Homegrown Video

Categories: AmateursDiscounts
Updates: Daily
Reviewer: Bradley
Reviewed: June 20, 2013
Score: 80/100
"With 30 years of experience under their belt, these guys know what aficionados of made-at-home pornography want to see which are true amateur sex movies for everyday people, by everyday people." - Visit Site
Period Price $/day
1 days $1.00 $1.00
30 days $29.95 $0.99
DISCOUNT $19.95 $0.66
90 days $59.95 $0.66
180 days $99.00 $0.55
365 days $119.88 $0.32
Score
Content Quality
Average
Content Amount
Excellent
Design
Average
Usability
Good
Bonuses
Average
Videos
No. of Vids
 6592
Avg. Length
 20 Min.
Movie Format
 WMV
Best Resol.
 638x480
Streaming
 638x480
DRM Protect.
 No
Pictures
No. of Sets
 1434
Photo Quality
 Low
Photo Size
 1129x750
Avg. Photos
 80
ZIP Dloads
 Yes
Bonus Content
- Members get access to 75647 stream-only bonus videos.
- Erotic stories and articles.
Download Limits
There's no download limit.

General Review

Are you tired of porn stars and staged sexual acts? Do you crave to see something real and immensely hot? Then you're longing for homemade porn that features everyday folks who love sex so much that they willingly do it on cam and share their sex tapes with the whole wide world! While you can find many amateur niche sites all over the internet, it's not easy to find a reliable source for DIY sex movies. Being one of the most influential studios in the history of porn, Homegrown Video has been supplying us with REAL amateur smut since the dawn of online porn. Actually, its history goes even further back in time as the company was established in 1982 by a handful of guys who decided to grab a video tape recorder and film the raunchiest moments of their sex lives. With 30 years of experience under their belt, these guys know what aficionados of made-at-home pornography want to see which are true amateur sex movies for everyday people, by everyday people.

The company's official site has been operating since the early 1990's and offers a comprehensive collection of homemade filth captured on film. They're providing us with unedited photos and videos submitted by 'real' people and thanks to the diversity of sources that their stuff comes from, a wide range of variety can be seen here. There are flicks that show you amateur girlfriends and wives giving sloppy blowjobs, getting their shaved or hairy pussies plowed and there are interracial banging, threesomes, outdoor sex as well as anal first timers. Probably everything from regular one-on-one sex to swinger cluster fucking, there's everything that you can think of. The movies are often shot by handheld cameras giving you a POV perspective, but a lot of times amateur couples use tripods or a third person to help film them.

Homegrown Video - the studio's flagship site - is much more than an average porn site as it strives to be a community portal that allows like-minded guys share their thoughts and enjoy homemade smut together. While HGV is mostly known for true amateur videos, they try to be fulfilling for those who like 'professional-amateur' stuff as well. Isn't it a bit controversial? Well, not necessarily as it refers to those movies that are produced by professionals but feature never-before-seen girls. They even let you check out their true classic movies and offer plenty of vintage movies, too. If all of this wasn't enough, they have videos with girls who later managed to suck and fuck themselves into stardom. Homegrown Video claims to have the biggest collection of true homemade movies and photos, and it's certainly an excellent, critically acclaimed source for amateur porn!

What's Going On Inside

Homegrown Video has a pretty plain design, but I guess, it just works fine for an amateur niche site. Once you get inside the members only area, you'll find yourself on the site's home page. This is where you can find a selection of their latest additions, but you'll see a couple of videos that are being watched at the moment by other users and there are a few 'featured videos'. There are a lot of community features implemented here, so no wonder if you can see a 'social feed' showing you who on which scene commented recently, there's a member chat, but if you're into connecting with others, then you can venture into the site's community section. Being one of the longest running porn site of all time, no wonder Homegrown Video has a large collection that currently counts 6592 videos and 1434 photo galleries. It's good to see that the site is active and updates come daily! There's even a fun feature that allows members to decide what will be published in the future as they can vote on upcoming scenes to determine the next update. Getting around the site is easy and they have a couple of tools to narrow down the content. There's a quick search bar and you can select to search among newer and vintage stuff, plus there are advanced search options that allow you to combine keywords and category tags and you can even search from original Homegrown Video series like Deepthroat Virgins, Curvy Amateur Girls and Housewives Unleashed. When checking out their 'Videos' page, you'll find their movie updates divided into subsections such as Amateur Videos, Vintage Videos, Homegrown All Stars, Classic Streams, Pro-Am Videos, Before They Were Pornstars and Homegrown Office Workers.

Every movie excluding those that are in the 'Classic Streams' section can be streamed or downloaded in WMV format. Their movies are available for in-browser viewing with several settings that include MP4 files to stream in high and low qualities and Flash streams in high, medium and low resolutions. On every amateur niche site you can't really expect high definition movies and Homegrown Video isn't an exception either. Although, their videos provide good-quality playback at their best of 638x480 pixels with varying bitrates. The videos are available in even lower quality if that's what you prefer for some reason and you can find mobile optimized downloads as well. Besides in full length, you can watch or download scenes chopped into 5-minute clips. Running times are quite inconsistent as you can come across many flicks that are about 10 minutes long, while there are plenty of videos that play for over 30 minutes. Every video comes with category tags and a pretty long description, plus often a set of related images are linked on the scene page. Members are allowed to provide some feedback by leaving comments and rating the videos on a 5-star scale.

The quality of their photo updates isn't impressive either. This may be in connection with the fact that most picture sets contain screencaps that are sized at 750x562 pixels. Occasionally you can come across higher resolution photos, and the best ones that I found displayed at 1129x750 pixels. The images can be browsed through in thumbnail galleries and they let you choose from three thumb sizes. An online, timed slideshow feature is also available. Even though a set usually has about 80 photos or even more, they don't offer entire sets wrapped into ZIP files.

As for bonuses, they have a separate section inside the members area that gives you access to 75647 streaming-only bonus scenes. Although, these movies feature porn stars, so I don't really know how much their members appreciate these extras as they came here for amateur porn in the first place. There's even an erotic literature section with tons of erotic stories and educational articles.

Homegrown Video has a long track record and it surely a great source for amateur porn, but it isn't perfect. You can find many lesser known professional models here pretending to be first timers, plus you have to put up with a daily download limit which allows you to grab 12 gigs of data within a 24 hours period. Nevertheless, it's a site that has an expansive library of amateur porn that provides a lot of variety and if you factor in that you can join the site from our review at a special discounted price of only $19.95, then Homegrown Video is definitely worthy for a recommendation!

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Sample Galleries

External Reviews

Site: The Best Porn
Description: A large archive of amateur content in one fairly active community.
Date: 11/12/2014
Score: 86.0