More Netflix for Porn
Originally posted 18 May 2003; Updated 9 September 2003 adding Video Takeout.
Private At Home got a lot of attention (including from this very source) when they launched their single-publisher Netflix-like porn store.
As we shouldn't be surprised to learn, there are others trying to fill that niche as well, without the single-publisher problem; they just aren't quite as good at getting press releases noticed, I guess.
In the table below, the xxx disc prices are in US Dollars per month; the Title Search and Actor Search numbers are the number of movies matching the given keyword found by their search system.
SugarDVD won't ship to Alabama, Tennessee, or selected zipcodes in 10 other states (includng the bulk of the Oklahoma City metro area -- so many reasons to be glad I moved!). They also go by Porn Pounder.
Number Slate isn't porn-specific, but supposedly is porn-friendly. I can't get it to let me browse the 'Mature (Explict)' genre without an account, though. Besides the 2, 3 and 8 disc memberships listed, their FAQ says they have "anything in between". I can't get the account signup system to give me details on the pricing without giving them my information first.
WantedList adds a twist to the Netflix model: rather than returning a movie, you can choose to buy it and avoid the shipping charge. I can't tell if there's an additional price break for getting a used / boxless copy.
Besides the Netflix model, DVD Climax has a $3/week/movie option, with a 3 week maximum.
RentFlixxx has a 'keyword' search and pre-built searches for genres, studios and top stars, but doesn't have a free-form 'title' or 'actor' search, so it's hard to compare results directly against the others.
XXX Press DVD's 'cast' search treats a search for 'foo bar' as 'foo OR bar', not 'foo bar' or even 'foo AND bar', so the name searches can't be done reliably.
Bedroom DVD's (sic) has a single unified search system with no way to limit to titles or actors.
DVD Avenue is a supposedly porn-friendly general service; I can't find the porn, though.
Video Takeout will ship either one or two DVDs per mailer; the cheaper price is for the two-DVD-per-mailer plans. Their search system doesn't separate title, keyword, description and actor, and looks for each word separately, so neither the title nor actor searches can be done reliably -- the title words find words in descriptions, and the actor searches find actors who share part of the name but not all of it (ie, finds "Ricky Parker" when you search for "Kay Parker", even when you go to the pre-built Kay Parker page). They won't ship to Alabama, Tennesse, or certain zipcodes in 10 other states (the same list as SugarDVD?). You can buy movies you've rented, at a 5-50% discount.
There are several per-disc rental sites as well; these generally have week-long rentals with prices (when specified where I can find them) ranging $2 to $3 per disc per week. These include X Rent DVD, Adult DVD Overnight, Adult Web Flix, Blue Door and Blue DVD.
2003-09-09 21:34:00
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