Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Reasons You Need To Start Watching Movies Online

By Paul Hill


As soon as your TV died a few days ago you knew that you were going to need to do something. It is not that you watch a great deal of television programming - these days most of it just isn't worth your time - the truth is, now that hockey is over for the summer you cannot imagine wanting to tune in to much of anything. But you do watch a lot of movies and ever since the DVD drive on your laptop died you have been confined to watching your DVDs on the TV.

What with rent and bills you and your roommate are certainly not going to be able to afford a new set (or even a 2nd hand set for come to think of it) for at least a month. Maybe more. Fortunately, your roommate suggested that you try watching movies online. He explained that his girlfriend does precisely that all the time and that her high speed connection is no better than yours. You were a little sceptical but, having nothing to lose, you gave it a try and were astonished by what you found.

## So many sites to choose from these days

The biggest surprise was just how many sites out there were offering streaming movies and available downloads. You remember being stranded in an airport five years ago and checking for this sort of site and not finding much of anything. The virtual landscape has certainly changed a great deal since then. There are a ton of sites out there, simply living off ad revenue and providing movies online for free.

## Such high quality movies

The movie quality is so much greater than it was a few years ago as well. Part of that undoubtedly is that broadband has improved so much in the past few years that the files can afford to be bigger. What you're finding online these days are full length films available with close to DVD quality audio and video. The downloads are remarkably fast and in most cases the streaming movies flow without so much as a hitch.

## The selection in incredible

All of this would truthfully be a little more than a curiosity to you if the selection were not very good. The fact is, though, the selection is unbelievably good. There are Oscar winning movies, small obscure art films, foreign films, independent films, documentaries, classic films, new films, even current films as a matter of fact - all mere keystrokes away. It's enough to make a film lover a little giddy.

## Incredibly convenient

The very best part is that it's just so convenient. When you can watch any movie you like at any hour of the day or night without having to worry about such things as video store hours, late fees, theatre show times, bus schedules, and DVD release dates it means that you can scratch virtually any film itch the moment it hits you.

You and your roommate are definitely going to invest in a new TV but you've already decided that the next set is going to be HD and have an HDMI port so that you can pipe your laptop into it. Now that you've started watching movies online there is no going back.

You spent a few hours last night watching new movie trailers. 2011 is going to be a great year for movies. And you have already started taking note of which ones you're likely going to be watching online while they are still in the theatre.




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