Comments on: Why Would You Use A DVD Rental Service?

By: Sol Mann

Sol Mann — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:07:47 +0000

I have just discovered the new KINO rent through the post dvd and video rental service (kino.com.au). Their catalogue is awesome particularly if, like me, you love arthouse, foreign and classic movies. Their rates are good and they offer a free trial. This is a real movie buff specialist library with an easy to navigate website.

By: dvdrentalman

dvdrentalman — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:54:24 +0000

Theres lots of good online rental sites out there, its definately worth taking the time out to find the right package.

By: Chris McMahon

Chris McMahon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:34:50 +0000

I use a DVD rental service. It offers DVDs, XXX DVDs and console videogames, but I don't use the latter two.

I'm on a 4 DVDs at a time plan for $39/month. On average I get around 40 DVDs each month.

It's hit and miss what you get sent. They seem to punish frequent renters, putting you on the bottom of the list for new releases, but at a $1/DVD, it's not too bad.

By: stringy

stringy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:45:35 +0000

I’m part of that 90% I suppose – I love coming home to find a dvd waiting for me, I was terrible with late fees when I was using a video store, and can add a movie to my queue as soon as I think about it instead of going to the store and not being able to remember what I wanted to see. I suppose the other 10% is piracy, as suggested above, but I don’t see the need to hoard movies I’ll only watch once so I’ve never bothered to rip them.

By: Tom Lee

Tom Lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:47:22 +0000

I rent out the video directly from a video store. It is more convinient and I can get a video when I want it, instead of committing to a DVD rental service.

By: kaydo

kaydo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:16:57 +0000

I use quickflix like a few other folks here.

Late fees don't worry me, it's a convenience thing. I like that if I'm ever in the mood to watch a movie, I have one on hand. I also hated the idea of accumulating more DVDs, so I couldnt face buying more of them. I've had a few frustrating experiences with DVD quality, but overall its been pretty good.

I tried to switch to itunes recently, but the download was massive (I wanted low quality!) and wouldn't play on my computer. That was time well spent :)

By: jimmay

jimmay — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:40:06 +0000

I just started with Quickflix. The benefits for me are being able to keep a list of what I want to watch. When browsing through the queue, I can quickly check out ratings on Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB, and that I don’t need to mess around downloading movies or TV shows, reformatting them, burning them to disk etc.

By: WMC

WMC — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:26:55 +0000

Not tempted – ADSL2+, 25gb per month, rapidshare account, wireless XBMC means I don’t even have to walk to my post box, let alone a bricks and mortar store. Walked into a video store to kill time waiting for takeaway the other day and thought I’d gone back in time. $6 ‘new releases’ for movies I saw six months ago can’t compete.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:25:26 +0000

I’ve been using Quickflix (quickflix.com.au) for months, and I’m very happy. You manage your queue via a web browser, which means I can use IMDB and their built-in tools to find movies I want, rather than hoping to find them on the shelf; they turn up in the mail box; and I can just drop it into the mail box when I’m done! Why would you go to the store? (And, why would you ever use Telstra for anything?)

By: solkatt

solkatt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:06:54 +0000

I live in rural vic, without a DVD store in my town. The nearest one is 15ks away. The selection in these stores are crap. That's why I went to Big Pond. They still don't have everything that I want, but they have a damn sight more than anything near me. I don't mind using the postal serivce, it's not too bad at all, considering I don't have to drive anywhere to get my DVD's.

It's an all round winner for me.