I’m subscribed to the makeuseof.com newsletter which keeps me up to date on the most useful and free web applications,tools,and tricks you can find online. I subscribed for the free web applications but of course what’s really got me excited(I’m greedy and cheap) were the links makeuseof.com gave me to watch movies and tv shows.
I realize that it isn’t exactly legal…And that some folks would consider this stealing. But the truth is that out of the 7 links provided to view TV and movies off of some Web sites, only one had actual watchable-quality content.
Case in point Gray’s Anatomy on TV Links. See the impressive amount of shows? All 3 seasons(seemingly). Well, 99% of the shows I tried to watch either didn’t load at all or were way too pixelated to watch or just stopped playing after 10 minutes or so.Free sure doesn’t mean quality. I get it. But one site delivered. Videohybrid has TV shows but not that many episodes to watch.In fact only had 1 episode of GA. But the one they had was excellent quality.
I started to watch the film Captivity but found it dull and then saw 28 Weeks Later available on the list! watch it here.It gets a bit fuzzy during some parts but it is still highly watchable.
But be warned: the films they have listed that are still in theaters are the kind that have been camcorded inside the theater. Those may suck. But at least you won’t buy the bootleg DVD for 5 dollars,take it home all jazzed to watch this great new movie only to find that you can’t see the screen because it’s all black or the recorder has gotten a side seat so you see the movie at a skewed angle. And then to make it even better someone gets up right in front of the camera and blocks the screen! Save your 5 bucks.
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Yeap, in most cases video quality is quite sucky but not always. Depends on the show and the website.
I used TV links to get through the last season of 24 in near perfect quality.
I also use Sidereel to watch House and Heroes and pretty happy with quality.
Aibek
Last night I watched the Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up and Sing On TV Links.It was perfect quality.
I should have said that the quality of video for Grays Anatomy on TV Links was really hit or miss. Mostly miss as I found.I shouldn’t give the impression that the site doesn’t deliver at all. It just depends on what you pick to watch…lord knows I didn’t have time to check all the content.There’s a ton!
Oh i watch tv shows online all of the time. The networks generally offer them for free on their websites anyway. I actually have a post in my drafts about this. I use tv-links all of the time. it’s the only way I can get some shows that I want to watch. I pay for shows a lot on itunes as well, but its not always an option.
Sara, what shows do you follow?