OFFICIAL
77.0
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
56.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
13.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 10 |
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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: 03-21-06 |
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1. All exclusive content.
2. Great bargain price.
3. Updates come regularly.
4. Pics look decent.
1. Navigation needs some work.
2. Video quality is way below average.
3. More video options would be nice.
"They have some good promise, but the negatives really hurt them right now." |
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Shhh, don't tell anybody; it's confidential - Barefoot Confidential that is. I'm not sure why they're showing everybody on their site when it's supposed to be a secret, but I guess I'm not here to answer those questions. Their tour is a little strange only in that they lose a good 1/3 of their web page with blank white space that I don't quite understand. The good news is that they've hooked you up with a special price if you're reading this, which is $15 a month instead of the usual $30. Not a bad start!
The goods:
- Pictures look decent. With larger sizes available than expected (1500x1000), they turn out pretty good usually. There's a few quality issues here and there, but overall the look a lot better than the videos do unfortunately.
- Great bargain price of course. $15 is a great price, especially considering they normally charge double that. Of course you get access to all their other sites as well which makes it an even better deal.
- Updates come regularly. Every week there's something new up like clockwork from what I can tell. This will definitely help the site continue to grow and become an even better value down the road.
The bads:
- Navigation could definitely be easier. Little things strike me as odd, such as the big white space I mentioned previously (which is the same in the member's area). You're stuck browsing through all their content four sets at a time, and everything kinda blends together a bit for me. They actually have some decent features like categories you can browse through, but they don't feature those anywhere unless you find one you like on a specific gallery. Also having one scene split up into separate updates can make it a bit confusing when you're just browsing through the gallery pictures (why not have them as one link/episode that offers both updates on one page?).
- Video quality needs some big improvement. 320x240 and 350kbps is just far behind the times right now. This video would work okay a few years back, but with today's broadband connections, we're seeing lots of sites in the 640x480 1000kbps range as an average now. Don't get me started on the high-definition sites that are kicking major ass over what they're offering here. It's definitely time for an upgrade I'd say.
- More video options would be nice. They do offer clips and full scenes, plus the two quality options, but I wouldn't mind seeing another video format or two added. The pictures have two different sizes plus zip files, so I wouldn't mind the video offerings being expanded to keep pace.
Conclusion:
You get a decent deal here for sure. They offer all exclusive content, mostly in video format, at a great price. Updates come regularly, and they do actually offer a good amount of options (they just don't present them very well if you ask me). The video quality issues and navigational problems really hurt them unfortunately. They have a good base here to build from, and they could be great with some tweaks here, but for now it just didn't impress me enough to give it my full recommendation.
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