Okay, so you heard from a friend that you can download movies online but do not know where to start. Well you are reading the right article. In this article you will learn how to download movies online the legal way. You will also read about the two top sites for downloading movies online and alternatives to downloading movies online.
The first program is one you probably already heard of if you download music online or if you have an iPod, iTunes. All you need to download movies online off iTunes is install the program. Once you have that install the program is pretty simple to use and in no time you will be able to download movies online. You click the iTunes store then go to movies. Find the movie you want pay for by prepaid iTunes cards or with a credit card, download it and you are done. After it is downloaded you can burn it or put it onto your iPod, or iPhone. Not sure what movie you want to buy? There is a best sellers list for you to look at along with reviews and previews.
Another site you can use to download movies online is CinemaNow which is owned and manage by Roxio ( a company that offers movie editing products). Once again you search through the movies you want to watch, click to buy and download them. The problem with this site is unlike iTunes, you do not save any money by downloading the movies at home. It is the same price to buy the DVD. You can get the movie you want to see quicker and have the actual disk without waiting hours for the movie to download depending on your Internet speed. A neat feature CinemaNow offers is that you can watch the movie you bought on your cellphone which is kind of useful if you travel a lot. The bad news is that it requires an Internet capable phone and data usage on your cell phone plan. They do not list which phones are compatible which means if you have an older or low tech phone you cannot use that service. iTunes offers the same feature except it is locked to Apple products only i.e. iPod, iPhone. Price wise buying the movie from iTunes would be better but you would have to download the software if you do not have it which can be sometimes more complicated to use when comparing it to CinemaNow simple straight forward site. The price difference between the two depending on the movie is around five dollars. CinemaNow also offers more ways to watch the movie you have just bought except for the computer, iPod, and Apple TV. There are video devices made for it to take your movie on the go. You can even buy a Blu-ray player that has that feature. If you have TiVo it works on the newer versions of TiVo. Now it is up to you if that factors into your decision when you are looking to buy your next movie online.
There is another way to download movies online and that is by downloading them from Microsoft onto the Xbox 360. Price wise it is about the same but unlike downloading the movie to your computer you do not need to worry about finding a way to watch the movie onto your T.V. It saves you time and it is another option one that you should be thinking about when you are downloading movies online.
Here are some things to think about before downloading movies online unlike going to the store depending on your internet speed you could spending hours downloading a movie. Once it is done you cannot even watch it on your big screen T.V. You have to burn it onto a DVD and that can take hours depending how fast your computer is. On top of all that you are not even saving money by downloading the movies online. It is basically the same price granted you may save a couple dollars but for the extra amount of money it is worth it. You can watch the making of your favorite movies with the bonus features that come with the DVD or Blu-ray DVD. On top of all this if you stop the movie to watch it again tomorrow unless you leave your computer on all night you have to remember the time you left off at because there are no scene selections to find where you left off at the night before. That itself can be a pain in the neck especially if you are not good with technology in the first place.
These are things you should be thinking about twice before you start downloading movies online and wasting your hard earned money. So good luck to you and hopefully you find a technique you like to download your movies online.
