Review by Steve (2010-10-20)
Big Movies in-depth review
I have to say that they have done a great job with the navigation here to say the very least. The lists of DVDs, scenes, porn stars and studios that you can choose to view the content by can be viewed in alphabetical or chronological orders, or by the ratings they have been given by members. Update information is very good too with all scenes and titles dated, whilst each scene (not just the DVD) has a full list of performers as well as their length and file sizes. There are also user reviews for you to be able to contribute and read too. A great effort all round.
In terms of the video options, you can start watching any of the scenes at any point you watch thanks to excellent thumbnail links. This applies to the Flash streaming versions, but on top of these, all videos have two .WMV downloads (320x240px and 640x480px) and three .MP4 downloads (320x240px, 480x352px and 640x480px) with them. As mentioned, there are some HD downloads starting to appear on the site now as well, so hopefully these will start to become more prevalent.
As far as I'm aware, BigMovies.com is a site produced by the same people behind the Reality Kings network, which I found interesting. However, despite that, this is a completely separate entity from that network - this isn't featuring any of their exclusive content and instead is a straightforward multi-genre and multi-studio on-demand video site. As is usually the case with these sites, they are generally much the same.
But there are always a few key areas to look at to see if they are better than the opposition. For a start, here the collection of DVDs is a fair bit larger than most such sites - 8000 is a huge number by most standards. The monthly fee is okay - some sites are more or less expensive than it, but I would not bother with the rather sorry trial. Not only does it offer you access to practically nothing, it recurs a lot more expensively than the normal monthly fee. Fantastic studio access though, with a fair few more obscure labels that I had never even heard of.
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Prices:
$ 4.95 for 3 Days ( limited access trial - rebills at $39.95 every month ) (Trial)
$ 9.95 for 1 Month ( Special Discount! )
$ 60.00 for 12 Months ( non-recurring )
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