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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
56.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
9.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
16.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
8.1 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
8.1 / 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. No download restrictions.
2. Tons of good quality video.
3. Great naviagtion for members area.
1. No streaming options for the videos.
2. Not as many sites as other AVS's.
3. Videos take a while to download.
"Hundreds of video sites for one monthly price!" |
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For once DP doesn't stand for that sexually perverted action of two men fucking the same (or near by) holes at once. Nope, in this case it stands for Deluxe Pass, one of the largest adult site AVS's on the Internet that works with some of the best adult video studios to bring you over great DVD quality movies, not to mention access to close to 700+ sites which makes up over 6,000,000 MB's of content. Unlike a lot of AVS's, Deluxe Pass works to focus the bulk of its attention on Video and lots of it. They even allow unlimited downloads which most paysites don't offer the privileges of. For $29.95 members can enjoy access to a variety of different videos sites, as well as a handful of picture ones.
Although not the largest of AVS's out there offering only 700+ sites as of yet, Deluxe Pass does focus on and cover a realm of the AVS world that others have yet to cover, videos. With a fresh and simple site design, members should have no problems finding sites to access. About 4-6 new sites are added every 2-3 days so you can expect to see this growing archive continue to get even larger. You can browse through categories of sites such as: DVD archives, pornstars, lesbians, teens, fetish, etc., or you can search through the last updated sites, biggest sites, top rated sites, and more. Find one you like, bookmark it and you'll find that it'll easily be accessible in the future under your bookmarks page from the main member's area. Also accessible from the main page is a list of the newest sites in each categories. I have a feeling that members will never be at a loss for new material or where to find it. So far, the main member's page is top class when it comes to navigating the sites. In fact, the only thing that's missing is a search feature, but the most important thing about any AVS is the actual sites, so lets move on to those.
To start, I checked out the top rated sites which are rated using the bookmark system. "The more bookmarks a site gets, the higher ranking it gets!" That works! A few of these include, of course, the Deluxe Archive, Deluxe Vids, Deluxe Teen Archive, as well as many other sites from a plethora of different niches. There are 50 top rated sites in total. So what does a top rated site look like? Well, they look pretty nice, actually. Some of them update every day with new full length movies, breaking them down into parts, though the option for connection speeds is often minimal to none. Some of them aren't always the simplest sites to browse, but I think you'll find a big mixture of complexities when it comes to dealing with so many sites in the first place. One of the coolest features about browsing through the top rated sites, or any of the sites for that matter, is the fact that the size of each site shown along with it's listing. This way you can avoid those sites which are overly small for those who are upwards of 60,000 MB's.
In general, the sites are set up fairly similarly in that the videos are displayed along with a preview picture (or more); along with a note indicating the length of the video, file size, and scene breakdowns. Browsing around, I didn't find really any sites that offered download options and some these videos can take a while for them to load, especially for those of you on a dial-up connection! Of course, something that takes so long to download better be of good quality, and often times that was the case. I was definitely overall impressed with the quality downloads of the videos that you'll find on a lot of these sites. Only a few did I notice that had some problems with pixilation and typically the standard size of the video image was 480x360 and they primarily use DivX CodeX or XviD media. Even though this is a primarily a video AVS, some sites did have a few picture galleries to browse through, as well as there currently being 33+ sites dedicated to just pictures, one of which being FantasyBabes, a site for all you virtual babe lovers out there. Most of the picture sites are very simple to browse since they are not very large and the image quality tends to be good but nothing special with the image size range being somewhere around 800x600 pixels.
Overall, I think Deluxe Pass has a good chunk of sites on hand and browsing through them was a real pleasure. My main reservations was with the amount of time spent on downloading a lot of these movies! Options for streaming video for different connection speeds would greatly reduce the time spent waiting for something to download. The quality was good, though the quantity of content compared to other AVS's is going to suffer slightly due to the fact that this is one of your newer AVS's. There's a few positives to that as well, including a better range of quality sites and better site navigation, of course. Seeing as this is a video AVS, one that allows members complete unrestricted access to downloading all of the content ones heart could desire, it is easy to say that one who is considering joining should also be connected to the Internet using a broadband connection. Otherwise you're just wasting your time here! One last thing to remember about the content here is that nothing is exclusive; this is all purchased/licensed content/DVD's from other 3rd party sources. In addition to the 700+ sites, Deluxe Pass also gives members access to a number of extra sites encompassing many different niches, as well as access to live feeds and bonus images/videos. If you're one who can't get enough video downloads to fill up that hard drive of yours, Deluxe Pass is a worthwhile AVS to become a member of. 30 bucks per month isn't too much to ask for so many DivX quality downloads.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 03-05-06 |
Wow - it's been almost 2 years since we've had a look inside Deluxe Pass and it looks bigger than ever; now with over 837+ sites and almost 10,000,000MB of content. Other than that I can't tell that much else has changed here. I still like the smooth and professional site design for the member's area but am still hoping for more options when it comes to downloading/streaming the videos as well as higher quality content overall. While still more expensive than other AVS's out there, Deluxe Pass is quickly growing into its own and remains a good place to start for an AVS full of video sites.
Score increased from 82.4 to 84.1.
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