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Hi
I understand there are a number of sites where
you can rent dvd`s via post.

Can anyone give me a few urls or recommendations.

I would like to try this out.

TIA

Give this company a try. i have used them in the past........good customer service. They also have a weekly newsletter if you register your details.

http://www.dvdoptions.com/

The first reply seemed to me somewhat incomplete, so at the risk of being accused of advertising I would add the following as information of general interest to readers of this thread.

For region One discs Netflix is the undoubted DVD rental leader, but I suspect you must live in the US to use their service, despite it`s being advertised in the UK via mp3.com.
There is also Movietrak, who supply on a per disc basis, and seem to offer a good service. Then there is In-Movies offering unlimited DVDs for fixed monthly payments. ViewDVD is similar to In-Movies, and I will say no more by way of comparison, in view of my obvious interest in that company. Blockbusters tell me they plan a rental service of some kind in this new year. Overall the computer literati have quite a choice.

Just to give you a little more info about dvdoptions.com...........when you hire the dvd you get it for 7 days, they also state the date that you need to post it back by.

The dvd hire prices range from £2.99 to £3.50. The dvd`s are posted in little plastic durable sleeves together with a pre-paid returns envelope. There is no joining fee either.

I have no vested interest in this company!!!

Hope this helps.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 2nd January 2002, 12:18

Was an in-movies.com member for 5 or 6 months. The only problems I had were always down to crappy Royal Mail.

The in-movies guys themselves were always very helpful and the service was quite good.

I cancelled `cos I wasnt getting the time to watch more than 2 DVDs a week.

Regarding this issue of just how crappy the Royal Mail service is, I understand that 89 percent of all UK first class letter mail arrives the next day, which doesn`t seem to me to be all that bad, though there is obvious room for improvement.

I am a little puzzled why the previous post decided to cancel the In-Movies subscription on the grounds of not having time to watch more than 2 films a week, because that suggests a throughput of around 8 per month, and although I`m no rocket scientist this seems to work out at less than £2 per rental, well below most other offers. In our family there is more than one viewer (and more than one DVD player, now they cost less than £100) so we don`t have that problem, in fact our little boy watches his Disneys time and time again, so we keep them for weeks, at no extra rental cost.

I saw a PR sheet from Netflix (in the US) that their average monthly rental rate was 5.6 times a month for $20, suggesting an average much less than 2 a week for their 300,000 subscribers, by the way.

If your looking to rent DVD in the UK try Movietrek, at.

http://www.movietrak.com/

I`ve used they alot, and they only change about £3.50 per film (inc p&p) for a week.

The only real problem I have with the post is at Christmas, but I guess that`s to be expected.

Yes, Movietrak must be a good on-line rental option for occasional viewers, but the flat monthly rate rental people (of which I am one, so declare my interest) are really in competition with the likes of Sky, and aim to supply the higher volume viewer fed up with an arguably poor selection of movies from satellite transmissions, as well as a lower than DVD quality. The flat raters also come into their own when the local video library has folded, as many are right now, or is geographically distant, e.g. in outlying areas. The thing about all these rental firms is you can browse though their lists to compare their strengths and weaknesses before making a choice. At ViewDVD we have titles which In Movies and Movietrak don`t have, and vice versa. So it`s important to check whether the genre of most interest to you is well supported when deciding which flat rate rental firm to subscribe to.

This item was edited on Monday, 7th January 2002, 01:18

Why did I cancel?
Cos if I was only watching 2 a week, I preffered to pay more at BlockBusters and get exactly what I fancied rather than getting something from in-movies that I wasnt in the mood for that day...Plus I as also buying an average of 3 or 4 DVDs a month - had to make time for those as well. I also tend to buy the best Disneys...

89% of Royal Mail might arrive next day but 89% of my DVDs did not arrive the next day - it was more like 30-40% arrived on time. I heard that the 89% was for normal envelopes. If you were sending something that looked over the standard 1st class weight limit it was more likely to be delayed - certainly applied in my case.

There is a relatively new service offered at www.theeggbox.com. Rather than paying for the week it charges 50p per day.