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Content
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| Quality : |
18.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
60.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.5 / 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. Nice amt of pics & vids.
2. Sexy collection of models.
3. Nice looking design.
1. Some videos are stream-only.
2. Vids could use more categorization.
"A large collection of Viv's glamour photography and professional porn movie scenes." |
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This site describes itself as "High Quality British Adult Entertainment from the Master of Leg Sex, Viv Thomas". I know Viv from when TheBestPorn reviewed his video site Viv Thomas Video. From this looks of things this site has just about the same content, but highlights the photography over the movies, has an older design, and a lower price. The videos sections on the two sites look identical (with fewer viewing options here), and I believe this VivThomas.com site offers a larger collection of pictures (judging by the model directory).
Viv is an accomplished photographer and porn producer in the UK who pulls in attractive models for his photo and video shoots. As far as Viv being the "Master of Leg Sex" goes, I've always been a bit puzzled by that niche. Viv uses the standard accessories like nylons, garter belts, and high heels to highlight the legs, but in the end a "leg" gallery usually ends up looking like any typical softcore porn gallery might. That's what I think anyways. The legs of Viv's girls were no more or less sexy than the girls of any other site with pornstars and adult models.
There is a ton on picture galleries of hundreds of models. These ladies are all dolled up pros looking their sexiest and I'm sure these professional pics also have had some touch-up work done. Picture choice and quality is good as there are three resolutions, sometimes four, to choose from: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, and occasional hi-res of 1280x1024. The two largest sizes produce nice pics. While the bulk is softcore or leg related, numerous other categories are included such as Busty Babes, Blondes, Lesbian Lovers, Rookies, Hardcore, Member Requested, etc. Viv's pictures are fine if you're looking for posed porn star ladies. It's good stuff although I have reviewed sites with more exciting collections of glamour photography.
There are over 300 videos which contain a lot of hardcore action. The scenes generally range from 10-30 minutes each and are browseable by category (Boy/Girl, Girl/Girl, Solo Girl, Teen, Big Boob, Leg/Feet) or by model (there are many dozen models). I'm not big on the formatting since only in-browser Windows Media streaming is available. It costs an additional $14.95/mo to download them which is actually for a membership to the Viv Thomas Video site. This route would bring your total spent to $34.90 whereas a direct membership at the video site goes for $29.95/mo.
Extra features include special niche galleries (like girl/girl kissing and close-up shots), behind-the-scenes photos and videos, and a message board forum. Even though the site still updates with new material weekly I feel this is just an older version of the Viv Thomas Video site. The benefits of this site over that one are a cheaper $19.95/mo price and an available $6.95 7-day trial. My opinion is go with the video site since you'll still get plenty of photos while having wider video options other than this site's in-browser Windows Media format.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 06-06-05 |
Essentially Viv Thomas is still the same site it was during our initial review. The amount of content has grown, but it's still largely a softcore glamour photography. The extra cost for downloadable videos remains in place which is still annoying. But as far as collections of magazine style porn goes, this is a substantial body of work. For some reason I don't remember the page layout looking like this, perhaps they're reworked the design. Whether they have or not, it's easy enough to move around with the model directory and special interest sections. My overall score is going to be bumped up a bit; I think it's a better site than I rated it last time around.
Score increased from 75.6 to 77.8.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 08-18-06 |
Viv Thomas has a new site design going and it's been nicely put together. They still have things like categories of pictures and videos along with an alphabetical model index (along with a keyword model search too). Overall I like the look of the site except I'd prefer they add a bit more sub-categorization for the videos especially the Clips from DVDs section where there are hundreds of clips. That section could benefit from breakdown by girl/girl, guy/girl, and solo since it's mixed up now. The other video issue remains that they're a mix of in-browser streaming only along with others that are downloadable. The photos seem to have 4 quality levels standard now with hi-res 1280 as the highest. To sum up Viv's core content remains the same with professional softcore, girl/girl, and boy/girl action but now he's showcasing his work on a site with a new design and there's even more to see now with his regular updates (a new gallery and video every day).
Score increased from 77.8 to 83.0.
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