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Passion HD (PHD) is a site that is affiliated with Porn Pros (they share the same parent company) but they aren't part of the Porn Pros network. In fact, PHD itself isn't part of a network at all. A membership to this site just gives you this one site.
But at least the site is large and offers some good porn. The site currently has just under 220 videos and will continue to grow at a decent pace with a new video being added every two to three days. There have been comments before that PHD may be uploading some renamed Porn Pros scenes but without a PP membership I can’t confirm that. If you’re reading this and know that answer please post a comment with the information. TBP says that some of the scenes are exclusive.
Most of the models on the site are new, fresh and likely destined for stardom. While a vast majority are white there is some variation in body type, though I wouldn’t recommend you join if you have a thing for big breasts or fuller-figured women. Because the site has been around a while (since 2011) and books the top new talent available this site can be a great chance to see some of your favorites in some of their earliest scenes.
What’s the porn like? For better or worse it’s the kind of porn you’d expect to see at a site like this. This isn't a fetish site and doesn’t target just one group. The porn is good if a bit generic in that you’ll find all the major porn niches available here. (Though for anal fans like me, there isn't much of that.)
Where the site has some shortcomings is in the videos themselves, both in how the videos are presented and how they look once you download them. Each main page shows 12 large thumbnails and lists the star and gives a scene name and upload date. Clicking on the thumbnail brings you to a separate page with all the options to stream or download the video. Most videos offer three download choices: a WMV and an MPG in 1080p and a MP4 in 480p. This seems like an odd choice to only offer a low-resolution MP4. I’ve been an active porn collector for many years and it seems like MP4 is becoming the standard. And I can’t think of the last time I saw MPG files offered.
I downloaded the WMV files because I found that the MPG versions crashed often in both WMP and VLC. But that could be my problem alone.
To make matters worse, I found that a vast majority of the scenes labelled as 1080p, which I’d expect to be 1920x1080, were actually only 1280x720. And with bitrates between 2500 and 5000 kb/s the scenes could look a bit pixilated and clunky. Not always, but sometimes. I think the best way to describe the quality of a collection of scenes from PHD would be as ‘inconsistent.’
To be fair, there are some scenes where there is a true 1080p MP4 file, but they are rare.
Streaming is also available but it appears to be only available in one resolution.
Photos are also available in both screencaps and pictures. The pictures are available as singles or zips and are 1000x1500.
Pro or con, Passion HD is one site in a large group of sites and if you’re interested in a specific model you can see other scenes with her at the bottom of the scene page you’re on. The problem with that is that if you don’t have a subscription to that site you’re out of luck.
I used a download manager (IDM) and found the download speeds to be on par with what I get on similar sites. There was no obvious download limit and I specifically went looking for one on a lazy Saturday so if there is one, it’s more than reasonable. I did find that download links timed-out after about 15 minutes so you won’t be able to queue-up a bunch of scenes and have a nap.
The site bills through Epoch so you can be assured of good billing support and an easy cancellation when you want to do so.
A couple of minor negatives are that the search function isn't all that accurate. I searched for ‘anal’ scenes and got a few, but as I went through the site in more detail I found a few others. Also, the files names are generic and meaningless. That will require you to rename them as you go along.
Passion HD certainly merits a recommendation with a couple of caveats. On the plus side the site has some of the freshest models in the business and it’s a large and growing site. The downsides are that the video quality isn't up to what the competition offers. But if you’re looking for some mainstream porn with some hot models you owe it to yourself to at least consider a membership here. And a TBP discount certainly doesn’t hurt!
(I should note that once I had joined I was given an offer to add on several other sites for approximately $60USD which gave me an annual membership to each of them. The sites are Casting Couch X, Exotic4K, Fantasy HD, Lubed, My Very First Time, POVD, Pure Mature and Tiny 4K. That price for annual memberships seems like a good deal but they may not offer it all the time.) |
