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Review of the PlatinumBucks network
Posted on 2006-03-13 by Manzano
In a nutshell
- Nice models and on topic for their niches.
- Average resolution, but low streaming speed.
- Pricing: $40 per month. 3 day trial for $5. Includes access to all the network sites. High price, and no downloadable videos, combined with low to average quality and quite small archives on the sites lands the value of these memberships near rock bottom.
- I haven't been able to find information regarding the update frequency, so it gets a plain 5/10...
- Many sites make promises regarding quantity that are only kept if you count the feeds. Also a 100% exclusive promise which IMO isn't kept. Basically these sites offer little exclusive content.
- Confusing / misleading links. "Premium content", "XXX videos", "Video themerooms" and many other expressions apparently translates directly to "Off-site leased feeds"
- Site speed is not optimal, and several links do not work.
- Stay away, stay away, stay away... Grand waste of money and time...
My opinion
The sites offer some relatively good, exclusive content, but so many other things pull down the overall experience. Many sites promise 100% exclusive content, and while it may be true that the videos are produced for whatever site they're on, it is not true that they can't be found elsewhere. -Neither is it true that 100% of the content on any of the sites is exclusive, which is the impression I get from a promise like that.
Good points:
The exclusive videos and pictures for each site actually fits the niche of that site nicely, and the quality is acceptable. The models are more or less all good looking, although only few were especially outstanding. You get access to a large non-exclusive picture gallery, that offers some good content in many niches, and is relatively well-organised. You also get access to countless feeds.
Bad points:
Navigation is not logical, and doesn't even always work. Almost all links point to off-site feeds, some of which are even pure paid advertisements. The little exclusive content that is offered is only available for streaming, in one average quality, divided into many small clips of about 2 minutes duration. -And from where I'm connecting they don't even stream smoothly. I even ran into videos that wouldn't play at all!
While reading their help pages to find out if there was a way to download the videos (no I didn't find one) I ran into the following answer to why videos aren't better quality. I find it amusing, but maybe I would find it less funny if I had paid $40 for my membership... "Huge amounts of bandwidth are required to transmit TV quality video over the Internet. As prevailing modem speeds increase, Internet video will increasing look better. We all just have to be patient." Come on, patient my arse! -At least offer the people who have followed the tech development and aren't stuck on a 56k a chance to use that connection. How many porn surfers are on 56k nowadays? My guess is very few...
Click here for my notes on the individual sites.
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Conclusion
And the explanation for the crappy sites at the high price? -80% affiliate commission, they are throwing their entire budget at traffic. This goes to prove that I can't be bribed!
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