Monday, November 8, 2010

Examples Of The Best Movie Downloads Sites

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 largest and most popular movie service is NetFlix which allows customers to subscribe, for little money, to a service that will deliver movies either to your door or through your computer. It is the quintessential model for on demand service. As more and more families have transformed their living rooms into entertainment oasis', the internet has come up and met the demand to stay home and have your fun on your own terms.

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, 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.

The most comprehensive site is CinemaNow which has a library of 4,000 movies including new releases, but sets itself apart by having options to subscribe, rent one at a time, buying a movie, watching some for free, and best of all, being able to burn the movies you watch onto a DVD.

MovieFlix is one of the cheapest in terms of subscribing at 7.95 a month. The image quality is not the best, and they don't have the newest movies in stock, but there's a decent collection of free movies. Whatever your needs and platforms, finding the right movie downloading site is an easy proposition.

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