Comments on: Ins and Outs of Content Licensing http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/ Tue, 21 May 2013 14:49:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ddub1352 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-20212 ddub1352 Wed, 27 May 2009 06:21:36 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-20212 I'm 44, so I like a mix of older porn (Racquel Darrian, Peter North, Stephanie Swift (esp doing those two British guards in one scene - very hot, The real "Devon" from long ago), but I also like features from Europe - they really know how to pick very beautiful, thin women that take it every way in a "loving" way - not just gonzo (which is my least favorite). I guess my fantasy is to go back to those college days (circa 1980-1988) and see that genre of porn. I get off on cute cuties with tight asses and nice breasts that fuck their neighbor or dad's co-worker - innocent like until they just give in - and young couples who don't know each other that see each other getting ready for bed and then one thing leads to another - like it actually could have happened. It turns me on because it reminds me of my past. Gonzo between "big-dick LARRY" and "sweet-surprise Jenny" just honkin' away at each other with zero relationship is not my thing. Softer porn with a hard edge and great cum shots where she looks like it's her last bit of required moisture for the day. The buildups are good - features are good. There is so much older porn out there that was very good - from 80-95. That's what I want to see. All of that director that won all of the awards in that time (he was an ex-porn guy himself) - great stuff. Peter North has a WEALTH of stuff out there. If I could afford it, I'd have every one of his DVDs - always hooked up with thin, cute babes, huge dick in every hole and then the best blast any porn actor could deliver. I'm seeing more and more of this content on your site - thank you. VCA has good stuff. But I haven't seen one scene with "Devon" in it - she is very hot. I’m 44, so I like a mix of older porn (Racquel Darrian, Peter North, Stephanie Swift (esp doing those two British guards in one scene – very hot, The real “Devon” from long ago), but I also like features from Europe – they really know how to pick very beautiful, thin women that take it every way in a “loving” way – not just gonzo (which is my least favorite). I guess my fantasy is to go back to those college days (circa 1980-1988) and see that genre of porn. I get off on cute cuties with tight asses and nice breasts that fuck their neighbor or dad’s co-worker – innocent like until they just give in – and young couples who don’t know each other that see each other getting ready for bed and then one thing leads to another – like it actually could have happened. It turns me on because it reminds me of my past. Gonzo between “big-dick LARRY” and “sweet-surprise Jenny” just honkin’ away at each other with zero relationship is not my thing. Softer porn with a hard edge and great cum shots where she looks like it’s her last bit of required moisture for the day. The buildups are good – features are good. There is so much older porn out there that was very good – from 80-95. That’s what I want to see. All of that director that won all of the awards in that time (he was an ex-porn guy himself) – great stuff. Peter North has a WEALTH of stuff out there. If I could afford it, I’d have every one of his DVDs – always hooked up with thin, cute babes, huge dick in every hole and then the best blast any porn actor could deliver. I’m seeing more and more of this content on your site – thank you. VCA has good stuff. But I haven’t seen one scene with “Devon” in it – she is very hot.

]]> By: andy82 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-18253 andy82 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:05:27 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-18253 (a) VB is very good in terms of the cost to DVD ratio. I objected during the whole premium channel debacle to the fact that it was announced that you were getting Vivid without any mention of the fact that it would only be available at an extra premium. (b) I struggle to believe that on a non-gay Video site the top request for additional niche stuff comes from Tranny fans. I can see that they may be a very vocal minority but the numbers of subscribers who would actually wish for an increase in that stuff would, I'm betting, be proportionally very low. (c) I have noticed that the countdown timer is currently showing over 5 hours till the next DVD. I sincerely hope that this is a glitch, otherwise if you have reduced the number of updates, I will be leaving after 3 very happy years as a member. (a) VB is very good in terms of the cost to DVD ratio. I objected during the whole premium channel debacle to the fact that it was announced that you were getting Vivid without any mention of the fact that it would only be available at an extra premium.

(b) I struggle to believe that on a non-gay Video site the top request for additional niche stuff comes from Tranny fans. I can see that they may be a very vocal minority but the numbers of subscribers who would actually wish for an increase in that stuff would, I’m betting, be proportionally very low.

(c) I have noticed that the countdown timer is currently showing over 5 hours till the next DVD. I sincerely hope that this is a glitch, otherwise if you have reduced the number of updates, I will be leaving after 3 very happy years as a member.

]]> By: yesman http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17776 yesman Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:49:35 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17776 I want the 1000 DVDs of girls getting spanked. :D I want the 1000 DVDs of girls getting spanked. :D

]]> By: bobsipod http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17238 bobsipod Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:20:29 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17238 What I've noticed about the rating system, is that no scene ever has a rating below 2.5 stars. a Star, yes, but a scene? no. Its either 2.5 or up, or its unrated. Take this weeks "top scenes this week"; of the 203 scenes on the videobox portion, 104 had been given a visible rating. So, this tells me that a scene needs to be favorably rated a certain amount of times before it is rated in the five star system. We're never exposed to one star ratings (unless you look under the "stars" tab, where it seems a little out of whack at times), so this explains to me why the tranny stuff doesn't get a rating. There aren't enough patrons that are watching those scenes, understandable considering this is, by and large, a straight site. There are likely others that will negatively vote on the scene just to deter the category's continued expansion. I also keep drawing comparisons between the tranny category and sports teams like the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. Its seems to me that the most popular category also happens to be the most hated as well. (the comparison ends there between the sports teams and the tranny category... except for Tony Romo) What I’ve noticed about the rating system, is that no scene ever has a rating below 2.5 stars. a Star, yes, but a scene? no. Its either 2.5 or up, or its unrated. Take this weeks “top scenes this week”; of the 203 scenes on the videobox portion, 104 had been given a visible rating. So, this tells me that a scene needs to be favorably rated a certain amount of times before it is rated in the five star system. We’re never exposed to one star ratings (unless you look under the “stars” tab, where it seems a little out of whack at times), so this explains to me why the tranny stuff doesn’t get a rating. There aren’t enough patrons that are watching those scenes, understandable considering this is, by and large, a straight site. There are likely others that will negatively vote on the scene just to deter the category’s continued expansion.
I also keep drawing comparisons between the tranny category and sports teams like the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. Its seems to me that the most popular category also happens to be the most hated as well. (the comparison ends there between the sports teams and the tranny category… except for Tony Romo)

