How Should You Rent a Movie?

[Opal Carlson]

Renting a movie used to be simple. You drive to the rental shop, pick
out a movie, pay the rental fee, take it home, watch it, and bring it
back. Now it is not so simple. But that's not a bad thing! It's more
complicated but that's because there are more choices and better
offers. Find out how you can win big from the new choices available.
You can still rent the old-fashioned way. Blockbuster still has stores
everywhere that you can go to and pick up the latest flicks. If you
rent a movie about 3 times a year, this is probably the best way for
you. If you still love blockbuster but are moving on, move on with
them. They now offer a very flexible mail service. You can sign up
with a monthly fee. They will mail you the movies you want. With some
plans, you can even exchange them for movies in-store, or you can drop
them off to get new ones in the mail faster.
Netflix is also a movie by mail service. You can sign up and receive
up to four movies at a time. You keep a list on their website and they
will send you those at the top of the list. Once you are finished, you
just mail them back and they will send the next ones. This is a good
alternative to Blockbuster if you want more movies at a time. You can
get a maximum of 4 movies at a time with Neflix but only 3 at a time
with blockbuster.
If you aren't interested in movies by mail but want them faster, you
can rent them by downloading. Services such as Cinema Now and Amazon's
Unbox service allow you to download movies and watch them as often as
you want within a certain time frame. It is cheaper than downloading
the movie to keep, but it's faster then renting from a store or
through the mail. You can watch them on your computer, or if you can
connect your computer to your television screen you can watch it on
there. Downloading is the fastest way because it is instant, although
you can't keep it for as long as you want.
There are ups and downs to each type of service. Though one down for
one person might not be a big deal to someone else. For example,
someone might see downloading as not worth it because they can only
watch it on their computer while someone who can connect their
computer to the screen doesn't see it as a big deal. Also, someone
might find it a hassle to have to send back movies through the mail
and wait while someone else who doesn't watch movies that often would
rather wait and have some time in between anyway.
How should you rent a movie? It all depends on your preferences.
Choose the service that is right for you. You can even give each a try
and see which you like best. For more information about these services
or if you want to sign up now, check out the link in the author bio
below.