Renting movies is the “in” thing now because buying DVDs can cost a lot especially when you want to watch several movies. Also going to cinemas often just to watch new movies can also prove to be costly since there are a lot of great movies coming out today. So if you want to rent movies then no need to go to video rental stores, just head on to CinemaNow.com and with just a few clicks you will be able to watch the movie of your choice.

So here is how it works:

1. Search the movie you want to rent.
2. Then rent movies for as low as 49 cents.
3. Download your rented movies for an hour or even less with a fast internet connection.
4. You can also watch the video while it downloads.

So here are some FAQs you need to know when renting movies at CinemaNow:

• Movies for rent price: around $2.99 to $3.99 and for discounts you must check their Showcases page.
• Available movies: CinemaNow works with Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers and many other major studios so they can provide their customers with as many choices as possible.
• Movie file: movies are usually encoded at 1200K and 1500K, 700K for standard movies.
• Minimal technical requirements:
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 2.0
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Media Player 10
  • A 300K or better Internet connection: we recommend a cable or DSL connection
• If you want to burn the movie you downloaded then you should download movies under the Burn to DVD category.
• Parental controls are also available.
• Right now movies downloaded from CinemaNow are not yet iPod or PSP compatible though they are working on expanding their offers.

Now you have a lot of options when you rent movies at CinemaNow. Rent, purchase or burn movies to DVD anytime and you can also watch movies directly in your TV.

The prices for services like CinemaNow vary. To buy newer movies, you might pay as high as you would off the shelves, but you can get older movies for less. To rent a movie for a 24 hour period can cost you between $3 and $5. This price is more than that at a place like Blockbuster, where you can keep a movie for up to three or four days for the same price. For some consumers, the convenience of not leaving their house will more than make up for the short rental time. Another negative to streaming movies online with services like CinemaNow are that you cannot burn these movies to DVD and expect them to play in a traditional DVD player. Thus, you are limited to watching the movies that you buy on the television you stream them onto. This is very inconvenient for travelers who like to watch movies in the car or in hotels- they might prefer the traditional way of renting or buying hard copies of films.

One complaint from CinemaNow movies online service users that now seems to be getting rectified is that you cannot purchase High Definition or BluRay quality movies through the service. CinemaNow is working on getting more of these high-quality films to be available for purchase. However, the look of the movie will appear different on a variety of televisions or computers, so this is still an issue. It is a little different from traditional systems, where a BluRay movie on a BluRay player on a high quality television will look great despite where you are viewing it. Some High Definition movies available for streaming from CinemaNow might not look so crisp. It seems that there are both pros and cons to using a service like CinemaNow. The pros are convenience- you just press a button to choose your movie and off you go. The cons include the often high prices, inability to burn the movies to DVD, lack of selection (though this seems to be improving daily), and lack of high definition choices (though this is also showing improvement). There will always be those folks who prefer to go down to the local video store, or use a service like Netflix, but for those people who are into the latest high-tech way of viewing movies, CinemaNow is a good alternative.