We all love freebies. This is one of the reasons why peer to peer (P2P) file sharing is a favorite pastime of most web surfers. They can download their favorite tunes in an instant or watch that favorite episode while currently downloading it. These are just some of the benefits of file sharing softwares like Kazaa and Limewire. And if you are into watching movies, then P2P is the way to go. But how does it work?
If you are looking for a certain title, all you have to do is type it in the search field of your P2P software which should be installed in your PC. The software will then display all the matching titles from online users. Just click on one of the links and your download will start. The good thing about P2Ps is that you can pause your movie downloads and then resume it at any time. Compared to getting a movie file directly from a site, you will need to finish the download before it can be saved. But because these are movie files, it will take longer to finish. This is where a P2P software is at an advantage. Another good factor is that you can choose which files to share: all your downloaded files will be located in your “saved folder”. If you want to share a file, all you have to so is move it to the “shared folder”. What’s more is that you can choose the user from which you would like to download movies. You can directly connect to a user just by typing in his or her IP address.