Overview:
Let's face it - still images are yesterday's news. Back in the early days of the internet, many web-surfers were thrilled by the idea of being able to view pornography in their home without ever having to exchange nervous glances with a XXX store counter clerk or 7-11 night manager. Now someone can download thousands of DVD quality movies from sites like VideoBox without leaving their desktop.

One of the most consistently high-rated porno sites currently in operation, VideoBox is somewhat of a marvel in a cyber-field literally littered with terrible (and terribly expensive) websites offering very little except a few crummy video clips and a few dozen pop-up windows. Is all the hype true? Is VideoBox the king of online porn DVD vendors? Let's start the investigation, shall we?

As is often the best method of evaluation, I dive right in. Quickly logged in, the main menu page arrives and shows not only the most recently added DVDs but a number of recommended DVDs and scenes as well. There's also a sidebar that displays a tally of the total number of DVDs and scenes currently available, a staggering 4662 and 26468 respectively that are just begging to be downloaded.

Browsing is easy as can be done by checking out  any particular styles of porn you may be into (big boobs, anal, amateur, etc); if you're a dedicated fan of a particular porn studio you can even browse their releases. For those of us who value the work of certain pornstars over others, the extensive database of movies can be browsed or searched by performers' names.

After finding a DVD title you're interested in, does Home Wreckers, Swallow My Sperm or 100% Prime Grade A Meat #2 take your interest? A simple click will bring you to a page that lists each scene from the movie and gives ratings, performers, reviews, screen-caps, applicable category tags and more. Downloading a scene is also extremely straight-forward and can be done by hitting "download entire scene now" and selecting one of the four quality options: low, medium, high and DVD. The DVD quality clips are very clear and easy on the eyes and there are no watermarks on any of the videos (always a great thing to see). Streaming is also an option and the quality remains good even when viewing from within a browser. You can even click a screen-cap and check out a brief section of a scene before committing to either downloading or streaming the entire thing.

One very useful feature of VideoBox is the ability it grants you to download only portions of a scene. Let's say you're a huge cumshot fan, right? Well, just hit the "edit custom clip" button and you're instantly transported to an easy to use page where you can select only the messy money shot for download so as not to waste any time on insipid things like plot, character development and foreplay.

If you enjoy a scene, it's only a matter of a few clicks to find others like it. Whether they share a common performer, sexual technique or porn studio many related scenes are listed in a sidebar on every scene's page.

Navigation across the whole site is a cinch to handle and the webmasters have done a great job keeping the site jam-packed but clutter-free with a simple and workable design.

There's really very little negative to say about VideoBox and to completely report on the positives would take far longer than we have here so let's get on with it, shall we?

Pros:
- Almost 5000 DVDs are online and ready to be downloaded. Each is broken up into individual scenes and each scene has a number of great download or streaming options, including partial scene downloads.

- A great tagging and searching system brings you the videos you want with minimal fuss and helps you find others that you're sure to enjoy.

- Shit - this site's so good that even their blog is an interesting, enjoyable read.

- Five new DVDs are added each day. That's 25 before you even hit the weekend!

- Membership will run you only $9.95 per month; believe you me, that's incredibly cheap for a fuss-free service with such an extensive archive of DVDs. If you want to download DVD resolution videos the price is a few bucks more, $14.95 per month, which is still a great bargain.

Cons:
- All content comes from third parties and is therefore non-exclusive, though you won't easily find the quantity and quality VideoBox offers elsewhere.

- Some HD, iPod and PSP download options would be a great (and logical) next step. *Update - VideoBox now has iPod videos.

Conclusion:
I've been a member of VideoBox for over a year now and without a doubt VideoBox is one site I can wholeheartedly recommend. You'd be hard pressed to find a more worthwhile use of $10 in the world of online pornography than VideoBox. Thousands and thousands of adult DVDs are waiting to be downloaded and enjoyed. If you're still reading this you're wasting valuable bandwidth and download time.

Get moving already!