09 May 2008
Male Video Network
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Flash sharp and clear, looks pretty good full screen although a little artifacting, AVI 640x480 128,
Male Video Network is a gay porn video archive site that we last visited nearly 2 years ago. Featuring a variety of gay porn videos, the site has enlarged the size and quality of all their videos as well as adding a good streaming option. The tour is laid out in reality format and offers a collection of screen caps and short video trailer for 25 of their videos. I like what I'm seeing, so let's take a look at the member area!
Male Video Network gets right to business. There are thumbed links to the latest updates on the left and to updates by section on the right. Since all the episodes are dated, it's easy to see that the site updates every 2 - 3 days with a new video. Keep scrolling and you will find links to the feeds and also to the other "sites", which aren't actually sites but are content categories for this site. I also noticed that unlike other similar sites, Male Video Network does not offer any kind of search options. Videos can be browsed by "site" only.
The movies inside Male Video Network are shown in your choice of downloadable AVI in DivX format and streaming Flash. And this is where we get to a major improvement. All the videos inside the site are larger than our last visit. The AVIs are shown at 640x480 and the Flash vids at 480x360, and they are all good quality and offered in full scenes. These changes make the site much more satisfying than on our last visit. BTW, it's probably worth mentioning that the Flash videos here are among the best quality Flash videos I've seen.
There are plenty of videos in all sorts of porn niches and include all sorts of action from J/O to interracial. But where this site used to offer a regular - and easy to use - category list is not offered. Instead each category of content is made into a title. Some, like "He's Hung" and "Bear Balls", are fairly obvious. Others, like "Bruthah Love" and "Lords of Gay Porn", are less obvious.
There are some categories with a goodly amount of videos - but voyeur has only 1 video listed, "Lords of Gay Porn" has only 2, rough sex has only 2 and "Bear Balls" has only 1 video. The largest sections are bareback vids, military vids (the section is called Patriot Ass) and black vids (called Bruthah Love). Other sections have anywhere from a handful to a good sized group of videos.
Male Video Network has 2 bonus sections. One is called Bonus sites and offers 3 bonus sites - a straight guy site, a bareback site and a hairy site. The other page, called Plugins, offers 6 feeds and bonus sites including 5 gay reality sites and a bareback site. While there is a chat section, this leads to a feed that gives free non-nude chat but users must pay for nudity and action.
Male Video Network has made some substantial improvements since our last visit almost 2 years ago. Not only are their videos bigger and better quality, but they are downloadable as full scenes rather than clips. The site is also updating every 2 to 3 days with a new video, which is nice to see. The only issue here is the site organization, which is frustrating and even annoying. That being said, I'd rather have access to 500 good quality videos with poor navigation than a handful of poor videos with great navigation. While some porn categories are under-represented, others have lots to offer, and with over 500 videos to choose from as well as some bonus content, Male Video Network definitely has a lot to offer.
Things we liked:
- Videos are downloadable
- Fast download speeds
- Flash videos are better quality than most I've seen
- No DRM used
- Frequent updates
- All videos include date they were added to the site
Things we didn't like:
- No category links
- Way too many listings on video page
- Video page could use organization
Click here to visit Male Video Network
Membership prices ( CCBill Paycom )
- Monthly: $29.95 (recurring every 30 days)
Harold G. | 17 Oct 2007
My rating:
I don't get it, why have stuff listed but have nothing in it? Is it to keep you staying in the hope they will have it?
Some of it was okay, not great not horrible. Pics were disappointing but then it is a video site.
I ain't staying, but was okay for the time I spent.
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