I was given a username and password from the folks over at Porn Pros to do a review of their site. You’ll find my thoughts about this big network below. If you’d like to get a better feel for the site then click here to visit Porn Pros before reading the review.

The Site

Porn Pros started out with one site back in 2007 (18 Years Old). Since then they have grown to become one of the more popular networks on the internet. When 18 Years Old first launched, I had the pleasure of having a look inside and I came away quite impressed with how fresh the videos were. They’ve always shot their content in a unique and high quality way. When I received the chance to check out their current portfolio,  I was quite excited to get an updated look at what they have going on.

The Look Inside

After entering my username and password I was taken to the main members area page (photo on the left).

At the top of the page is an ad for a DVD site, then navigational menus and tabs, followed by an ad for live cam girls. After that, there are 21 big preview thumbs (230×160) for the latest updates with some more navigational menus and ads in the sidebar.

Scrolling lower, there is a section for “recent updates” that featured 25 preview thumbs (160×120), linking to updates. At the bottom of this section you can navigate to 51 different pages (as of this writing), each containing 25 update preview thumbs. Clicking on any preview thumb takes you to that specific update.

Overall I found the page busy with a little too many ads for my liking. That said, the updates are featured front and center so after you get used to the page I don’t see this being a major issue.

Porn Pros features 27 different sites and from what I could see many are still being updated on a regular basis. Updates do vary by site, with some sites being updated weekly, others bi-weekly, and others more sparingly. Overall though, there are new scenes put up daily (some days there are 2-3 new scenes added) but I did see some days where there were no updates.

Regarding the type of content you’ll find on Porn Pros, it covers a lot of bases. The two most prominent model types are 18-25 year-olds and big breasted, curvy pornstars. One thing that I’d like to point out to you is that there are some sites in the network that don’t appeal to my porn tastes at all. Specifically those that feature 1) bondage (Disgraced 18, MILF Humiliation, Squirt Disgrace, Cum Disgrace) 2) fake big cocks shooting giant “loads” (Freaks of Cock, Cumshot Surprise, LOL Cumshots) and 3) old men with coeds (Jurassic Cock). The reason I point this out is not to put down this type of content but rather to let you know that I don’t enjoy it and thus it will affect the “Personal Opinion” points in the scorecard.

In fact, out of all the sites in this network, the only regularly updates ones with content that is suited for my personal tastes are 18 Years Old, Massage Creep, Freaks of Boobs, Real Ex-Girlfriends, and Shady PI. So if you are into the mainstream, vanilla type of porn (like I am) then I think my score will hold more weight for you. If you enjoy bondage then I think you would probably give Porn Pros a higher score than I.

Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let me talk about the navigation.

It’s fairly easy to move around the site. You can use the drop-down menus found at the top of every page to sort updates by site, category, and model. There is also a basic search engine where you can type in stuff like a model’s name and it spits out results. I say it’s basic because when I tried to search for “blonde” + “big tits” together it didn’t find any matches.

Now let’s dive into the content…

The Updates

From the main members area page I selected the Kody Kay update from 18 Years Old and it took me to the update page…

On this page a streaming flash player is loaded with “Part #1″ ready to stream as soon as you hit play. On the right is a thumb linking to the model’s other scenes and a quick description of this scene.

Underneath the video you are presented with all the viewing options for the video. Here’s a close-up look…

Underneath that menu are thumbs previewing each of the 8 parts. (At this point I went and checked other updates and all updates are broken up into 8 parts, fyi: you can download the full-length scene in MPG and WMV format).

To the right are links to the “High-Resolution Pictures” and “Video Screencaps”

Let’s breakdown the videos now…

The Videos

After hitting play this is what the streaming flash video looked like in my browser…

The video played instantly and was very clean and crisp. The picture size was 640×385 and if you hit the “full screen” button on the player it took over the whole screen and was still of watchable quality. However, I prefer the original embedded size because the picture is more crisp and smooth.

I then downloaded the HD MPG version of a clip and this is what it looked like on my screen…

It was really big. It did break-up a little bit while playing (when faster action was happening) but overall it was one of the better MPG downloads I’ve seen. Most sites these days focus all their effort on the streaming flash format that they tend to neglect the quality of their downloadable videos.

The WMV HD format I downloaded next was even better (with no break-up)…

I really have to give them credit for the quality of their videos. This is pretty much as good as it gets.

All updates after May 11th, 2009 feature the above quality, the downloadable videos prior to that date look like this (smaller in size but smooth and crisp in quality)…

In addition, there is also a page where you can download 1-minute clips of the scene in standard WMV format.

Now, under “Get The Video To Go”, the links to mobile formats lead to an outside site (easyburner.com), I’m not sure what that’s about as I didn’t delve deeper but I thought I’d pass that on for those of you who are looking for mobile compatible formats.

The Photos

Clicking “view all pictures” on the update page took me to the photo gallery…

Very standard and basic page where you can navigate to other pages and also download the pics in a ZIP file.

I’m not quite sure I like the way they have the image browser set up (actually I’m pretty sure I don’t like it, lol).  After you click on a thumb you get taken to a page that shows an 850×850 version of the picture. [ Click Here For A 850x850 Photo Sample Here ] Then when you click that photo you get taken to the full high-resolution photo that’s like 3000×2000. [ Click Here For A Full Size Photo Sample ]

I don’t like the double clicking, I don’t like the cropping of the 850×850 sized photos and to top it off many times the 850×850 photo only loaded half-way during my visit and sometimes I received error messages when clicking over to the full-size photos (this may have been because of my connection, but I doubt it because the videos played great).

Regarding the quality of the full-size photos; it was great for certain photos and not-so-great for others. It was really a crap-shoot as to whether or not a photo would be crisp or cropped well. This was rather disappointing after the awesome quality of the videos. What I think they do is that they just put all the photos they shot into the folder without editing or picking and choosing the good ones. What I would love to see is for them to pick and choose the best photos, throw out the crappy ones, and then link the thumbs straight to the high-resolution photos. Doing this would turn the photo section into a goldmine rather than the annoyance I found it to be.

Each update also contains screencap pics of the scene. It’s based on the same gallery template as the high-resolution photos I talked about above. [ Click Here For A Screen Cap Sample ]

The Extras

Unfortunately Porn Pros contained no free extras that I could find. The closest thing I could see to an extra was a free $10 credit if you join a live cam site but I don’t know the details about this.

The Membership Details

Pricing: $24.95 for 30 days, $59.37 for 90 days, $1.00 for 1-day trial (please be aware that the $1.00 trial membership is limited thus you may not be able to view all the content, I’m not exactly sure what the 1-day trial here includes).

Ease of Canceling: Clicking the “Billing Support” text link at the bottom of every page takes you to their customer service page where if you click “to cancel your membership, please click here” you get taken to the cancellation form.

Final Thoughts

I mentioned earlier in this review that many of the sites in the Porn Pros Network do not appeal to me because they don’t feature the type of content I like but Porn Pros does have very unique and well shot content. Their video quality is among the best I have seen. I thoroughly enjoyed the videos shot for Massage Creep (which is the type of content I like) so if you like bondage and the other stuff they feature, I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy those videos as well.

On the negative side, the picture navigation (and selection) could use the most work, and the overall navigation and feel of the site could use an upgrade as well.

In closing, I would suggest that you browse through their site and see if you like the type of content they shoot. If you do and you think that you’ll have a good time watching their videos then I can’t see you being disappointed after all is said and done.

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