Video Streaming - Is It For Me
With the right high speed internet service, so many options open up latest movies regarding media streaming. Some of the availability includes online radio, internet TV, replay media, cinema downloads and video-sharing services. Music, movies, sports and television shows from all over the world are available through various free and paid services. Music downloads have revolutionized the way the music industry markets to various target groups.According to Digital Media Wire (January 29, 2009), Netflix, which offers digital distribution of movies as well as blue-ray disc rental, reports that media streaming online is growing at a faster rate than Blu-ray disc technology. A 30% increase in movie-streaming subscribers occurred in one quarter. That's an astounding jump in new subscriptions. The downside to movie streaming with a provider like Netflix is that generally the best movies are released on DVDs first in order to generate more profits. Many of the "watch immediately" movies were "B" and below movies. Because of this it seems that Netflix's mail-delivery rental service won't be going anywhere anytime soon. However, media streaming appears to be moving forward as the technology to watch for the future, and plans are moving forward to make higher quality movies available to the consumer.Streaming eliminates download wait times - instead, the stream is continuous and plays as soon as it arrives. To avoid the files from taking up tremendous amounts of bandwidth, they usually arrive compressed. Depending on which media player you use and what rate the file is compressed at, the stream time may vary a bit.
