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On 25 Feb 2005 21:00:17 -0800, "Boo" <> wrote:

>There was a PBS series that I found on blockbuster, but they only had 3
>of the 7 DVD's in the series. The other 4 didn't even exist in their
>inventory. Who would want to watch #1, #5, and #6 in a series?

Someone who has only 2, 3, 4 and 7?

Neither Netflix or BB would work for me as I don't regularly watch
enough new DVDs in a month to justify the cost. Some months it would
be great, but other times it would be wasted money.


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In article <>, Jon Purkey
<> wrote:

> On 25 Feb 2005 21:00:17 -0800, "Boo" <> wrote:
>
> >There was a PBS series that I found on blockbuster, but they only had 3
> >of the 7 DVD's in the series. The other 4 didn't even exist in their
> >inventory. Who would want to watch #1, #5, and #6 in a series?
>
> Someone who has only 2, 3, 4 and 7?
>
> Neither Netflix or BB would work for me as I don't regularly watch
> enough new DVDs in a month to justify the cost. Some months it would
> be great, but other times it would be wasted money.
>
You do find yourself renting crap just to see how bad it really is. No
idea how much longer I'll stay, although my queue has filled up again
with "good" stuff after a month of mostly bad horror films.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

In article <>, theyak
<> wrote:

> In article <240220052255308226%>,
> says...

> > Which makes it all the more annoying that Netflix is still missing a
> > number of movies that are at my local Blockbusters. In a perfect world
> > we could rent online for a reasonable per dvd price ($1.50-$2.00) and
> > pick whichever service had the title we want. NO one rental place is
> > going to have everything, given the number of releases, and I'd like to
> > see specialty sites spring up.
> >
> >
>
>
> www.greencine.com
>
> It's all specialty.
>
Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
the movies I rent.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

In article <260220051333476534%>,
says...
> In article <>, theyak
> <> wrote:
>
> > In article <240220052255308226%>,
> > says...
>
> > > Which makes it all the more annoying that Netflix is still missing a
> > > number of movies that are at my local Blockbusters. In a perfect world
> > > we could rent online for a reasonable per dvd price ($1.50-$2.00) and
> > > pick whichever service had the title we want. NO one rental place is
> > > going to have everything, given the number of releases, and I'd like to
> > > see specialty sites spring up.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > www.greencine.com
> >
> > It's all specialty.
> >
> Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
> justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
> thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
> rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
> the movies I rent.
>
>


Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
know of.

In article <>, theyak
<> wrote:

> In article <260220051333476534%>,
> says...

> > Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
> > justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
> > thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
> > rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
> > the movies I rent.
> >
> >
>
>
> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
> know of.

Sounds like an opening for new companies, instead of going against
Netflix head to head...

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

On 2/26/2005 11:37:41 AM, theyak wrote:

> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
> know of.

There is for porn. I'm not sure about mainstream DVDs. I would think
so.
--
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"Invid Fan" <> wrote in message
news:260220051643068036%...
> In article <>, theyak
> <> wrote:
>
>> In article <260220051333476534%>,
>> says...
>
>> > Yes, interesting site. Still, you have to pay a monthly fee. I can only
>> > justify paying for one such site, so would have to drop Netflix and
>> > thus lose access to non-specialty films. I REALLY want to be able to
>> > rent two movies from one site, 5 from another, etc, and just pay for
>> > the movies I rent.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that I
>> know of.
>
> Sounds like an opening for new companies, instead of going against
> Netflix head to head...

Netflix used to be 'ala carte' - i.e., pay for each movie you rent. They
did this for the first two or three years of their existence; they changed
to 'subscription' about 5 or 6 years ago.

theyak <> wrote:

>
> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that
> I know of.

There's DVD Overnight, but I've never personally tried them.

http://www.dvdovernight.com


Manda

On 2/27/2005 5:50:26 AM, Manda wrote:

> theyak <> wrote:
>
>>
>> Find a local video store. There's no ala carte online dvd rental that
>> I know of.
>
> There's DVD Overnight, but I've never personally tried them.
>
> http://www.dvdovernight.com

I used them a few years ago and was very pleased with their service.
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