Comments on: Clutter-free movie viewing

By: adora

adora — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:28:53 +0000

The public libraries actually have most of the movies there is at a video rental stores, but the good ones are all in circulation so you don’t see them on the shelves.
You can browse the catalogue online and request them. They will put a hold on the item when it’s avaliable for you. They give you auto-phonecall or email depending on your local library policy. It can be a long wait for popular ones, but I wait average of 2 month from the DVD release date.
At my local library, they have a policy for keeping the waiting list shorter than 20 for each copy. For Pirates of Carribean, they got 16 copies because there were 200 people waiting. One can only borrow the movie for 1 week. This works very well, I have never waited longer than 4 months.

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:37:55 +0000

If you have access, try an academic library (university or college), there is usually a MUCH shorter wait period than the public library. I’ve worked at a U-Wisconsin library for 5 years and haven’t rented a movie since I came here! Last movies I saw were The Queen, Good Shepherd, and Notes on a Scandal…pretty up to date!

By: James

James — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:08:55 +0000

Yeah, the library is great. They usually do have the latest and greatest, but you end up being #1,045 on the list.

By: lantzilla

lantzilla — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:00:14 +0000

The library is free and legal. Sure, you might not get the newest releases, but there is so much good old stuff out there that I haven’t seen yet!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:45:55 +0000

you forgot about REDBOX!!! It is seriously the coolest thing ever! It’s the dvd vending machine….$1/night for new releases. This is the first time in a long time I have been caught up on new releases! Check out http://www.redbox.com for locations. I haven’t been to Blockbuster in like 6 months.

But don’t cancel your membership anywhere… The only downside is that it is only new releases. So if their is an older movie you’d like, you won’t find it at Redbox.

For real!! just a buck!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:36:41 +0000

I’m like a criminal amongst the video rental stores in my area. I believe they have a poster of my mugshot with the words, “Kill On Site!” underneath it.

And yeah, they spelled sight, “Site”.

I just make friends with people who buy DVDs religiously. Then borrow their’s. Same goes for video games. Movies seem to be too hard to manage over a computer (for me, at least). So I stick with DVDs. Since I’m an organizing freak, I’m pretty good at keeping my DVDs in line and out of the way.

I’m just horrible with due dates. Maybe I should try Netflix? Of course, my current method is free.