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Whats the difference between watching movie online or downloading it?

When I watch movie online or when I download it then whats the difference in terms of bytes am using? Is it same? If yes, then why people watch movie online? Whats the size of an average movie?

Public Comments

1. Nooo... downloading it means you're saving it to your computer, so it takes up ALOT more room. But I agree with you, I don't know why people don't download..maybe they don't have a decent media player? Cause although it takes up alot of room, they can just delete it after :S Rant over :D x
2. watching movie online is streaming of media and downloding is well, saving it to your hdd a regular movie is below 1 gb a 2hr maybe and the 720p are 4gb i think
3. A Downloaded movie is about 800mb whilst a streamed one is usually compressed (in size and quality) to 250-400mb. Well when you download a movie it is almost always higher quality and you get to keep it, until you delete it at least.. this also allows you to burn it onto disc's and watch it in your lounge room. Whilst watching it online is called streaming, you only get to watch it once (well until you close the browser) and it is stored in your temporary memory so when your computer is turned off it is lost for ever. This is a good way to eat up your bandwidth because usually i start buffering a streamed movie and go and get a drink, when i get back i go to click close on iTunes and accidently click close on Internet Explorer (Google Chrome) which means i have to re-enter the site and start buffering again wasting maybe 50mb of my Download cap (doesn't seem like much but it is for me lol) Streamed movies are usually pixelated and annoying to watch so i prefer to download - Need tips on how to download? Add me on msn - Mitchellrk@hotmail.com NOTE - DOWNLOADING AND WATCHING MOVIES IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL I DO NOT ENCOURAGE IT... Unless you know what your doing.. Or if your in France its not illegal.