• OV Guide

Overview

OV Guide has a rating of 2.25 stars from 44 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about OV Guide most frequently mention free movies problems. OV Guide ranks 85th among Streaming Movies sites.

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  • Tried watching a movie, the original Planet Of The Apes.
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Top Positive Review

“Put a search”

Glenda a.
3/27/17

Commercials don't matter to me I like this Channel cuz it has a lot of movies but it definitely needs a search bar

Top Critical Review

“Worst streaming channel ever”

Mike B.
5/1/17

Started watching movie after 3 commercials and then 3 min into the movie I had to watch 3 more commercials. This kept this stupid cycle up until about 26 min in then it would kick me out to the OvGuide and then I had to start all over. This is pure $#*!. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME! ROKU should be ashamed of having this channel on their list. I gave it a 1 because I didn't have the option to go -1000

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Thumbnail of user mikeb372
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 1st, 2017

Started watching movie after 3 commercials and then 3 min into the movie I had to watch 3 more commercials. This kept this stupid cycle up until about 26 min in then it would kick me out to the OvGuide and then I had to start all over. This is pure $#*!. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME! ROKU should be ashamed of having this channel on their list. I gave it a 1 because I didn't have the option to go -1000

Thumbnail of user darrenn9
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 9th, 2017

Seriously? Yea we want to watch a movie and take 10 hours to get through it cause of all the bull$#*! that happens. Worse ever, complete Garbage! If I had 0 or in the negatives I would of rated it that

Thumbnail of user dirkb33
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 18th, 2017

Typical of so much on the internet these days. False and misleading come-on to get you to their site.

Thumbnail of user dannyw42
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 10th, 2017

My Roku search led me to OV, which offered a movie for free that I wanted. I was willing to see commercials in exchange for saving a few dollars and still seeing the uncut movie. Unfortunately, the site just plain did not work. The movie stalled and I had to exit and restart. Then the video dropped out, and all i had was sound, so i had to exit and restart. Then it started looping one commercial over and over--exit and restart. Twenty minutes into this, I was still on minute eight of the movie. No doubt their statistics show that I watched a movie, so they'll be able to count me as a viewer, keep selling ads, and keep wasting people's time.

Thumbnail of user greggc1
13 reviews
39 helpful votes
August 29th, 2011

This site definitely is worth the 5 stars, no scams, great selections and an easy way to find tv series for free.

Thumbnail of user davej62
1 review
5 helpful votes
September 7th, 2016

Used this via Roku. It's really annoying. Ads come on every 5-7 mins and it is the same ad repeated three times over each time.
Also the film I watched was cut short so I never got to see the ending. Fortunately the film was $#*!e, but I would have gone mental if the film had been a real cliff hanger.

This channel is tempting to use but personally I won't be bothering again

Thumbnail of user robins170
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 21st, 2017

I started watching a couple movies and about 19 to 25 minutes into each movie it would stop and go back to the roku home page. I would go to condition watch click and slick condition from where it left off and it would start i would watch the 3 commercial and when it comes to loading the movie it stop and carrys back to the roku home page. This is the first time watching this channel. Please fix it because roku support couldn't help me fix it either. Thank you!

Thumbnail of user ca24184
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 22nd, 2017

What happened? Due to busy work schedule I have not had a chance to watch OV for months but now that I want to watch, the loading is horrible. I can't figure out what I am selecting. I tried deleting and reloading app with no success. I watched OV for years with no loading problems until now.

Thumbnail of user danielm290
1 review
9 helpful votes
November 30th, 2016

Tried watching a movie, the original Planet Of The Apes. Plays for 5 min then 90 sec commercials. Repeat. Every 5 min the movie stops to play commercials then takes a bit to "load" the movie again. Dont mind commercials like traditional tv but this was ridiculous. Also no search feature could be found. If it is there, it is not obvious. Hard to find a movie not alphabetized when there are over 700 in one category alone. Frustrating.

Thumbnail of user coreym28
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 10th, 2017

Searches for old shows have brought up ovguide several times and it has never once worked. Not only does it stop, stall and play RIDICULOUSLY frequent and long commercials, it usually DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE SHOWS AT ALL. They are just listed on the page and then it plays a completely different, random, barely related to the same topic show. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME on this site.

