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messmer (Disabled)
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Good observations re. quality, rearadmiral. I have been downloading HD videos ONLY for quite a few months now because the so-called DVD quality scenes (640x480) just won't cut it on a widescreen modern monitor. Most of them come across as too soft and blurry.
BTW, I think that should be 5 updates a day making the inferior quality contents 80%. :-) And I am having a TERRIBLE time with VB because HD MILF and Mature videos (my preferences) are few and far between and when they do appear as an occasional update they are chock-full of enhanced breasts! Aargh!
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03-05-13 03:18pm
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hodayathink (0)
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I just don't see how they're going to fix their HD problem without raising the subscription price, to be honest. Because most of the companies that still exist and are shooting their content in HD already have their own websites and aren't going to sell/license that content to Videobox. So they're probably just going to shell out more money to different companies to get their not-new HD content. And as you noted, even the premium channels aren't doing it, since they still want to give you a reason to join their site instead of going through Videobox. This is just the danger of being a site that doesn't produce its own content. They're at the mercy of the market, and the market isn't going to be kind to them.
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03-05-13 05:40pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - messmer :
Thanks for the comments - and for correcting my error. They do upload 5 videos per day. I agree that if you have a specific niche you like you're better off going to sites that cater to that niche rather than relying on VB. The lack of anything above 640x480 on 80% of the uploads is a real drawback.
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03-07-13 01:21pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #2 - hodayathink :
I agree - VB is trapped in a cycle that they probably don't want to break out of, namely the need for five updates per day. With a $12 per month membership that limits them. But I'm assuming that at any given time VB must have thousands of members so it must still be lucrative for them - and I don't begrudge them for that. They provide a decent product for a low price.
But... I'm sure I'm not alone is saying that I'd stand by them if they went to one or two good quality updates per day. I think they could get away with that due to the huge size they've already built up.
I do think you've probably hit on a big part of the problem in that major studios might be reluctant to licence titles to them as that might divert traffic away from the studio's own site.
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03-07-13 01:27pm
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hodayathink (0)
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REPLY TO #4 - rearadmiral :
I agree that they'd probably be better off if they focused on 1-3 movies per day and just made them of "better quality" (i.e. HD, more well known actors/studios). That would probably buy them some more time before the content dried up entirely. About the only way I can see them being able to get back ahead of the curve now is if they were to attempt to buy content from websites that have stopped updating relatively recently. It would give them a ton of (probably) lightly seen content at a cheap price.
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03-07-13 01:40pm
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messmer (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #3 - rearadmiral :
I think a membership would be slightly better for you, rearadmiral, since you prefer younger models, but if you look at the comments accompanying "mature" updates then you'll know that I regret taking out a long term membership because VB will make sure they don't upload too much of anything that will cause a storm of protest. When first I subscribed I still downloaded the lesser quality DVDs but now I can't stand them. HD has spoiled me, so no more long term subscriptions to sites like VB and Videosz unless they turn all HD and that is not very likely!
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03-07-13 01:51pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #6 - messmer :
It sounds like you and I are on the same path - now that we've taken the plunge into HD there is no going back.
I agree that if your tastes are for mature women this isn't the site for you as a frequent rejoin or as a long-term member: the updates you're interested in just aren't that frequent and they are rarely in HD. You're right though that my tastes make this a better deal. But the reality of porn is that my tastes are just better served by the market anyway. I do have a few niches that aren't well served so I can empathize with you in your search for good quality porn with mature models even if I don't share that specific interest.
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03-09-13 04:52am
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #5 - hodayathink :
Good point on a possible source of material for them.
I discovered something that I thought was odd about the site. I'm going through there and replacing some of my favourite scenes that I had downloaded as lower-res wmvs with the best resolution H.264 on offer and I noticed that Burning Angel studio gave VB almost everything in HD whereas other studios have nothing in HD. I assumed that VB licenced the material and decided how to upload it, but it may be that they're licence is a lot more restrictive.
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03-09-13 04:56am
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hodayathink (0)
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REPLY TO #8 - rearadmiral :
I think that when they decide to license, they probably don't get to choose whether or not they get HD, whomever they're licensing it from does. For example, it looks like they've just started uploading scenes from Teen Fidelity/Porn Fidelity, but all those scenes are in standard definition, even though at least some of them are available in high definition on that site.
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03-09-13 11:19pm
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