Two of the most popular sites on the net for movie fans looking to purchase and view movies is Netflix and Movies Capital. Both have outstanding reputations but differ in the type of services and cost structures offered to their members. I would like to make a comparison of some of these major features in a short review of both sites.
Netflix made its name by offering a DVD service where you could obtain movies sent to you using the postal service. They have been around for a long time and as a result have a very extensive library of movies to choose from.
Movies Capital is a relatively new service. It does not offer a movie exchange service by mail. Instead their specialty is in the legal downloading, streaming, and burning of movies to DVD. Netflix offers you the service to watch streaming moves and download them to your hard drive but does not give permission to make fully functional DVDs by burning them.
When I download a movie I want the option of watching it more than once if I so desire. Therefore I would want to be able to save the movie and avoid the lengthy process of downloading it every time I want to view it. Now if I save hundreds of movies to my hard drive it will eat up all the space available. That is why I want to be able to burn the movies to DVD and keep my hard drive space free for other applications. Movies Capital offers me that option, Netflix does not.
Then there is the cost when comparing Movies Capital vs. Netflix which is very important to me as I am on a fixed income. To get unlimited downloads of movies from Netflix the cheapest you can get away with is a plan costing $8.99 per month charged to your credit card or bank account automatically. For 2 years of unlimited downloads this works out to a charge of $215.76.
In comparison to Netflix I found that Movies Capital has a 2 year membership that is a onetime charge of $79.95, a huge savings. It gets even better. They are now offering 50% off of the 2 year membership so that it will only cost you $39.95 ($1.66 per month), a savings of $40.00!
