Soho (revisited)

[X]

I'm thinking of buying some Bendover vids from the shops in Soho but first I'd like to know if I am likely to get the non full-strength versions if I purchase from there?

[alec]

Who knows, but you'd almost certainly be paying over the odds for them. If they have R18 on them there is no reason why they shouldn't be full-strength hard core. But you'd probably still be paying more for two scenes in one of these than you would be paying for four scenes at Your Choice.

[lynx]

I have to disagree with you. I have bought videos both from shops in Soho and from "your choice" and I have to say that the one big advantage that the Soho videos have is picture and sound quality.

Although I have bought some very good quality videos from "your choice" I have also recieved some with very poor picture quality (almost unwatchable) also I really hate the laughable dubbed voice acting on some of the videos available from "your choice".

This is only true however of the R18 type videos, i.e the official ones with the proper boxes, the other "imported" videos available in these shops are usually extremly poor 3rd or 4th generation copies.

The R18 videos are however extremley edited, and if you are into anything even a little bit unusual i.e. bondage or water sports "your choice" is the only way to go.

[alec]

With regard to R18 I was talking about their length not picture quality.
I have also since had better information re Soho prives and I may have exaggerated this point, but to buy a Ben Dover, all four scenes, you would have to buy two R18 tapes. I imagine this would cost you at the very least 30 quid. It would cost you 27.50 for four scenes on one tape with Your Choice. And Ben Dover picture quality from Your Choice is excellent. The only videos they sell with poor picture quality are the Viewers Wives series and possibly older tapes where the master is wearing.

[Imperator]

lynx wrote:
>
> I have to disagree with you. I have bought videos both from
> shops in Soho and from "your choice" and I have to say that
> the one big advantage that the Soho videos have is picture
> and sound quality.
>
> Although I have bought some very good quality videos from
> "your choice" I have also recieved some with very poor
> picture quality (almost unwatchable) also I really hate the
> laughable dubbed voice acting on some of the videos available
> from "your choice".
>
> This is only true however of the R18 type videos, i.e the
> official ones with the proper boxes, the other "imported"
> videos available in these shops are usually extremly poor 3rd
> or 4th generation copies.

I find this contrary to my limited personal experience. I haven't tried R18 yet but I have never had trouble with pirate tapes. I have stuck with Maxim and the Cornische on Frith Street since they have never ripped me off (and *that* is some statement for a Soho-based business ). I don't know what generation thetapes are are but with one exception (and this was a French tape converted from SECAM, so it may explain it) the picture quality has ranged from perfectly acceptable to pristine.

I have only bought from Your Choice once and was equally pleased. Their problem is that their catalog is small.

Imperator

PS If somebody can vouch for another Soho establishment of similar quality to the two I mentioned, I will give it a shot.

PPS The best source of hardcore of course is to have a pal mail it to you from Europe . Customs is not intercepting any more.