The New Era In Movie Rentals
By Sandy Knoll, Sat Dec 10th

I recall many years ago when people were saying that werea thing of the past, that people would be entertained with theinternet and video games. Well, not so! In fact, the moviebusiness (including movie rental) is big business and it's notlikely to go away anytime soon.

Let's take a look at the two "500 pound guerillas" in the movierental business: Netflix and Blockbuster. We have a briefdescription of the programs outlined here:

Netflix launched its online movie rental service in 1999 andcurrently has more than 3,000,000 customers.

With Netflix you can rent as many from the comfort ofyour home and have them delivered to your door in about 1business day via U.S. Mail. There are no late fees and no duedates, and shipping is free both ways. Plans range from$9.99-$17.99 plus any applicable tax. When you finish watching amovie, simply put it in its prepaid envelope and mail it back tothem. After they receive it, they'll send you another movie.

They has a wide selection of - everything from classicsto new releases, with 40,000 titles. Their web site is available24 hours a day and makes finding simple and convenient.New customers can try it free for two weeks. You can cancel yourmembership anytime with no cancellation fees.

Blockbuster now has a very similar online mail delivery movierental program. Their program started in March 2005 and theyhave a online movie library with more than 30,000 titles. Theirmonthly fee is $14.99 (plus applicable taxes) for an unlimitednumber of movies. You can have up to three out at one time.Return them in the postage-paid envelope and you'll receiveothers that you have selected. Also as a member, each monthBlockbuster give you two ecoupons for free in-store movie orgame rentals. You can cancel at anytime. They also have a freetrial membership.

The up-side of these online, mail delivery rental programs isthere are no due dates or late fees, you don't have to

go intothe store and there are more available selections than thestores carry. The downside is that you have to wait for deliveryin the mail.

Visit them online and make your choice. In fact, why not try thefree trial on both of them. Then you can make an intelligentchoice. And choice is a good thing.

About the author:Sandy Knoll is the webmistress for http://www.flmovies.com whichis a useful site devoted to and movie resources. She is amovie lover and invites you to visit http://www.flmovies.comsoon.