Movie Download Memberships: Are They Really Worth It?

by Marc Sandford

The drive to the local video rental store to get our movies is truly unnecessary thanks to the advance of technology and the growth of the Internet. We can have our favorite movie delivered by mail after making the selection online. However, selecting and watching the movie online is an even better option.

We can do this in one of two ways. We can try for the free route online or we can pay for our movies via a movie download membership site. This article will compare offline video stores and the ‘free’ online alternatives against the online download memberships.

The enormous selection in movies that are available is one clear benefit of a movie download site. From these extensive movie archives, you can download as often and as much as you please. Because of a limited amount of physical space, no offline video store will ever be able to match this.

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.

Doing a physical search through the shelves of an offline store is far more difficult than looking for a particular title online. An online site will usually have a search box that can search by the director, actor, title, or any particular 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.

Huge archives of movies available for download are typical of online memberships. Free online movies that are actually legal are generally in the public domain with expired or un renewed copyrights. These are early 20′th century 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.

Movie membership sites offer you security from computer viruses, spy ware and mal ware. By contrast, getting free movies from questionable sources is a true risk to the health of your PC. If you’re using a file sharing network for your downloads, you never know what sort of virus or spy ware might have been introduced into your file by someone else on the network.

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.

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