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Posted by dgates on 12/02/06 22:59
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:22:05 GMT, root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote:
>I recently finished free trials of both Neflix and Blockbuster video
>rental services. I live in the greater Los Angeles area, about 20
>miles from the Blockbuster center, forty miles from the Netflix site.
>The local Blockbuster rental store is within easy walking distance.
>The Netflix trial was for four weeks, the Blockbuster for two.
>
>Based upon this experience the Blockbuster service was in every
>way superior to that of Netflix. Netflix does not process orders
>on weekends or holidays, Blockbuster seems to work 24/7. Netflix
>requires two-way mail service for every disk, you can return
>your disks to your local Blockbuster store, have the disks scanned
>in, and the Blockbuster center will ship your next entry.
>
>As an example, I returned a disk to my local Blockbuster store
>on Thanksgiving day; the Blockbuster center received notice
>and shipped out a replacement that day; I received the replacement
>on the day after Thanksgiving.
>
>Upon returning a disk to the local Blockbuster you can take out
>a free rental for any disk in the store. Following on my
>Thanksgiving experience above, after I returned the disk I was
>able to take out another immediately. There is no way that Netflix
>can match that.
>
>If you are interested in video rental by mail I encourage you to
>take advantage of the Blockbuster free trial.
Based on your description, if Blockbuster offered the exact same
selection as NetFlix (and the monthly plan cost about the same), I
would be very inclined to switch.
How's the selection at Blockbuster? I just hit their site, as a
non-member, and searched for a couple of the more obscure movies on my
Netflix queue:
Cats (1998)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Soylent Green
David Bowie: A Reality Tour
The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)
Schizopolis
I got search results for every single one of these, but I can't tell
if that means that, as a monthly member, those movies would be
available to me. (Sometimes, for search results, a site will just
show any movie in its DB, even if it doesn't actually have the movie
available.)
I got search results for the "Pinky Violence Collection," but it's for
the purchase of a boxed set. I didn't see any sign that I'd be able
to rent, say, "Pinky Violence Collection: Criminal Woman." (Is "rent"
the right word to use when you're dealing with Blockbuster's monthly
plan?)
Anyway, how's the actual rental selection for Blockbuster online
members?
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