Back in the 1980’s renting a movie from your local high street store was all the rage. You could take a trip to the shops and come back with all the latest releases, borrow them for a night and then return them to the shop the next day.

dvd rental by post was the next evolution of this service, becoming the most popular method of renting movies in recent years.

How Does It Work?

Renting movies by post is a quite simple process, thanks to something we like to call the Internet. The customer simply has to request a dvd rental account online and uses the online interface to request copies of the movies they want and the order in which they would like to receive them.

The movies are then dispatched to the customers address with a pre-paid return envelope. All the customer then has to do is pop the movies back in the post when they have finished watching them.

How Much Does It Cost?

There a number of different packages available when renting movies online, that start from as little as ?3.88 per month for up to two films a month with the customer receiving only one at a time (at time of writing). There are more expensive packages available where you can keep up to 3 movies at a time whilst borrowing an unlimited number per month.

Is It Worth It?

Whilst the number of movies you can borrow per month will never be as many as that are available through the movie premium channels on TV, you will have access to the latest releases much earlier when renting.

Also, the alternatives at the minute are not so good. Streaming movies via the Internet is still in its infancy and is quite costly, also renting via your TV service is comparatively quite expensive (renting online is half the cost of just one pay per view movie for example).

There is only one person who can decide whether renting movies by post is right for you, and thankfully to help unsure customers make up their minds most dvd rental companies offer generous free trials that can last up to 30 days. So my advice would be is to try before you buy to make sure you fully utilise the service.

-By: James D Breckenridge

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