Looks like that website is no more. Been down for at least a week. ztod.com is barely functioning pictures and videos not loading. Still asking for people to pay $30 a month though.
They are the websites for 3rd Degree and Zero Tolerance studios, in case you were wondering. Huge names back in the day of DVD porn and had a large back catalogue of scenes on their websites.
I was a big fan of both studios back in the day and both had decent online platforms but they both seemed to tank as online porn matured. Somebody reported about 18 months ago that despite the advertisement of getting memberships to both sites and Black Ice for the price of 1, you only got membership to one site so it was legitimately fraudulent or false advertising at best.
I'm a bit surprised to read this. Not because I think that thirdmovies and ztod are great companies but because the last time I joined them, in early 2015, they were pretty sketchy then. I recall that the sites were a mess but the membership did include the three sites (Black Ice too). I kept a careful eye on my credit card statement for a while after that.
I had thought about rejoining in 2017 to get Liza Rowe's anal scene in Anal Training Teens but I just couldn't bring myself to risk it.
This is bad news... these were great studios in their heydays.
^Maybe but then again maybe not. You know that for many posters that joke will fly over their head because they won't understand the reference. VHS has been dead for over a decade but it's probably 20 years or more that Betamax has been gone. Old farts like us think that is an amazing joke but we are old farts.
^You know you asked for this. You my friend are an old fart and I know you are because I also remember what a laser disk is and I even remember seeing some of the movies that were sold in stores but no one I know could afford to buy the machine to play those disk.
You're right pat. I hadn't thought of the fact that there are probably members here who have no idea what Betamax is, or VHS for that matter. Maybe their grandparents had a VHS and they have a faded memory of that.
Now all we need is a joke or two about payphones and we'll be all set.
^ That makes me old now. I never thought people wouldn't be familiar with the videotape format war even though VHS had become dominant before I was born.
I had a sub a couple of years ago and didn't have any issues at the time. I liked that their stuff seemed better shot than many studios. A little more variety in set design and more professionally lensed without being overly glossy like Lansky's stuff.
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Throated had a scene with Kleio Valentien recently which is owned by Ztod
As for Ztod, it's unclear the company's status but it would seem like they are just taking a break due to COVID 19. They had quite a few brand-new DVDs released this calender year right up until the shutdown (over 20)....
Eventually that content will probably make its way to the website, but I've seen them take very long stretches between updates like over a year in the case of Diabolic.
ThirdMovies.com is now totally gone and redirects to ZTOD, which is very sad because 3rd degree movies are not on ZTOD. 3rd degree made many goated scenes, we can;t lose them. DVD is not good enough because it's lower resolution. I need the website quality for their scenes. currently no where accessible.
I often thought that whoever have the the masters or what one would call them for the anabolic and diabolic catalog, if it exists should remaster them or whatever it takes to get some ok quality and just, sorry I am not expert but should be possible to get them up again on a website, I think they would be very popular. But maybe simply no money in doing this so..
^ I've often though the same thing. Remastering and reoffering the Anabolic and Diabolic catalogues would be amazing. While there are a lot of us old-timers out there who would appreciate this, I think that a lot of younger people would get interested too since it really is some amazing porn.