OFFICIAL
76.0
pretty good |
|
Content
|
| Quality : |
18.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
12.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
56.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
12.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
6.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
|
|
1. Solid video quality.
2. Fun British performers.
1. Some softcore shoots.
2. Content isn't dated.
"These British girls and their accents are fun, and in addition they're new faces to me." |
|
|
One Man Banned is porn from England. Apparently this is an official site for One Eyed Jack Productions which is a porn movie studio. This is the first time I've heard of that company, but admittedly I know very little about porn studios. My guess is there's a chance you've heard of them. If not, that's okay; their material is mainstream hardcore stuff like boy/girl, girl/girl, housewives, and solo dildo play. They offer general hardcore porn designed to have mass appeal.
The site's content is made up of movies from four video series namely The Naughty Shorties, British Bangers Housecalls, The Lubed Series, and Wife Watchers Confidential. Also included are behind-the-scenes videos in two other sections, A Candid Look at the Photoshoots and The Naughty Shorties Photo Sessions. Since is a British company, the chicks weren't familiar to me. Honestly I don't know anything about these performers or how many videos they appear in, I simply liked that they weren't the same chicks I've seen on so many American porn movie sites. That's a plus in my book. Also, a lot of the girls actually look very amateurish and average instead of dolled up pornstars. I don't know whether you'll find that to be a positive or negative, but I kind of dug it. Sure you'll have to put up with a few ugly broads, but most are still good looking enough for a screw.
By my count the site offers 114 scenes that range from about 10-50 minutes in length. The average scene is probably around 20 minutes long. It's an okay amount of movies although not overwhelming. The video quality is very high with the single format being Windows Media Player. They can be streamed or downloaded but a very annoying password verification system is employed. You're required to enter your username and password before viewing each scene. The fact that it's not possible to copy and past info into the fields compounds the annoyance. Maybe I'm overstating this, but I've never seen any site use this kind of protections system until now.
The hardcore series are made up of pretty straightforward sex scenes; however the two photo session video shoots are worth discussing. These are a behind-the-scenes look at the monotony of porn shoots. To start with you may find them an interesting change of pace but you're likely to get bored with them pretty quickly. It's just not all that interesting to watch a girl solo or stage hardcore acts for still shots. Once the novelty of watching behind-the-scenes porn wears off, you'll find it's more fun to stick to the hardcore vids.
Members get the following additional content: One Eyed Jack movie archive (a whole bunch more hardcore scenes), Amateur Hardcore Picture Galleries, and the Camz.com webcam network. Overall it's a decent movie site although I'm very shocked at the price. It's $34.95/mo or they also have some crazy token for downloading by scene. That high cost puts a damper on what would otherwise be a site of interest for lots of dudes looking for porn movies. They do deliver on video quality, offer amateurish hardcore, and have performers that will be new to many viewers. All those positives are offset by that high cost.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 01-11-05 |
The most significant change to One Man Banned is an increase in content, the site now has over 150 scenes. It doesn't appear they've added any new video series, just expanded on the old ones. Currently the Naughty Shorties and British Bangers series have the most videos. I'd still say the #1 thing this site has going for it is that it's British porn. One other content change involves the bonus material. I no longer see the One Eyed Jack movie section; instead there is a Teen Handjob and Blowjob video archive.
Now on to the movie formatting. My initial review refers to the site's video password protection system, which I now know is termed DRM. Back then it was the first site where I'd run across it. Apparently these guys have their DRM set up so as more of a password security system rather than to keep members active. They've informed us that even after you cancel membership you're still allowed to play the movies saved on your computer (usually DRM prevents non-active members from playing any videos, even downloaded ones). Still, it's a pain in the ass to enter the username and password before playing every movie. Finally, they've lowered the first month's price by $5 to $29.99 (it recurs at that amount too), which seems more appropriate for what's offered.
Score decreased from 80.9 to 79.9.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 12-22-05 |
This is my third trip to One Man Banned and I still enjoy this site. The English chicks are a hoot and with the number of videos continuing to climb it has become a better and better value. Scrolling through their movies its funny actually that most of the chicks are sexy and then every so often there will be a hagged-out broad that doesn't seem to fit. One important switch is they seem to be getting away from the DRM protection. The movies I watched didn't have that features at all although it is possible some older ones still do. Other than the growth and DRM switch the other parts of the site appear not to have changed much. It's a video site that'll give you a decent sized collection of movies which is certainly a good thing.
Score decreased from 79.9 to 76.0.
|
