So CinemaNow offers a direct competitor to services such as Amazon Unbox, MovieLink and Netflix’s streaming video service. The basics are the same as Amazon Unbox, MovieLink or iTunes: pay-per-view style rentals for tv shows or movies with the option to buy some movies for a little more. CinemaNow separates itself from other similar services with a wide range of ways to use the service (single rentals and purchases, burn-to-dvd purchases, or a subscription service), but I finished my testing feeling that none of these CinemaNow options matched up well against its competitors.
CinemaNow Review: Costs
CinemNow’s basic rental service is pretty typical of these kinds of services, averaging between $2 to $4 per rental. It’s basic purchase service is also similar to Amazon Unbox’s, offering movies from $9 to $20 for popular recent releases. I’d say this is the most reasonable of its offerings, but it is just a touch more expensive than the Amazon Unbox. I’m not sure many people will find $20 for a recent release a reasonable cost for a downloaded file lacking the cover and disc you get when you pay almost the same for a physical copy of the movie.
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Most of you are probably familiar with Netflix already… but did you know that most Netflix subscriptions include unlimited, instant streaming of thousands of movies and television shows through an easy-to-use web interface?
This is a free addition to their standard DVDs-in-the-mail rental program for which Netflix has become so popular. Oddly, I’ve known people who were devout Netflix subscribers who didn’t even realize they had this option available to them (here’s looking at you, mom).
Netflix also offers the best instant gratification of any of the video services I’m reviewing. With their generous free trial and the fact that their streaming videos literally begin instantly, you could start watching one of your favorite movies or television shows only a couple minutes from the moment you finish reading this sentence:
Netflix Unlimited Streaming Video & DVD Rentals – Try For FREE
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Despite the relatively small amount of content you’ll currently find on Watch Free Movies Online, in the background I’m working hard to help you more in the near future.
It is taking me some time and money to evaluate and review all these different services. My two current projects are outlined on two pages I added today:
Watch Streaming Video Free
With this area of Watch Free Movies Online, I will focus on sites and services which stream video in your web browser. The obvious reference point for this is YouTube. However, there are many sites and services which provide both higher quality video and greater selection of full length television shows and movies. You’ll find these reviewed and added underneath this section: Watch Streaming Video Free
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Watch Free Movies Online debuts!
Welcome to the first post of my Watch Free Movies Online blog!
At one point I considered naming this site Beyond YouTube because so many people get caught up in the major sites that they fail to discover the many smaller, much higher quality sites available to watch movies free online. And you’ll find more than movies! Many of the better services not only allow you to watch tv online, but you can watch television stations from all over the country and even all over the world.
I’ll roll out my comprehensive reviews of all these services over the course of the next couple months. I will also include some lessons and essays on how this all works, as well as some editorials on the condition of internet-distributed media in today’s pop culture. I’ll try not to get too controversial, but like all human beings, I do have some strong opinions.
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