Re: FN-FORUM: OT DVD rental

date posted 15th November 2007 23:17

On 15 Nov 2007, at 08:35, Tony Crockford wrote:

>
> I'm about to give the Sky Movies package the boot and replace it
> with an online DVD rental plan.
>
> anyone have any experience of online DVD rentals?

Yeap, I used to work for one :)

>
>
> any preferences?

VideoIsland^H^H^H ScreenSelect^H^H^H LoveFilm -> VideoIsland
merged with ScreenSelect and then with LoveFilm and it's by far the
main player in UK.

> what sort of throughput is possible?

I'm getting disks in about 2 days from return.

> e.g. Amazon do an unlimited per month deal with one at home at a
> time - how many do you think I could get through in a month, given
> that I have to return one before they send another...

It's standard practice to do unlimited, although there is no such
things as unlimited (Royal Mail makes sure of that :) )


> or is it better to have a monthly limit, but more out at a time?

It depends how many you see a month. I'm seeing them on my iPhone in
the good old London Underground.

Paul