Downloading films legally or renting legally?

[codenamematt2007]

I'm just looking to take full advatage of my 16Mb connection, is there anywhere where I can download the latest films LEGALLY, I am prepared to pay a charge or join a site for a monthly fee e.t.c

Thanks in advance
Apple Itunes Store isn't available for UK I don't think?

[trullyandutterly]

Well obviously movies that are now showing in theatres are not currently being shown online, but if you mean the lastest as in DVDs/BluRay then you have a couple choices. Netflix, which may not be available in the UK, has a lot of the newest movies available for rent, they have great quality and though they are streaming they stream like 5x faster than you actually view it so by the time you are about 20% through the movie you will have very little chance of it crapping out on you, and the price is right with a decent plan starting a only $15 US. The next way a program called VONGO, which is affiliated with the Starz channel. This program allows you to download a movie completely and watch however many times, until they stop offering it which is rare. The video quality is determined at watching time and can go from cell phone sized to HD, the price is right also, only $9.99 US. Another thing about VONGO is that you don't have to be a subscription member to download a movie. They allow you to take your movies with you as well, so you can watch that last scene as you walk down the street or whatever your doing, this is the best choice. One draw back is that you have to wait until the movie downloads completely for you to watch it but it only takes about 15min on a 5MB connection like mine. Amazon Unbox is the 3rd option, I don't know much about his option but it is the 3rd most popular movie download site on the web so it can't be too bad. By the way NetFlix is #1 and Vongo isn't on the list (Don't write it off though, it is a sleeper hit and a very good option to the bigger corporate boys. I use both NetFlix and Vongo). So check them out and take your pick. All of these have a 2 week free trial so no worries.

[David D]

That depends what you mean by "latest".

You are unlikely to find any film that is being shown at the cinema available for download until the cinema distribution has ended.

The Apple iTunes store has a large number of films available though.

[mex99b1084]

there is netflix and blockbuster online, for movies just out on dvd.