Question about mail order dvd rental places.

[jack_ryder]

(x-posted from murasaki_1966)

We are thinking of joining one of the Netflix-like services in Australia.

Do any of you subscribe to such a service? How do you find the service? Is it worth it?

Basically, I have a lot of films I want to watch, but I don't always have time to watch them within the time that the DVD store lends them for. I need a bit more flexibility. I tend to buy things for this reason. So, in an effort to curb my DVD habit, I'm looking at joining such a service. Then I can work out if I actually like the film enough to buy it.

Comments

[dfordoom.livejournal.com]

Bigpond Movies is useless. Their website is a nightmare. Quickflix are OK. The problem is you're limited to Region 4 movies (don't get me started on the evil that is region coding), so it's great if you just love mainstream Hollywood blockbusters. On the other hand you do have a better chance of finding off-beat stuff with Quickflix than you'll ever have at a video store. Whatever non-mainstream stuff does get released her in Australia,they'll have it.

Webflicks are hopeless. Their range of movies is pitiful. You only have two choices really.
Also, Quickflix do unlimited plans, where you just keep sending the discs back and they keep sending them out. With Bigpond Movies you can't do that. So in fact there's only one choice, and that's Quickflix

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much our conclusion too. Thanks for the great analysis.

There is mainstream stuff I want to watch, but I don't feel like buying. So this seem like a good way of solving our problem. We will probably keep buying the off-beat stuff we like. We have the same problem with books: we'd use the library more often, if they had the sort of books I want to read....

[dfordoom.livejournal.com]

I've already borrowed the three worthwhile books in the local library!