OFFICIAL
77.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
13.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
56.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 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. Exclusive bondage content.
2. Updates come often (mostly).
3. Pictures look good.
1. Video quality needs work.
2. Navigation could be expanded.
3. Site/downloads were very slow for me.
"Though the site could use a few tweaks, the content is fun and that matters most." |
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I'll have to contact my cable company, but I don't think I've seen The Bondage Channel on any of my guides recently. Even if it was there, I'm not so sure I'd be watching as this stuff can give you the heebeegeebees (if there is such a thing) pretty quickly. Heading to their tour, I learned two things: first, they update three times a week with some new material; second, you can actually browse through all their updates right there on the tour. Once you're a member, you'll login on the specific gallery page and you're in! To get that privilege, you'll have to pay $26.50 a month.
The goods:
- Exclusive niche content. They seem to know the bondage thing quite well, and that's probably the main reason you're here. They have all sorts of contraptions, ties, and ideas to keep your interest piqued here. Plus they shoot it all themselves, so you shouldn't see this stuff anywhere else.
- Updates come semi-often. In the last few weeks, it's not quite the three weekly updates they promised in the tour, but it's close. There doesn't seem to be a set schedule, but count on at least two additions, and sometimes three as well.
- Pictures look good. They definitely beat the video hands down as far as quality and look much nicer overall. They're a decent size and always well-lit (save for some shadows here and there which might be purposeful).
The bads:
- Video quality needs work. It really lacks compared to the photo quality you see for the same sets unfortunately. Their specs just don't cut it compared to most sites out there these days, and I'd love to see a bump up to 640x480 and 1000kbps at a minimum.
- Navigation could be expanded. While browsing through their sets, there's a lot of scrolling as they made each scene take up quite a bit of room, and a lot of clicking around as they don't put too many on one page (probably because they made them larger to begin with!). There are no numbered page links, so you click around even more to get to their older material. The model's page doesn't have any previews, just names, which doesn't lend itself to find a new favorite model (though you can find known favorites pretty easily).
- Site/downloads are very slow for me. Just loading the thumbnails from a gallery take too long for my liking, and once you go to download a video clip it's even worse. It came in around 1/5th of my full/normal download speed. Hopefully it's a temporary thing or something on my end, but it's worth noting since it was so slow.
Conclusion:
So the content is good here, and that's the important part. The video quality needs work to keep up with their fun material for sure. The site itself could be a little more user-friendly in the end too, but I think that's secondary to their video stuff for now. Hopefully the updates keep coming and this one keeps growing and maturing as they have a decent foundation for now.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 07-23-07 |
The Bondage Channel is a little bigger this time around of course, thanks to the continued consistent updates they post. Not a whole lot else has changed, though I did notice the model's index has preview pics now which was a much-needed feature. Video quality is still lagging quite a bit unfortunately, and it's becoming much more noticeable that they haven't upgraded in a while. Otherwise, the content is still good here, and if they can continue to make small improvements, the site should only get better.
Score decreased from 80.5 to 77.5.
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