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If you think that you have to travel to the back neon-lit streets of the far east to enter a world of sexual deviance and variety (all available for a price), you have obviously not yet visited Im Live Cams!

The world of webcams and video chat can be very mucky, so don’t feel bad if you have tried dipping into this latest adult arena and were lost in confusion. With the buzzwords shifting over the past years and diverse offerings, it’s easy to want to give up on this form of entertainment for adults. What tends to make ‘videochat’ even less appealing is it’s proliferation in members’ areas as ‘free bonus content’. It’s easier to miss the broad side of a barn than not sign up to a membership site which throws videochat upsells at you and proudly slaps itself on the back for offering you so much. But so much WHAT? The ‘free’ content is just the preview.

Video chat is often referred to by many terms: webcam, live video, web chat, video cams, and others. In some cases the different terms are virtually identical, but technically, some may have different meanings. What makes things even more confusing is figuring out what a ‘membership’ to a videochat site really gets you. And when you throw in the concept of ‘free memberships’ you may find yourself logging in (with username and password) to sites which are asking for money.

Im Live Cams is like a syndicate which brings together many ‘webcam entertainers’ under a single roof and makes them available to you on a ‘pay as you go’ plan. Technically there is nothing preventing one from seeking out webcam exhibitionists and linking directly to their broadcast streams (with some private compensation arrangement). Most webcams sold today come with a variety of software tools to enable you to do peer-to-peer video chatting.

Herein lies another distinguishing feature of Im Live Cams. Where independent one-on-one amateur webcammers might most likely enjoy two-way steaming digital peep shows, the attractions at Im Live are performers (most of which indy amateurs) who are there to make a buck and you are there to pay that buck. Not all webcam networks are set up that way, but this one is.

Once you understand that nothing is really ‘free’ at Im Live, you’ll be appropriately set up for the $2.80 per minute cost of taking a look at what the performers have to offer. Pricing varies considerably and there are different ’specials’ offered members - you’ll have to shop around the site to see exactly what you may be getting into.

If you thinking that $2.80 per minute (or so) is pretty pricey to throw at something/someone unknown, you may be relieved to know that there is a ‘preview’ concept for each of the performers as well. When you arrive at the members page (you can sign up for free to access this), all of the main themes and categories are clearly presently with an up-to-the-moment status of who’s online. Of course the options to purchase credits and set up your account preferences are their as well. But don’t worry if you forget where the ‘purchase credits’ option is - you will find it on every page which you may be interested in putting some money into. You can also check you balance at any time (from anywhere).

The categories of entertainment feature all of the popular genders, sexual orientations, and themes - included dating (less sexual/more relationship). When you choose a theme, you are presented with thumbnails to all your available performers. Each offers a brief description of their ’show’ and there are even free (poor quality) screenshots for you to peruse. Some performers may offer free text chat, but don’t be surprised if the main topic is “hey Joe, why not help me get through college and pay for a couple minutes of video” - after all, that’s what this is about.

Having enjoyed live peepshows in San Francisco of the seventies at 25 cents per minute, the new digital peepshow is much more expensive, but when you consider the variety of offerings and convenience of being able to enjoy this from home (or work), sites like Im Live Cams are changing the world of adult entertainment - and it’s probably a good thing!

Does your porn consumption lack the personal touch needed to make it a truly pleasurable experience? Do many of your sexual fantasies involve watching ethnically indeterminate babes manipulate themselves to orgasm - on your command? If so, perhaps you should consider a visit to Live Jasmin, home of “the sexiest web cam girls!” A wide variety of girls, MILFs, couples, gay dudes and trannies (y’know, if you’re into that kinda thing) of all ages, body types and ethnicities from over fifty countries await you there 24/7 - over 800 in all!

The main page of Live Jasmin is simple, uncluttered elegance. The top of the page provides you with links to an alphabetic directory of all models and separate directory that only lists the models currently online. You’re also provided with the option of selecting up to 24 of your favorites and creating a directory that only includes them (are you a man who knows what he likes? Damn straight you are!).

The center of the page is divided into three sections - Free Adult LiveSex Cams, Members Only Videos, and Free Non Nudity Live Performers. Performers in each section are separated into twelve categories - girls, lesbians, mature females, fetish females, couples, threesomes, boys, gays, groups, trannies, shemales and hermaphrodites. Upon clicking the link to a specific section, said section is separated even further by things like age, build, and ethnicity. Some public live feeds are free to non-members, but to view most shows you need to provide your login information. Watching all public shows and participating in all public chat sessions is free, but in order to become a member you must first fund your account with at least $29.99 USD.

Bio pages exist for each model, which in typical Playboy fashion list their turn-ons and turn-offs, age, ethnicity, measurements, and sexual preferences (I’m an 18 year old bisexual Asian who hates mean people and loves bein’ cummed on!). All bio pages include multiple 320×240 pics of webcam quality (according to Live Jasmin, there are over 170,000 hot photos to browse!) that give you a taste of what you’re getting yourself into by spending your precious time, money and energy wanking it to this particular cam whore.

Members only videos of pre-recorded material are a great idea — you don’t need to wait for your favorite performer to get online to spank it to their visage, and the cost is only half of what you pay for a live performance ($0.99 USD compared to $1.99 USD per minute)!

On a Sunday evening, over 500 performers were online. I went private with a couple solo chicks, and both were quite accommodating. The customer is always right here, no matter how debauched their demands are. The normal video size is 320×240, but can be expanded to 525×400 (double size) or 705×530 (full size). Video quality gets choppier as the size of the picture increases, and it’s pretty choppy to begin with. This is rather typical, however, on webcam sites. In sum: no problemo!