]]> By: doppyman http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17178 doppyman Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:33:53 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17178 Josh - I noticed that in your post you said "We have handful of studios that release" consistently good vids. You then listed some studios, including Lethal Hardcore. You don't have Lethal Hardcore. You did at one point, but I don't consider six vids since last July as having a studio, particularly since there has been ONE in this calendar year. As for the Combat Zone and Platinum X releases, lately an inordinate proportion of these have been black and interracial releases, which is all well and good, but it is certainly NOT top of the line releases by these studios. (Judging by commenters, I am not alone in this opinion.) So VB does not release consistently good content from these studios IMHO. Only sometimes and, as with Lethal Hardcore, hardly ever. Josh – I noticed that in your post you said “We have handful of studios that release” consistently good vids. You then listed some studios, including Lethal Hardcore. You don’t have Lethal Hardcore. You did at one point, but I don’t consider six vids since last July as having a studio, particularly since there has been ONE in this calendar year. As for the Combat Zone and Platinum X releases, lately an inordinate proportion of these have been black and interracial releases, which is all well and good, but it is certainly NOT top of the line releases by these studios. (Judging by commenters, I am not alone in this opinion.) So VB does not release consistently good content from these studios IMHO. Only sometimes and, as with Lethal Hardcore, hardly ever.

]]> By: doppyman http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17176 doppyman Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:17:36 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17176 Josh - I interpret your answer to OC Dave and Agent that you only consider a video's rating if it has been favorited by a certain percentage of viewers. So, rating a vid may be meaningless, unless it is favorited a lot? I have rated vids, but not favorited them because I know who I like, figuring that rating scenes was making my opinions known. Is it necessary to favorite scenes if you want your positive opinion registered? If I interpret your system correctly, I think it is shady and self-serving because : Your favoriting threshold seems to basically ensure that no rating is given to movies that everyone hates, ensuring few one star ratings appear. That way browsers don't see that you have put some awful content on the site. This gives a mistaken impression that this site has 6,000 vids that were not given bad ratings by viewers, rather than say, 4,000 that were assessed as good or better ones and 2,000 that viewers felt sucked. Josh – I interpret your answer to OC Dave and Agent that you only consider a video’s rating if it has been favorited by a certain percentage of viewers. So, rating a vid may be meaningless, unless it is favorited a lot? I have rated vids, but not favorited them because I know who I like, figuring that rating scenes was making my opinions known. Is it necessary to favorite scenes if you want your positive opinion registered? If I interpret your system correctly, I think it is shady and self-serving because : Your favoriting threshold seems to basically ensure that no rating is given to movies that everyone hates, ensuring few one star ratings appear. That way browsers don’t see that you have put some awful content on the site. This gives a mistaken impression that this site has 6,000 vids that were not given bad ratings by viewers, rather than say, 4,000 that were assessed as good or better ones and 2,000 that viewers felt sucked.

]]> By: DP http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17156 DP Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:47:07 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17156 Octdave67 says: "Where is this “Army” of Tranny lovers?" We've been forced in the back of the closet by people like you who locked yourselves in. Octdave67 says: “Where is this “Army” of Tranny lovers?”

We’ve been forced in the back of the closet by people like you who locked yourselves in.

]]> By: Boyband http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17082 Boyband Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:09:14 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17082 I think some celebrity porn would be a nice compliment to what you have. Sex tapes, nude celebrity stuff. I find myself looking for that outside videobox more than anything. I think some celebrity porn would be a nice compliment to what you have. Sex tapes, nude celebrity stuff. I find myself looking for that outside videobox more than anything.

]]> By: Scrugglebumms http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17077 Scrugglebumms Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:22:56 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17077 Josh: Thank you for the response. Those were some awesome stats! It sounds like the site ops guys could write a book on the topic of handling massive amounts of content and traffic. Very impressive stuff. My hat is off to you and everyone working behind the scenes at videobox. Thank you all for your hard work. Best regards, -Scrugglebumms Josh: Thank you for the response. Those were some awesome stats! It sounds like the site ops guys could write a book on the topic of handling massive amounts of content and traffic. Very impressive stuff.

My hat is off to you and everyone working behind the scenes at videobox. Thank you all for your hard work.

Best regards,
-Scrugglebumms

]]> By: bobsipod http://blog.videobox.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/ins-and-outs-of-content-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-17066 bobsipod Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30:39 +0000 http://blog.videobox.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-17066 Ocdave- I was trying to be funny (obviously unsuccessful). I'd be shocked if I saw mainstream ads on a pornsite. Still, if you could pull off putting a domino's pizza ad on a pornsite, I'd be impressed as hell. DP- there are high-end tranny studios? Somewhere out there is a studio claiming to be the vivid of tranny fare? Thats awesome. I'm not gonna watch but like I said- awesome. Ocdave- I was trying to be funny (obviously unsuccessful). I’d be shocked if I saw mainstream ads on a pornsite. Still, if you could pull off putting a domino’s pizza ad on a pornsite, I’d be impressed as hell.
DP- there are high-end tranny studios? Somewhere out there is a studio claiming to be the vivid of tranny fare? Thats awesome. I’m not gonna watch but like I said- awesome.

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