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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Movie Downloads Are Now Changing How We Watch Movies

By Vernon Nelson

The days of walking into a brick and mortar video store to rent a DVD or BluRay may be over quicker than you know. The rise of movie downloads for the general public has been increasingly popular to both the consumer and to companies that provide them. Movie downloads have the advantage of allowing consumers their freedom when it comes to watching their movies, regardless of place or time. Companies are also jumping at the bit, because of it's low cost model.

Watching movies is an important part of our lives. Movie viewership has steadily risen despite our tough recent economic times. It has the ability to take us away from our everyday lives for a few hours and is a great time to bond and have fun with family and friends.

The increase in movie downloads is aided by the increase in high speed internet connections. Now, many households are capable of having high speed internet and can download speeds that were unimaginable years ago. Also, the new formats of video have become smaller, with better quality, allowing easier and faster viewing. Now anyone with a high speed connection can download and watch movies from the comfort of their own home.

One way in which you can download movies are straight from your cable television. Many of these companies allow the consumer to rent movies on their television with just your remote control. The cost goes directly on your monthly cable bill. The great thing about these movies are they are also very high quality and are on demand.

Some websites are beginning to allow movie downloads directly from their site for a fee. Netflix is one of these websites. They offer the ability to download movies from their site instead of mailing your movies in. This allows customers to watch movies whenever they want as well as wherever they want. Traditionally, their customers would have to be home to receive the DVD in the mail, watch it and return it to the mailbox. This is not the case with movie downloads. Simply download the movie, even if you are in a hotel room or a library with an internet connection.

Another alternatives is the usage of streaming websites to download movies. One example is Hulu. They offer free television shows as well as movies free on their site. The only drawback is that you have a watch a few commercials. The good thing is that the movies are great quality and can be watched if you have access to a internet connection. TV shows and movies have found this to be a good outlet to widen their viewership.

Companies are starting to pick up on the movie download business. Understanding that movie downloads cut down on their costs is a large factor in many movie rental companies starting to develop websites and servers allowing for online viewership. No longer do they need to pay the high rental costs as well as the purchasing of discs. Instead they have one file on one server and allow the pure profit business model take it's course.

So next time you want to watch a movie with some family and friends at home think about downloading your movies. It may be a cheaper and more convenient alternative to going to video store. There are plenty of different options. The growing number of digital copies of movies past and present is only going to get larger. Also companies like Blockbuster and Netflix are realizing that there a large market for movie downloads.

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