Absolutely Free Movie Downloads - Time to End This Hoax

[Douglas Joyce]

Gone are the days of watching just previews and snapshots of movies on
the internet. Modern internet technologies are giving internet users
the power to watch movies online, along with facilities for downloads.
Earlier MP3s, trailers and music videos had dominated the download
arena in entertainment. The commercial possibilities for movies on the
internet was initially identified and utilized by movie rental service
providers. But with higher bandwidths being made available by internet
service providers (ISPs), and with the increased popularity of file
sharing networks, more and more online companies have started
providing movies for download.
It is only recently that these download services have been made
available absolutely free of cost to users. Even today most commercial
websites have their download services which require users to download
movies by pay per download scheme and some others require their users
to pay an initial amount for downloading unlimited movies. But the
situation is now changing with more and more websites offering
absolutely free movie downloads.
Websites offering absolutely free movie downloads often use a
combination of various technologies to provide easy downloads. One
such technology adopted is using codecs for reducing the size of
movies, as original packaging of movies in DVDs has file sizes of 4GB
or more. In the original DVD format, it will take an enormous amount
of time for users to download a full movie.
With codecs such as DivX and XviD, the quality of movies remain the
same even after being compressed from their original DVD formats.
Before downloading, it will be better to make sure that the movies you
are downloading are either in Xvid or DivX format as these offer
better quality video and audio with less file sizes in the range of
600-700MB. All you are required to do is to install in your computer
the corresponding codec used for video compression. These codecs are
available for free download from their respective websites.
While there are many methods for absolutely free movie downloads
online, the easiest of all methods is using a file sharing network
such as BitTorrent or Kazaa. Although movie downloads have increased,
it can be seen that it has not yet completely affected the DVD market,
although sales have fallen. The main factor which works in favor of
absolutely free movie downloads is the widespread availability of
broadband internet even in remote corners of the world. Other reasons
which are promoting these free downloads are the savings in terms of
time and money, which is otherwise required by movie lovers in
physically searching and buying movies from rental shops.