View Poll Results: How do you rent a movie?
From Blockbuster Video or another rental shop
27
38.03%
Through an online rental website
39
54.93%
I don't just download them using P2P software
5
7.04%
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How do you prefer to rent a movie?
03-18-04, 10:57 AM
#2
DVD Talk Limited Edition
I hardly ever rent, so the online stores don't do me much good. I save money by renting through Blockbuster...and even then if I find a good deal many times it's cheaper to buy.
03-18-04, 11:17 AM
#8
DVD Talk Legend
Originally posted by jjokocha
Would you ever consider going online?
Would you ever consider going online?
I don't rent enough to make the monthly fee worthwhile.
I tend to only rent when I get a good coupon, like my recent 99-cent rentals at Hollywood Video.
03-18-04, 12:03 PM
#14
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally posted by JuryDuty
I hardly ever rent, so the online stores don't do me much good. I save money by renting through Blockbuster...and even then if I find a good deal many times it's cheaper to buy.
I hardly ever rent, so the online stores don't do me much good. I save money by renting through Blockbuster...and even then if I find a good deal many times it's cheaper to buy.
03-18-04, 12:09 PM
#16
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Netflix all the way. I haven't rented a movie from Blockbuster since the Shrek rental card deal.
Netflix [or other online rentals, NF is what I use] is convenient, easy to use, and their selection beats the pants off of BB [or other rental places, BB is the only one within 30 miles of me].
It also allows me to try certain titles such as TV series or anime which are too expensive to buy blind, but that I'm not sure I'd ever watch again.
Generally a movie I'm interested in, or a TV show I know I like, I'll just buy, esp. when movies can be found for ~15 bucks. But I have saved a bunch of money renting things like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Six Feet Under, Dilbert, that I want to see but don't want to shell out for.
We are debating cancelling NF, though; since I got a PS2 for Christmas, I'm spending more time playing games than watching DVD's. But we're on the old version of the 2-out plan, and the 2-plan now sucks, so I wouldn't want to go back to that. We'll probably stay on--even if I watch 4 disks a month for ~15 bucks, that's cheaper than one title that I might not like. And, again, that's especially true for TV series or anime.
Netflix [or other online rentals, NF is what I use] is convenient, easy to use, and their selection beats the pants off of BB [or other rental places, BB is the only one within 30 miles of me].
It also allows me to try certain titles such as TV series or anime which are too expensive to buy blind, but that I'm not sure I'd ever watch again.
Generally a movie I'm interested in, or a TV show I know I like, I'll just buy, esp. when movies can be found for ~15 bucks. But I have saved a bunch of money renting things like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Six Feet Under, Dilbert, that I want to see but don't want to shell out for.
We are debating cancelling NF, though; since I got a PS2 for Christmas, I'm spending more time playing games than watching DVD's. But we're on the old version of the 2-out plan, and the 2-plan now sucks, so I wouldn't want to go back to that. We'll probably stay on--even if I watch 4 disks a month for ~15 bucks, that's cheaper than one title that I might not like. And, again, that's especially true for TV series or anime.
03-18-04, 12:32 PM
#18
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Has anyone tried Movielink or whatever, the legal service that allows you to 'rent' a movie by downloading it, you have X days to start watching it, then X hours to finish watching it.
I wonder how they're doing--I signed up and downloaded a freebie, but I wasn't impressed. I guess once computers make it more into the living room, they'll do better, but for now, if I'm going to watch something, it's going to be on a disk on my big tv where I can sit on my comfy sofa. If I'm on the computer, I'm more apt to play a game or surf the net.
I did, however, use my wife's dvd drive to watch a couple Netflix disks when she was watching one of her shows. I could have actually gone upstairs to the bonus room, because we have a dvd player there too, but didn't think about it. But also, those were 22 minute tv shows, not a 2 hour movie.
I wonder how they're doing--I signed up and downloaded a freebie, but I wasn't impressed. I guess once computers make it more into the living room, they'll do better, but for now, if I'm going to watch something, it's going to be on a disk on my big tv where I can sit on my comfy sofa. If I'm on the computer, I'm more apt to play a game or surf the net.
I did, however, use my wife's dvd drive to watch a couple Netflix disks when she was watching one of her shows. I could have actually gone upstairs to the bonus room, because we have a dvd player there too, but didn't think about it. But also, those were 22 minute tv shows, not a 2 hour movie.
03-18-04, 12:32 PM
#19
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
I hardly rent these days. When I first started watching DVD movies, I would rent them from Blockbuster. Then I found netflix which is more convenient because I don't have to drive to Blockbuster to return the movies. But you have to pay monthly fee even if you don't want to watch any movies.
Now I just buy the movies I really like and will watch at least a few times throughout, so it makes buying worthwhile.
Now I just buy the movies I really like and will watch at least a few times throughout, so it makes buying worthwhile.
03-18-04, 01:12 PM
#21
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Originally posted by killbot-5
Come on, all you have to do is rent more than 4 discs in a month to make it all worthwhile!
Come on, all you have to do is rent more than 4 discs in a month to make it all worthwhile!
03-18-04, 01:14 PM
#22
DVD Talk Legend
Walk to bookshelf, pick out movie.
milo bloom: "Hey milo, can I rent this?"
milo bloom: "Sure, but if you scratch it, I'll kick you in the nuts"
milo bloom: "You bitch."
Watch movie, return to bookshelf.
milo bloom: "Hey milo, can I rent this?"
milo bloom: "Sure, but if you scratch it, I'll kick you in the nuts"
milo bloom: "You bitch."
Watch movie, return to bookshelf.
