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Hustler fans should be delighted by the relaunch of the flagship site, provided a streaming only experience is acceptable. With a low cost three day trial, Hustler makes it easy to enjoy decades of photo layouts from the venerable magazine, a massive movie archive, and a selection of recent porn movie releases.
With the acquisition of VCA, Hustler is now the largest and most prolific of the major porn studios. Along with classic series like Barely Legal, Hustler offers recent releases in popular genres like MILF and ALT. With it's success in adult retail, deals with innovative talent like producer and performer Joanna Angel, Hustler continues to push the envelope. At the same time, the studio offers up its massive library of gonzo titles, which are flat out JOM (Jack Off Material) that gets straight to the action with little development and "acting" Hundreds of photo galleries from the magazine featuring well known models, top photographers, and lavish layouts, are easily the best part of the site. We really like the slideshow viewer, which leaves the hands free to do other, er, things. Full access to the current issue of the magazine is also included. Navigation through the video portion of the site is disappointing. You can't blow up the box cover to see who's in it. There are no stills for preview before streaming, only vague text and provocative titles like "Handyman Delight". To their credit, Hustler's webmasters personally promised Sir Rodney a fix is underway and should be online before the summer. The streaming experience within the Hustler browser window was excellent, and easily configured for any player and bandwith. Streams loaded fast, and we could smoothly fast forward to the good stuff. The full screen resolution is impressive. There are over 100 titles here. Quantity is not an issue. Membership includes access to Busty Beauties, Barely Legal, Hometown Girls, Leg World, and Taboo. The movies can also be downloaded, but they are protected DRM, an evil and pernicious technology which will prevent you from watching the movies you downloaded once your membership expires. To add to the insult, acquiring the license AFTER downloading was slow and cumbersome, requiring multiple log ins. Hustler has great movies, and it is their right to protect them, but we think any porn studio today that hoards it's titles does so at its peril. In conclusion, Hustler fans should rejoice at the successful overhaul of this site to something worthy of the Hustler brand. For us, DRM is a deal breaker; downloading and owning titles is simply something the more hardcore users among us want from an online subscription. The UI of the movie search and preview needs to be improved. This weakness really bothers us. Hustler.com is certainly the best of the sites from the major studios (the others being Playboy, Vivid and Wicked) by a wide margin, which really tells you how far behind the curve most of these guys are. The $3.86 trial gives you a cheap and easy way to see what the premier pornographer in the world has to offer. (Re-reviewed 4.07) |
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