OFFICIAL
79.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
6.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
57.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 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 |
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. All exclusive content.
2. Decent-sized collection.
3. No more DRM from what I saw.
1. Quality is good, but could be better.
2. Growth is a little slower than I'd like to see.
3. Updates aren't dated.
"A pretty good collection here that's worth a look, especially if you like girls w/accents!" |
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Are you interested in seeing "high quality video on demand from 'One Eyed Jack'?" Who the hell is One Eyed Jack? Well all his stuff can be seen on our site to be reviewed today called One Man Banned . TV. The tour homepage looks like it was designed years ago on the British equivalent of our Fourth of July holiday. Once you get past all the words and box covers, you'll notice the weird join options. You can join up as a monthly member for $35 recurring at $25 a month. Or you can buy tokens at various prices (the best deal is 200 tokens for $25). I hate tokens to begin with, but I think you get the same videos either way, the ones with tokens just last forever (while the monthly membership lets you watch anything while you're still a member).
Once I logged in, the site looked much the same. What I thought were the latest updates listed towards the top were actually the main video links. Below you'll also find links to more content, which I thought were ad banners at first. The main video section has six series that don't mean a whole lot to me right now ("The Lubed Series," "British Bangers Housecalls," etc.). Each series has about 4-6 pages of videos, and each page has six scenes on it.
Once you're ready to check out a video, there's a few options: you can download the movie, or download the movie. That's about it. If you're a monthly member, the DRM license is only good while your subscription is active. If you prefer to use the token method, the video is yours for as long as your computer lasts. They didn't have any token prices listed for each video, so I have no idea how much they would have cost. After entering your username and password a few times, you'll finally be ready to look at the videos.
All are obviously in Windows Media format, which is necessary for the DRM licenses. They are at 360x288, and over 1000kbps. The quality was pretty good! Full screen viewing even looked good, which always make things fun. The videos are all a bit similar, with no real dialogue or anything to get in the way of the action. There are subtle differences in the series, in case you find you like one over another.
The extra content is hosted on another domain, so it may be plugins you can find elsewhere - I'm not 100% sure. There's an amateur hardcore photo section, which features exactly the pictures you'd expect to see here. The are all decent quality at 1024x681 on average, and are worth a look if you're into photos. There's also the movie archives, which may be produced by One Eyed Jack as well (according to the title they are). These are all Windows Media scenes, broken up into clips, and only streamable in your browser in three different quality settings (although the highest is only 250kbps). The other problem here, besides the streaming, is just finding videos to watch. Only four are displayed on a page, and there's no real easy way to find specific scenes. Still, for extra content it's not horrible. You also have access to the Amateur CamZ network, which you might be familiar with from other amateur sites.
The site is a bit on the expensive side, not even considering the token system. They claim to update with a new exclusive scene each Sunday, but there's no dates on any of the videos. The site isn't horrible, but if you're just looking for some general hardcore videos, there are better options. If you happen to know this guy or company, I guess it might be worth it. Otherwise, with somewhere around 140 scenes online, the $35 initial price is just a little high for my liking.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 01-11-05 |
I hope I didn't get banned, since the site is called One Man Banned. That would suck to be that one guy who got banned you know. Maybe they know the guy and already banned him. Okay, okay, the site looks much the same as last time. It acutally hasn't been that long since we last looked, but a few technical changes went on here. First, the price was lowered to $30 a month (isn't that scary they had to lower it to that!), and second they changed their DRM structure. They still require you to get a license for the videos, but if you download them to your computer and get the license, you'll be able to view them even if you're not a member (but you must have downloaded them in the first place). This basically prevents people from stealing/sharing the videos, while still letting you keep a copy of the videos they had up when you were a member which is a better almost-medium ground.
They've also been growing obviously, with more content than last time which is expected. Still, it makes for a slightly better value now. The lower price helps a lot, and the less-restrictive DRM is nice as well. It still doesn't jump out to me as a site you HAVE to check out, but it's a better deal now if you're interested in some hardcore, high-quality videos.
Score increased from 77.8 to 79.4.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 12-23-05 |
Well, things look much the same around here, but in the end I think we're doing a bit better than we were last time we were visiting. The site has grown a bit up to 187 videos which is definitely a decent-sized site. I also noticed that there wasn't any mention of DRM anymore, and sure enough all the videos I watched were DRM-free which is great! I tried to check a good amount (from newer to older ones), so they may have even re-done the older stuff to get rid of it (though I'm not 100% sure). Otherwise, things are much the same, and that's about what I'd expect. The chick's accents are one of the big draws for me here as I love naked chicks with accents for some reason. It's worth a look on the size of it all, plus it's all exclusive of course!
Score increased from 79.4 to 79.5.
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