The online watching of movies may give you greater convenience, innumerable options and a fun experience, there are many things you should consider to make the experience lot more enjoyable but without any hassles.
Good internet connection: If your net connection is slow, the videos will buffer and the whole process of watching the movie becomes a painful one. No matter what the quality of the videos, your money too is wasted in the buffering. Hence, ideally, you should get a modem with either 56K or higher. A broadband connection is what can be helpful.
A media player is what you need: A good media player is what you require next. It should be a quality one. These days, you can even download such media players from online sets.
Catch the cookies: Before you begin to watch movies online, you should enable cookies. This option can be found on your website.
Some are free, others may not: Some websites that offer movies online for watching may give free access, some may ask you to register and provide your details while some may charge a fee. Whatever, do check before you start your movie watching online.
The two categories you should know: Before you start watching movies on the internet, you should know about two categories of movies. There are public domain films and then there are licensed films. The former is those movies which are copyrighted but some websites will give you these movies for a short period of time. Such movies may be old classics or any of the popular movies. Such websites may ask you to register before allowing you to watch movies on it. Licensed films are those films which are legal to be watched online. Latest movies might come under this category. Many websites who stream such films may give access to all.