Sunday, January 24, 2010

How To - Spreading the Love

There a few things I like to think I am decent at doing if I do say so myself and yet there are others I know I will never be able to do. For instance, I'm relatively proficient at reading moderately quick, finishing a bag of popcorn by myself, and remembering little things in the past that have happened to me. On the other hand, I'm incapable of making pancakes without chocolate chips, unlocking the bathroom door I share with my brother, and not talking during a movie that I have already seen. Don't worry, I'm working on these failures (among others) as my New Year's resolutions. But for the purposes of this post, I AM good at finding videos online and I've decided to share my knowledge. All my little secrets and tricks will be included. At least most of them, I may keep a few teensy ways to myself in order to rule supreme.

Here we go:
sidereel.com - a good all-purpose site for those wanting to watch television
  • ignore megavideo links- they have a time limit. Nothing worse than being cut off in the middle of a movie.
  • Hulu and abc/cbs/nbc mean american sites so if you are international you are out of luck with those. 
  • linksynergy most often means itunes and so does itunes obviously. These along with amazon want you to pay so skip these. After my tutoring, you should never have to pay. 
ovguide.com - search for all, helpful for both movies and television
  • good ones to click on from here- watch-movies-links.net, tvshack, projectfreetv, tv-links, surfthechannel
  • bad ones do not click on (only because they are often wrong or do not work)- ninjavideo, crunchyroll, blinxx remote, quicksilverscreen (mostly megavideo)
Other websites I favor-  www.fastpasstv.com, tv-links.cc, tvduck.com, surfthechannel.com, watch-movies-online.tv, rarely youtube because they have been cracking down on full shows/movies, the ones above

Miscellanous- This system isn't perfect. You must wait until the next day or at least a couple of hours after your desired show to watch is online. The same goes for movies but its at least a week there for a good copy if not longer for more limited or less popular films. 
I personally prefer zshare for video types but wisevid is also good if it works on your computer. Divx never works for me and I don't like how dark it is. Sometimes megastic, youku, or tudou are good as well. Look for these over ones that say megavideo or itunes.
Things that don't hurt- subtitles or asian language around the videos, inappropriate ads, clicking to go to the host website or proving you are human, there is going to be a lot of popups- get used to it you are trying to find a movie
Things that you shouldn't do- click on things that make you download things, download things, get frustrated over only finding trailers (The movie is out there! I promise, for the most part), give up

If you need anymore help, just ask me! I feel your pain of missing shows and movies especially being away.

You know you really love me for this.
XOXO, Gaelic Girl

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