Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Movie Downloading Sites That Are Worth Using

By Paul Rivers

Everything changes and evolves and the old video store of the past is becoming increasingly past its prime. Now you can get your movies straight out of a vending machine for little money in comparison to the larger natural chains. Also, cable providers give you the option to instantly watch newly released films on pay per view, but again, the prices of these films are expensive in comparison to movie downloading sites.

NetFlix has taken the world by storm and requires only one flat fee of your choosing to essential have as many films as you want, coming in steady stream to either your mailbox or directly to your computer and or television. Entertainment is truly on demand; the consumer can have what they want, when they want in their living rooms.

Video on demand (VOD) can come to you either from a live stream through your cable box, recorded onto your digital video recorder (DVR) for later viewing, or your computer. There is no difference between your DVD and VOD as the controls are the same in terms of skipping forward, backward, slow motion, pausing, etc.

However, as with music file sharing, there are peer to peer network systems that can send large movie files through a bit torrent, basically offering any movie ever made for free. The dangers of this illegal file sharing is the risk of having adware or spyware downloading into your computer, putting your personal information at risk and slowing down the performance of your computer. Finding a legitimate movie downloads site is not difficult and should be used instead of the free sites because of the protection that they offer from viruses.

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.

Because you are only able to watch your downloads on an iPod or your computer, the price is exorbitant for the limited number of venues to watch your movie. Also, iTunes does not offer free movie selections and, for families, it has weak parental controls and no subscription or rental options. It's a hard pill to swallow to be forced to purchase a movie rather than just spending a little to watch one.

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, which has burst forward to corner the downloadable book market with the Kindle device, has made a leap into the movie download business with fair results. The movies you download can work across multiple platforms and devices, unlike the iTunes downloads and the image quality is one of the sharpest available. Rental prices include TV and movies ranging from 1.99 to 3.99 a download.

Most likely the best downloading site of the bunch is CinenaNow which has a total library under 4,500 movies and offers a variety of plans for the consumer including a subscription rate, one at time rentals, free movies and the power to burn what you've downloaded onto a blank DVD.

The cheapest option with middling results is found with MovieFlix. With fair image quality and a lack of new movies, there is a mix of free and older movies at your disposal for under $8 a month. Bringing movies into your life in a way that you decide should have you using a legitimate movie download service that works for you. - 40727

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