Hey readers, bloggers and everyone else,

So in the summer time I usually keep pretty busy, most people probably end up watching less movies in the summer, well for me I keep an even keel all year around. In the summer I find myself so busy outside enjoying the outdoors that I tire out by 5pm and end up sitting on my couch watching “world premiers” of movies that were in theaters 5 years ago on TNT and USA.

So I got fed up with watching rerun movies on my TV. I went to On-Demand but at 3.99+ (meaning some are 4.99, 5.99 and 6.99!), I decided to skip it. Plus the selection is usually pretty slim pickings.

In the end the biggest thing for me with On-Demand is the pain of searching for the movies I want to watch, I hate the navigation using a remote control it is slow, verrry slow, like the 56k of TVs slow. So in attempt to not be 100% whine I have decided to write up some reviews of my experiences, qualms and loves of internet video on demand, or simply iVOD.

 

There are Several Main Areas I Will be Ranking Sites on:

1. Movie Selection – X/10 – The amount of movies they have along with the quality of content they have, all porn titles would obviously result in a low score of movie selections

2. Price Structure - X/10 – The price of their movies depending on the content they provide. Some stuff is free, I am going to be a little biased towards the price structure of the blockbuster films. I will also mention here if they provide a free trial to their service, and if they do what I thought about it.

3. Quality of Movies and or the Player – X/10 – Do they offer High-Def downloads? Does it require a download or does the movie stream? Resolution the player can handle, and how happy I am with my overall experience from download to the rolling of credits

4. Look/Design and Userbility of their Web Interface - X/10 – How does the design look, are they stuck in the 90’s or breaking ground on website design? Was I able to navigate the site easily enough and get to my movie? Or did they lose me in fancy flash animations?

5. Other – X/10 – Here I will try and give a short pros/cons that are not mentioned in the other categories.

OVERALL – X/10 – An average of the scores, swayed slightly by the other category and overall user experience. So there will be a little bit of magical calculations!

 

The 10 Sites I Chose to Review and Why:

(Not the reviews, just why I picked them)

1. Jaman - This is a cool site that I first heard about on Digg.com. 

2. NetFlix (VOD) - Two words, power house, enough said. Had to check these guys out.

3. Hulu – Heard about them while searching the web for  a certain TV show I love to watch.

4. ReelTime – Had picked up this gem through an article I read a while back online at NYTimes.com

5. iTunes Store – Probably bigger than NetFlix in reality, high expectations for these guys.

6. Amazon Unbox – Hadn’t even heard much about this really, maybe they should market it a bit better. Buddy told me about it last month.

7. Vongo – Saw a commercial for this a long time ago but completely forgot about it. Saw it again while trooping around writing this article and pulled an ohhhhh yeah…. 

8. Movielink – Had a reader send me this link sometime last year between a donut and a cup of coffee. 

9. CinemaNow - Decided to write up a review on this guy because of how a many times I have seen it mentioned on a movie forum I tread on often.

10. ZML.com – Another site I found while researching for this blog

And one more for fun Joost -  Why not, this one is kind of a fun site. I figured I would stick to reviewing 10, but I saw Joost and couldn’t leave it out. The above are in no specific order. The bellow ratings are!