GayDemon's review of Sean Cody

Sean Cody is one of the best-known amateur sites on the web - and for good reason! There are currently over 730 videos inside Sean Cody, all exclusive to the site and all featuring hot amateur guys in solo or hardcore action. Most of the guys are straight and have never been on camera naked before. They are mostly regular guy next-door types who I personally love to watch jack off on video and you can see previews of every model to get a good idea what the site is about. And they've made some significant improvements since our last visit!

The navigation in Sean Cod/cgi-bin/reviews/admin/admin.cgiy is simple, clean and even easier to use. The member area and tour are basically the same areas, so you can get a very accurate idea of what Sean Cody is about before joining. Non-members can see the preview pics and also read all about the guys and the videos for every single movie. Members can view the movies and pic sets where non members get access to a limited number of pics per set and no movie access.

When you log into the site, you are taken to the video listings, although you still have the menu on the left so you can move through the site. Although the videos have no dates, it's obvious that the site updates regularly. A site doesn't get to have over 735 videos without updating - in fact, there have been 355 updates in the last year and half, which is well over 2 updates per week average. The guys seem to be listed in date order judging by the quality of the videos and the lighting.

I like the brief interviews in the Sean Cody movies. They're sexy and the sound is good. I also like the interviewer's voice, which is mellow and sexy and presumably it's Sean himself. The interviews add a more personal feeling to the site, as does the "Who is Sean Cody" and "About the Guys" sections found on the menu. In fact, one of the things I like about the site is there is a feeling that real people are involved in making it. You get to know about Sean as well as about each model, and that is one of the things that makes this site stand out.

The older movies have been re-encoded so they're now much bigger - 720x480 and 2 smaller sizes and the higher of the two speeds offered are good amateur quality while the lower speed is fair amateur quality. As videos get newer, sizes and qualities improve and things just keep getting better. The best quality of the newest videos are offered in both WMV and Quicktime, and shown at a really nice 960x540 at around 2 Mbps, which is widescreen and satisfyingly large while the other two speeds aren't too bad, either. And there's also 2 sizes of M4Vs available for iPods and iPhones. The videos are also offered in 2 smaller streaming sizes, although I was unable to get them to play in 2 different players - I'm probably missing a codec that Vista users may have built in.

Besides redoing all the older videos to a larger size and offering the new ones in additional formats and HD, the videos no longer use DRM. That means that any videos you save will now play even after your membership has expired and Mac users can now play the WMVs if they wish.

The pics are the weakest part of Sean Cody - and honestly they're not bad. The pics are vidcaps rather than digital stills, and although they are very good quality - for vidcaps - they are smallish. There are between 20 and 75 pics per set, which is shown in a thumbnailed gallery. The thumbs on each gallery are small. I mean REALLY small. At 52x35, they are literally smaller than a postage stamp, so you have to look closely to see what's going on in each thumb.

Sean Cody is one of the best amateur sites I've seen - and I've seen a lot of them. The guys truly are hot amateurs shown masturbating or sucking and fucking in good quality videos. There's plenty of movies to choose from and navigation is very easy. There are no blind links, non-exclusive content or advertising to annoy or intrude. There have been some serious improvements in the last year or so. The site no longer uses DRM and all the older videos are now over double their old size, and the new videos are even bigger and offered in 3 formats. While the pics are vidcaps, they're very good for vidcaps. There is a daily download limit of 5 gig, which while reasonable may not suit everyone. Amateur guy lovers make sure to check out Sean Cody. With more content and hotter models than most amateur sites, and over 730 videos, you won't be disappointed!

Things we liked:

• Exclusive content
• Hot amateur guys
• Videos are downloadable
• No DRM used
• Easy, no BS navigation
• Large collection of videos
• Site has added 355 updates in 1 1/2 years
  

Things we didn't like:

• Older vids on the small side
• No dates on updates
• No way to tell how often site updates
• Daily download limit

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