http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/ Engadget HD Comments for Ask Engadget HD: What's the best movie rental service? http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
It is a close battle, but Netflix watch instantly has more movies worth watching (especially with STARZ now) than our Blockbuster store has, and is more convinient. Netflix could lose me, i'm not an out and out fanboy, but i've been very satisfied with the service, their pricing is still some of the best (on the low-end especially).]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 6th 2008 1:30AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 6th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
There cost is a little higher than Netflix when it comes to in store trade-ins. I have been trying out Media Malls PlayOn for the PS3 and I do like having the ability to stream the movies. I have not used many of the streaming movies because of the movies that can be steamed on Netflix using PlayOn very little of them interest me.

For now I am sticking with Blockbuster for the in store trade-ins. That may change sometime in the future if I think Netflix gives me more value.

I don't know about any other movie rental services other than Netflix and Blockbuster]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
The ability to stream on so many of my devices now with Netflix is fantastic. Granted I am not an avid user of that service, once the HD streaming is on my Xbox I'm sure I will use it more. However, the main reason I am a big proponent of Netflix over the "other guy" is that I feel the selection of Blu-Ray movies available at Netflix is much greater. Sometimes I do get long lead times which annoys me, but overall I am very happy with their service. I do not have the good fortune of Brooks of same day service (would be nice considering the post office where my Netflix place is is across the street) but I do get very fast turnaround anyway.

If it were not for the unlimited in-store exchanges at Blockbuster we most likely would have cancelled that service and simply upped our Netflix account for more DVDs.]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
The only problem is the "Watch Now" feature only works with the main queue, mine. So my movie preferences get skewed and I have to add movies for my kids and wife to my watch now list that I don't want to see. Hopefully they will fix that before the 360 player becomes available this month. That way my kids can watch their movie on the 360, the wife on her macbook and me on my mbp ]]>Nov 5th 2008 11:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
I was with Blockbuster Online for about a year but I finally had to bail. It is totally flawed and horribly run.

Netflix blows it out of the water.]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
I've got about a 2 day turn around with Netflix and I must be in an area that BD's aren't rented much because I've never had a delay renting them which seems to be a complaint with many people. I've also got a Roku box and love having a large reserve of old classics (both TV and movies) at the ready.

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I used to be a Blockbuster subscriber, it was a sweat deal because I could trade in my mailed movies for one from the store. That evidently was too good of a deal because Blockbuster started to limit that to only a few times a month. I eventually took a break from Blockbuster when finals came around. After I graduated and had more time, I decided to try Netflix out. I liked the price and the turn-around time initially, but with their new streaming service, I'm sold. While Blockbuster used to give me super fast turn-around by letting me go to the store and get something, Netflix has beaten that by letting me get what I want instantly.

On another note, I suspect that Netflix is successfully planning world domination. They'll include more and more material on their service, start to have TV shows and movies right when they're released, sports games will eventually stream realtime. The price will go up a bit, and commercials will eventually be added here and there (with the potential of a higher tier to skip commercials). In the end, we will achieve the holy-grail of media.

It's going to come eventually, and I think Netflix is making smart decisions that might make them the ones to bring it to us.]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
Then again, envelopes was NOT a factor when I canceled and switched to Netflix.]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
I supplement the need for a "right now" movie with Redbox.]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Morally opposed to Blockbuster since they used to buy edited movies and not carry movies like Boys Don't Cry. I don't like to mix religious views and censorship and the movie rental company I choose. BB has gone away from this, but I haven't forgotten those choices.]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
That went away when the parent company sold them off and Blockbuster resumed making decisions based on what sells versus fringe moral impulses.]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 10th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
Streaming to the PC, plus the ability to stream to my Xbox on Nov 19th is waaay too much to pass up on.]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
I've never been one to put all my eggs in one basket so I do continue to watch Netflix with great interest, the recent HD streaming announcement sounds interesting, but my understanding is that you will need at least a 7mbps connection for it to work and as a DSL subscriber, it seems like I may be S.O.L. if I switched for this feature.]]>Nov 5th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/I believe Blu will be coming soon, as well!]]>Nov 5th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/
Someone mentioned getting a heroes fix... does watch it now have current season shows available immediately???

Going to miss my HBO/Sho series, but i guess they'll be new to me once i get the hardcopies a few months later anyhow...]]>Nov 5th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 4:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 5th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 12th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/I can say the switch was a positive change. I can trade my movies in at the store for new ones. Even if I don't trade, they scan in the mailer and I have a new movie shipped within 24 hrs (Netflix can't claim that one). You can still rent HD-DVDs from Blockbuster .. as well as Blu-ray of course. My local store carries Blu-ray. That said, the HD streaming to Xbox360 might be the one thing that would make me switch ... if you didn't have to be an Xbox Live Gold member. I don’t want to pay $50 a year for the privilege. The Xbox Live HD downloads are temping .. but $6 for an download HD rental? No thanks! I do like the fact that Blockbuster online has download movies (not streaming) .... but trying to charge for them when Netflix is offering them for free is ridiculous ... and no HD. Are you listening Blockbuster? ]]>Nov 5th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/05/ask-engadget-hd-whats-the-best-movie-rental-distribution-servi/Nov 6th 2008 8:29AM