Free Movie Downloads in DVD Quality

Have you ever downloaded a free movie from the Internet only to discover that the movie was actually a bootlegged copy of the film? These movies usually involve someone sitting in the movie theater video taping the film with their camcorder, the result of which is a movie that is generally shaky and with the colorization way off. Even worse, you can usually hear other people talking in the theater and sometimes the angle of the movie is so bad that you can barely make out what is on the screen.

By and large, these movies are limited to films that were just released in the theater. The night or week before a movie launches and opens in theaters across the world, multiple boot-legged copies usually show up on the Internet within a few hours of the first screening. This does not mean that you are doomed to watching bad quality movies though; there are thousands of free movie downloads in DVD quality that you can acquire right now!

Movie "Screeners" Contain Great Quality

Within 30 days of a movie opening in theaters it can usually be found online in DVD quality. This is because someone from the production company will "leak" the film or because someone has ripped a "screener" copy of the movie and has posted it online.

"Screeners" are copies of films that have been sent out to video retailers or to clients within the movie industry. These "screeners" contain the full length movie in DVD quality. However, at times during the film a brief warning may appear on the screen or the film may cut to black and white for a few seconds. Still, these qualities are not enough to push people from turning to "screeners" to catch a film they really wish to enjoy from the privacy of their home.

Finding DVD Rips And Screeners Online

The majority of free movie download websites will tell you what the quality of the movies on their site is. You can click on a movie and it will generally show you the different versions they have available. These versions will usually be: cam, screener or DVD. A cam version is a boot-legged camcorder version, a screener is a direct copy with a few flaws and a DVD is the best quality rip available.

Once you have found a free movie downloads website that you enjoy and trust, you should begin looking for the words cam, screener and DVD in order to determine the quality of the movie you are about to watch on their website or download. You can even search the Internet for these types of copies by plugging the search terms 'free movie downloads in DVD quality' into your favorite search engine such as Google.

The majority of DVD quality free movie downloads found on the Internet are direct rips from a persons own DVD collection. There are countless free DVD rip programs that you can acquire in order to rip your own DVD's and load them to the Internet. You should be aware that ripping DVD's and loading them to the Internet is illegal. However, it is not illegal to watch ripped DVD quality movies on the Internet, just as long as you do not download them to your computer.