The world is changing fast, and what used to be a special machine as well as special media storage has now all changed. Movie downloads are moving to the forefront for a variety of reasons.

It originally started with watching movies at home using a VCR or Beta player. Not only could you purchase the movies for your very own library but rental agencies sprung up all over the place and the movie night at home was born. No more commercials, home made popcorn or the new microwave variety, and a bottle of pop, and a family of four enjoyed a night's entertainment a lot cheaper than heading to the theatre.

The bonus of being able to stop the play of the movies for a family bathroom break or the phone made it a very convenient entertainment mode. And of course, if you bought the movie, it was re-playable on demand.

One of the hardest parts of the home movies systems that were available was you had to store these movies in your home, also, technology and the movie machines changed so fast that in order to see the newest releases you had to buy a new machine.

Today's world brings you the quickest way to see the latest releases of movies. Movies are now available for download through the Internet. These downloadable new releases and classics not only are available 24 hours a day, but they don't require the storage space the VHS variety or the DVD discs did.

You'll find just about every movie available, including classic movie downloads, musicals, and of course, the newest releases. The best part about this new change in the family movie night is that the media system to play your movies is not going to change. You may find that storing the movies changes as today you can purchase an external hard drive that can store several movies in a storage unit about the size of a lighter but the system basically won't change.

Your home computer now has the ability to be your newest media system. While the Internet continues to move faster and faster, it means that your movie downloads are downloaded faster, and of course changes in media storage means quicker and easier retrieval and storage of your favorite movies. This means that you'll never be purchasing another movie machine for your evening's entertainment at home.

There are many ways to purchase or rent movie downloads. Explore the many different opportunities available on your Internet and find full versions of your favorite movies that are easily downloaded and stored.

So as you can see, the family movie night was born and it hasn't changed, your family can still enjoy a very inexpensive night watching movies on your new home theater system known as your own computer. Now you don't have to try and get to a movie store before closes, you'll never be paying late fees again, you'll never have to try to remember to return a movie, and you won't have a library that covers a complete wall in your home full of books sized or DVD sized movies.

While the world changes, your family entertainment at home doesn't have to, set up a home theater system using your home computer, and then browse movies any time of day. Then download those movies from the Internet, store them on the latest media storage unit, and allow the family to enjoy these movies over and over again, just like they used to.

Of course, again, you'll never have to purchase the latest video machine in order to watch the newest releases. You'll also won't have a bunch of different types of machines in order to play your old favorites, with the new digital era, you can download your movies any time, store them easily, and of course, replay them when you want.