Thumbnail of user rebeccah125
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 31st, 2017

I watched several commercials with no issues. Then 3 minutes of a movie with constant buffering. Then back to 3 more commercials with no issues. Then when it was time for the movie it stuck in buffer mode. The loading line was full but it stuck and never loaded the movie. 3 minutes of the movie is all I got.

Thumbnail of user franka7
10 reviews
14 helpful votes
July 14th, 2012

Once i use this site for good. Now there are many more competitive site providing far better options.

Thumbnail of user chondral
1 review
6 helpful votes
December 22nd, 2016

Yes, they have 3000+ free movies, but not in any order and no "search" button. You have to spend a TON of time going thru all those movies.

Thumbnail of user toms345
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
August 31st, 2017

Tried to watch Spin at least 10 different times. Waited through the commercials but it never starts. BAIT AND SWITCH?

Thumbnail of user glendaa10
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 27th, 2017

Commercials don't matter to me I like this Channel cuz it has a lot of movies but it definitely needs a search bar

Thumbnail of user beths110
1 review
2 helpful votes
August 29th, 2017

Such a joke and misleading offering FREE movies and programs. 3 commercials every 5 minutes of a movie is not worth watching something for free. I'm beginning to think all of Roku's free sites are a joke Excessive commercials on any of the free movie sites,

Thumbnail of user jenniferc248
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 1st, 2017

I watched MOST of a movie after sitting thru/watching MANY commercials & then in the last 15-20 minutes into the movie the audio is playing but NO picture! WTF?! OVGUIDE SUCKS $#*!!

Thumbnail of user lafawns
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
March 6th, 2017

Well now I see I'm not the only one having issues. Yes it's free I get it but I have other free apps ( and paid apps) that work perfectly. Disgusted.

Thumbnail of user commericala
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 30th, 2017

Could only see three minutes of offered free movie at a time and then had to go back and restart with more commercials to be interrupted with more commercials. Roku is charging folks and doing a bait and switch. Movies for commercials.

Thumbnail of user jennyn
4 reviews
14 helpful votes
July 21st, 2009

I was looking everywhere for Gossip Girl once they took it off the CW website, and I finally found it using ovguide! I love this site. It's easy and totally free. So i recommend it to anybody that wants to get caught up on tv shows, watch movies, or just browse through videos online.

Thumbnail of user maryd211
1 review
8 helpful votes
October 9th, 2016

Started watching a great old movie, Gaslight. But the movie cut short about 22 mins in and wouldn't play the rest. I tried to redo it a few times with no success. I won't be using OvGuide anymore.

Thumbnail of user shellies2
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 29th, 2017

I've tried watching movies several times via OVguide through our Roku. It is never the movie it says it is. I don't get it! I keep hoping, and keep trying, and NOPE! I'M DONE!

Thumbnail of user peterc154
1 review
6 helpful votes
December 20th, 2016

Spent over an hour getting through 9 minutes of a movie.

This is one of the worst services I've ever seen!

Thumbnail of user gistbya
8 reviews
14 helpful votes
March 7th, 2013

No good for kids...

Thumbnail of user ninad24
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 22nd, 2016

Tried using this site through the chrome and Firefox - required me to watch a 32 second ad to watch a 33second clip of an episode. Every link to an episode has produced the same result- the only variance is a few second difference in the ad, and the exact same 33 second clip of each series I tried. I would Nevertust the app it prompts you to download upon first accessing the site, I'm sure it's just adware and a waste of memory. Complete waste of time, very frustrating and disappointing. Deserves -5 stars for a rating and should be removed from search engines. This site is a disgraceful waste of internet space and time (and data, if you're not using WiFi). DO NOT bother trying to watch anything here unless you're looking to watch mindless advertisements.

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OVGuide Inc., an FOTV Media Networks, Inc. company, is the comprehensive source for the discovery, guidance and consumption of online video. The site offers an easy way to watch videos across all categories including free full length movies, TV shows,...

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