Watching New Movie Access 21144
A growing number of people are downloading movies, games, music, as well as other such media files every day over the internet. Movie downloads especially, are getting more popular as less movie enthusiasts want to cope with the inconvenience of movie rental stores. The freedom of having the capability to discover virtually any movie, download it, and watch it whenever you wish is a very enticing proposition. Since this is becoming such a popular practice, there are several individuals that are interested but still have some unanswered questions. As such, I would like to do a quick F.A.Q. on the topic of downloading movies online.
Is it legal to download movies on the web? This could really depend of a number of things, especially what and where you download from. There are several illegal, pirated movie files floating around the web, and they are not all that difficult to find if you're looking for them. But, you'll find plenty of places in which you can find and download movies legitimately and legally. These places, conversely, do typically charge some sort of fee for their services.
How do movie download sites work? Pretty much all of them work on the exact same principal, which is essentially a sizable P2P filesharing network, virtually identical to how NAPSTER works. Rather than storing the specific movie files on their own server, and having people download directly from them (which takes up a lot of space and eats up a lot of bandwidth), they utilize Peer to Peer (P2P) software to allow people to download files from others that have what they are searching for. The larger the network, the easier it is to search out what you are searching for, and the faster your download will be (since you are downloading from multiple sources at once).
Is this dangerous? Will I get computer viruses doing this? Unfortunately, often there is a real risk of catching computer viruses when downloading files off the web. By and large, downloading from paid membership sites is safe, given that they remove files reported and found to be infected or corrupt. In reality, this is usually what you are paying for whenever you sign up to one of these sites, as most of your hard earned money is going towards maintaining their network and directories, and paying for technical and customer support. The particular downloading software is normally free.
Always make certain you've got up to date virus protection software, especially if you decide to download from free sources. There are plenty of free anti-virus programs out there in the event that you don't have one. I've been using one from Avast lately and also have found it to be very good overall.
How long does it normally take to download an entire movie streaming? This will likely depend upon a few factors, including your internet connection, the size of the file, and the way lots of people within the network are sharing that file. Most of the time, on a 56.6 Kbps modem, a 3 MB file takes about 7 minutes. With a fast connection, and a fair amount of "seeders," an entire movie can be downloaded in a matter of hours. Many movie files are around 700 MB or so. I usually just set my movies to download overnight while I sleep.
