Thursday, July 1, 2010

How To Get Legal Movie Downloads Online

By Erin Clay

If you were looking for legal movie downloads a few years ago you simply could not find them online. However, for many years now, people have been using their broadband Internet connections for making illegal movie downloads. This is a risky thing to do for a number of reasons.

You are probably wondering why you would want to download legal movies off the Internet in the first place? If you are familiar with the pirated videos, then you will probably understand that they are lower in quality, and there is the risk of getting malicious software installed on your computer. It is also of course illegal, and could get you into trouble.

Legal movie downloads are now a very viable alternative, unlike a few years ago. There are many movie download sites which offer a large selection of choices. No matter what your taste in movies, you should be able to find something which suits you. To be honest, any respectable movie download database will have just about every movie ever published.

You will ideally have an unlimited broadband connection in order to be downloading fat a quick rate. This should not be a problem for most of us, but it is worth checking out before you start downloading movies. Nonetheless, even the most modest connections should allow you to download at least a few movies per month.

Ideally you want to have a fast internet connection. Having any broadband connection will do. On the average broadband connection, you should be able to download a movie within a matter of a couple of hours at most. You will also want to have an unlimited broadband connection.

Most concerns about downloading movies are unfounded. One such worry is the lack of picture quality. Now you are able to download high definition movies which are often better quality than DVD copies. You should be able to see some samples first before you actually buy. Obviously, the higher quality the movie is, the larger the file size would be, so you will want to take this into account.

You should be able to find plenty of movie downloading choices on the Internet these days. It is no longer restricted to those who have an iTunes account. There are plenty of online movie sites to choose from. Before you subscribe to a service it is a good idea to check what is available so the you aren't going to be disappointed.

You will probably want to be able to play the movies that you download on a DVD player. In order to do this you need a format which is compatible, so that you can simply create the DVD and then watch it on your DVD player.

Since most of us will want to play movies on DVD players as well, you want to make sure that you download your movies in a format which is fully compatible. Currently, divx is by far the most popular available and you can burn these files to DVDs for TV viewing.

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