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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
15.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
58.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
6.0 / 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. Large collection of DVD's.
2. Multiple browsing options.
3. Pretty good quality WMV streams.
4. Account offers preferences, history and favorites.
1. Can get expensive.
2. Full-length DVD streams only.
3. Qaulity could be improved more.
4. No date stamps on content or update schedule.
"PPV can get pricey, but XonDemand is massive and easy to use for casual viewers." |
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XonDemand.com is "what the world is coming to." They offer over 19,665+ full-length DVD movies all at a pay per view rate with an average cost of about $.12 cents per minute. There's everything here from amateur to anal, gay, teen, interracial, strap-ons, Latina, Asian, fetish, voyeur, matures and more. Video on Demand sites are good for those of you who aren't looking for a month-to-month commitment, or if you're not one to look at a whole lot of porn and just want to view some specific films. The nice thing about XonDemand.com is that the site is rather large, actually it's huge and fairly easily browsed offering search features and the option to browse using 2 selected categories at once.
The Good:
- Pay Per View allows you to pay as you go. With around 20,000+ full-length DVD's featured here, it's real easy to spend a pretty penny, but if you're just looking for a few specifics: pornstars, titles, etc. it's likely that you'll have some luck here. Your payment options are: $3.49 for 15 minutes (about $.23 cents per minute), $5.49 for 30 minutes (about $.18 cents per minute), or $24.99 for 250 minutes (about $.10 cents per minute). Each DVD is roughly 90-120 minutes in length.
- X on Demand keeps track of your recently viewed selections so you can see which DVD's you've enjoyed and how long you viewed them for. The rest of the site set-up is pretty slick too and offers some nice navigational options like genre categories + subcategories for each, a distinction between straight, gay, lesbian, fetish and voyeur content, top lists, search features and more.
- Although there are no scene breakdowns for the DVD's, the rest of the streaming/download options are nice offering multi-bandwidth options for Real Player and Windows Media as high as 1200k.
The Bad:
- Since they don't break down each DVD into parts, you'd basically have to pay for & watch a full 90-120 minute DVD in order to see a selected scene, etc. and that could get pricey.
- Only the newest videos offer the high quality Windows Media format.
- There are no downloads here, just pay as you go, which can also get expensive.
- Do date stamps on content or clear update schedule.
The Conclusion:
I've honestly never been much of a fan of pay per view sites. The format just doesn't sit well with me considering how many videos I'd end up watching and, subsequently, how much $dough$ would be flying fast out of my pocket. Pay per view sites are good for you random porn users who don't necessarily need access to a whole months worth of porn and just like to rub a few out from time to time. If you're looking for a specific title, you just might find it here considering the site of the site. Overall I think that XonDemand did a really nice job, although I wish they'd offer even higher quality streams since even the 1200k one could use a bit better picture quality. My other big gripe is that they don't break down the DVD's into scenes, forcing users to view the complete video if they're looking for something specific in a round about sort of way. But, you definitely get what you pay for here.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 10-29-08 |
We're coming up on 2 years since our last review here at X On Demand, and even lack of a clear update schedule or date stamps can't stop this site from growing. The number of DVD titles is currently up to 5,900+. Also, I don't think I mentioned this last time, so I will now. Users are able to browse by category, and then by subcategory, so searching for specifics is made that much easier. The price will still get up there! And DVD titles are as is in terms of download, meaning you can't break them down and download certain scenes from each/any. At this point the bitrate quality could stand to be higher, since 1200k is starting to look average and soon maybe even less than average. It's hard to complain with such a large collection of DVD titles, just be careful of how fast the dollars go!
Score increased from 79.5 to 80.0.
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