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Monahan (0)
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A few comments about Rearadmiral's review:
5 updates per day - Totally agree that, with 13,345 movies (today's total) there is a bunch of crapola. However their recently added feature of quickie previews gives the discerning porndog the ability to get an idea of the content of a video before spending any time on it. I'm fine with 5 per day and like the opportunity to sort through the offerings myself rather than have someone else do the selecting for me.
New VB3 feature - Totally agree that I prefer the old front-end over the new one. It's good that the VB folks give us the full choice.
Compilations and duplications - Would be an annoyance except there's a loyal group of VB'ers who accurately point out duplications. The good part about that is if you find a scene that you want to download, you may find an earlier posting that runs longer or even that is available in HD.
Inaccurate identification of talent - One major failing that is not mentioned in Rearadmiral's review is the frequent inaccurate identification of the talent. Worse is when there's no effort to identify the talent. With a catalog of 13,345 videos, each averaging 5 scenes, that means if you dig a particular babe, and that babe is not accurately identified, you'll need to dig through over 120,000 scenes to find her stuff; ain't gonna happen. The good part is that the VB'ers who comment frequently provide an identification and/or correction, but the bad part is that comments are not searchable. I've stumbled on some of my favorite babes totally by accident which makes me wonder how much more is out there that is undiscovered.
D/L speeds - Agree. Never had a problem with speed or with simultaneous multiple downloads.
No excuse for using a freebee site - Totally agree. Not only is there no excuse from a cost standpoint, the quality of the video on VB is usually much better.
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07-14-12 09:53am
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lk2fireone (0)
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Excellent review.
I wonder how common slow download speeds are at VideoBox?
On 2012-07-06, OneMan posted a site comment that he's getting terrible download speeds, 100 KB/sec or less. He lives in UK.
mike11w replied to the comment that he's also experiencing poor download speeds and that customer service is terrible as well. He lives in the US.
TheSquirrel, in reply to a different comment on the site, wrote:
"It may be the ability to download material rather than the content that decides the review. I hated Video Box and never went back because they had the slowest download speeds I have ever experienced. Their customer service was non existent. Streaming was impossible except some time after midnight here in the UK. Good material and value but it all depends on the ability to watch it.
For those who can access the content I fully understand why it should get high marks, but it's a lottery on download speeds. From what I have heard US appears not to be so bad, but European members often report of slow speeds and download problems."
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07-14-12 10:07am
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messmer (Disabled)
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Excellent review, rearadmiral! I would only like to add that, regrettably, every time they publish a "mature" title every scene appears to contain enhanced breasts. I find, in general, that the more mature ladies are being sadly neglected in favor of youth. You would like that, of course (we've talked about it in the Forum) but there are many of us who would like to see more "natural" MILF, even GILF videos, but regrettably there are not enough of us to sway VB. I've had no problems with download speeds, they are consistently at my maximum but have big problems when it comes to navigating within VB3 so you are wise to keep using the old site.
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07-14-12 10:14am
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graymane (Suspended)
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Can't say I agree with your fondness for this site, but I will say your review is as close to par-excellence as one can get.
Your efforts deserves a hardy high-five and certainly a gesture of appreciation from the site webmasters
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07-14-12 07:25pm
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pat362 (0)
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Another great review and there's one point you and I agree on and that's i their policy of adding new content. I'd rather see less movies being added on a regular basis and better ones instead. There are way too many movies that are basically just content filler so that they can keep thei claim of adding 5 new movies per day.
There are also too many movies that contain leased content already on the site under a different studio name. I'd much rather see them go for the dead studios content like Diabolic, Anabolic, Jm production and so on. They already update with some of their content but if they weren't spending money on all the crap then they would have more to go after those better studios.
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07-15-12 09:37am
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hodayathink (0)
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I keep meaning to join this site, but never actually doing it, mostly because I know I'll probably be partially paralyzed by the choices and either not download anything for a few days or downloading so much that I need a brand new hard drive. But I think now is the time, especially so that I can see what the difference between the old and new versions of the site and see for myself if the new version is that bad.
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07-15-12 10:49am
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exotics4me (0)
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I've always kept VB in my rotation of sites I join, but skipped them this last time and gave VideosZ a try. I can't say you would have the same experience, but I actually was happier with VideosZ than my last time at Videobox. Since I was going out of town, I canceled the VideosZ account early, but am now going right back and rejoining. Biggest difference I found was VideosZ has some content that I had thought was wholly exclusive to the sites they came from. Tainster, formerly Erromax, Orgymax, has around 200 DVDs on VideosZ of their sites Party Hardcore, Mad Sex Party and Drunk Sex Orgy. And it's not to take away from Videobox, if anything I will pair the two together from now on.
