GayDemon's review of Maleflixxx

Maleflixxx isn't a subscription website, and it doesn't offer pay per minute videos, either. What the site does offer is online rentals - you can rent either a full DVD or any scene from a DVD and watch it as much as you like during the rental period. This is a good option for those who don't want porn DVDs around the house and who prefer to be sure they are not rebilled. The Maleflixxx DVDS are from some of the best-known studios in gay porn, including Colt, Titan Media, Jet Set Men, Hot House and Bel Ami, and there are plenty of top name pornstars to choose from.

With 5404 DVDs to choose from in 12 categories plus other rental options as well, Male Flix certainly does have a lot to offer. They also add new DVD titles every single day, so there's always something new to watch. And if you can't decide what you want, you can get a grab bag of scenes in a particular niche or from a particular studio by checking out the ScenePacks. These are custom assortments of 10 scenes each pack that update weekly. Each ScenePack is available to rent for 4 during which time you can watch one scene over and over or watch all the scenes again and again.

You can search the listings at Maleflixxx by studio, star, category, theme or you can use the Power Search, which allows searches by keyword or phrase. I honestly did a lot better by the pre-defined searches - when I tried to search by keyword, I tried the words "uncut", "jacking off" and "bodybuilder" and none of those terms had any results at all - so probably best to stick with studios, stars and categories.

When you watch a video on Maleflixxx, you are given the option to either choose your preferred bitrate or to go automatic and let the Maleflixxx software determine the best bitrate for you to watch based on your internet connection. To change to a different speed, format or player, just go to options on the video console page and select what you want.

The videos here are offered in WMV and Real in 5 sizes including dialup, although I couldn't actually find Real in the highest bitrates. You can choose to watch the videos in an embedded player or directly in your Windows Media Player or Real Player. The best quality WMVs are shown at 640x480 with a bitrate of just over 1.1 Mbps. These look pretty good, and as long as you weren't expecting commercial DVD quality, you'll probably be quite happy. The best Real vids are shown at 320x240 with a bitrate of 450k, and at their original size they are sharp and clear. Enlarging them to 200% looked better than I expected considering the bitrate - they were quite watchable, actually. All the videos I watched played smoothly and had good sound.

You may notice a graphic that says Photo Gallery to the right of many of the titles. That means that the descriptions of the scenes on those DVD titles include some small thumbs showing the action in each scene. The thumbs aren't linked to bigger pics, however - if you click on one, you'll be taken to a page where you can rent the scene the thumbs are from.

Let's talk prices. At the lower prices, you get what you pay for - $9.99 gets you $10 worth of viewing. But if you're looking for a deal, there are some to be had: pay $39.99 and get $50 viewing credit or pay $69.99 and get $100 credit. One thing worth mentioning - you must use your credits within 6 months or you may lose them.

I found some links on Maleflixxx that took me off of the site. These included Reviews, News and the Live Sex Shows link. The Live Sex Shows link lead to a site most surfers have seen before, and it requires you to sign up for any video chat and to pay by the minute for action or one-on-one. There are also random links around the site that take you to sites you must join to use. And on a more potentially useful note, there's a link that says, Watch on TV where you can set up your computer so you can watch Maleflixxx movies on TV rather than on your monitor. This seems like a pretty good feature, but keep in mind that old computers probably won't be able to use the software required.

Maleflixxx has a lot going for it if you're into pay porn movies but don't like recurring billing or paying by the minute. First off, the site offers over 5000 DVD titles from some of the hottest studios around. The site adds new DVDs frequently, the site has some good search options and the video quality is pretty good. You can rent each scene or DVD and watch it as much as you like during the rental period. On the other hand, the Power Search didn't work too well for me, there were some misleading links on the site and the videos aren't downloadable. Still, the bottom lins is if you're looking for a non-recurring way to watch gay porn videos, Maleflixxx is definitely worth checking out.

Things we liked:

• No DRM used
• Large collection of DVD titles
• Some titles are exclusive to MaleFlixxx
• Frequent updates

Things we didn't like:

• Videos are not downloadable
• Viewing credit must be used within 6 months
• Misleading text links lead to other sites

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