Online DVD and Blu-ray Rental Services
The online DVD rental market is now well established with the multitude of providers of a few years ago now reduced to a few big names, and a couple of specialist services. Whatever your requirements, there is bound to be a service that suits your needs better than another one. We’ve compared the offerings and prices of the recommended providers so you can choose the best service for you.
LOVEFILM
LoveFilm are one of the biggest DVD Rental players at the moment boasting some 60,000 titles and also run the DVD Rental schemes for Amazon, Tescos and Easy Cinema, so they should all offer the same level of service as LoveFilm. They have a neat movie rental list where you can prioritise the discs between high, medium and low priority, and you can even have multiple lists. Despite this, they do sometimes seem to have problems sending out your most sought after movies. Their plans start at £3.99 for 2 movies a month so represent good value for money for viewers who don’t watch many movies.
Blockbuster
Blockbuster are the best known High Street DVD and games rental companies and also one of the biggest online DVD rental companies. They have a massive selection and their plans start at £4.99 for two movies a month. We were happy with their service and they seems to be able to supply old films as well as new. The plans aren’t as cheap as some others, but they do have a massive selection of titles.
Tesco
Tesco DVD rental are run by LoveFilm, so you can expect the same level of service. They do have a slightly different pricing structure with their base ‘Tesco Value’ package costing more than LoveFilm at 4.47 for two discs a month. Their one at a time unlimited package is cheaper at £8.97, but this does not include games.
Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso are one of the slightly more specialised DVD rental services. Whilst you can still get mainstream box office movies, if you are interested in expanding your movie watching horizons into world and arthouse film, Cinema Paradiso is probably for you. They have a wonderful array of brilliant and classic movies that will keep any film enthusiast happy. They also use longer description than most so as to describe the film on more detail. Plans start at £4.89 for two movies a month.
Based on the service we have received, we don’t think you can go far wrong with any of the current DVD rental services. For low renters, LoveFilm and Tesco are the best, and for high volume renters, Blockbuster, Tesco and LoveFilm all represent good value for money. Blu-ray renters will have to keep checking to see how the selection of each service increases, currently LoveFilm is your best bet. If you are looking to broaden your movie horizons though, Cinema Paradiso is the best, and at the moment, our favourite.
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Good article, I found it very helpful. Currently trying to choose the best deal fo me, there’s some good looking deals there.