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Learn more about the terms we use in our reviews.
Expert porn fans who have been enjoying our adult reviews for years and watching porn sites online for a while may find this page to seem too simple, but each year there are many more people who begin enjoying porn reviews for the first time. We have created this Terms Page for beginner porn fans to learn some of the vocabulary and terms often used in our reviews. If you have any questions or think another term should be explained on this page please contact us any time. We love to hear from our readers!
Download Manager:
A download manager is a kind of software you can get for your computer. Some are available for free and others require a paid fee to use. They allow you to automate your downloading when you become a member to a website. So, for example, you might join a site for a month and set your Download Manager to copy all of the available videos to your permanent collection on your own hard drive. Some sites limit the use of Download Managers, other let you use them however you like.
Video & Image Formats:
Flash, MP4, .Mov and other similar extensions represent the kind of files used by a website to display their videos and pictures. In the past some computers, browsers or operating systems had a had time with certain format types. These days just about every computer can use all of the formats displayed by modern porn sites with one important exception. iPhone and iPad users accessing mobile porn sites are not able to watch any videos that use the Flash .flv extension. For that reason you should keep an eye on formats offered if you plan to use those devices.
Download vs Streaming:
Downloading allows you to copy any video or picture you see on a porn site to your own hard drive inside your computer so that you can play it again any time you want whether you are online or offline. Streaming is more like YouTube and allows you only to watch the movie online while you are connected to the website. That means if a site only offers streaming videos, once your membership ends you won't be able to watch any of the movies until you rejoin. However, if a site offers Downloads, any movie you downloaded is yours to keep forever. The best sites offer both streaming and downloading options.
There are two very important advantages for Streaming. First, you can watch the movie instantly without waiting for it to be downloaded to your computer. Second, when you stream a movie you do not leave any trace of it on your computer so your wife or boss won't be able to see what you were watching online. However if you download the file it becomes very easy for anyone to snoop around and see what you have been up to!
Cross Sales or X Sales:
Cross sales started innocently enough as special offers. The way they were intended to work was as a simple checkbox on any order form or join form. When you sign up, you would be offered the option to purchase something else along with it as added value. For example: If you bought flowers online you might click a box to also sign up for a magazine about flowers.
Unfortunately scammers have used X Sales to create many different sneaky ways of trying to charge people extra. The most common is a site they claim is 'free' but includes a X sale to another site that charges you a lot of money if you do not cancel it immediately. Also, many of the checkboxes now show as prechecked meaning you have to uncheck them or they assume you meant yes I want that too. When buying porn, no matter how excited you are to see hot xxx action, you should always read the join form carefully and make sure you agree to what is being offered. Porn Castle porn reviews goes out of our way to notify you whenever we find a site abusing the X sale option system.
Billing Certification Seals:
A terrific company at WebsiteSecure.org started a new process a couple years ago to assist all online consumers with finding safe, ethical, secure merchants online. The way their certifications work is simple. A company that owns any website (in porn or mainstream) can contact them to have the site inspected by their experts. They review the terms of service, privacy policy, billing practices and other important parts of the join process to determine if the site is treating customers fairly.
If the site passes inspection it is allowed to display a Website Secure Certification seal on its join page. Thankfully, many quality porn companies have taken the steps to get their sites inspected and we are proud to give them full credit on our reviews. If you see a billing certified seal on one of our reviews from Website Secure, you can click the seal to see a free full ethics report provided by them for you. It's another great tool for finding the best porn sites when you want to watch people fucking without getting fucked by a scumbag site owner
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