I was wondering, now with WWE TLC PPV around the corner.

Since 2008, i started watching ppv for free, why 2008? because thats when i found out and OMG its been awesome since them.

I had watch WWE,MMA,Boxing and more for free, yeah sometimes you get crappy streams but overall, is awesome.

What you guys do, Stream or pay for it? Or when did you found out?

Yeah I stream stuff, started out on BBC iPlayer with Heroes back when it first aired here (I saw half an episode on TV, and checked online to figure out I was a few weeks late into the series, and iPlayer had the series catch up for it) I don't stream PPV stuff though as it's mostly sport and new film releases.

Then I watched Misfits series 1&2 on 4oD

Then I watched the whole of Farscape on Megavideo (at the time it only let you play 72 mins before you had to wait an hour to play again, so I think I started swapping and changing with Gorillavid) and a year later the same thing with Stargate SG-1 (except I had stopped using Megavideo for the most part) Those were two shows that I had seen most of before on TV, but had not seen them in the proper order or consecutively due to TV being scheduled (which is the main reason I stream now)

Past couple of years I have caught up on a few TV shows I missed, mostly from early 2000s, and recently done the same with films too. I generally don't stream films made in the last couple of years (actually only two from 2012 so far, and one of them I didn't realise till after) I guess from some kind of guilt about not paying for something so new. TV shows though I will stream ones that currently air in America but not here as it can't be guaranteed the show will air here anytime soon if at all.

Unfortunately some link aggregate sites (Primewire) and streaming sites (the famous Megavideo of course) are being taken down or blocked by ISPs here now, and a lot of links lead to videos already taken down, which can be frustrating. Putlocker is generally the best service IMO, the video quality is good and it loads fast and buffers the whole video (unlike Youtube which stops if you pause the video, or iPlayer which only seems to buffer a couple of seconds ahead, so if you have a poor connection the video keeps stopping) and doesn't require you to hand over your details (or force Amazon cloudfront like 4oD now does) but I have had a lot of recent Putlocker links that are expired.

I don't know about other people but with me it's not like streaming for free has stopped me buying DVDs, in fact rather the opposite... I estimate my collection has almost tripled due primarily to streaming shows/films I might otherwise have never seen, and definately not bought.

I should actually be getting the DVD series of Wonderfalls for Christmas... which has finally released here in region 2 nine years after it aired (and eight years since the region 1 DVD)... Hmm, actually it apparently aired on Sky1 here back in 2005 (though of course not in the right order) but again, scheduled TV missed the first time that and is otherwise impossible to legally watch in this country until now. Thus streaming

I stream stuff all the time, although not illegally. You can get in a lot of trouble here for streaming illegal material.

Thanks for you response, you pretty much know a lot about this staff, megaupload was the king for movies,music, everything, back in the day, i usually like watching movies in there, now im more focused on pay per views, i dont know how they get away with this, but i noticed, the streams are not from US, they're from UK or Germany, dont know if the laws are different in those countries.

Well I dunno if you have looked into it in more depth then me to know the country but the top level domains for the websites seem to jump around, and if it's not .com it's usually an unusual one like .in (India?) or .eu... I guess sometimes the website gets shut down in the original country it's hosted in and just switches.

I assume you are talking about the source of the video upload though rather than the website. In which case I would suggest it's less to do with whatever rules there are in UK and Germany, and more to do with one of the reasons I mentioned in my previous post: American TV programs that don't get aired here.

Allthough on second thoughts I wouldn't think there is much demand here for wrestling, so if those are mostly from UK/Germany then maybe you are right.

Yep, if I am desperate and cannot justify buying UFC, or I want to watch foreign sports live that would not be shown live at home. I use them.

tv programs, movies and music i stream legally, various accounts like iTunes, netflix, HBO go and spotify
For sports I have dutch football league account.. Other sports i don't watch a lot.. F1 is available on TV so no need for a stream..
I watch Anime legally when they are crunchyroll otherwise I use 1 of the million fansubbed streams..

And porn.. porn should be free for all!

I stream loads of stuff from Netflix, but I get everything else from Sky Go, it gives me most channels (all sports channels) if I want to watch it off my TV. But the Sky box itself offers such a good range of on demand stuff and I record most things anyway, since it is the best way to ensure you'll get HD and you can keep it for as long as you want

The only sort of illegal streaming I do is faking my location. I live in the UK, but sometimes use Netflix USA or pretend to be back in the UK when I'm away

I stream quite often Amazon, Netflix, Xbox Video, HBO Go, even Crackle or Hulu+. Youtube is hit or miss, sometimes good, sometimes painfully sputtering.

Streaming is great. I have a whole stack of DVD/VHS movies I'm giving away. I just don't need the clutter anymore.

Nearly no legal streaming platforms available over here... I am using some via VPN, but that is not considered legal...

Finally, I thought this thread would be about streaming yourself (ala twitch) rather than watching something via stream.