Last couple of times we have had problems to find some bit older titles from Blockbuster. The new releases are covered quite well but the older titles get less and less shelf space. Also there has been many times when we have (after long pondering) selected a movie, just to find out that all of the copies had been rented out. Many people seem to just ask from the counter for some titles and the (busy?) clerks forget to get the box from the shelves.
In UK, the two biggest in the field were Blockbuster and Screenselect. As the first one is the one we try to at least temporarily escape from, we ended up with the latter. The Amazon.co.uk and couple of others are also offering the similar service, some of them - like Tesco - seem to offer the same service as Screenselect just rebranded.
The first brief impressions from the new service:
- The selection is very good. The website claims they have 32000 titles. I had no problems to make the first 20-30 titles needed for the start. I couldn't help noticing a tiny feeling that something is missing - maybe some very newest titles aren't presented as well as in a high-street venue.
- I selected the delivery to be done to my work address. To be honest I was not confident that the dvd:s delivered to our shared staircase would be safe. The delivery system has worked without a hitch so far.
We have now used the free trial, and considering whether we are going to continue. The benefits of the films delivered using your preferred lists has been evident, and so has been the absence of the due dates. Should the monthly fee be couple of pounds less (now about 13 UKP) I wouldn't hesitate, but we'll see. Most probably we continue for couple of months and just do the raw calculations.
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