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Blockbuster Total Access
April 26, 2007 | | TrackBacks

I recommend this online movie rental service to anyone that asks. Every time the Blockbuster clerk asks me how I like their online service, I emphatically say I love it! Blockbuster Total Access has several plans available, two of which I've tried. The first included 3 movies at a time, one monthly free rental coupon and then of course with all of their plans, the ability to exchange the shipped movie with a rental from the store. The second plan is the same except it is 1 movie at at time instead of 3. Unless you plan to watch a movie every single night or your household has several people wanting to rent different movies, the 1 at a time plan should be sufficient. I usually can watch 2 movies a week with that plan making the $7.99 cost well worth it. And what I've found is if I do need more movies, I head over to the Harris Teeter and rent it for $1 in their Red Box that Asem reviewed. And from what I understand from gamer friends, you can also rent games with the service. The only drawbacks I can see from this is if you don't have a Blockbuster near you--mine is about a mile away--or if you are interested in obscure or older movies, apparently NetFlix has a better selection. All in all, I don't think this can be beat!

DVDXpress
February 7, 2007 | | TrackBacks

"If you can use an ATM you can use DVDXpress to rent the hottest new release DVDs, instantly"

I was walking around minding my own business through my Harris Teeter located at Morrocroft, which is fondly nicknamed Taj MaTeeter due to its enormous size I guess, and came across this really bright red kiosk called 'DVDXpress'. Apparently its a hi-tech DVD rental vending machine. For a $1/night you can rent from a kiosk stacked with a surprisingly decent selection of new releases. Best of all they're located at convenient places (e.g. supermarkets) so its not like yer going out of yer way to rent, therefore location wise its spot on! You can use credit cards [all of em], and even coupons; they've done a great job in making it easy to rent [Note: They naturally do NOT accept cash].. best yet you dont need a membership! I love not having a membership.. wish more business' would follow that model.. I'm not fond of all you other businesses that make my wallet/keychains all bloated with your annoying membership cards.

In terms of hi-tech, you can log onto their website and check to see a particular kiosk's inventory! So the second it gets stocked with the new release yer dying to watch you can go rent it and go grab groceries at the same time in my case.

Im impressed.. the rental prices might be a tad bit expensive.. but Im expecting this company to grow tremendously and end up merging/being acquired by Netflix or Blockbuster at some point.

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