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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
59.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Suze's exclusive stuff available.
2. Lots of videos up.
3. Updates come often.
1. I don't like the separation of the video and photo site.
2. Quality could be better these days.
"The site itself looks great and offers a lot, I'd just like a little higher quality now." |
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With how much we all like Suze.net, I'm actually kinda looking forward to what she can pull off on her other site, Suze Video. I must say, though, that I'm not a fan of her splitting up her sites like this, as other sites out there seem to be able to provide both options with one membership. With another $25 a month required to access the videos here (although it doesn't recur automatically which is good I guess, or bad if you are used to it), that brings the total price for her stuff all around to over $50 a month. I hope the site can stand on its own enough to warrant the extra money, but it's going to be tough to convince me.
The site has the same look and feel as her picture site does, so it feels familiar to me right off the bat. They have redesigned them once or twice since our first look, but the overall feeling is the same. I'm not quite sure whether to compare the site to Suze.net, or other video-only sites. I guess I'll do my best to do both, since the site would appeal to both audiences.
I think it's a lot harder to capture such attractive content when you're doing video, compared to what you can do with photos. Suze Randall is first and foremost a photographer, so I'd say that's where her best content can be found. While the videos I've watched have looked pretty good, they don't compare to the artsy nature of the photographs. There's also a lot more hardcore here than on the other site (which is good in my opinion, which I thought might surprise some people. It ends up looking a little more like generic hardcore videos after a little bit, so don't expect any miracles here.
The browsing/searching options aren't quite up to par with other video sites out there. You can choose the general category you're looking for (which include new releases, Suze XXX DVD, Xtreme Sex DVD, and a few more), and from there it just kinda spits out the available clips. You won't find any fancy (or even simple) search features, which means you can't find specific scenes or anything.
The videos themselves come in three options each in both Quicktime and Windows Media clips. The encoding options I saw were 150kbps, 300kbps, and 768kbps. The Quicktime option was a little awkward, with an image loading that needs to be clicked, which then opens the Quicktime player where you can finally click play to get the video going. The Windows Media option opened right up and started playing for me without much trouble. Both versions look pretty good. Even though the video wasn't 100% crisp, they looked great even at full screen. Although I wouldn't give the video quality top honors in any category, it's definitely up there and looks pretty decent.
There's quite a few other sections of video, but no real extras to speak of. It looks like the DVD gallery is the only one that offers Quicktime, so beware if you're not into WMV that much. The site adds a new scene each M, W, and F, which obviously adds up to three times a week. At $25 a month, it's right in the middle of other video sites price-wise. If you're looking for videos, I'd probably have to send you elsewhere as there are just some really good sites out there right now. If you're really into Suze's work, I guess it's worth a look. The site is decent, it just doesn't stand out much, but if you know you're a fan you probably won't be too disappointed.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 03-10-05 |
Wow, it's been quite a while since I've been here. I can't even remember what it looked like the first time, so I can't tell you if the design has changed at all :) I can tell you that the price has increased, which is always a sad thing. She loses a point on that from me right away unfortunately.
Otherwise, I think a lot is the same here. She's added a couple new sections, but they cost extra so I won't get into them much. There are new Mega Downloads, which we couldn't watch fully, but they seem to be included with membership.
Mostly the best new thing here is just her regular updates which have grown the collection a good bit. That should even out her lost point from the price increase, keeping things much the same here.
Score increased from 81.4 to 82.6.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 10-02-06 |
Suze Video has made some changes since the last time we were here, and all of them are positive! The price is back down to $25 a month which is great to see. The number of videos has obviously grown a ton with all the updates as well. The one area that didn't change that probably needs it is the video quality which isn't looking the best these days. Other sites have surpassed them pretty easily, so hopefully that'll be the next thing they try to conquer. Overall, I like all the new features here and look forward to more good changes in the future.
Score increased from 82.6 to 83.5.
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