OFFICIAL
77.6
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
55.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
12.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
7.6 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
7.6 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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| Editor: Spencer |
Initial Review: 12-30-04 |
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1. Not too expensive.
2. All hardcore video action.
3. Videos look good.
1. More download options would be nice.
2. Navigation could be improved.
"If you're looking for video downloads, that's all they have here so you're in luck." |
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There's no questioning what you're going to see on a site called 3X MPEG. This is the first site we've looked at from this company, and it's their largest by far. As you probably guessed, they seem to feature hardcore movies - I just hope their in MPG format so I don't have to call them out on their name! Their tour gives you a good preview of all the videos they have inside, so it'd be a very good idea to check that thing out before you whip out the old credit card and join up.
$25 isn't too high for an all-video site, and I believe you get access to their other sites included (a la Explosive Pass, though they don't give you any links to those in the member's area or tour. Once you're in, they start listing the videos they have right away. They initially show you all of them (well, four per page) in chronological order. This makes for 47 pages worth of videos currently. On top there's a text list, and below there is an icon list, of categories in case you only want to see certain types of videos. Each one comes with "pictures," though they are only small thumbnail previews of the video. They could have had a bit better navigation here, maybe with more per page, or with a smaller preview option instead of taking up so much space. Also, after reading the descriptions, it's clear they are not native English speakers.
Videos, true to the name of the site, come in one MPG download option only. It's a full-scene download obviously, and takes a little while because the files are so big. Download speeds for me were decent, around 250-300KB/sec. overall, but 100-200+ meg files will take a long time no matter what I guess. Quality here was decent, though not spectacular. I was excited to see 1400kbps clips coming down, but they just looked "good" overall. When they went full-screen, I could see a bit of fuzziness which is where my main complaint comes in. Otherwise, I just wish they had some clips to download so you wouldn't have to wait as long. If your player starts playing them while downloading, I guess it's not a huge deal except that you can't browse around the video until it's all done (which can take 10+ minutes at times).
They really have nothing else in the member's area. I wish they had some links to their other sites, but you'll have to find them on your own this time. The simplicity also hurts the site a bit when trying to find content, as there's basically one or two ways to browse and that's it. Finding any more videos with a certain model would be close to impossible (if they even have any), but at least it makes browsing the site a no-brainer. Video quality could be improved a bit, but overall it's not too bad a site. If you're looking for a big list of videos without much care for specifics, you might get along here just fine. New videos come up twice a week, which should keep things semi-fresh around here.
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