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Ever since Steamboat Willie tooted his way across the moving screen, the 20th century has fallen in love with movies. The success of TV shows like I Love Lucy and Disney films propelled many American families to bring a television set home, and ever since, the television has been a staple household appliance.
In this computers savvy age, it may seem strange to find that many technologically literate people today do not own television sets. Instead, they use their laptops, MP3 players, cell phones, net books, or similar devices to watch DVDs. These devices are used most commonly for streaming their favorite shows and for streaming video of movies and other sources. Since the dawn of the 21st century, computers users have been opting for streamed films, TV shows, and uploaded video clips rather than DVDs that are rented, purchased or played on a DVD player. Soon computers will replace DVD players as desktop, laptops, and net books become the dominant household technological appliance. Cable TV and Blu-Ray fans are still strong in many households, but the instant online movie phenomenon has grown exponentially in the past years, and multimedia marketers believe the trend will continue.
The advantage that instant on-demand online TV holds is too much of a temptation for many to resist. For one, accessing online movies from the comfort of computers removes the awkward chore of heading down to the local movie rental store late at night in your pajamas. Plus, by watching movies online when you download vlc and other media players, you do not have to commit to buying the movie or show, and you do not have to return it afterwards. If the film was not your favorite, you can forget about it. But if you loved it, you can easily watch it again, and tell your friends about it as well by linking to the download page. Plus, you can then use file sharing software like Ares to share movies with your friends.
The cyberspace industry of online movies is still nascent, and there is plenty of room for improvement. But as long as online movie-goers demand more on demand, the streaming will go on.
