Looking at porn for a living is really just like any other job – no, seriously. You learn, as a reviewer, who to count on all the time for consistently good products. Some companies disappoint you, some surprise you, some grow over time, but there are those few and far between that never fail to bring professional, high quality content that is both creative and sexy. The folks at Kink.com are some of those people – I can always depend on Kink.com to produce top-notch content and I can honestly say that, in my opinion, they set the bar for all BDSM on the 'net. So it's no surprise to me at all that their latest site, TheUpperFloor.com, is an ingenious concept with the same state of the art quality I've come to depend on.
The Upper Floor is a brilliantly unique site. Members are invited to be a part of more than a porn site, but a BDSM experiment in the making – a 24/7 BDSM lifestyle community with a fully developed master/slave hierarchy. Live streaming of slave training, kinky parties and general day to day activities of the BDSM lifestyle, all brought to you in high definition. It's as close to true voyeurism as you can get online. These live broadcasts invite you to each slave's private training sessions, to taboo parties, to just about anything they are forced to do, from preparing supper to decorating for a party. At the parties themselves, these slaves are available to everyone, and it's both fascinating and erotic to watch as they learn obedience and try to please. The slaves themselves are masochistic, grateful, eager and more than willing to give what is required of them – and more than willing to take the pain when they're punished.
Each event at The Upper Floor is broadcast live, with a couple new shows every week. If you miss an event, each one is archived at the site for your convenience. You can stream the videos from the site with your Flash player or download in a number of formats – WMV, MPEG, Quicktime or iPod. The quality itself is gorgeous – true high definition WMV content with a 1280x720 resolution and a 3.78 mbps bit rate. The events themselves range from just under a half hour to well over two hours and the streaming speed is still great.
Each episode also comes with a set of photos. Because they are screen captures and not photo shoots, the quality isn't as high as the videos themselves, although for screencaps I have to say they're not bad at all. You can download them as a low or high resolution, one by one or as a zip file. Images range from 50-75 well into the 400s per event.
The Upper Floor is a brand new site, under a month old at the time of this review, and they've already got around 20 archived events to view. I genuinely cannot recommend this site enough. The Upper Floor brings such a unique experience to BDSM fans, one I've never seen on the Internet before, and the quality is just as spectacular as the content. At $39.99/month, it's definitely pricey, but sometimes you get what you pay for – and here you're definitely getting a cut above the rest.
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