Online Film Rental Clubs

The only thing I have compared is price so far. Netflix is well done, so much so that I suspect that Blockbuster online may be beat in every single criteria.

Anywho, in my price comparison, Blockbuster wins. Especially at higher volumes (I am on the 8 at a time with Netflix).

Thing is, Netflix has a free trial as well. You can always give it a try.

I'll give Blockbuster a shot soon.

PS, the library is reportedly about the same (both claimed 25,000 when I checked).

Craven- I didn't even KNOW that Netflix had an 8 at a time deal. Thanks for the info!

If 8 at a time is interesting for you then the total volume possible may be as well.

My Netflix shipping center is a day away from me and they ship on business days.

So this usually means a 4 day turnaround.

22/4*X=monthly movies

X = number of disks at a time in your plan.

I just signed up for the Blockbuster trial, to test it. Right off the bat I can tell you that my suspicions are correct and that their site is not nearly as good as Netflix's.

I'll let you know more after my test.

I belong to both Netflix and GreenCine. Because Greencine tends to carry more indie, foreign and B-movies. I can find almost everything I'm looking for, but I still end up having to buy some things I want to see anyway

thiefoflight- Never heard of GreenCine. Looks interesting. thanks for the "heads up!"




Craven-I want to go into this slowly. See how Blockbuster's 3 at a time works out. I'll let you know how it works out. Since we live at different ends of the country, it will be interesting to see if our experience with Blockbuster differs. I understand that they ship from different warehouses all over the country.

I love netflix! NO MORE LATE FEES!!! Ah ha!

Haven't tried it, but I understand WalMart has a video rental service. Low price is their selling point - go figure, huh? From what I've read it seems OK. Apparently, along with the standard fare, they have a particularly extensive library of TV shows.

I s'pose the pretty-close-to-on-demand thing appeals, as does access to obscurities or oldies missed, but with satellite TV and all the movie channels, plus the Pay-per-View channels, I generally find there's more I'd like to watch than I've got time to watch anyway

I'm thinking of switching only if their turn-around is as good as NetFlix (my shipping station is only twenty miles from my house!) as well as the selection of documentaries, music videos (including classical), independent and foreign films. I might switch off for one month to try out Blockbuster -- WalMart's simply does not have the library of NetFlix.

Well, I just signed up last night, and I received an E Mail that my first three films have already been shipped. Since Christmas is on Saturday, I probably won't get them until Monday.

Shipping the same day should be a given -- the problem lies is from where? Especially with the mails slowed down. I did experence a one day delay on my last three films from NetFlix. I watched "Shrek 2" last night and am sending it back today. The shipping station location also effects when one sends the films back -- if the turn around is more than four days, it's costing more than what they're letting on.

Lightwizard- What I will do is drop the viewed films at the post office. That should save a day.

I am so excited. I keep looking over films, finding great ones, and adding them to my list.

Where I am located, it doesn't do any good to drop them by the post office as our carrier who picks up goes directly to the main Long Beach station and that's where all the mail dropped off at the three nearest post offices ends up. It's really convenient not to have to drive anywhere as that's one of the bugaboos of brick-and-mortar rental stores (although I have about six of them within five minutes of the house!) The proof of the pudding will be in how long the turnaround actually takes -- right now Christmas mail has slowed things down but it should go back to normal next week. My main reason for liking NetFlix is the extent of the libarary of films. I would never have likely seen films, for instance, Gautam recommended from Bollywood.