OFFICIAL
79.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
58.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 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 |
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. Updates are regular, and large.
2. A good amount of exclusive material.
3. Lots of content.
1. Content was just okay for me.
2. Quality varies.
3. Navigation could be better.
"A decent site overall for something new, though I don't think it will be for everybody." |
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Any Top Gun fans here? Remember that song "Highway to the Hidden Zone!" Well there's where we're going today, straight to the Hidden Zone! I wasn't quite sure what to expect at first, but after seeing the nature of the site, a voyeur site fits well with this name. Maybe I just spaced out initially, I'm not even sure what else this site could be about. The pricing is a little weird, but it basically boils down to a $30 a month price tag (they offer a half-month trial for $20 as well, but don't assume that's their monthly rate as I first did). The tour is a little busy for me, so I'm just going to jump inside to see what they've got going on.
Wouldn't you know it, but the member's area looks about the same. So much for taking the easy route I guess! There's a fairly large menu along the left with three main sections. The photo and video sections both have sub-categories available for certain niches, and the last few links are just for support and other miscellaneous items. They also list a lot of recent updates right on the main page, and it looks like they put up something new every few days (and when they do it's several galleries or videos at once which is nice).
The picture offerings include hardcore, nature, party, sauna, softcore, and swingers. The galleries vary quite a bit, as do the photos themselves, but I have two big complaints here. First, they dictate your browsing habits a bit too much with new windows and moving things around from time to time. Second, the pictures overall are a bit small for me. They vary like I said, but 600x400 to 800x600 seems to be the norm. Some of the galleries are only very loosely in the voyeur niche, but it's definitely not normal porn either. I guess what I was surprised not to see were the typical hidden cam through the window or bathroom type thing, which just isn't available here.
The videos have a few more categories, including beach cabin, Japan voyeur, locker, other movies, the beach, upskirt, VPL, WC, and partner's video. On a few of them I'm not quite sure initially what we'll see there, but again I didn't get any feeling of typical voyeur content here. All videos come in a one-file DivX download, and vary a little bit but stick around 480x360 and 1000kbps. Quality is okay but not great, but what do you expect from these things I guess.
It's not a bad site here overall, but it's not great either. The content is a bit different from what I was expecting. The hardcore stuff threw me off the most, since I don't just normally see two people going at it on the beach (then again I don't live wherever these clips were taken). Quality is okay, and the site navigation is okay, but both could use a little work. If you think you might be into some semi-voyeur European content, definitely check it out as I'm sure there will be more then a few people who like this stuff.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 07-02-06 |
Things look very similar here overall compared to last time. I don't think much has changed at all except the content counts of course. Updates continue to come as before, and the content hasn't changed much either. Pretty much all of my pros and cons still stand today I'd say, and my score should remain pretty similar overall.
Score decreased from 76.1 to 75.5.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 09-11-07 |
Business as usual here at Hidden Zone it seems. The site has grown of course, and update are near daily these days it looks like. Otherwise, the site is pretty much as we left it. I'd love to see some better navigation, more options and extras, and just something unique here, but it also gets the job done as it is now. Appreciate the update schedule and content and be happy with what you get :)
Score increased from 75.5 to 79.5.
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