Retro Sex Review
Date:November 4th, 2007
Score: Full 4.5/5
Niche: Vintage Porn and Retro Porn
Main Draw: Retro Sex is made for vintage lovers, by a vintage lover. Every movie and photo on this site is lovingly retouched to be of incredibly high quality - some of the best I've seen in the vintage realm.
Design/Navigation: This is a simple, clean, dark site that offers basic navigation functions throughout the collection.
Pictures: All of the content at Retro Sex has been lovingly hand retouched to restore it to an amazing quality. These are all very rare pieces of vintage erotica collected from private collections and vintage amateurs. I loved the fact that all of this material was new to me - it's rare that I see a vintage porn collection where I don't see at least a few repeats. There are over 10k pictures in this collection (it was much too large for me to do more than estimate the count) with sizes varying widely, however the quality overall is excellent. There are many different types of photos as well - you have your typical vintage pinup type stuff right alongside juicy vintage hardcore.
Movies: The vintage movies from Retro Sex are also very nicely done. I'm not a big fan of Realplayer, which is the only format the movies are in, but they're worth downloading the player / codec for. The movies are in clips of six minutes and under, and there's around 150 up on the site. Older movies are removed to make room for the newer movies, so make sure that you save everything that you'd like to see later!
Extras: As I've mentioned a few time, the guy behind this site is a big lover of all things vintage. To attest to this, he has an entire section of scrap book photos which are just charming little pieces of life back in the day. He also has a true crime section with vintage mug shots and My Hollywood which are celebrity photos taken by a studio employee. There are also some vintage pulp porn comics and pulp magazine covers.
My Favorite Part:
Speed The speed is acceptable, although a bit on the slow side.
Originality As far as I can tell, everything on this site is exclusive or incredibly rare - and they are all remastered to an incredibly high quality.
Updates Not sure of update schedule.
Annoyances Well, I'm not personally a fan of real player, but that's more of a personal caveat. I had a few issues with navigation - mainly that back and forth navigation between the galleries are fine, but there's no easy way to get back to the main page. I'm also not a big fan of removing older movies off of the site - but that is the site owner's perogative.
Is It Worth it? If you're looking for a vintage porn experience that you cannot find anywhere else, then Retrosex.com is definitely worth looking at. The few annoyances aside, I did enjoy the site immensely for both the personality and the quality of the material. The fact that I haven't seen this stuff anywhere else adds a ton of points to their favor, as well.
Price: 19.95/month | 44.95/3 months