Movies are one of American’s favorite pastimes. First dates are often dinner and a movie. Family nights at home are a family movie and pizzas or popcorn. The only thing better than watching a motion picture is the ability to download and burn movies for keeps.
Downloading movies on the Internet is no problem. More and more sights are becoming available for watching film noire and the most currently released box office hit. Some sites are free. Others require a monthly subscription fee.
The monthly subscription fee on some sites also includes software to burn the movie to DVD, once it is on the computer’s hard drive. It is generally a good deal. In the event of a problem, customers have access to technical support. If something does not work, there is another person to ask and work through any issues to having a hard copy of a good film.
The sites that require a subscription fee also have better quality copies of the film. Other sites have links to places in foreign countries that supply the entertainment for free. But, the quality of the picture is often lousy and not worth saving.
But, if a good copy of a free download is located, it is possible to make a DVD copy without the help of a subscription site. Without the technical support, however, it is a good idea to have some working knowledge of how to shrink and copy large files.
Generally, a full-length downloaded movie takes up around 300 MB of disk space. Therefore, when a hard copy is made, it will take 4 or 5 blank discs to complete the task. What a pain to copy and an equal pain to watch. Therefore, it is necessary to have good shrink software.
The process to download and burn movie files is to condense the file to a manageable size that is capable of fitting onto a single disc, two at the most. Fortunately, good software can be found online. After the file is down to size, most new computers have the capability to burn the data onto a blank DVD. Now, label the disc, put it in some sort of cover, and presto!