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Content
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| Quality : |
18.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
10.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
64.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 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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1. Nice looking photos.
2. Lots of model info.
3. Awesome update schedule.
4. Lots of content up nowadays.
1. A bit expensive.
2. Video quality could be improved.
3. Needs more video options.
"Great content with a lot of updates, plus tons of info make for a pretty good site all around." |
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Man, I'm glad to finally be getting away from all those "ATK Normal" sites we've been looking at. Those things suck. Yea right... ATK sites have always done consistently well in our reviews. So, today, while reviewing ATK Premium, I'm expecting even better stuff. Off the bat, the site already has a better look and feel to it than their other sites did. Of course, the extra price tag ($30 a month instead of $20) definitely curbs my enthusiasm for the fun extras. Only a full-scale delve into their porn will let me know if it's worth it or not.
Logging in, the pro-look continues. They list their latest updates, of which there are a lot. Except Sundays, they update every day with three new sets! I remember that was the positive from the other sites, the sheer amount of content they had made them what they were. Here, they follow the same paradigm. They give some good info on each set, and with the descriptions being as long as they are, it presents both a positive and a negative. At least you know they put a good effort in to let you know what the set is about, but it makes browsing the gallery listings rather tedious as you scroll through so many pages.
I checked out the model page to see if it was easier browsing there, and was surprised to see just how few models there were on a site growing this fast. With only 33 models online right now, that puts it in the minor leagues in comparison with their other sites. They give large, clear preview pics of the models, which will make browsing them difficult later as well when the section grows larger. I went back to the tour and found out why they have so few models - they focus on the best and most popular, and give you an in-depth look at them. The models were either favorites from their other sites (and brought back to shoot for ATK Premium), or recruited specifically for this site alone. They give models an extensive questionnaire, shoot more of her, shoot more different types of photos of each girl, and make videos of everyone.
Looking around the site again, I see what they mean. Find a model you like, and you'll get so much info and content of her you'll feel like the site is dedicated to just her. The biography is four or more pages long with questions and answers. The first girl I looked at already had 14 sets online (2/3 photos, 1/3 video by my guess), and the site's only been around since March. I think I found the exception rather than the rule, though, since most other babes had between 3-10 sets on average. Also note that not all the models are on the model's page yet, as I found some girls in their updates that weren't on that one.
The pictures are all pretty high-quality. The first image you get is a lot smaller than the original, I guess to speed up web browsing. There's a text link above and below each picture to go to "full screen" mode. Here, you get the original-sized picture, plus some other middle sizes (1000, 800, and 600). Most of the full-screen images are at 1024x768, but I did see a set or two closer to 1500x1100! Quality is always top-notch, as are the girls here. There's also two zip file downloads, one for the current page of pics, and the other for the entire set. I'm not sure what other options you could possibly ask for, except for ESP delivery or something.
Unfortunately movies aren't in their own section, so you'll have to browse through the models to find the videos you want to watch. I guess this goes hand-in-hand with their philosophy of the site being based around the models. There also aren't as many download options for videos are there are for photos (which is disappointing a bit, since download options make more of a different here if you ask me). They offer one download, of the full video clip, in an MPG format. The files can get quite large; my first choice was 200MB, and when they download at 110KB/sec it takes a long time (25 minutes it was estimating). I browsed around to find a shorter one, which is still going to take seven minutes. At least they'll start playing right away in Windows Media Player if you use that, but it's not downloading fast enough to stream perfectly (best to get a buffer going first). The videos I watched were all 320x240, but ranged in encoding quality from 250kbps to 1500kbps. Funny enough, the quality looked about the same for both of them. They looked great at double size, and full-screen was decent but not perfect for sure. I wish they had another format option, an option to download smaller clips (especially with the slow download speed), and maybe an extra quality option or two. Plus, I wish they had a separate video section you could go in case you just wanted to see them without any photos.
The only other thing to add is that you get access to the ATK Lounge, along with member's of the other ATK sites. Here you get extra content, as well as some standard extras to make the membership more worthwhile.
At $30 a month, you have to provide a lot to keep me interested. This site was looking great for a little while, but there are a few things holding it back. First is its age; being so new they haven't had a chance to build up a huge database of content like their other sites have yet. But with three new sets daily, it won't take them long to surpass most sites out there. The video problems I mentioned affect the site as well. While it's not a bad section, it definitely doesn't live up to the coolness factor that they photos offered. Overall, if you're a fan of high-quality content of hot babes (and who isn't), this site is pretty damn good. It hasn't quite reached its full potential yet, but I look forward to seeing what they offer in the future, and wouldn't mind being a member in the meantime. If only it wasn't $30 a month, this site would have been fantastic.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 07-02-06 |
Things look to be going great here at ATK Premium! The site is much, much larger than last time (though in fairness it was pretty new last time we were here). Content counts have octupled or more depending on what you're looking at. A new search engine was added to find models/sets which is nice, though the page was a little messed up in my browser for some reason. Otherwise, I still like a lot about this site. All the info they provide is great, and of course the daily (basically) updates of great-looking content don't hurt either. The few things I'd like to see updated involve the videos: I wouldn't mind seeing more video options, and I wouldn't mind seeing higher-quality videos as well as I feel they're lagging right now. Otherwise, it's still a great site all around as evidenced by the score!
Score increased from 88.9 to 89.0.
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