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These days there are a lot of different ways to watch, or purchase movies. In this article we will discuss briefly all he options before you when you want to watch a movie. You will be shocked at all the ways you can get a movie in this hi-tech age.

Of course there is the old original method, go to the movies. Movie attendance at the theaters is in decline, but still a huge industry. The affordability of big screen home entertainment set ups has made “waiting for the DVD to come out” a replacement for the movie theater experience for many people.

For years now, video stores like blockbuster started to become the main way people would get their movie fixes. It seem like there is a video store near every neighborhood. The convenience and selection made this a winner for many people.

When cable TV came onto the scene, it wasn’t long before everyone was getting a movie fix by watching a movie channel like HBO. Watching movies this way is reasonably priced, but you have to watch the movies according to the TV schedule. The weakness of a movie channel is you have to watch things on a schedule.

The next step on cable was movies on demand. With this system you can pick from a list of available movies, and can start the movie when you want, or at least they are showing very often all day. You pay one movie at a time with this set up.

The next twist to this was getting a Tivo system with your cable hookup. This allows you to record shows, and watch them at your convenience. This was very competitive with the rental stores, and pay per view options.

The next shift in this industry came with the Netflix model. Netflix is a company that works like a video store. Only with Netflix everything is done from the internet. They take your order, and mail you the movie.

This model has taken the classic video store concept and increased the convenience, and the value. You pay a monthly fee for this system. After you watch a movie, you mail it back. When Netflix receives it they will immediately send you the next movie you have ordered.

Netflix, and other companies, also offer another service called streaming video. With you membership you have movies that you can watch directly from your computer from the internet directly. As an example, Netflix offers a selection of well over 10,000 movies to its customers with this method.

The final way to watch movies on our list is movie downloads. There are websites that have movies available for downloading directly to your computer. This usually is a membership type of set up.

When you think about it, it is pretty amazing all the different ways we access movies in these days, From the old theater presentation, that somehow lives on, to streaming and downloadable movies directly off the internet. I can not imagine what will we see in the next evolution.