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How to Watch Movies & TV Online for FREE

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Here’s how to Watch Movies (Bollywood as well as Hollywood) & TV Shows Online for FREE. Read about the Advantages & Disadvantages of the various medium, and the various options that are available to you to watch your favorite movies, channels and TV shows online.

Watching Movies OnlineWe all love watching movies and have various means to access them. Renting a DVD of your favorite movie or going to the cinema are just a few of them, but then these do cost money besides the obvious inconveniences.

How about getting hold of a facility that will allow you to watch your favorite Hollywood & Bollywood movies anytime you want and hardly having to pay anything?

Watching Movies Online is definitely becoming popular for the same reason, and also because you can access it any time. Using this method, it’s also very easy to catch-up on a movie immediately after its release by watching them online.

With a broadband connection and a bit of work, you can watch many movies and TV shows online for free. There are several sites that offer these services. You can not only watch local movies but also from other countries. It’s just a matter of finding them. You can read more here on how to watch Bollywood movies and TV online for free.

Overview of the Steps Involved

In general these are the steps you need to take to be able to watch world movies and TV online.

  • Make sure your computer is ready, check its playback ability (run few YouTube videos and check)
  • Most videos are streamed nowadays so you need to have decent connection speed
  • You can even download the movies/shows using torrent but you’re likely to find pirated versions online so beware of the risks involved

Advantages of Watching Movies Online

Here’s why this option is so popular with viewers:

How to Watch Movies Online

  • Movies are of high quality
  • Besides movies, you can watch television shows and other channels
  • Connect your computer to a big screen or projector
  • No need to go to cinema hall and spend on tickets, fuel, eating out
  • Accessible 24 hours in a day

    • Disadvantages of Watching Movies Online

    Some of the sites may not be trustworthy and may install malware on your computer so you should only visit trusted sites.

    Slow internet connection can make watching movies online frustrating so you may chose to download the movies so that you can watch it without any breaks. There are sites that let you download movies legally.

    Popular Media Players

    Here are the more popular media players that most computer users use to watch movies & listen to audio files.

    1. RealPlayer
    2. QuickTime
    3. Windows Media Player

    Before you explore the various other options listed below, make sure you spend time on these three popular sites to find the stuff that you’re looking for.

    1. YouTube
    2. Vimeo.com
    3. Hulu.com

    Free Movies Online

    Here are some of the popular options to watch movies online:

    For UK Based Viewers

  • Blinkbox: Watch hundreds of free movies
  • Sign up with Flixster and download or stream movies to your PC, smart phone, and tablet.
  • TV Catch Up: Free TV and Free Movies

    • For US Based Viewers

  • ABC Go: Americas funniest home videos, dancing with the stars, and more.
  • NBC: Several US TV shows available to stream with no sign up or registration.
  • Fox: Watch shows from the Fox Broadcasting Company. Find full episodes of your favorite Fox shows.
  • Hulu: 100’s of free TV shows and movies available for streaming to your laptop/PC.

    • For Those Not in the US / UK

    Though these are intended for the viewers based in those countries, with the Internet, its possible to bypass most restrictions.

    If you are not based in the US / UK, this workaround allows you to watch free content as if you were in those countries.

    Subscription Services

    You can always opt for paid services such as Netflix and Lovefilm. Amazon Prime is also available in the USA. Their subscription charges are competitive and on par with most of the leading TV / cable providers.

    Their collection includes hundreds of films and TV series which can be streamed to your smart-device or computer. They also offer DVD and game rental.

    Free Movies on YouTube

    If you thought YouTube was only for watching short movie clips and trailers, you need to spend more time there.

    You can Watch several full length feature films (Bollywood as well as Hollywood) for free on YouTube. And you don’t even have to be connected to the internet. Just install the “YouTube downloader” on your computer, and download the desired movie, which you can watch later on.

    There are thousands of user submitted videos on YouTube across all genres including action, adventure, comedy, horror and romance.



    More Movie Sites

    Here are some more interesting links to watch movies online.

  • Hypnotic

    30-second to 40-minute movies.

  • CinemaNow

    Quick links to ten highest-rated films.

  • JibJab

    Jokes, funny videos and pictures online.

  • eBaum’s World

    More amusing videos and clips.


    • We all love watching movies, and while renting DVDs and visiting cinema halls have some disadvantages, there are several advantages of Watching Movies Online.

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