Online DVD Rental

Screen Select 

Apart from the simple matter of convenience, the main benefit of renting DVDs online is the wider range of choice than you can get from brick and mortar rental stores.  In this respect, Screen Select doesn’t disappoint.  With over 58,000 movie titles to choose from, Screen Select offers one of the largest movie catalogues of any rental service. 

With such a huge range of options, it can often be a little tricky to sift through the titles to find the movies you want to watch.  Fortunately, the Screen Select catalogue is designed to allow you to hunt down those great movies with no fuss.  Not only is the catalogue divided into the basic movie types (drama, comedy, romance etc.) but you can also choose from a range of sub-categories, such as ‘Indian Cinema’, ‘Gay/Lesbian’ and ‘Foreign/Arthouse’ if you have a particular type of movie in mind.

Best of all, the Screen Select catalogue is constantly filtered by the users themselves.  All members can assign ratings to the movies they have rented, so if you’re struggling to make up your mind you can simply listen to what other movie buffs have to say. 

Pricewise, Screen Select competed well.  With packages ranging from £9.99 to £14.99 per month you can choose an option that suits your pocket and allows you to rent as many DVDs as you can watch.  Two thumbs up.

There’s no denying it: Blockbuster is the leader of the pack in DVD rentals.  However popular any rental service becomes it will always be overshadowed by Blockbuster, which is still the most popular rental service both online and offline.

But why is it number one?  Is there any good reason to choose Blockbuster over any other service, or is it just that we recognise the name?  Short answer: yes, there is good reason.

Not only does Blockbuster offer excellent prices for their three rental packages (from £9.99 for one movie at a time to £22.99 for 5) but they also offer a massive range of titles – in their own words, they say you can ‘choose from almost every DVD available in the UK’.

Not only that, but the site is designed to help you track down the films you want to watch.  Apart from the basic categories (drama, comedy etc.) Blockbuster gives you the option of searching through specific categories such as ‘Stag Night Movies’, ‘Wedding Disasters’ and ‘Falling in Love’. 

As if that isn’t enough, the site offers special features such as interviews with film stars Uma Thurman, Jennifer Aniston and Brent Spiner – as well as reviews and great competitions.  In short, it isn’t just a DVD rental service, but a great source for all your entertainment needs. 

You’ve probably heard a lot about these new online DVD rental services.  They offer unlimited movie rentals with no late fees and a vast range of titles to choose from.  Sounds perfect, doesn’t it?

The problem, though, is the fact that you have to set up an account with them to take advantage of these benefits.  You have to commit yourself to a monthly charge, and nobody likes to do that without knowing what they’re paying for.

Fortunately, the majority of rental services offer a free trial to new customers so you can get an idea of the service before signing up.  You can use this trial to test out as many or as few services as you want before choosing the best for your needs.  This is what you should look out for:

Price

You can find packages running all the way from £5.99 to £25.99 per month, so you should decide during your trial whether the service is worth the price.

Choice

Before you set up a trial, think of a few movies you’d like to watch.  As soon as you sign up, browse through the online catalogue to see if they have your choices in stock.  If they don’t, you might want to consider choosing a service with a wider choice.

Speed

Possibly the most important factor in the whole thing is speed and reliability.  Once you’ve ordered your movies they should arrive within two days.  If they take much longer you have to wonder if the service is worth your money.

At the end of the day only you can decide whether a service is right for you.  Try out a few trials and pick the service that performs the best.  Hey, if it doesn’t work out you can always cancel and try another, can’t you?

Anyone who likes to play video games will understand how expensive the hobby can turn out to be.  Games can cost upwards of £40 – too much, if the game has low replay value.

Fortunately, though, there is a solution.  Using Gamesfrenzy you can rent games from a catalogue of around 800 titles.  The catalogue includes games for the PS2, Gamecube, PSP, Xbox and Xbox 360, so there should be something for everyone.

From as little as £2.49 per week you can test video games on any of these platforms, allowing you to either play them to death or just try them out with a view to buying them.  There are two packages available (allowing either one or two rentals at a time) so you should have no problem getting through a few games each month for much less than the cost of a single game.

While many brick and mortar DVD rental services offer game rentals the majority of these only offer a limited range, and the prices are nothing to write home about.  Gamefrenzy solves both these problems.  With low prices and a wide range of games to choose from, Gamefrenzy is head and shoulders above the rest.  

There’s nothing more annoying than forgetting to return a rental DVD on time.  Anyone who has ever let it slip their mind will know what it’s like to kick themselves all the way to the local rental store to pay the late fees.  No matter how great the film was it’s never worth forking over the fee for another day’s rental.Fortunately, though, there are options available for those of us who often make this mistake. Many DVD rental services have been established in recent years who can offer unlimited rentals with no late fees.  Most of these services operate from the Internet, so all you have to do is order your movies online and then wait for the mail.  Here’s how it works…

Register

Take a few minutes to register for a service online.  Most services offer several price plans, allowing you to rent a certain number of DVDs at any one time.

