Movie Download Memberships: Why They Are Worth the Money
by Marc Sandford
Our choices over how we get our movies have increased tremendously with the expansion of services provided by the Internet. We can choose our favorite movie online and then have it delivered by mail. However, we can simply skip the mail delivery and watch the movie immediately online.
There are two basic approaches to doing this. We can get the movie without paying for it by whatever means or pay a fee and use a movie download site. This article will compare the online download memberships, offline video stores, and the ‘free’ online alternatives against each other.
The sheer size of movie title selection that you have access to is one of the best advantages of joining a movie download. It is strictly up to you how much or how often you download movies from these large archives. Because of a limited amount shelf space, the local video store cannot match this type of selection.
This means that they are forced to cater to popular tastes. Online memberships can have an extremely varied and extensive movie selection because they aren’t limited by shelving space. If you have your own unique tastes but also enjoy the popular movies, you can get both online.
Finding the exact movie of your choice is a lot easier online than sifting though the shelved products in a video store. Your search for a movie online is made easy with a search box that will search by director, title, actor, or any keyword. In addition lists are provided that categorize movies into different genres.
These lists also include movies categorized by latest additions, critic choices, popularity, and alphabetically. Members themselves are sometimes allowed to rate and write reviews for the movies. Nothing beats a user’s review when it comes to judging the pure entertainment value of a movie.
A large selection of movies in their archives is typical of online memberships. Any movies that are legal and free are almost always public domain which means that they are no longer copyrighted. These are the golden oldie film classics.
Recent episodes of popular TV series are available for viewing on the web sites of the major television networks. These will only be up for viewing for a brief time and will be limited to just a few series.
Download membership sites offer safety from viruses, worms, spy ware and mal ware. However, you’re playing a game of Russian roulette when downloading movies from ‘free’ sites. You never know what sort of virus or spy ware might have been introduced into your file by someone else if you’re using a file sharing network for your downloads.
In short, these are a few of the reasons why paid movie memberships are the best choice for getting your movie entertainment. The benefits of speed, economy, and convenience that the Internet provides over video rental stores are obvious. However, the potential risks that ‘free’ downloads pose to your computer greatly overshadow any of the inconveniences of the local video store.
About the Author:
Read my review of two well known legal movies download sites that do not rely on p2p networks. One has a big movie collection because it cooperates with the big Hollywood heavy hitters. The other does not. If you want to download legal movies, see this review.