joanas said:
Have used this service in the past but with the postal service in the state it is I was lucky to get delivery of one dvd per week and so it worked out more expensive that xtra vision etc. The subscription was 19.99 per month which works out at a fiver a week and you can rent 2 dvd's from xtra vision for 8 euro.
I got utterly p1ssed off with the ever increasing charge of rentals from Xtravision and especially with the
late charges - with a new baby daughter, I don't always get to watch the DVD I want when I want to! And I never got to watch the special features on the same night so essentially never got to watch them before the DVD was due back.
The late charges are the real killer - rent a new DVD for two nights and you might as well have bought it second hand on eBay.
I have thus been using DVDrentals.ie / for some months now. The postal service adds an element of uncertainty all right - sometimes I would post a DVD back (freepost) on a Tuesday and have another DVD out to me on Thursday. Other times, I would post back on Wednesday but not get the new one until Monday, leaving me with no DVD to watch over the weekend.
DVDRentals / Screenclick's Bronze service - one DVD at a time - used to be €20 a month as stated and the Silver - two DVDs at one time - was €28. However, this was not competitive compared to [broken link removed] which reportedly has a wider number of titles and only charges €13 for one DVD at a time (€25 for two and €35 for three).
But DVDRentals / Screenclick have now dropped their prices as follows:
Silver - €19.99 (2 DVDs at a time)
Gold - €27.99 (3 DVDs at a time)
Platinum - €34.99 (4 DVDs at a time)
...thus they have upgraded everyone from the (now defunct) Bronze to Silver, Silver to Gold etc.
I heard that this was going to happen 2 months ago so stuck with them.
Two or more DVDs on the go is much better - you nearly always have one to watch, even while one is in the post.