If you compare the movie retrieval process today to what it was like 15 years ago, there are a lot of improvements and changes. Back then, if you wanted to buy a movie, you had to go to the store and buy a VHS tape. If you wanted to rent a movie, you had to go to a rental store and rent a VHS tape for a couple of days and then return it. There were very few options. Also, if the rental store didn’t have the movie, you couldn’t watch it, and there were plenty of movies the rental store didn’t have.

Today there are so many different choices. VHS tapes are no longer the way to go. Now we watch DVDs. If you want to buy a DVD, you can go to the store or shop online. You can also find many older movies that are now available on DVD. If you want to rent a DVD, you can go to the rental store, which is usually just blockbuster. I doubt you could find many if any of the old mom and pop rental stores that use to make up the majority of rental stores. You can rent them from Blockbuster and keep them for a while longer. They say there are no late fees, but if you keep a DVD for too long, they will just charge you for the DVD.

Another choice in renting is through Netflix or Blockbusters mail order process. You can subscribe to the program of either company, pay a monthly fee, receive DVDs in the mail, and mail them back when you are finished. When they receive the DVD you mailed back, they will send the next movie on your list. You can subscribe to get 1 DVD at a time, 2 at a time, or more. Blockbuster even allows you to return the DVD right to the store if you want. This is a great option for those who don’t want to have to drive out to the rental store all the time.

One problem with this type of renting is that if you only want to rent a movie on occasion, you have to wait for it to come in the mail, or if you don’t have any movies you feel like watching, you get sent a movie your not interested in and still have to pay the bill. This is where another renting option comes in, movie downloading. With programs like Cinema Now, you can download any movie you want that is available at your convenience. You don’t have to wait for it to come in the mail and you don’t have to drive anywhere to get it.

Are movie downloads a better choice? They are for a certain person. If you like to watch movies at your disposal, don’t like waiting for the mail or driving anywhere, and watch movies a lot, getting a service like this is great. If you don’t rent movies often, you can still rent downloads from Amazon only when you want to. If you are interested in learning more about either of these services, click the link below.

By: Samantha Asher

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Roku takes Amazon Video On Demand into private beta

We knew good and well that Roku’s movie set-top-box would be supporting Amazon Video On Demand in the not-too-terribly-distant future, and apparently the private beta has begun.

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Nice spot by digital media blogger Dave Zatz.

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There is a screen on the Roku Netflix Player that goes way beyond the basic menus. I used this screen to correct syncing problems on certain movies.

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Roku Netflix set-top video box now beta testing Amazon Video … – That cheap $99 Roku Netflix box that we love so much is about to get even more versatile.

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Since 1999, movie fans have had the luxury of selecting movies for viewing from the comfort of their home computer and then receiving them at their door through the mail.
Online movie rental services allow users a huge selection and affordable prices as well as convenience. Perhaps the only drawback to these services has been the wait between returning movies and receiving the next ones in the queue.

It appears that those movie fans who prefer more immediate gratification may soon see the method of movie delivery begin shifting in their favor. Netflix has announced on their website that they are beginning to phase in electronic delivery of movies to their subscribers. Switching service over to internet delivery exclusively will take a number of years as the online movie rental service has over 70,000 titles to its credit and the readiness of many consumers and the film industry is still a step behind. However, some current subscribers will begin seeing at least 1,000 titles available for immediate viewing in January 2007 with additional subscribers having the service added each week through the end of June 2007.

In its infancy, the new Netflix "Watch Now" feature will allow viewing of movies on personal computers/laptops that have a high speed connection and a Microsoft Windows operating system. However, the company reports that the future goal is to make their movies available on all internet connected screens; for instance on cell phones, iPods and computers with Apple OS.

The electronic delivery offered by Netflix offers some advantages over many download services as it is a real-time playback technology and allows viewers to begin viewing films as they are received versus waiting for the download to occur. Although meeting the demand for greater immediacy is a primary advantage to the Netflix "Watch Now" option, some convenience features will be welcomed by subscribers as well. After a 60 second browser applet installation, subscribers will even be able to pause and move forward within films using a simple position bar, giving viewers greater control.

Current subscribers to the Netflix online movie rental service will have access to view up to 48 hours of films per month on the internet streaming service based on the plan in which they participate; the more films per month included in their plan, the more streamed movies they will be able to view. There is no additional charge for viewing streamed movies versus those delivered through the traditional mail method.

Obviously, this news offers current Netflix customers a great new option for getting movies delivered into their home. For those who aren’t current customers it certainly demonstrates that the future of online movie rental is firmly headed in the direction of electronic delivery.

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