I recently found out about VidAngel and I’m so excited to share my review with you! Vidangel has two major perks that make me highly recommend them! The first perk is that movies only cost $1. The second perk is that you can filter any unwanted content out of the video. Awesome! Here are some details about how they work.
Movies for Only $1
VidAngel is basically a movie streaming company, but to keep things legal (with regards to filtering the movies), you technically buy the movies from them and then sell them back when you’re done. Initially your cost to “buy” a movie $20. Then, when you’re finished watching it, you sell it back to them for $19. It’s that easy! You can keep the $19 in your VidAngel account or get it back when you close your account.
VidAngel has a great selection of movies, old and new. Their interface is easy to use and they offer SD or HD. Paying just $1 for a movie saves my family money as this is the cheapest way I’ve found to watch movies online and definitely cheaper than the theater!
Parental Controls
“Watch movies however the BLEEP you want!” is one of VidAngel’s slogans. VidAngels gives you the ability to filter out any unwanted material in your movie. They do not alter the movie for you, but they give you the control to skip or mute certain parts out of the movie. For example, maybe only certain swear words bother you, but others don’t, then just filter the ones you find offensive. The sound will be muted for just that short second the filtered word is said. Here’s an example of how their filtering options appear.
You can filter an entire section (like language).
Or you can filter a specific subcategory.
Or you can choose to filter specific words.
The same concept applies to any of their five filter categories.
- ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE
- LANGUAGE
- SEX/NUDITY/IMMODESTY
- VIOLENCE/BLOOD/GORE
- OTHER ELEMENTS
This filtering option now makes it possible for me to watch all those awesome 1980s movies without having to cringe with all the unnecessary swearing. Really, what was with the ’80s?
So if you’re looking for an inexpensive way to watch movies that has the added bonus of allowing you to filter content you don’t want to see or hear, then give them a try. I use them and highly recommend them! They work with Roku, Chromecast, Android, Apple, and more! Click here to sign up or to learn more.
Legal Update January 2017 – Unfortunately for all of us, soon after I made this post VidAngel was taken to court and required to remove all their movies until the lawsuit is settled. It’s a frustrating battle that the movie industry has taken against filtering. I don’t know why they don’t understand that we’ll watch MORE movies if we’re allowed to filter them. It reminds me of the music industry being against online music downloads (even legal, paid for downloads) and refusing to partner and work with Napster back in the day. But nevertheless, VidAngel is not giving up and they have many upcoming court dates to fight for our right to be able to watch movies how we want in our own homes. You can follow their lawsuit here, watch an awesomely funny description about it here, or support the #SaveFiltering cause here.
Hopefully soon I can remove this paragraph from this post and we call all get back to streaming our $1 filtered movies! Good luck, VidAngel!
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This sounds great. We are big movie watchers so we’re always on the look out for new options 🙂
The parent controls is key to our use around the home. Haven’t heard of this type of movie renting. Sounds like a deal and will have to check into it more.
This sounds pretty cool, for sure will check it xo