No, this isn't a re-review. We're really coming to this site a little late. Danni.com is the latest re-incarnation, or stage in evolution, of the flag-ship bit-tit model site that first launched all the way back in 1995. Ten fucking years! In Internet terms Danni can say that she has been around forever. 

In olden days it used to be called Danni's Hard Drive or Danni's Hot Box. We were members back then but didn't do a review (we probably hadn't even started this site yet!). Anyway, they still use the Hot Box and Hard Drive labels a bit, but they seem to be trying to brand now with just plain "Danni.com". Better logo and graphics too. We really didn't like those Danni's Hot Box watermarks. The star-thingy they have now is simpler and more elegant.

As if you care. Oh well. After all this time, what more is there to say that you haven't already heard a thousand times? Yes, Danni really is "the most downloaded woman on the Internet" (see billiondownloadwoman.com if you don't believe her).  And yes, Danni herself is still taking it off. No absentee landlords here (though she doesn't seem to be writing as much). And yes, 10 years of content means there's a lot here. We can't think of any other single site (as opposed to a network) where we could honestly tell you that you will need a full month's membership. A trial won't cut it. Now this isn't just because there's so much stuff. It's also because it's going to take you a couple of days just to find your way around. The navigation isn't that easy. But more on that later.

The production values are simply amazing. The weekly (!!) "Features" videos are as good as (and in many cases better) than most studio productions. Great editing, sound, lighting, costumes (a lot of the features are theme-oriented, though without anything you'd call narrative), sets, the whole works. Fuck, even the Naked Joke of the Week clips are professionally produced (with editing, props, costumes, and a laugh track to go with the punchline)! The talent? Second-to-none. You can expect all the biggest names, all looking their best. Lots of fresh new faces and, given how long the site has been going, lots of old favourites you might not have seen for a while in the Archives.

Technical quality? It's very good. The videos come in a wide variety of formats (Real, QuickTime, Windows), with playback at 300, 700, and 1000 kb/s (the higher quality video is only available to "Preferred Members"). Streaming (as if you would bother) and downloadable. The pics are also pretty sharp, coming in at two sizes, a medium (600x800), and a large (700x1000). Of course full sets can be downloaded as zip files. Note that we're not saying these are the biggest, sharpest pics we've ever seen (because they aren't), or the best video (because it isn't). But the site has good specs.

Type of content is mostly glam babe (usually with big tits) softcore posing stuff. We looked around but didn't see any evidence of cock (outside of the bulge in the jeans of the lucky recipient of all those Virtual Lap Dances, of which there are over 300). As advertised, it's "explicit girl-girl action." But even though these girls aren't getting savagely dp'ed and then taking mega blasts all over their face, the action is pretty hot sometimes. The girls do a fair bit of masturbation and toy-play, and some of the girl-girl movies we watched were pretty intense. The site itself is a kind of 12-ring circus, with a whole whack of different areas and sections to browse through. Just to give you the selections from the top menu: Home, Archives, Danni Ashe, Ezines (10 actual 'zines, which are pretty darn good, plus the usual bonus galleries from people like Hicks and Miller that don't fucking work! Seriously: Have any of you ever joined a site where JennaMaxx actually loaded? Have you??), Features, Models, Photos, Red Room (members bulletin board), Videos, Words, What's New, Auction, Store, Behind the Scenes, Blooper of the Week, Casting Call, Model of the Day, Photoset Gallery and Picture of the Week. And there's more choices in a menu at the bottom!

Updates? Here's "Danni's Pledge":

Danni.com will post at least 25 brand new, exclusive, high-quality, high-resolution photosets every month.

Danni.com will post at least 35 brand new, exclusive, high-quality, high-resolution videos every month.

Danni.com will broadcast at least 10 hours of live video every month with top models and video starlets.

Danni.com will have fresh, new content on a daily basis every day of the year.

Danni.com will keep our site fun, current and interactive, working constantly to improve the membership experience.

And if she breaks the pledge you get your money back. That's not bad for your $30.

So yeah, this is a great site. In fact, it may be the best site we've ever given an "8" to (which is still a damn good grade from us). So why not a "9"? Here are some negatives:

(1) Yes, there is a staggering amount of content. But not all of it is very sexy. We're not knocking it because it's softcore, because that doesn't bug us a bit. But bloopers? Naked Jokes of the Week? Ask Danni (which seems to have stopped sometime in 2003)? The "In bed at (but not always with) Danni" show? This isn't JAM material. It is interesting (hey, we'd love to ask Danni some things, she's quite the going concern), but it might not be what you came in for. We watched one of the model diaries (which are not really diaries, but just interviews) with Aria Giovanni and just stared at her tits as she sat on a couch answering lame questions. Again: You may really find this stuff interesting, but it's not going to get you off.

(2) There's quite a lot of commercial stuff on the site, from selling videos, to the Danni store, to links to all kinds of sponsored products (the "Style List"). It doesn't help with the clutter, which brings us to . . . 

(3) Navigation is overdone. Actually a lot of things are overdone. That model diary clip with Aria had a 30 second lead-in. Ouch! Enough with the branding already. But seriously, it's going to take you a long roll of string and a bag of bread crumbs to find your way around here. There's a lot of functionality, but it takes some getting used to. Just look at the video download system as an example. You click on a video and you get a pop-up window with a whole checkerboard of alternatives. You get different formats, download or streaming, different bit rates, promo or video, a chance to acquire a permanent license, etc. Nice to have all that choice, but the presentation and information gets to be a bit overwhelming at times. We never did figure out the popularity index (is a high score good or bad?). And then all those menu items! What do they all mean? Couldn't it be simplified a bit? 

You even have to pay attention to the different membership options. Read carefully and choose the right one. The Premium Membership is geared for those of you who are still stuck with dial-up. You only get the 300 kb/s video. But you do get all the extra features and all the pics. So it's not a bad option. You pay less for content you're not going to be able to get anyway. The Preferred VIP gets you all the high quality video downloads, and there are a lot, for only $10 more a month. And if you get the three-month package you save quite a bit, only paying Premium Membership rates for those three months but getting full Preferred Access. There's really something for everyone with these packages. But beware the phrase "free permanent video license" (as in "All memberships include FREE permanent video licenses"). We're not sure what the hell this means. As we understand it, unless you pay more to "buy" specific videos (if they are for sale), the DRM license only allows you to watch the video while you are a member. So they do seem to be getting a bit tricky there. 

(4) Well, we just talked about it but we'll mention it again here. This site uses DRM. You can only watch the high quality video while you are a member. OK, lots of sites are doing this now, and yes DRM is way