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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
60.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
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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 videos.
2. Two full videos added each week.
3. Good network sites.
1. No full-scene videos.
2. A bit expensive.
"Now that some time has passed, Silverstone is a good site on its own, with the network a big plus." |
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The same people who have brought you PeterNorth.com, and ShelbyBell.com (among others) have a site called Silverstone Video that we're gonna take a look at today. My first hope was that they snagged actress Alicia Silverstone for her own exclusive site, but my hopes were dashed pretty quickly. Instead, I saw a familiar-feeling site, as it's setup pretty similar to the other sites. It's part of the Brain Network, which means you get access to all six of their other sites included with your monthly membership.
The first page you see when you login has a lot of stuff on it, which usually I have a problem with, but thankfully most of the links here go to their own stuff. I hate when sites clutter up their member's area with third-party links since they're usually trying to distract you from noticing that they don't have a lot of content. The one thing that bothers me is the update list contains updates from ALL their sites, which makes the list look a lot longer. If you're only interested in Silverstone Videos updates, it's a little tough to pick them out specifically. It looks like they update about twice a week though with a new video here (or sometimes a new photoset).
There is a photo section, despite the site's title. There's not a ton of galleries here, with only seven pages of five galleries each. It mostly looks like generic porn stuff, and a little bit old from the looks of it (or just an older camera maybe). The pictures are amateur in nature, and I thought they'd look a little better since they're from a big porn production company. The pictures are 800x600, and as you can tell are just basically ok.
I was kinda surprised how small the videos section is, considering that's what they supposedly focus on. Right now there's just over 35 videos available, but thankfully each video has around 5-6 scenes on it. So the total scene count would be over 200 I guess, which sounds a little better. As seen on their other sites, there's six video options. The best looking one is a Windows Media encoded at 700kbps (352x240). They have three other WMV options, and two MPG options to round things out. The video quality was pretty good, but I've seen better before for sure. The good points are that the videos are exclusive since they shoot them themselves, and they are downloadable if that's your thing.
The "Behind the Scenes" link says it's "comming" soon, which disappointed me. I also wanted to check out the "Search by Model" feature but that wasn't working yet either. At $25, I don't think this site would stand up well on its own two feet. Thankfully you have the rest of the network to check out, which definitely helps here. I definitely wanna check back here after they've been updating to see it with more content. I also wouldn't mind seeing the video quality a little better than it was here, since that's what they're focusing on.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 05-02-05 |
My big problem here was simply the size of the site the first time we took a look at Silverstone Video, and thankfully their updates have been faithful and they have quite a few more videos up now. Instead of being stuck in the 30-something range, they're now up above 60 full videos, which is a lot better. Much is the same here as before. The price is a little higher at $30 a month, but these guys are pumping out new sites in the network all the time, and most all the sites here are active and updating. I think it's a great network addition, and a fine place to get some good hardcore videos for sure.
Score decreased from 82.2 to 82.0.
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