Watching movies online

@Sanitary (3968)
Singapore
September 10, 2010 12:37pm CST
How many of u does that? There are times i'm trying to take a short break, a little recreation by watcing movies online, but i'm often left frustrated. Streaming is way too slow, and there are so much lagging. Does it happen to u too? What did u do to prevent those lagging and improve on streaming times?
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@curly90 (46)
• Malaysia
11 Sep 10
nope.. the line is quite bad and most of the time its unconsistent.. improving your streaming can be done by using a less bulky browser of course..
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@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
13 Sep 10
What u mean by, less bulky browser?
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• Malaysia
13 Sep 10
i meant by web browsers with less add-ons.. as they will affect the speed of video streaming..
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@ergfortes (516)
• Philippines
10 Sep 10
that's pretty hard because it really depends much on your internet connection as well. why not try to just download the movie then watch it after you saved it, then you get to keep a copy of it. that's what i do. :)
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
10 Sep 10
Does it mean, if my internet connection is fast, the streaming will be faster as well? Or it has to depend on the site where i'm streaming from?
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@petersum (4522)
• United States
10 Sep 10
No, streaming depends more on how fast the server can push out the data against the traffic jam of other user's stuff! Most streams fail long before they reach you. Dedicated streaming servers are still very rare. It doesn't matter how fast your connection is if the site has problems. Torrents are faster because they use a different protocol and come from multiple sources.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
11 Sep 10
I'm always watching videos and movies online. I'm facing the same problem as well.. haha =D I think there's nothing much we can do about the streaming speed, because it's about the hosting site. If there are too many people in the same site, streaming speed will definitely slow down. Thus, if possible, i will only be watching during the night, or preferably after 12midnight, when majority of ple are asleep.. haha
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@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
13 Sep 10
I think timing does have some kind of impact too.
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@petersum (4522)
• United States
10 Sep 10
I don't think you can improve anything on streaming. I don't watch movies online because I can generally download a movie torrent in less time (often MUCH less time) than it takes to play the movie. Same goes for Internet TV.
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@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
10 Sep 10
I prefer to watch online to save myself the hassle of downloading. I rarely watch the same movie twice, and so it's better for me to stream.
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@dealerlv (264)
• Latvia
11 Sep 10
I do not like to watch movies online. Watching movies on the online movies is a bad quality. I prefer to watch movies witch good quality. The poor quality often makes the movies dull. Watch movies on the online is a good options but I did not use this options.
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@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
13 Sep 10
I agree with u, but it's free after all, and thus quality is something we have to put up with.
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