candycorn
Diamond Member
Hoopla is a streaming service that ties into your local library. There are others out there--Kanopy is one of them. So if your library isnāt affiliated with Hoopla, Kanopy may be.
Its free.
The way it works is this. You get 10 titles a month. Notice I said titles--more about that later. If you ācheck outā a movie and return it the next day, you donāt have 10 again..you have 9.
So titles... the service has movies, television, audiobooks and music. Each movie is a title. Each TV show is a title (sort of--more about that later as well). Each album is a title...you get the picture. Unlike some other free streamers, the movies and television shows are commercial free and, from the best I can tell, uncut. The library on these is not super large but it did have some titles that were hard to find on other free streamers. An Affair to Remember is on it and Iām good for watching any old Cary Grant movie that comes on.... They have like 15 of his movies but not North by Northwest. Lots of current Christmas offerings on the site. Christmas with the Kranks, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Scrooged, White Christmas...titles youāve seen and heard of before.
The app is available on Google TV and probably out there on Fire, Roku, and other smart TVs. Where it shines though is on the laptop or phone. Not so much for the viewing although you can...but the computer and phone versions of the app allow you to browse magazines as well. Not only do they have the current issues; they have back issues you can access. Cover to cover.
Now on the Magazines and TV shows and even select movies; they have something called a āBinge Passā which gives you 7 days to ingest as much (or as little) content as as you want on a specific topic.
See the graphic below:
A binge pass allows you to most of the content by that source. It varies....
Curiosity Stream gives you access to their website--something youād otherwise have to pay for I think. The Ken Burns collection gives you access to most of his encyclopedia; like all 12 episodes of the Vietnam War for example...all of the Civil War, National Parks, etc...
Anyway, to use it, you need to have a library card with an affiliated library. It may be worth a look; if nothing else, for the sake of variety.
Its free.
The way it works is this. You get 10 titles a month. Notice I said titles--more about that later. If you ācheck outā a movie and return it the next day, you donāt have 10 again..you have 9.
So titles... the service has movies, television, audiobooks and music. Each movie is a title. Each TV show is a title (sort of--more about that later as well). Each album is a title...you get the picture. Unlike some other free streamers, the movies and television shows are commercial free and, from the best I can tell, uncut. The library on these is not super large but it did have some titles that were hard to find on other free streamers. An Affair to Remember is on it and Iām good for watching any old Cary Grant movie that comes on.... They have like 15 of his movies but not North by Northwest. Lots of current Christmas offerings on the site. Christmas with the Kranks, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Scrooged, White Christmas...titles youāve seen and heard of before.
The app is available on Google TV and probably out there on Fire, Roku, and other smart TVs. Where it shines though is on the laptop or phone. Not so much for the viewing although you can...but the computer and phone versions of the app allow you to browse magazines as well. Not only do they have the current issues; they have back issues you can access. Cover to cover.
Now on the Magazines and TV shows and even select movies; they have something called a āBinge Passā which gives you 7 days to ingest as much (or as little) content as as you want on a specific topic.
See the graphic below:
A binge pass allows you to most of the content by that source. It varies....
Curiosity Stream gives you access to their website--something youād otherwise have to pay for I think. The Ken Burns collection gives you access to most of his encyclopedia; like all 12 episodes of the Vietnam War for example...all of the Civil War, National Parks, etc...
Anyway, to use it, you need to have a library card with an affiliated library. It may be worth a look; if nothing else, for the sake of variety.
