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• RE: Portable hard drives 12/7/2010 2:00:43 AM
  
  dogzcatcher wrote: Which brands are best? I want to purchase one. What I would like to do with the portable hard drive is download VOD titles to it. Until now, my purchases have been made from brick and mortar stores. I've noticed that some VOD titles are about 4 GB in size. Thanks. I hesitate to wade in here, since there are going to be multiple conflicting opinions. Some people swear by Seagate (I think they're crap, since I've had so many problems with Seagate drives). Others, like myself, like Western Digital (since they seem to not fail, at least for me. I'm sure someone here thinks Western Digital is crap.) Since you want 'portable' your choices are somewhat narrowed. Pick a size and interface (USB, Firewire, eSATA), pays your money,...

• Macbook is acting dumb. 11/9/2010 5:13:35 AM
  
  ChodeMasterJ wrote: So I was charging my Macbook the other day. Last night, I unplugged the charger and went into the living room to use my laptop and the damn thing won't turn on. "Maybe it's dead?" I think. I plug it back in and turn it on and it turns on this time. Well, I unplug the charging cord and the laptop immediately powers off. I try to start it up and it won't come on unless the charging cord is plugged in. Hmmm. I do Software Update and get all the OSX updates and everything thinking that it might just be some glitch or something. The same situation repeats itself and the laptop won't come/stay on unless the charging cord is plugged in. (And yes, it's 100% charged). This has never happened in the 3.5 years I've had m...

• Closing the Kickback Program 9/22/2010 9:45:29 PM
  
  Drew Black wrote: I apoligize, I forgot about this. I need to write to DVD Empire again about this. When they issue gift certificates they can only be in certain whole dollar amounts. I had a brief discussion with them about this a while back and completely forgot that I needed to finish it up. Any update on this?

• Blast from the past : FiveStar DVD 8/11/2010 1:50:07 AM
  
  Flash wrote: They have apparently reopened with new owners. Ethan, who worked for the old owners, works for the new ones and has posted in ADT about the reopening. Thanks for the info. I must have missed the post about 5Star reopening. I bought a lot from them in their previous incarnation. They had good customer service in the past.

• Closing the Kickback Program 8/10/2010 5:36:29 AM
  
  Drew Black wrote: We will also change the redemption process so you will be able to redeem the entire amount available in your account instead of multiples of $10. FYI : That change is not working for me. Redemption still wants increments of $10.

• Site Ripping Software ? 6/26/2010 9:00:20 PM
  
  ninja1 wrote: ^It's for Windows. Thanks for the "offline browser" search term; that is a big help. On Windows I have used "Teleport Pro" : http://tenmax.com/teleport/pro/home.htm with good results. That was a few years ago however. My experience with any recent Windows applications is limited. Hope this helps.

• Site Ripping Software ? 6/25/2010 11:47:03 PM
  
  ninja1 wrote: Anyone recommend good site ripping software? You didn't say for what OS : Windows, Mac OSX, Linux? Google "Offline Browser" and you will get a list of possibilities.

• Porn is a dying industry. 6/23/2010 12:29:32 AM
  
  RandomPrecision wrote: Frequently, the cover still looks a lot better than what you actually get. Dead on brother!

• Closing the Kickback Program 6/23/2010 12:23:38 AM
  
  Drew Black wrote: 30 days has passed quite some time ago. The last day to earn credit for Kickback orders will be June 30th, 2010. On July 1st I'll remove the Kickback links from the price search pages. We will be issuing credits for orders placed since March in the next few days. Jeez, I thought kickbacks was closed already so I stopped using it. Duh? ... my bad! I still have an order (my last kickback order) "in process" from February. When should we redeem the credit in out kickback account? Thanks.

• 'Operating system cannot be found' 6/4/2010 3:05:50 AM
  
  RandomPrecision wrote: . . . Linux is anything but friendly. . . . I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on this point, but I "grew up" using Unix, so I admit I'm biased. I haven't used a Windows system in years, so I have no opinion on it's ease of use. I do admit that I'm no fan of Microsoft as a company -- or producer of quality (read "bug free") software. RandomPrecision wrote: . . . And when I went to the Linux help forums, the people there were very smug and unhelpful. . . . Unfortunately I think this is a impression given off by some people claiming to be Linux "experts" who are actually not that knowledgeable. Since they don't know how to answer your questions they imply that its you who's ...

• 'Operating system cannot be found' 6/3/2010 1:21:05 AM
  
  Jonny Jay wrote: Thanks Random, will try your drying out method before buying anything. The laptop is an Acer TravelMate 5720 will look online for disassembling instructions. I'm assuming this laptop is a Windoz PC? I'm also assuming this laptop has as cd/dvd reader/writer and/or floppy disc of some persuasion. If you have any other boot media (cd/dvd/floppy?) try to boot from that if you can. If you don't have any boot media but have access to another PC with a DVD burner you can download a Linux boot image and burn it to a DVD and try to boot that. (I recommend Knoppix). http://www.knoppix.com/ You can run Linux from the dvd and it will not touch/modify your harddrive in any way. If you can boot the Knoppix DVD then you can use Linux to ...

