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It is easy to rent DVD movies online, but it helps if you know what type of service you want and how much you are prepared to pay. There many sites enabling you to rent online movies, but the best should offer you not just some, but all of the following:

1. A free trial period to enable you to properly assess the service offered by the company and whether their claims are exaggerated. You should have time to properly check out the services before having to make any payment: you will have to provide your credit or debit card details, but nothing will be debited until your trial period is up. It is normal to be asked for your debit or credit card details in advance when you rent DVD movies online, and that is how most free offers are organized, but it should be easy for you to cancel your payment at any time during the trial period.
2. A good selection of DVDs to choose from and an easy to use index and search system. You should be able to make your choice using a number of criteria, such as by actor, genre or movie title, and you should also be permitted to reserve movies that are fully booked when you want them.
3. selection of formats: when you rent online movies, you won’t expect to be provided with VHS formats any more, but you shoud be offered a choice of DVD or Blu-ray. Because Blu-ray is still relatively new it will be some time before all movies are available in the format, but where it is available, then your online movie rental company should be able to offer it to you.
4. very online video rental company should include the most modern videos in their library, and you should be able to order them even if they have yet to be released on video to the public. You should select an online movie rental company that allows you to place advance bookings for unreleased new movies so that you are amongst the first to receive them when they are available in video format.

If you find an online movie rental company that can offer you all of this then sign up for their free trial: if they don’t offer one then avoid them. While using the trial you ensure that you:

1. Find out how long it takes for you to receive your new videos after popping your returns into the post box. Mine takes two days: return on the Monday, your next delivery could be as early as the Wednesday – 1st Class postage should always be used, though you don’t pay for the stamp. Postal difficulties can present problems, but that is how the video rental company I use generally operates.
2. Every service that is offered should be provided exactly as stated. For instance, that you receive DVD series in the correct order, and not the second before the first series for example. In such cases you should be given a partial refund of your monthly payment without any quibbling. Not easy to achieve during a trial period, but you understand the idea.
3. Make sure that your children are unable to get access to the adult pages.
4. You should be secure in the knowledge that when you rent DVD movies online any damage done when you return them in the wallets provided is not charged to you. It is your rental business’s responsibility to provide packaging that will protect the videos in transit.
5. If your DVD is not received after you have posted it back, you should not be held responsible – at least not the first time. You might be charged for the DVD, but a good rental company will not do so: at least not for the first occurrence. Should it happen again shortly after, then don’t expect the same response, but you should never be asked to pay for the video the first time it happens, or even if there is a long time between occurrences – the post isn’t always perfect.

It is important not only that you fully understand your own responsibilities when you rent movies online, but also those of your rental company. Read and understand the fine print and what it means so that you are completely aware of the responsibilities of both the rental company and yourself should anything untowards happen.

Many families and individuals and families rent DVD movies online and doing so should be as simple as possible. When searching for a good company for you to rent movies online make sure that they offer everything you need, that you have a good choice of movies in all genres, that they offer you the format you need and that the price is right in the payment options you can use.

There are many DVD rental companies online, but you have to do some research and testing to find the best, so your first choices should come from those that offer free trial periods – at least initially.

10 Questions To Consider When Selecting An Online Video Store

1. Find a company that offers a complete categorical breakdown of what you expect at their site. There are DVDs that are selected based on your previous choices, Expert Picks, Highest Rated (among members,) Most Popular, New Releases, New To DVD, Coming Soon, Recent Reviews and Oscar Winners. With categories like these, it is easy for you to just click on what your interested in and move on to the next website.
2. Pricing. Are you really getting the best deal? Most DVD by mail companies will offer a trial service, but how much does it cost once the trial is over and how much will you being paying biweekly, monthly, annually etc.? To date, most DVD companies charge .99 a month.
3. Are there any specials, sweepstakes, or discounts offered for long-term membership? Why join any company that isn’t rewarding you for spending money with them?
4. Does the company have valid contact information and can they be contacted any day of the week? What happens if your video is lost in the mail or never arrived?
5. What is the process to cancel your subscription? Will you have to notify them in writing? Some companies will continue to bill you even though you spoke to a customer representative. If you must notify someone in writing, find out how soon and to whose attention do you send the letter.
6. Does the company automatically send you a feature DVD that you will have to respond to whether you want it or not? The company may send you something each month you don’t like will you able to make your own selections?
7. Are there options to buy DVDs? How much do they typically cost? If you csn buy it at Walmart for cheaper, don’t bother buying one on the website.
8. What is the policy if you should lose a DVD or it comes to you damaged? How do you return the DVD? Does the company have its own special packaging.
9. How long does it take to get movies? If you are finding it takes a lot longer than promised, send an email or talk to someone in customer service. The company may be making false claims.
10. Are there any due dates or late fees? You don’t want to be surprised when you open up your monthly credit card statement, now do you?

With its largest online collection of movies and collection of DVDs that you can rent, Netflix is considered the leader in the DVD movie space.  Read on to find out more on Netflix – what’s hot and what’s not.

• The biggest advantage about Netflix is that the movie is shipped directly to you. The arrival time is short since they have about a 100 delivery centers in the US. This means that in 96% of the cases, your movie would reach you a day after you had ordered for it.
• It has the biggest online collection of over 10,000 movies and season episodes.
• It also has a trial service of two weeks that you can be a part of. You can continue if you are satisfied at the end of the period, else you can simply cancel your account in an easy and hassle-free manner.
• You can also avail of their online library facility. The system can be easily set up and you can choose from a large number of movies by searching on a variety of keywords.
• Movies are moderately priced starting from $8.99 per month for a single DVD rental via the mail.
• There is no late fee charged. You can keep the movies as long as you want, provided that your subscription is active.

The monthly ‘2/3 DVDs at a time’ plan is worth selecting if you are an avid movie buff. Else you would probably like to start with ‘1 DVD at a time’ and select titles beforehand so that you have a steady stream of movies coming to you.

There may be a possibility of non-availability of the required movie in the delivery center that services your area. There have been complaints of long waiting periods and users having being placed in a queue for months together to be able to rent a new movie. This means that you may have to wait a trifle longer to have the movie delivered to you.  This is quite alright by most users, when you take into consideration the average rate of subscription and the fact that some of these movies may not be available with DVD rental stores or Netflix competitors.

There have also been murmurs of failing customer service off late.  When we decided to review this aspect, it was found that it was a one-on-one case where the customer service representative was probably having a bad day or so. It is certainly not a fault to hold the company against forever.

All in all, Netflix outshines competition with an immense DVD selection, good customer service and the fastest arrival time around. So if you’re looking for a rental service that can meet your movie needs, try the Netflix free trial. You would soon get hooked on to their services for prices that are lower than what you would normally spend.