is aweful...
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06-10-11 10:49pm
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Private.com
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standard's Review
from rearadmiral:
Thanks for the review. i found it interesting and informative. I'm a big fan of Private stuff and often wondered about joining. But based on your experience I won't bother.
Two comments:
1) Private seems to have at least two levels of material. Let's say A list and B list. I find that almost none of the A list stuff makes it to Videobox, though some of it does.
2) This seems to be another example of a studio site that begrudginly puts material on the internet. I really don't understand this. The internet isn't the future anymore, it's the present. People want material on the internet now. Having crappy websites with slow downloads won't help any company.
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06-10-11 07:11pm
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Sexy Hub
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from Trump2020:
Ikr lol, I just got out of a chat with a rep for them, i was asking about the 3 month option and downloads, they immediately tried to sell me a 200 dollar annual, i said no thanks and that 200 and even the 105 that was listed for the 3 months with downloads included was too much also, their very next comment was "i can knock that down to 189 for the year, using my employee discount, our little secret" lol, uhmm no thx. I'll be back when you people stop giving your customers less and taking more. I know the tube sites have you in a crunch but c'mon, if this is another mindgeek masterpiece im not interested.
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05-22-20 08:27pm
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Sexy Hub
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standard's Review
from pinkerton:
Yeah, George is in a lot of the content on this site but he does good cumshots and in one Mom XXX scene, he cums twice, once after about 10 minutes and again at the end.
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04-08-16 10:07am
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Sexy Hub
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standard's Review
from lk2fireone:
PU member 9900max commented in February 2016 that Dane Jones videos have playback problems (for streaming).
Did you notice any problems with streaming at the Dane Jones site?
Or playing the videos you downloaded from that site?
Nice review, by the way.
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04-06-16 07:52pm
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Teen Dreams
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standard's Review
from skippy:
Thanks for the review! I checked my archive and see I last joined this site in 2009 and have images back to 2006, so the site has been around a while. Back then the models were European and American, the shoots were done in more of a "glam" style and the images and video were comparable to Twisty's or One-girl-a-day. It is interesting how that recent "russian" factor is so unpopular with western Europeans and Americans. When I joined a similar site with a lot of unknown Czech models, they all had neon eye shadow. Some girls can pull-off the fun clown-clothing clothing look just like some can-pull-off (I guess that was a pun...) the school-girl uniform look, but most can't. I'll put this on my list and look for discounted rates. 9 years of material should keep me entertained for a while....
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12-26-18 10:30am
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Trans Angels
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standard's Review
from malikstarks:
Your off on the Epoch thing. It triggers on the 2nd attempt, some sites are like that.
I still got burned though, purchased a discount subscription and it turned out to be streaming only. Nowhere before the purchase was that disclosed. I ended up cancelling straight away.
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07-27-19 08:06pm
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VideosZ
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from bibo:
(standard's Reply)
Basically, yes. One could also say that bang is the main site and has all the videosz content as a bonus. At least that's how I look at it. :)
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11-17-16 10:33am
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VideosZ
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from bibo:
(standard's Reply)
Let's not confuse things here...
Videosz is a DVD site. They are publishing DVD's from a bunch of companies and yes, tainster is one of them. You will also get material from DDF, lethal hardcore, combat zone, famedigital etc.etc. So the material you are going to find on Videosu is NOT exclusive! It is mainly a huge database of back catalogue DVD's. Perfect if you are a collector who is trying to hunt down the odd scene you've been missing from a certain model or company.
The material on bang.com, on the other hand, IS exclusive. Like I've said above, they are offering two niches, casting and audition. All the scenes under these tags are exclisive scenes. (They even write "BANG" on the girls forehead during the casting scenes to accentuate the exclusiveness ;)).
Since Videosz and Bang have merged, you are now able to find all the Videosz scenes on bang as well (amongst the original scenes). Actually it's pretty simple: if you go to bang.com, you will see preview thumbnails of the latest scenes. The exclusive scenes all have a small "bang" logo in the lower left corner. Alternatively, you will find a "Bang Originals" button on the left side of the screen, which leads directly to their exclusive content.
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11-15-16 09:40am
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Wankz.com
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standard's Review
from Amanda:
I'll look into it for ya and post back here shorlty.
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11-22-16 12:29pm
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