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I recently discovered Crackle.com, a really cool website from Sony Pictures Entertainment.  Sony has a vast library of movies and such and rather than let them collect dust in the basement, they are bringing them to you - for free - and collecting some advertising revenue at the same time.  This is a part of the ”great disruptor” that is the Internet.  Sony can now reach consumers directly - without having to use traditional delivery “middlemen” such as cable, satellite and even fiber.  The Internet is quickly changing the way entertainment is distributed.

 

My wife and I recently watched “The Blue Lagoon” with Brooke Shields (no, I’ve never seen it and yes, I must have lived a sheltered life).  We were so impressed that the following week we watched ”Jumanji” with Robin Williams.  I’m lucky enough to have a new HP laptop with an HDMI output and a 720p Samsung HDTV with an HDMI input so I used our HDMI PC to TV cable.   The video and audio quality was excellent as was both movie streams.  When a major entertainment powerhouse sets out to do something they do it right.  And right they did.  The short once-every-15-minutes-or-so commercials didn’t bother us at all and we were glad to watch in exchange for high-quality entertainment.

 

There is currently about 60 movies online but I expect that this will grow quickly.  The website title itself says “new every day.”  From Crackle’s website:

  

 

 Enjoy!