Is Live Jasmin worth your hard earned dough? Sure! If you’ve got $1.99 a minute and a hard-on, I can;t see why you wouldn;t wanna sit your ass in a desk chair and make a naked stranger in a far-off land do your bidding. Live Jasmin isn;t entirely devoid of flaw, but as cam whore sites go, it’s a pretty solid deal.

When a site is as simply titled as Adult Cams, one would think that getting your head around what it is about and what you actually get when you sign up is just as easy, but I’m sure I’m not alone in having to take more than just a moment to figure this out. So if you have steered clear of webcam sites in the past because you found sorting out ‘free’ from the various levels of ‘membership’ and the ‘pay per minute’ layers, you may want to stick around for this commentary. While our main focus will be on peeling down the layers of Adult Cams, the basic concepts here apply to many other live video chat sites.

If you’ve signed up to other membership sites in the past, you may have already been bombarded with ‘free chat’ as a ‘bonus’ feature. But, you don’t need to be a member of an adult site to see links to this form of amusement. If you’ve read any of my other commentaries, you will already know that I generally don’t consider ‘free chat’ a genuine bonus feature when it is added to a membership. The reason for this is that the ‘free’ part is generally quite lame and more of a live upsell to higher paid levels.

Adult Cams is about connecting you with any one of thousands of webcam models from around the world. You may think of it as a video chat shopping mall. Entrance to the main lobby is free, but as with most things, you generally get what you pay for. When you visit the front end of this site, you are quickly greeted by freshly updated sexy mugshots of willing and eager videochat companions interested in chatting you up (ultimately for $$$). But don’t despair if your personal interests lay beyond sexy solo chicks - this site presents a full gamut of webcam partners including: Girls Alone, Girl/Girl(Lesbian), Girl/Guy(Couples), Threesomes/Groups, Mature(Over 40), Transgender(TS/TV), Fetish, BBW(Voluptuous Women), Guy Alone(Straight), Guy Alone(Gay), and Guy/Guy. So whatever your curiosity/interest, you can easily flip to another channel and see who’s online to play with.

Navigating the site is reasonably straight forward, but understanding the levels of ‘membership’ may be a bit confusing. As a ‘free visitor’ you can browse the mugshots and bios of the available webcam models. Each model offers a Bio which gives you a sense of what he/she is about: Turn-Ons, Turn-Offs, Stats, Kinky Attributes, and (any) Fetishes. The Bio page also includes some free screenshots (generally non-nude). You can chat free with a model, but don’t expect anything too titillating - the free chats are generally non-nude and most of the chit chat is aimed at getting you to sign up for the next level up. Models also have their own Fan pages - these also require a level of membership.

So if you want to chat free with a hot babe or stud without getting too intimate, there is a plethora of conversations going on at all times. If you want to go beyond that, then joining is required: $4.95 for a 3 day trial period or $9.95 for a 7 day trial period, or 39.95 per month (Membership Renews automatically at $39.95 every 1 month(s) Until Cancelled). Your membership entitles you to: free recorded shows plus 10% off live nude & private chat; watch all recorded shows for free; exclusive photos; get more attention, interaction and closeness in model chatrooms.

If you’re wondering why ‘free’ is still mentioned when you are a member, that’s because you can pay even more. Your membership gives you enough access to the more detailed goodies of the chatroom models, budgeting a private nude/explicit show will require paying on a per-minute basis - pricing specific to each model.

If you’re not sure about getting fair value for your membership fee, you should be thrilled to know that full membership also gives you full access to a HUGE selection of adult reality sites! These sites include tons of movies and pictures across the full range of the most popular adult themes.

If you’ve always wanted to check out a videochat site, Adult Cams is probably one of your best opportunities to do so without really risking anything at all. In the worst case, you get full membership a full on suite of movie and picture sites. And in the best case, you get your gallery boots filled and you may have a sexy new friend or more!

Live By Cam is a cam site featuring live webcam girls 24/7. Although this site doesn’t have as many camgirls as some others, there are many benefits to purchasing your live shows from here. Here’s how it works: Each cam girl has a bio page and a cam gallery with preview pictures. If the girl is online and performing at the moment, she also has a free live chat page. Here, you can view her cam at a small size and see if she is the girl for you. You can also chat with her. I found the preview chat window to be a little too small. Although I know that these sites are full of free loaders, it was honestly difficult to see the girl in such a small window. However, I was pleased that when I entered most rooms, it was just a chat between the girl and me. Since the site isn’t that popular yet, there aren’t any overcrowded chat rooms with obnoxious men and mean, jaded camgirls. I spoke to a few of the girls before purchasing a show. Most were friendly and gave me ample attention. Many were Hungarian and spoke English very well. I did a private chat with a couple of the girls and I noticed that they could continue typing in the main chat room even when we were private and I could see the text they were typing. This was confusing because I couldn’t tell who she was talking to and I didn’t want her typing during my show anyway. Once I found a girl I liked that gave me decent attention, I was thrilled. The main plus with Live By Cam is the price. Shows range from only $1.50-$3.00. On many other sites, the base price for shows is $3.00 and it can go up to $6.00. Live By Cam had a couple downfalls but there were a couple benefits that made the site worth my time. The rooms aren’t overcrowded, the girls speak English, and the prices are more than fair. If you want to see some hot cam girls and buy some decent priced shows, make sure you check out this site. But please guys, don’t give the ladies a hard time!