Pick your movies

Browse the online collection and place your order. 

Check the mail

The service will mail your DVDs to your home within a couple of days.  Enjoy.

Return

You can post back your DVDs in pre-paid envelopes whenever you want.  There are no late fees, so you can feel free to take your time. 

That’s it

It’s as simple as that.  Instead of renting from a local rental store you can have your movies delivered to your door.  This is the future of DVD rental, so you better get on board. 

You’ve probably heard a lot about the new way to rent DVDs online.  Maybe you’ve already tried it.  For those who haven’t, you may be wondering what are the benefits.  Why should you rent DVDs online when you could just as easily visit the local rental store?  Well, there are many benefits.Convenience

Why drive to the DVD rental store when you can order movies from the comfort of your home?  Not only that, but the movies will be delivered direct to your letterbox within a day or two.  It would be harder to find a more convenient way to rent movies without hiring someone to actually insert the DVD into your player. 

Cost

While renting a single DVD in a brick and mortar rental store may cost a few quid, you can work it so that your online rentals cost less than a pound each.  Since you pay a flat monthly fee regardless of how many DVDs you rent, you may as well make the most of it and rent as many as you can. 

No Late Fees

There can be nothing more frustrating than forgetting to return a DVD.  When you rent online there are no late fees.  You simple return them when you’re done.  It’s that simple.

More Options

You’d search long and hard before finding a DVD rental store that could offer the same breadth of choice as an online service.  There are several online rental services that can offer upwards of 60,000 titles.  

Online DVD Rental Companies - Which one to choose?

In the past few years there has arisen a slew of new online DVD rental services, each offering unlimited rentals for a fixed cost per month.  The question, though, is this: how do you choose the best one? 

That’s a tricky question.  You see, it all depends what you’re looking for in a rental service.  If you’re just looking for the lowest cost then your choice will be simple.  Moviemine offers a rental package for just £5.99 per month – but you’ll be limited to 4 DVDs a month.

If you’re looking for variety, however, there are a few services (LOVEFILM and Screen Select spring to mind) that offer a catalogue of around 60,000 movies. 
At the end of the day, the best way to compare rental services is to simply try them out.  Most offer a two week free trial, so your best bet is to give them each a go and find the one that suits you.  You should look out for a service that offers a fair price, a great range of movies and, perhaps most important, quick delivery times.  After all, it’s all for nothing if they don’t deliver your movies when you want them.With a little trial and error you should be able to find a service you’re happy with.  Happy hunting!

Tesco DVD Rental

Since Tesco have moved into everything from insurance to broadband Internet it was only a matter of time before they decided to get into the DVD rental market. Using the same ideas that made it the biggest supermarket chain in the UK, Tesco offers a great product at the lowest possible prices.

The main feature of the Tesco DVD rental service is the simple fact that it can’t be beat on price.  With rental packages starting at just £7.97 per month, Tesco offers around a 20% discount on the market average – and with over 51,000 titles to choose from they aren’t skimping on choice.

The site itself is designed to help you sift through the wide range of movies in order to hunt down titles of interest.  While they offer the basic categories (Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama etc.) they also give you lists of the top 100 movies in a range of genres, from ‘Feisty Females’ to ‘Cops & Robbers’. 

Finally, Tesco offer a number of feature articles on such subjects as Adam Sandler, the Oscars and current cinema releases to keep you in touch with the movie world – as well as let you know about the great new releases that will be finding their way into the Tesco catalogue in the future.

All in all, Tesco offers an excellent service – cheap, easy to use and with a great choice of movies.  First class. 

Moviemine DVD Rental Company

Most online DVD rental packages are simple – you pay for unlimited rentals, but you can take only a certain number at a time.  While Moviemine offer the traditional packages, it also offers a cheaper option than any other – 4 DVDs a month for just £5.99. 

If it’s unlimited movies you want you’ll search long and hard before finding a service that offers as much choice as Moviemine.  All in all they offer 5 packages, from the basic £5.99 deal to a £25.99 packages offering unlimited rentals and 5 DVDs at a time.   Whatever you want there will be a package to suit you.

As far as ease of use goes you’ll have no problems with the Moviemine website.  As well as offering basic categories to help you find movies you’ll love (Drama, Comedy etc) it also offers samples of each genre to get you started – for instance, Groundhog Day for comedy, Bowling for Columbine for documentary and so on. 

Not only that, but the site also offers movie awards lists to help you track down the films that the critics have loved over the years – including 75 years of the Oscars, 50 years of the Baftas and 57 years of the Cannes Film Festival.  All in all, Moviemine goes out of its way to help you hunt down movies you’ll enjoy – and at a reasonable price.  You gotta love ‘em.