For others (me included), the cloud is where we download movies and stream television shows.
Sure, I know there are gajillions of terrible people who download movies they didn't pay for.
Five studios already offer customers a chance to download movies directly through a service called Movielink.
There are cell phones that take pictures, mp3 players that download movies, and digital cameras that record video.
Cable companies are rolling out video-on-demand, and computer-savvy film buffs are using fast connections to stream or download movies--legal or pirated.
What additional value does Netflix give me over Comcast or even Amazon (where I can download movies) if not for brilliant shows like House of Cards?
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The news coincided with the launch of Sky Go Extra - a service allowing users to download movies and TV shows so they can be watched offline.
Now each is trying to elbow the other out of the race to persuade consumers to pay more to set up custom programming, download movies or store family photos.
The hype declared this: When the kinks are worked out, theaters will be able to download movies to hard drives from DVD-ROMs or digital files received via satellite or fiber-optic lines.
The Jackie Collins project also suggests Tesco is targeting an older demographic who wouldn't normally download movies from the internet--Collins' existing B-movie adaptations aren't exactly the fare that front Apple's iTunes Store.
Now in its second generation, the current version of Apple TV connects to your TV and allows you to download movies, stream music and use your TV as a monitor for your MacBook among other features.
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Today, it has 435 million registered users in 119 countries and recently served up its 25 billionth song, downloaded by a man in Germany. iTunes also now sells much more than music: Customers can download movies, TV shows, games, books, podcasts and more.
There's still no announcement whether you'll be able to download movies on your computer and watch them on the 360 -- is it still going to be 360 focused or is the idea to really leverage the power of the company as a whole to push downloadable content?
The Xbox 360, along with Akimbo, will be among the first mass-market devices able to download high def television programs -- and the first we know of in the states able to download HD movies.
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Some analysts believe that while Blu-Ray may be winning the battle with HD DVD to be the next generation DVD format, neither will win the war, since future consumers will probably choose to download their movies and transport them on memory disk.
On Monday, Samsung made a 5G announcement promising download of 3D movies in seconds.
The PlayStation Network is a free utility that lets gamers communicate and play with each other, as well as download games and movies.
American laptop users are also doubly inclined to download music and movies to corporate machines, making them more likely to unwittingly install hidden malicious software.
The first is that it wants more people using, and spending on, its PlayStation Network online game network, where users can download games, movies and other media.
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It was difficult to download and watch those movies, partially because the files are so big, and because they were hard to find.
The prosecution claims the site provides a search engine that helps people find and download copyrighted material including movies, music and games -- in effect, enabling copyright theft.
Mr Swantee points out that his firm is also launching a whole range of 4G services, including EE Film, which will offer a wide range of top movies to download and stream.
The promise of the connected living room is still strong: Jobs said that the upgraded Apple TV will be able to download high-definition movies and will also be able to get podcasts and photos from services including Flicker and YouTube.
But the four other major studios--20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people )--continued to refuse Jobs' entreaties, even as they licensed their movies for download over their Movielink and other services.
If you watch videos and download music, photos and movies, you will want 15 to 25 mbps.
How would you feel if you were a CEO of a large corporation and could not send your power point slides in preparation for an urgent meeting, because a bunch of teenagers were on an mission to download all Sci-Fi movies released this year ?
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M-GO supports multiple digital lockers including UltraViolet, a digital rights authentication and home entertainment industry standard that lets consumers safely and securely download and stream their purchased movies and TV shows via a cloud-based entertainment collection for viewing on TV screens, personal computers, tablets and mobile phones.
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Sales of movies via digital-download services like Apple Inc.
The VUDU app enables fans to stream or download more than 100, 000 movies and TV shows on select tablet running the Android 4.0 operating system or above, with many more tablet models and smart phones to follow soon.
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