Review date: November 2024
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Falcon and Hot House have merged their content into one super gay porn site. Falcon has been shooting super-heated, high quality porn scenes starring iconic men since the seventies. And today the studio continues to attract top names and to deliver great production value. Hot House has been a treasure trove of masculine heat for almost as long as Falcon. Now you get the entire Falcon and Hot House video collection in one place to stream and download.
Tour
The tour for Falcon / Hot House has been severely cut down. They used to allow you to browse the entire catalog and watch a few free clips. Now all you get is a home page with some images from recent videos and all links going to the sign up page. This is a sad trend in the industry.
When you go to sign-up, look out for the pre-checked trial offer to another site, which you should uncheck.
Usability
When you first log in, the main page offers a list of some of the latest videos (from both Falcon and Hot House, with older material from Raging Stallion and Naked Sword Originals), as well as most recent models and DVDs. The site is branded as Falcon Studios, but you can get to the Hot House content within the "Channels" menu.
The site has updated its menu, moving it down the left side of the page; here, you can search for "Videos," "Movies," "Models" or "Photos" and more. Next to this, in the Videos section, there are a list of categories, model names and DVD titles; unlike before, making selections now results in near immediate updates to content on the page, which is great. There's also a general search box at the top of the page.
There is also a link to Falcon's merch shop, so you can purchase branded clothing to show off your Falcon pride.
The Men and the Action
You'll enjoy looking for your favorite model in Falcon / Hot House's huge roster of over 2600 men, which reads like a who's who of gay porn. The list of horse-hung porn gods goes on and on.
Over the years, the beautifully filmed and lit Falcon movies, from classics like "The Other Side Of Aspen" to the latest Falcon fuck-fest have been shot in the snowy mountains, the Hollywood Hills, the burning desert, and on location all over the world. The scenes range from wild early-days epics to gorgeous HD instant hits. Whether your tastes run to vanilla or kink, to younger men, to muscle and leather studs, there's something here to get you off. While most of the catalog is condom, some of the more recent scenes are bareback.
Hot House founder Steven Scarborough was a friend of Falcon Studios founder Chuck Holmes and of legendary directors John Summers and Matt Sterling. In 1993, after producing and directing more than 50 films for Falcon Studios, he established Hot House. The result is a catalog of hardcore sucking, fucking, leather, toys, bondage, and ass-stretching that continues Scarborough's tradition of high quality productions and sexual heat.
With a focus on well built men, and not afraid of body hair, Hot House relies on masculine men for its models.
The model index provides you with important stats about your chosen stud, and cross-links you with his image galleries and the video scenes he appears in. There are good text descriptions for every scene, but there aren't any model interviews nor are there original release dates given for the DVDs.
Video Details
The 55% of the videos on Falcon / Hot House labelled HD are excellent quality, but the older videos don't have the same sharpness and, of course, the very oldest, originally shot on film, are average quality.
Now with over 4000 videos, including those from almost 900 DVDs, there's a massive amount to enjoy. As of this review, the site is updating between two and three times a week, though a good percentage of these scenes are remastered older scenes, or from partner sites like Raging Stallion and Naked Sword Originals.
The videos in Falcon / Hothouse now stream and download in MP4 format, in your choice of six bitrates (depending on when the scene was added.) Almost 55% of the videos (added since mid-2011) are available in 1920x1080p HD at just over 5000kbps (a few very recent releases are in 4K); another 15% top out in either 960x540 or 1280x720 pixels. Older, non-HD videos are the standard 640x480 pixels with four bitrate options.
Screens: There is a full-function mobile version of the site for easy playback of all of the scenes on your mobile device. All videos labelled HD will look good on a large TV-sized screen.
Image and Other Content
Most videos are accompanied by a photoset. Most of these are video captures from scenes, though there are also digital photosets mixed in. You can view as a slideshow or download the sets as zip files.
Summing Up
Whether you're new to the Falcon / Hot House experience or a devoted long-time fan, and whether you're looking for totally new, exclusive HD videos, or a mass of scenes also released on DVD, you'll find them here.
BananaGuide Price
30 day: $29.95 $14.95 (rebills @ $29.95)
Conditions
Quality | 27/33 |
Quantity | 20/20 |
Personality | 5/5 |
Video Options | 5/6 |
Updates | 5/6 |
Content | 61/70 |
Tour | 2/5 |
Usability | 13/15 |
Fairness | 4/5 |
Value | 5/5 |
User-friendly | 23/30 |
Condoms: Some
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Memberships
BananaGuide Price
30 day: $29.95 $14.95
(rebills @ $29.95)
Conditions
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Falcon / Hot House Studios is operated by Gamma Billing Inc. and has been online since 2001.
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