Reviewed 2010-06-02 l Last update on 2020-10-24
The thing that really appeals to me about Video Box Men is the price; it is very reasonable. Well, the price and the fact that there are over 2,000 full DVDs to watch. So that's two things. Oh, and then the fact that there are loads of categories and variety, and information, and you can rate the content, and there are updates, and that you can make up custom clips, download some movies, watch them in a choice of qualities and Ok, so there are loads of good things here!
This is a video theatre. You sign up, for that reasonable fee, and then you simply stream movies to your hearts content. You have a long list of categories to select from, there are currently 2,066 DVDs to watch and that breaks down into 9,573 scenes. So the stats on the home page tell me. There is a simple top menu which means you can go to DVDs, scenes or clips very easily, as well as having pages for the Stars and Studios; a left menu of categories makes navigation really easy and there is also a search function. All that means is that you have a lot to see and easy ways to find it.
The content here comes from a variety of studios, so you are going to find all kinds of things to watch. From twinks to bears and from vanilla to fetish there will be something for everyone. But why choose Video Box Men over any other porn theatre? Well, for me it's because of the price, and the amount of content and the variety. Ok, I wont start all that again, there are many reasons for joining here. Lets look at the studios and you will see what I mean. There are some top names represented here such as Cobra Video with 11 titles, Daddy Oohhh with nine and Top Dog with 31. Just three of many. There are also some that Id never heard of and I've been looking at porn sites for a long time now. You may want to check out Tru Filth for its one title, Mancapades (Brazilian boys interracial), or Spurs Video for four cowboy themed offerings. I was also interested to see Pinko with 29 varied titles, and Swerve with six military and Latino movies. You see? Loads of variety and lots that's new.
The category list breaks things down even further with your standards such as Anal, Asian, Bisexual and Black, and then some not quite so standards such as Sex Pigs, Shaving and Piercings. You will also found your outdoor sex fetish, twinks and hunks in here.
Ok, so how about actually watching a scene, how does that work? Well, I found that all these DVDs and their scenes ran in a streaming player. There were buttons for downloads too but not every scene was available to download it seems. When you can there are many choices of resolution, and when you stream you have an interactive player where you can actually make up your own clips. Whether you go for the old or new custom clip creator, you just select a start and strop place from the scrolling thumbnail line and there you go.
As for streaming quality, I found that the quality was chosen for me and that the player always read HD. Im not totally sure about that as some of the scenes didn't survive very well at full screen. But, I found Flash streams at 640 x 480, H.264 (Mov or Mp4) at 1200k, 640 x 480 and for downloads you can expect to find WMV at 3000k @ 720 x 480, with other sizes and resolution also possibly being in the mix.
Generally speaking though, the movies are chosen for Video Box Men because of their quality or production and their variety. You can always find something new and, more importantly, something you want to see.
There are lots of added, interactive functions at this site, and I have already mentioned the clip creator. That's just one of the fun things that help enhance your viewing experience. There are others such as: you've got an add to favourites function and a place where you can store your best films. As you can put whole DVDs in here it's a good place to use when you've seen a clip or scene from a movie and you want to keep the rest for later. You can also rate videos and help add them to the Recommendations page and the rankings. There is lots of info about films too, with studio info and directors, write ups, and cast lists which link each star to his other appearances. To get fully interactive you can make comments and also read what other members have said.
Each viewing page comes with a scroll-box to the right showing you samples and info about other scenes that are related, or which you may also like to see and this helps with making up your mind, and with navigation. But navigation generally is easy. The top menu stays with you and takes you to the main areas, and you can always get home again with the Browse button. Things like your account and the support links are at the top of the man pages, and up there you also have a choice of eight languages in which to read the site.
The design is good too, it's all well laid out in a true porn theatre style with everything being easy to read. All links worked fine, there were no technical issues for me and I found that using the site was really simple.
Video Box Men stands up well when compared to other movie theatres of his type. It offers us lots of variety with movies from some top studios and also from some smaller ones, which is great to see. It has good quality scenes and DVDs, with a choice for downloading, and it updates regularly. There are many things to like here and many things to recommend the site: the interactivity, the amount of content and the easy navigation. Mainly though, it's not expensive and you get good value.
