I got an email from a friend the other day asking if I had the movie "GoodFellas" on DVD that he could borrow. I emailed him back the following - "Quit bugging me - just go download it!"
Ok, maybe I wasn't quite so harsh. But I think I threw him off at first!
What I was trying to convey to her was that she didn't need to go track down the DVD. If you want to watch a movie, all you really need is an internet connection.
I've been getting an increasing number of questions about what the best way to download movies online is and whether there is anywhere on the web with a good selection of films.
First, let me assure you that, yes, there is an enormous selection of movies available online. Not only can my friend find Godzilla, but she can choose from all the latest releases as well as old favorites. In fact, you have more to choose from online than any video store can offer.
Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about the question so many of you have ? "Where can I download movies online?"
It's important to say where you shouldn't go to download movies. Avoid peer-to-peer networks like LimeWire and Kazaa. While these are OK for find music, they are a very poor choice for movies.
These networks may have some movies, but they also are completely unmonitored, so you never know what you are really downloading ? you can easily catch a virus this way. You never know just what you are downloading from these networks.
Two other problem with these types of sites - selection and download speeds.
A movie is a large file to download. When you're using a shareware program it can easily take over a day or two to finish downloading as the speeds can be terribly slow at times. You also won't find many of the movies you are looking for. The selection is limited compared to other options you have.
Your next option is to use some type of paid download service. There are different websites that let you download movies for a "per download" fee. You search for a movie, pay a fee for the download (about $10), and are able to have the movie over a secure network at a good download speed.
It's not a bad option, but there's a much cheaper way to find and download movies with equal quality.
You can also choose to go with membership based movie download websites. These sites charge a onetime fee for unlimited access to the movies on the website. This fee is usually somewhere between 30 and 50 dollars ? you can download all the movies you like at any time after paying this membership fee.
These sites are a great alternative to pay per download sites since there is only a onetime fee and unlimited access to an enormous selection of movies. The download speeds are fast and the files are guaranteed to be virus free.
The best of these membership sites will also give you software to burn these movies to DVD so that you aren't limited to watching them on your computer.
Did my friend find Scarface?
She did. And I don't think she'll be asking me to loan her any DVDs anytime soon!
With more and more people downloading movies online, there will be less and less traditional video stores. Why go out to a store when you can download all the movies you want without ever leaving your home?
Ok, maybe I wasn't quite so harsh. But I think I threw him off at first!
What I was trying to convey to her was that she didn't need to go track down the DVD. If you want to watch a movie, all you really need is an internet connection.
I've been getting an increasing number of questions about what the best way to download movies online is and whether there is anywhere on the web with a good selection of films.
First, let me assure you that, yes, there is an enormous selection of movies available online. Not only can my friend find Godzilla, but she can choose from all the latest releases as well as old favorites. In fact, you have more to choose from online than any video store can offer.
Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about the question so many of you have ? "Where can I download movies online?"
It's important to say where you shouldn't go to download movies. Avoid peer-to-peer networks like LimeWire and Kazaa. While these are OK for find music, they are a very poor choice for movies.
These networks may have some movies, but they also are completely unmonitored, so you never know what you are really downloading ? you can easily catch a virus this way. You never know just what you are downloading from these networks.
Two other problem with these types of sites - selection and download speeds.
A movie is a large file to download. When you're using a shareware program it can easily take over a day or two to finish downloading as the speeds can be terribly slow at times. You also won't find many of the movies you are looking for. The selection is limited compared to other options you have.
Your next option is to use some type of paid download service. There are different websites that let you download movies for a "per download" fee. You search for a movie, pay a fee for the download (about $10), and are able to have the movie over a secure network at a good download speed.
It's not a bad option, but there's a much cheaper way to find and download movies with equal quality.
You can also choose to go with membership based movie download websites. These sites charge a onetime fee for unlimited access to the movies on the website. This fee is usually somewhere between 30 and 50 dollars ? you can download all the movies you like at any time after paying this membership fee.
These sites are a great alternative to pay per download sites since there is only a onetime fee and unlimited access to an enormous selection of movies. The download speeds are fast and the files are guaranteed to be virus free.
The best of these membership sites will also give you software to burn these movies to DVD so that you aren't limited to watching them on your computer.
Did my friend find Scarface?
She did. And I don't think she'll be asking me to loan her any DVDs anytime soon!
With more and more people downloading movies online, there will be less and less traditional video stores. Why go out to a store when you can download all the movies you want without ever leaving your home?
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