IMDB now offers movies, TV shows, for free

Well that is pretty cool if they update the selection. I'm pretty sure most people on this site go to vcdquality.com to see what is out there....check the jpeg for picture quality, then check IMDb to make sure it is the correct movie and if the reviews are good so you are not wasting your time. If I could watch some of the movies directly from that site....I could ummmm.....save bandwith and HDD space.

I think what they are doing is a great idea as a way to combat so called "illegal uploads" of movies onto streaming video sites...except they are also uploading movies to streaming video sites (guess they have permission). The move I'm watching right now from imdb.com, titled "Raising Arizona", is streaming from hulu.com.

So in conclusion, if they have tons and tons of more videos available to watch and don't get taken down, then I think things will look good in the long run.

except that you are bombarded with commercials/ads.

No thanks. I'll stick with Usenet and P2P. :)

I am going to have a look at this and see if its worth it even with the ads that they have within the shows.

I will have to check this out with my Imdb Pro account. Wonder if there will be less ads with a pro account.

Originally posted by rtm27:

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I will have to check this out with my Imdb Pro account. Wonder if there will be less ads with a pro account.

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Please do let us know. I'll check into this a little more on my own later. I'm curious.

Lil by lil things are looking up!

I like IMDB and all, and at first glance this sounds cool...
But seriously, there is almost no selection.
Why not just go straight to Hulu?
What are they doing different other than making Amazon richer?

Well, turns out trying to find the videos on IMDBPro is very difficult. There isn't a link, as there is on the regular IMDB site. I got the same number of commercials and I was able to skip to the next segment....after watching the commercial. I checked to see what they offer, and at present, it's not that much. Since this is in the beta stage, maybe it will get better as time goes on. We will just have to wait and see.

At this point I am not real thrilled with it. Hopefully they make some changes soon that improve it overall.

once again... streaming not available in Canada

This video is not available in your country.

thanks for nothing

Originally posted by najime:

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This video is not available in your country.

thanks for nothing

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yep the royalties have not been decided in other countries yet. the MPAA are probably demanding ppl's souls to be able to show a 30sec clip.

RIAA:

# Sony BMG Music Entertainment
# Universal Music Group
# Warner Music Group
# EMI

MPAA:

# The Walt Disney Company
# Sony Pictures
# Paramount Pictures Viacom—(DreamWorks owners since February 2006)
# 20th Century Fox (News Corporation)
# Universal Studios (NBC Universal)
# Warner Bros. (Time Warner)

Thats sounds nice of IMDB to do that. I don't really watch shows or movies on the net but that may change a little. I use IMDB.com for looking up movies,actors, and critique.