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Content
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| Quality : |
17.5 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.5 / 05 |
| Download : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
62.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 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. Lots to see here.
2. Quality is good.
3. Near daily updates.
1. No separate video section.
2. No network access.
3. Expensive!
4. Navigation could be a little better.
"A pretty good site that could use a little refreshing, but is still going strong." |
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With a pretty successful review of Sexy Babes already done, we wanted to take a look at another site of theirs that intrigued us. Today we're peeking at Babes.tv, which first appears to be the video part of their sites. Their homepage boasts almost 140 videos online now, as well as over 27,000 pictures. With stats like that, it seems in pretty similar proportion to other sites, without more emphasis on video. Damn!
Checking out the updates schedule confirms my fears. They do update with something new every day (except Sundays), with a new photoset each weekday, and two new videos on Saturday. I was just hoping to see more video updates with a title like Babes TV!
The design and layout is much the same as the rest of their sites. You basically choose a gal from a long list of their models (almost too long, but the large thumbnail previews are nice), and you're on your way. The model's page lists the total number of photos and videos she has, as well as a bio. Below that are thumbnails of each gallery she has. You'll have to read the title to find out if it's a photo or video set, but it's not too big of a deal.
The photo theme seems pretty much the same as their other sites: high-quality non-exclusive photos of models you may have seen elsewhere. It's hard to find out exactly which sets are or aren't exclusive, but the models are recognizable for sure. Each set offers up the standard thumbnail view, as well as a zip download option for those of you interested. They also give a general image size indicator at the top of each page, although it's only an estimate. Most seemed to fall into the 1024x768 range (with some falling down to 800x600). They definitely aim for high-quality images which helps quite a bit. Even though they are mostly exclusive photos, they have a generic feel to them as though you may have seen them before (even though you definitely haven't).
The videos are usually pretty good-looking as well. I did wish they had a separate video section where you could find a list of all the videos they had. Instead, you had to click through the model's pages, sometimes to be disappointed to find a girl without any videos. They are usually offered in both Quicktime and Windows Media format. The WMV versions were around 480x360 at 1000kbps. Needless to say, they looked pretty good. I was surprised they were as consistent as they were if they're non-exclusive. But you won't find me complaining about videos that always look pretty good.
Well, now for the negative aspects. First, it's pretty expensive at $30 a month. Also, it doesn't get you access to their other network thing, which had four sites. Plus, that was only $20 a month. They may have a slightly higher focus on videos here than the other site, but I'd still call it a photo site that has some videos as well. With similar content, and a lower price, I'd have to probably recommend joining Sexy Babes instead (unless the price increases). Babes.tv does offer mostly exclusive content where the other sites don't, but for me personally, the extra $10 a month is more important than that.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 08-08-05 |
As far as the site itself goes, things look identical around here - which is a good thing for the most part. All the stats pretty much remain the same except for the large content jump due to their daily updates. It's too bad new movies don't come out daily on here as well!
Other than that, the main change I saw was the bump in video size to 640x480 as their standard which is awesome. The encoding rate remains about the same at 1000kbps, which means the videos look even a little better than they did last time. They seemed to stick with WMV and MPG files only now, which seems good enough to me. With the added size, the high cost is a little more justified, and I think the score will go up accordingly.
Score increased from 85.6 to 87.0.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 08-11-07 |
Babes.tv had a distinctive look and feel to the site, so it's easy to remember this time around and I see that nothing has really changed here. The content counts have gone way up of course; it's been a while since we were here last. They continue with strong updates today, and things are looking decent all around. Without much changing, there's not much to report on. Our quality standards have gotten a little stricter since we were here last, so that score may drop a bit since it hasn't been upgraded that I can see. Otherwise, the site isn't really worse, there's just better competition out there now.
Score decreased from 87.0 to 84.5.
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