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If you wish to buy downloadable movies on the internet, it is fast and very convenient way to watch the movies as well as own them. Downloadable movies can be purchased online in several ways

1) Purchase from websites:
Copies of movies sold from some websites online are legal. Direct2drive is just one example. Some full feature movie download could cost from $9.95 to $19.Pay no more than 10.00 for your movies. The files of the downloadable movies are in windows media format. They can be played on your computer, home theater pc etc. The DVD player is different.

2) Download from P2P networks:
P2P is Peer-to-peer networks and it has been designed for file sharing among users. Edonkey and Limewire are some good examples. Beware of viruses and spyware from the downloaded files. It is difficult to find a movie to download that is presently showing in the theater, your choices come from the P2P distribution channel.

3) Become a member in paid download movie sites:
Be aware that you will have to pay membership dues just once at a paid movie download site in order to download movies. You are then allowed to download as many movies as you will. These paid movie download sites are legal. Compared to P2P, these downloaded files are of a much better quality. The files are spyware free and virus free too.

Your downloaded movies can be viewed on the hardware already mentioned. No matter which method you chose, it is advisable to have a high speed internet connection (cable or DSL) since the file sizes are larger. Downloading using dial-up connection is not recommended due to the slow download time.

Most of these downloadable movies can be played on the computer or windows media format or Divx format. But if you intend to play them on a DVD player, third party software is required. Due to high technology today, buying and downloading movies have become fast, easy and affords the enjoyment of these inexpensive movies in your comfortable home on your schedule.

There are several other movie download services coming up every now and then. For Mac users, only iTunes will work on Mac platform. If you are using a PC, your options are endless you could use itunes, CinemaNow, Amazon Unbox and Movielink.

A required pre-requisite for for downloading movies is Internet Explorer Browser, the exception is iTunes and the Amazon Unbox. Read the agreements on each site before downloading movies, be sure that you can burn to DVD or add to more than one computer.

As mentioned earlier, for Mac users, the only choice is iTunes. If you’re using windows, you can get lots of movies from movielink, DVD burners at a low price from CinemaNow, but overall, Guba’s pricing tops them all.

Except iTunes, all these services come with rental agreements due to which you can rent a movie for 24 hours or 30 days (whichever comes first) by pressing ‘play’.  It is advisable to buy a larger hard disk like a portable hard drive to store many downloadable movies.

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