OFFICIAL
79.0
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
12.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
57.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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1. Original content.
2. Daily updates.
3. Lots of bonus content.
1. No scene info.
2. No browse features.
3. Video section could be stronger.
"There's room for a few improvements but overall this original collection deserves a look." |
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Keith Manheim is a video production company that offers up original photos and videos of “cute & delicious” young men. The models are definitely attractive and all sport tight, youthful bodies. They’re European, and don’t speak a lick of English, but the language of hot gay lovin’ transcends international boundaries.
The Goods –
All of the material here is original. The Manheim studio produces new videos throughout the year and as soon as the DVD is available in stores, it’s available on the website. While this does mean that you can find these movies in stores, they guarantee that you will not find them on any other websites. That’s pretty damn close to exclusive.
Updates come daily. Most of the time it’s a new photoset but you can count on a new video around once a week, as well. New updates are posted right on the member’s homepage so it’s easy to see exactly what’s new and jump straight to it.
Members get access to a good amount of bonus content. Six reality-type bonus sites are included along with several “Mega Feeds”. There are also nearly a hundred streaming videos available from a third party site. Even beyond the Manheim collection there is a lot to see here.
The Bads –
No scene or model information is provided. Each video clip has a title and a vidcap but that’s it. They don’t tell you who the actors are or give you any descriptions of the action. The galleries have even less info without even a title to go by. The DVD Downloads page gives you a small boxcover to go by but you can’t get much from them. Considering that this is original content, I was really surprised so little information is given.
There aren’t enough browse features available. The video clips and galleries are arranged by date with no option to view them alphabetically. You can’t view by model (since they don’t tell you who the models are) and you can’t browse by category. All you’ve got is a chronological list of scenes.
My expectations for the video collection turned out to be a little too high. I was disappointed that a new video clip is only added weekly. On a video site that advertises daily updates, I think it’s natural to assume that most if not all of those updates include video content. Also, the claim of “80+ DVD’s on-demand” made on the join page was slightly misleading. I expected 80 Keith Manheim DVDs. Turns out they’re referring to a streaming plug-in of gay videos. There are actually only six Manheim DVDs available.
Conclusion –
Overall, Keith Manheim left me with mixed emotions. I enjoyed the original collection and fans of these movies will certainly appreciate being able to download entire DVDs for their own collection. New material comes frequently and there is a lot of extra content. They could step up the user features and scene info, though. I didn’t really comment on quality because the material here is fine but not great. Not much more to say than that. It’s a fair join at $30 a month. There’s room to improve but those who enjoy original European twink videos should give it a look.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 12-13-07 |
Keith Manheim has taken a few steps towards a more user-friendly site since our last visit nine months ago. To begin with, they got rid of the daily download limit. They also introduced a new downloadable wmv for videos. These are good steps for what is basically a video production company. Updates still come daily, although they are photo updates more often than not. It's good to see that the site is continuing to grow and upgrade and hopefully they keep on that path.
Score remains at 79.0.
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