Bumped into a site called, fancast.com. Unlike youtube, where users upload their own videos, fancast uploads tv shows and movies by themselves. There is a good and bad side to this. First, the bad. Even though they have a lot of shows, ranging from full episodes of South Park to movies like Bourne Identity, the choices are still limited. I was looking for my favorite tv show, The Unit and they only had two full episodes. Everything else was just short clips. This is the same case with other tv shows like OC and Simpsons. Which leads me to my next issue, it seems like they just randomly upload episodes. So you might get episode 3 and 4 of OC and then it just jumps straight to episode 7. If you’ve never seen the show, doesn’t make sense to watch it because spoilers will be revealed.
Now on to the good:
The quality is way better than youtube’s. Bigger screen, less pixelized, clearer and the sound is sharp as well. Also, some shows are shown in widescreen format, while old videos are in tv format. With youtube, a user can just upload any video ranging from crap to great. Because fancast uploads it themselves, they make sure the quailty is good. Another plus is the new shows they have available as well as the old. I was surprised they already had Knight Rider (just shown this week on tv ) and I was glad they had some episodes of my childhood favorite show, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper. I also liked the clip’s they had for Conan O’Brien which had funny segments and my hero, Triumph.
Overall, I like the site. It has enough movies and show to keep you entertained. I’m sure in the long run all of the episodes will be on the site. I just wish they uploaded videos in an order instead of skipping some episodes in between. The site is very easy to navigate and unlike some video sites, it didn’t crash or slow down my browser when I was watching videos. I recommend this site to tv(mostly to the ones that have already seen the episode but want to watch it again) and movie fans because of the quality of the videos. Video is great and top it all of, it’s free!!
Grade: B
Loading ...
John Spartan
Sep 26, 2008 -
Oh, I saw the Knight Rider TV Movie a while back, that was so terrible. I mean like, so crappy it’s not funny crap.
vic
Sep 26, 2008 -
I hope sites like this set the bar for quality, for others to fallow.
Ccfmds
Sep 26, 2008 -
This is a terrific site…..I really like that there’s Highlander: The Series (tons of episodes) and the original pilot episode of Sliders on there.
Spread the word, guys. This site owns.
Reboot
Sep 27, 2008 -
seems pretty cool, hopefully they dont mess with youtube. The only problem is that it doesnt work with my Google Chrome browser, and im very attached to my Chrome browser, lol.
Ccfmds
Sep 28, 2008 -
Reboot, I was having the same problem, but I got it to work with the google chrome browser……go back to the site and install adobe and the other flash players it needs…..then reboot your PC and it works now with Google Chrome. It just needs that stuff installed first.
Reboot
Sep 28, 2008 -
oh, cool, i see it now, thanks Ccfmds!
fancastfan
Oct 1, 2008 -
Hi, thanks for noting Fancast.com. If you and your readers are sci fi/fantasy fans, you might want to check out some other great shows in our library (http://www.fancast.com/full_episodes)
We have a lot of sci fi, from more recent hits like Heroes, Firefly, Farscape, and Jericho…to classics like Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, and even some old campy classics like Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
If you’re fans of quirky shows, Fancast has It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, The Ben Stiller Show, The Sarah Silverman Program, and Son of the Beach.
You noted that we don’t always have every episode in order of some series, but that’s only because of contractual reasons; we can only put up what the networks provide us.
But there are literally thousands of hours of free full-length TV shows (movies too) and the library is growing every day. Hopefully we will have something you and your readers will enjoy.
Cheers,
Jim (for Fancast)
andrew
Aug 4, 2009 -
yeah.. thanx for nothing fancast… you don’t work in romania…