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[J134]Just Out On Dvd

by J Schipper, J S

One of the most popular options, NetFlix, offers 3 rental programs. The cheapest option is $11.99, allows 2 DVDs to be taken out at one time before being returned, at a maximum of 4 per month. Their second option is priced at $14.99, allows 2 DVDs at one time, with an unlimited number per month. Their most expensive plan allows 3 DVDs at once, with no monthly limit, for $17.99. The user selects a list of favorite movies, the first 2 or 3 are mailed out, and as they are mailed back after viewing the company sends the next ones on the list. Movies arrive in a day, shipping is free both ways and you can keep them as long as you want without late fees. The company has 55,000 movies to choose from, from classics to recent releases.

NetFlix is advertised and promoted by Walmart, since this store ended its own DVD rentals on June 17, 2005.

Not to be outdone, Blockbuster has an online rental plan with slightly lower fees for the standard 3-movies-at-a-time program, as well as in-store coupons to users who sign up for the online service. Blockbuster offers the cheaper deal because of the coupons. In addition, Blockbuster has game rentals, which NetFlix does not offer at present.

Intelliflix offers theater movies as well as Adult titles, and video games. With or without a subscription plan, it is possible to rent any movie or game on a pay-as-you-go plan. Individual rentals start at $4.26, and at $8.25 for a one-year pre-paid subscription, they are almost 50% cheaper than NetFlix or Blockbuster. Like the other major services, this includes free shipping. The user has five days to watch the movie before returning it in a pre-paid mailer.

If you intend to purchase a DVD, Ebay has a constantly changing selection from thousands of venders. If you don't find what you are looking for one day, try again a few days later and it may be listed. For obscure titles that may be unavailable at regular outlets, Ebay can't be beat. The oddest items pop up there unpredictably.

If you missed an episode of a favorite TV show like Arrested Development or the Sopranos, they are all available online. Entire seasons of shows like Six Feet Under and Farscape are now on DVD. These come in attractive boxes and make great gifts for fans.

It is also possible to obtain copies of hard-to-find shows and movies on file sharing networks such as Kazaa or EDonkey. It is possible to download entire shows in an hour or less, depending on your connection speed. You can watch them on your computer or burn them onto CDs. However, free file sharing is illegal, so you didn't hear about this option from me. There are now many legal file downloading services as well, for both music and movies, for monthly memberships of around $5.95.

With more and more players and accessories available everyday, it will not be easy for any new standard to gain the crown the DVD rightfully owns.

Improvements on DVD technology are amazing. A new player seems to come out every month, featuring more extensive capabilities and offering more benefits to users.
But advances in technology do not only apply to DVD players, but also to accessories and products designed to take the most out of the DVD experience. From big screen plasma television sets to impressively realistic digital audio systems, building your own custom home theater is easier than ever.

This technology has been accepted so widely that people started turning that spare room they had in their houses into entertainment rooms, where the whole d'cor is based on the DVD system looks and functionality, from sound system architecture and layout to even furniture comfort and color matching.

But DVD technology, as you may know, may not only be used to play movies. In fact, the first idea behind DVD development was to provide a better, more reliable way to save and transport larges amounts of data. So, it is expected to find an extensive variety of DVD hardware available for computers. In fact, DVD readers and writers are quickly replacing CD drives when it comes to computer users? preferences, as a platform to save and restore valuable data in servers or just for making it possible to save huge bulks of information.

When Zip? and Jazz? disks came out, I gave them a thumb up. When I rated CD technology, I gave them two thumbs up.
The only reason I also give DVDs two thumbs up is that I have only two hands; but I wouldn't hesitate to give them four if it were possible.

Note: (ZIP? and JAZZ? drives are registered trademarks of IOMEGA Corp.)

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