Download Movies

Movie download services are exactly what they sound like: a service that allows you to download movies from the Internet onto your hard drive or a DVD. Though this isn't a new concept, it is relatively new to the legal world of consumerism.

Though 'pirates' have been making free download of movies available for quite some time, movie studios are now getting in on the action and offering access to their movies for download the day they hit the stores in DVD format for a fee, of course.

The biggest benefit of movie download services is convenience. Forget about the long lines at the theater, the video store being out of a new release, or waiting in a virtual queue to get your mailed DVD through a subscription service.

No more concern about court cases and legal fees for downloading movies illegally or spy-ware from file sharing applications that will slow down your computer if not cripple it beyond repair.

Then, of course, there's the fact that you can watch the newest movies as many times as you like on your personal computer and instantly upon purchase with no waiting and no driving to the store.

At the moment, the biggest drawbacks to movie download services are cost and restricted viewing access. You may not necessarily want to watch a movie on your computer when you just invested a lot of money in a big screen HDTV.

Also, you may not want to invest twenty dollars in a movie that you can't even resell online if you don't like it.

If you have a slow Internet connection, the download time may be excruciating too, especially if you're trying to use your computer for other things while downloading and, the process slows your computer to a painful snails pace.

If you use a Mac, well, obviously, the downside is that movie download services simply don't exist.

In addition, if a virus infects the computer where all your movies are stored, you have to buy them all over again.

Learn more about online movie rentals.