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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Movie Download Services Offer Convenience

By Lenore Allison

Movie lovers have every reason to rejoice at today's Internet technology. Access to movie download services that allow consumers to rent or buy movies is the ultimate convenience for someone who loves watching films.

These days movie download subscriptions make it possible to watch films over the Internet or download them to computers. Some movie download sites even allow users to burn DVDs with backup copies.

Most movie download subscription sites work in similar ways. Users sign up for an online account, select a subscription level, agree to the site's terms of use, and submit credit card information to pay a rental fee, usually on a monthly basis.

No matter what kind of "shopping cart" or e-commerce software a site employs, all are encrypted to protect the user's personal financial data from unauthorized viewing.

Instructional videos different from site to site, but the majority of online vendors have some guidelines for how to download movies. In most cases the user logs in, looks through various movie categories, and chooses something to watch, either by a download or online. All sites use various kinds of "shopping cart software to handle the payment by credit card. This software encrypts financial information to kept it secure from unauthorized use.

In most instances, when a user logs in he or she can look through an online database of selections that are grouped according to movie genre, such as comedy, drama, foreign, etc. The user then selects a film to watch, either via Internet streaming or by download. The user logs in, looks through various movie categories, and chooses something to watch, either by a download or online.

Since the process of movie downloads seems so common, how does a user decide on a site for subscription? The answer is three priorities: movie selection, picture quality and computer platform.

Site selection can be a different story. Movie download sites have to contract with studios for digital distribution rights. Sites with lots of subscribers can pay the studios' high fees, and can offer movie of their films. Some sites offer only movies for which the copyright has lapsed into the public domain.

Picture quality is the ultimate test for many movie lovers. The way to judge picture quality is by two measurements: bitrate and resolution. Bitrate measures how fast a digital file will download or stream and is measured as "bits per second" (bps). Resolution measures the number of pixels in the image. With either measurement, a higher number ensures a better quality of picture.

Many film buffs make picture quality their top priority. As much as possible, they want to see the film as the director and cinematographer intended. That's where two measurements come in: resolution, which counts the number of pixels the image takes up on the computer screen, and bitrate, which like a speedometer clocks how fast a digital file will stream or download. When an online movie has a high number for either or both of these measures, it's likely to have excellent picture quality.

Whatever their top priority is for a movie download site, users should thoroughly read the terms and conditions under which the site operates. Violations of those terms aren't merely inconvenient; they could be illegal, which is a whole lot of trouble just to get a pirated video. - 18758

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