Monday, November 8, 2010

A List Of Great Places To Download Movies

By Dana Knox

We're a wired culture with the ability to satisfy and curiosity, question, or whim at a moment's notice. Many times multitasking has the inclusion of background music, taking time to social network, or watching your favorite movie while you work. You don't have to go to the video store anymore to get what you want and even the expense of pay per view is a thing of the past. The internet has democratized what we can do with entertainment and the prices are lower than ever.

The leader in on demand movies is NetFlix which started as a subscription service that would send movies directly to your home. As time has gone on, they've recently expanded into instant movie streaming either through your computer, a playstation game system, and in the future will extend to the Wii. Entertainment is a menu and you can choose what you want to eat and where.

The technology of video on demand (VOD) can stream in real time through a specific box connected to your television, a digital video recorder (DVR) or your computer. Streaming videos gives the same variability as if you were watching a DVD - you can still fast forward, pause, rewind, jump chapters and frame, etc.

The ease of getting what you want has already created somewhat of a firestorm in the music industry regarding peer to peer file sharing and that networking has extended to movie downloading. The dangers are the same in downloading either movies or music including the insertion of malware - usually adware or spyware that can slow down the performance of your computer considerable while also putting you at risk regarding your personal information. Pay to watch movie downloads sites are the safest best in terms of quality, performance, and keep you away from malware through free virus protection.

Some of the most well known downloading sites, outside of the heavily advertised NetFlix, are Apple's iTunes, Starz's Vongo, Amazon's Unbox, CinemaNow, and MovieLink. The first from the list, iTunes, is not the best fit for a majority of customers. The prices are expensive running from 9.99 to 14.99 and can only be watched on your video iPod or computer. Also, renting is not an option, you are purchasing the movies that you watch.

The limited places that you can view your iTunes downloaded movies along with the fact that there are no free movies, makes iTunes a niche choice for niche market.

If you know the Starz network than you know that it does not show new releases and it's download site Vongo is no exception. However, there is a good collection of movies, all available for rental for under $10 a month.

Amazon's Unbox has no subscription fee and has the ability to work across multiple platforms, PCs, and devices. The image quality is one of the best among movie downloading sites and includes all recent movies and TV shows for prices comparable to the neighborhood video store.

CinemaNow is one of the best, if not the best, downloading service on the web for the ability to get over 4,000 movies in five different ways including: renting, buying, a subscription service, free, and most impressively the ability to burn the movies you watch onto a DVD. The ability to burn movies makes CinemaNow a cut about the rest.

One of the cheapest and best used as a quick fix for boredom is MovieFlix which, for 7.99 a month gives you access to large database of movies excluding new releases. The image quality is better than free, but not as good as NetFlix, Amazon, or CinemaNow. Depending on your devices, your needs, and really you wants, there is a movie downloading site to quench your thirst for entertainment.

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