Friday, September 10, 2010

The Variety Movie Download Services That Are Out There

By Gary Santana

The point behind most movie download sites is to offer free movies to users. That, however, is illegal, because you are essentially stealing something that should be paid for. Not all sites are like this, but most of them are, and the theory behind them is exactly that: free content.

One of the types of download sites is streaming sites. By using these sites, you'll be buffering movie content as you watch it and do so directly on the website. You won't have to download any files onto your computer and you can watch the movie right away. In return, the quality is significantly worse than a fully downloaded movie. Some of them, however, are free to use and are completely legal, but that's because of the many advertisements that are posted on the site.

The legal versions are the ones with all the advertisements. And the term "all" refers to the fact that there are, in fact, a great deal of them. Usually, you'll have to watch the video next to five other advertisements on the page. These advertisements also reduce overall video quality and make the movie take that much longer to load because there is usually a lot that your computer has to load, making the requirement on your computers part that much greater.

The other form of movie downloading is through torrents. A torrent is a file is an information file that enables your computer to connect to others around the world. While downloading, you are taking file information from all of these computers at once, resulting in a digital copy of the movie you have the torrent of. The process is slow, but the overall quality of the movie is significantly better because you'll be watching a movie file on your computer, rather than downloading it while you watch.

If you plan to use this method, you'll need to have a torrent "downloader" that can read these files. They are able to make this connection for you and acquire the movie within them. The programs themselves are guaranteed to slow down your computer because how how processor heavy they are, and so are commonly run during times when you won't be using your computer, like while you're at work or sleeping.

Your best bet for downloading movies is through legal sites that either require membership or are otherwise paid for. These sites, since they are paid for, offer a greater deal of movies and at much higher quality. Above all else, these sites are legal, meaning there are no criminal consequences to using them. It may seem easier to not pay for movies, but for what it's worth, these are safer.

These sites work much the same as the illegal ones. You have the option to either stream movies directly on the site or download your own movie file right onto your computer. If you do end up paying for a membership for these sites, the dues are either monthly or yearly and are actually not all that expensive for what you get.

Movie download sites come in many different forms, but the ones that are most recommended are the legal ones. The fines and criminal label that will follow you from illegal downloading is too much of a risk to take. When you think about it, it's only a few bucks a year for all the movies you want. That's a lot better than thousands of dollars in fines and lesser quality movies.

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