Monday, March 19, 2007

Where to Watch Free Movies

I love movies! However, sometimes my interest in a movie is piqued by the trailer, which sets me up for a disappointment at the theatres. On a few occasions, the movie was so bad, or the trailer so misleading, that I was outraged at the loss of my time and money. So naturally, I turned to the internet as a source of free movies. I'll be honest. I've tried peer to peer download services (particularly limewire and kazaa, and bittorrent too) and they have the same limitations: they slow your computer down, and theres no telling how long the download will take; Even after the download is complete you may not have gotten what you wanted (after 2 weeks of downloading what I thought was a movie, what I actually got was a 2 hour loop of the trailer!) Additionally, the free versions come loaded with spyware and other nuisances. Not to mention I tend to be paranoid when it comes to legal issues and it's no secret DOWNLOADING MOVIES IS ILLEGAL!

That's why I'm so excited about peekvid.com. This site is relatively new and it's great! The content is streaming so you aren't downloading anything, and you can check out a movie without spending a dime. The site and its content does have its drawbacks though:

1. The movies on the list may not be available at the moment (ie removed at the stream source, peekvid serves as a link intermediate and does not host any of the content)
2. The movies aren't complete files so you have to play the individual files in sequence going back to the referring page between each one
3. For the sake of bandwidth and speed, these are not dvd quality, and some I suspect are bootlegged off the big screen with a camcorder
4. Again, these aren't downloads, so you can't save the files to watch again later
5. Selection is limited

Fortunately, the site is still branded as being in Beta, which means time will tell if they're able to find better and more reliabe sources for their content. Currently you can browse by a limited number of categories: movies, tv series, cartoons, comedy, and anime. Check it out!

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