• Closing the Kickback Program 3/17/2010 3:31:40 AM
  
  JustAnotherDude wrote: Bummer. Their specials have been lacking lately, then they cancel Gonzo Month, now this. It's like DVD Empire wants me to not shop there anymore. Edited by - JustAnotherDude on 3/17/2010 12:08:31 AM Sad to say but true. Without KickBack there's little reason to shop at (Adult) DVDEmpire. It seems that selling porn is tough sledding in the present economy, with AdultDVDPacific missing in action too.

• Need a pop-up blocker now. 3/2/2010 9:04:24 PM
  
  DrP0rn0 wrote: The one in Firefox works fairly well, but a lot of new "pop unders" and other crap are controlled by . One good tool for controlling that is called "no script". It's a firefox add on that disables , but let's you selectively allow it for trusted sites. ...and turn it on temporarily for a new site or sites. Honestly, it's a bit more work, but it will keep your computer more safe and prevent tons of pop ups and pop unders. Dr. P I use Firefox/noscript and it indeed does work. But "it's a bit more work" is an understatement. NoScript blocks a LOT of things other than popups/popunders. So, if you use NoScript be prepared for the flood of blocked item messages you will get until you set the parameter...

• Any feedback on Xonair? 12/26/2009 10:31:57 PM
  
  Flash wrote: You can read about my one and only experience with them <link> . I don't plan on ever using them again. Thanks for the link.

• Studios producing low grade defective dvds 12/16/2009 7:58:38 PM
  
  Flash wrote: Cutouts are discontinued titles or overstock titles that a company will sell to retailers at a drastically reduced cost. In the mainstream DVD, CD world etc, the cases are punched or have a slit cut in them to so the company knows it was a cutout and won't give back full price to the retailer. Thanks for the info. I've never seen cutouts at any retailer I shop at. I think the answer to your previous question is yes, these are cutouts, since stated purpose of the punched hole is to prevent the return of packaged multiple DVDs being returned as individual DVDs. The problem is the hole is 'punched' through the shrink wrapped DVD packaging, which cracks the cases and fills the affected cases with small plastic chips. It seems that...

• Studios producing low grade defective dvds 12/16/2009 12:38:58 AM
  
  Flash wrote: BadKarma wrote: On a different but similar note, what's with studios shipping product with a small hole through the DVD case? I have two instances of Zero Tolerance and Third Degree titles having a hole through the DVD packaging. Note that the hole is positioned to miss the actual DVD. When I questioned the retailers about the holes I was told that the holes were put there by the studios to prevent the DVDs from being returned. Were these cutouts or the adult industry version of them? That would also explain why they can't be returned. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I don't check this forum everyday. And I don't know what a 'cutout' is, so I can't answer your question. Sorry.

• Studios producing low grade defective dvds 12/16/2009 12:35:46 AM
  
  XRentWebmaster wrote: BadKarma wrote: On a different but similar note, what's with studios shipping product with a small hole through the DVD case? I have two instances of Zero Tolerance and Third Degree titles having a hole through the DVD packaging. Note that the hole is positioned to miss the actual DVD. When I questioned the retailers about the holes I was told that the holes were put there by the studios to prevent the DVDs from being returned. This was for a promo where the studios in question where offering a buy-one-get-one. They wanted to make sure the bundle was not split up and returned separately. As soon as we noticed the hole we returned all of them. <link> Thanks for the reply. But, in an email exchange with XRent customer ...

• Studios producing low grade defective dvds 12/1/2009 6:32:10 PM
  
  I could not agree more with the gist of this thread. Crap is crap and it will come back to haunt those producing it. I'm a little surprised by Elegant Angel. Didn't they go down this road a few years ago and then struggle to regain their credibility? I'm also a little surprised that some industry flak has not jumped in here to refute the charges of increased defective product. On a different but similar note, what's with studios shipping product with a small hole through the DVD case? I have two instances of Zero Tolerance and Third Degree titles having a hole through the DVD packaging. Note that the hole is positioned to miss the actual DVD. When I questioned the retailers about the holes I was told that the holes were put there by the stu...

• Anyone monitoring 'Kickback@adultdvdtalk.com' 9/29/2009 3:28:20 AM
  
  Steph wrote: if you are the person who wrote asking why they haven't received credit for a couple orders placed last month - my fault - i haven't had a chance to process orders yet - will do it in the next couple days. sorry for the delay. No. My problem was when I tried to check 'order history' or 'account status' i would get a 'no information available' message and a blank screen. FYI: as of today the problem seems to have gone away (or been fixed) since i now get that information when I check kickback. Thanks.

• 500GB esata external hard drive 7/12/2009 12:19:04 AM
  
  RandomPrecision wrote: ... you can get a terabyte for just a little over $100 now. FWIW, I just bought a triple interface (eSATA, USB, Firewire) Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1-terabyte external drive for $99.00 with a 3-year Seagate warranty. I'm not a big fan of Seagate disk drives. I've had too many DOA in the past. But for the price I took a chance. Works okay so far ...