Monday, August 23, 2010

Find Fast Movie Downloading

By Eva Fischer

Want to download movies on your computer? What are your options? The first thing that comes to mind is to pop in the DVD into your DVD drive? But if you only have a CD drive that doesn't play movies, this is not an option. This is fairly uncommon in newer computers, but certainly older computers may have this problem.

If you do happen to own an older computer, or have simply made the choice to not include a DVD drive in your computer build, not to worry. There are other very viable options for you to watch movies on demand. These range from illegal to legal, but they all work in one form or another. The software that you need for this is usually already installed on your PC or laptop.

There are of course, the illegal options where you can download full-length movies from user-fed sites. Obviously, there are many drawbacks with this option that can both get you in trouble and your computer if you download a virus by mistake. But in the spirit of completeness, this is an option that is out there and can be found with some research on your part. In order to use these sites, you must often agree to a list of warnings that this material is not produced or acquired by the site owners, nor will they be responsible for it.

Progressively, movie vendors are moving their business into the virtual world. Companies that offer movie rentals in local areas are expanding services into online subscriptions, that will allow more access to their inventory. Once you have paid and agreed to a certain amount of time for the rental, you can view them at your convenience. They are also virus-free by nature of the host business.

Netflix, for instance, started out online and is continuing to grow. By allowing their subscribers to download shows directly onto their computers or TVs, it gives the most access for the best price. Customers are also allowed to keep the movies for as long as they wish, with the only restriction being how many movies they can have at one time.

Some sites offer movies that you can watch just by streaming them. These do not require any downloads and the only product you need is a viable video player. Windows Media Player is usually all you need, but there may be some cases when better software would be desired. Users upload these movies to the site and share them with others.

While there are no real rules to watching these movies, you'll notice I'm sure that some are pirated and some are not. Once these have been tagged as pirate movies, they are quickly removed. However, the danger of a virus is slightly removed, because there is not a download option.

My recommendation to download movies would be to subscribe to a service like Blockbuster or Netflix. This prevents any future problems regarding virus contamination of your drives, or legal issues such as pirated movies, possession of stolen material, etc. Often too, you can get subscription rewards when these companies give benefits to their customers. - 40725

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