Watching Movies Online 5796

There are plenty of options in downloading and/or watching movies online. At the start, like music downloading, downloading movies online usually meant doing something illegal. Currently, there are plenty of places to download or watch movies online. The illegal options are still available, keep in mind, although the legal movie sites are picking up steam. The following article shall concentrate on the legal online sites to watch and/or download movies.

There are plenty of options available. Each site offers their own pricing model, selection, movie formats, and user experience.

You can find 2 main pricing models that the on-line movie download sites use - monthly subscriptions and per download pricing.

Sites that offer monthly subscriptions give unlimited downloads, for a flat monthly cost. CinemaNow, Netflix, and Vongo operate under this model.

The additional major pricing model, per download pricing, is exactly what it sounds like. There will be a fee for each movie download. Amazon Unbox and iTunes operate this way.

Unless you are not planning on watching very many movies in a month, the flat monthly fee is the way to go. Additionally there are some movies which are accessible for free from each of the services and various free trials will be accessible to try them out.

The selection varies from service to service. New releases are hit or miss. Movies appear to be available on DVD and then for rental ahead of being readily available for download. CinemaNow seems to get the films more quickly than the others. iTunes selection will be the most limited of the major services.

The predominant file format for the download services is Windows Media Video files (.WMV). iTunes will be the obvious exception, which offers files as MPEG-4s.

Each service requires you to download their software to be able to download and watch movies. Each interface is unique, but its really a matter of personal preference. Vongo and CinemaNow each have good interfaces.