Gay Porn Site Reviews

Review date: January 2010

Video Box Men wants your porn dollar and they're willing to offer a deal you can't refuse, namely a massive number of scenes from almost 1400 DVDs, updated daily, for the low, low price of $9.95 per month for good quality (800 kbps) video or $17.95 per month for excellent quality (3,000-6,000 kbps) video. The site is also easy to navigate and provides a state-of-the-art scene editor and preview tools.

Tour

The Video Box Men tour is a mirror-type so you can see everything the site has on offer. You can browse through the DVD listings by title, category, studio or popularity. Look at thumbnail video captures for every scene and experience how the neat clip selection tool works. Click the FAQ for details on what you'll get for your money.

Navigation

The design of Video Box Men is clean and uncluttered. Navigation is very straightforward, with selection boxes for category, studio, series and stars located in the toolbar across the top of the page. You can easily switch the view of your search results between DVD titles, all scenes, or your favorites.

The DVD page displays six large thumbnails for each scene on the DVD. Hover over any of the thumbnails and click "Quick Preview" to turn the static thumbnail turn into a mini-video for preview purposes; or click "Start Here" to start the scene at that exact spot.

A very nifty feature of VBM is the "Custom Clip" tools, in which you can drag and drop thumbnails to designate exactly where you want a scene to start and end, and then stream or download that custom clip.

The Men and the Action

Because Video Box Men works with many different studios, the model types and themes cross the whole spectrum. You won't find titles from major studios on VBM, but there is a selection of over 160 smaller and amateur studios to choose from. It's best to spend some time surfing around to see if enough of the models turn your crank to make the site worth joining.

Inside you'll find the big-dicked Europeans of Cadro Films, the hot-blooded Latinos of Alexander Pictures, the hilarious plots and very hot twinks of PZP Studios, Blue Alley Studio's nasty "Cum" series, classic Le Salon titles, and many, many Pacific Sun titles. While none of the content on VBM is exclusive, these videos from various smaller players are plenty to keep the budget-minded porn monkey happy.

Video Details

At review time there were almost 1400 full-length DVD titles making up a total of 6500 scenes. There is a new DVD added every day. And, there is no DRM licensing on VideoBoxMen so you can keep anything you download for as long as you wish.

Video is available in several formats. You can stream them in Flash. Windows Media files can be streamed or downloaded in a choice of four qualities, the fastest vary from 3,000 to 6,000 kbps playing in a large 720 x 480 window. That is for the premium price of $17.95; if you opt for the ultra-low price of $9.95, the video tops out at around 800 kbps, playing in a 480 x 350 window. Mac Note: Video is available in MP4 H264 format, which is optimum for Mac / Quicktime users.; these are 640x480 in size with a bitrate of 1500 kbps. Mobile Note: Video is available in MP4 format with a screen size of 320x240, bitrate of 650 kbps, ideal for iPod / iPhone.

When played at top speed the overall technical quality of the videos is very good. But since the video is from so many disparate sources we really can't generalize except to say that the really hot scenes are kind of hit and miss. This is where the VBM rating system comes into play: always click the "Popularity" sort option to get the titles that have been top-rated.

Summing Up

Video Box Men offers a large variety of lesser known studio flicks at an almost unbelievable price, wrapped up in a user-friendly design with multiple format options and cutting-edge selection tools. The site has grown by leaps and bounds and now provides even better value than ever.