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07-15-12 01:50pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - Monahan :
Thanks for the comments. I agree that when a scene is posted as a compilation the users usually identify that and many even note the difference. In a lot of cases one scene has been edited and runs shorter.
I also agree that it is frustrating that the site gets so many performer's names wrong. But again, the users usually step in and provide the name.
And thanks to everyone else who took the time to reply.
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07-15-12 03:26pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #7 - exotics4me :
I've been a member of Videoz too and quite like them. They're in my rotation list but just not with the same frequency as VB. They're definitely a great site too. There was another DVD site that I quite liked, though the name escapes me now. It was better than both VB and Videoz but the owner shut it down a couple of years ago.
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07-16-12 04:09am
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Monahan (0)
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REPLY TO #9 - rearadmiral :
I'm interested in your observations about Videoz and VB. Does Videoz have enough non-duplicated content to make it worthwhile to subscribe to both at the same time?
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07-16-12 09:43am
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #10 - Monahan :
Monahan - I'm reluctant to give you a definitive answer because I haven't been a member at Videosz for a while and for some reason I didn't review the site so I have nothing to help my memory. My recollection, though, is that while there is some overlap that it wasn't too bad. I recall that I though both sites were still a good value and that both were worthwhile. Consider posting this query on the forum and you may get some better answers.
I wish I could be of more assistance...
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07-16-12 01:09pm
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exotics4me (0)
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REPLY TO #9 - rearadmiral :
I will post this to Monahan as well. Videosz has started getting some exclusive content. Though the webmaster of Tainster, I think, thought I was putting them down, Videosz has picked up, according to him, 25% of their 3,000 once exclusive scenes on DVDs and those are nearly all public/voyeur scenes. I felt more overwhelmed on Videosz than Videobox, but it could have just been from being away from Videosz for so long. And I think I probably know the video site you're talking about, American Vice. There have been quite a few DVD sites I've liked over the years that either dropped way off or shutdown, like Vixeo. Seems like when they first came out they had a 50% exclusive rate on their DVDs, but their webmaster was an ass and he jumped the price up from $9.95 or $14.95 to $34.95. The other that comes to mind was DVD Box, which had several exclusive deals with exclusive paysites to distribute some of their content, but they are now just releasing the bargain bin type DVDs.
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07-16-12 01:45pm
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exotics4me (0)
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REPLY TO #10 - Monahan :
On the duplicated content, the only place I ran into a lot of overlap was on the biggest known stars. Like Eva Angelina, Jenaveve Jolie, the ones with 100+ scenes. If you search more by the DVD series than individual models, the overlap isn't bad at all and as my comment below about Tainster shows, Tainster's webmaster said they have an exclusive deal with Videosz to have their DVDs of their exclusive content. I'm going to do a multi-month membership this time just because I don't feel like I saw maybe 1/10th of what all they have.
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07-16-12 02:04pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #12 - exotics4me :
Thanks for this info, exotics. If I understand you correctly Videosz now has a lot of public and voyeur scenes. If that was a primary focus would you recommend Videosz or Tainster? I'm not really familiar with Tainster. I think I'll have to sign up soon and have a look.
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07-16-12 06:06pm
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slutty (0)
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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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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #15 - slutty :
Yes - American Vice. That's the site I was thinking of. That was a great site and I'm sorry it closed.
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07-18-12 03:46pm
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xexbot (0)
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Been a member of videobox for a few years now and I still tell people it is the best deal around.
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07-19-12 09:00am
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #17 - xexbot :
I agree. I've recommended it to several people and know of at least one who tried it. He's a recurring member now too. It's like having access to a well-stocked adult video store.
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07-20-12 08:52am
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xexbot (0)
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REPLY TO #18 - rearadmiral :
Yes, I have tried a few of the others like this out there, and this is still the best imo.
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07-29-12 10:01am
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Dirt D (0)
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Completely agree on the full site preview that you mentioned. It's definitely one of my favorite aspects of the site which allows me to drop and renew membership whenever I feel like. It's the only way I know what they've added since I left.
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12-22-12 10:04am
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