Blockbuster DVD Rental Review

Review of Blockbuster DVD Rental

BLOCKBUSTER DVD rental offers everything you'd expect from the big boys of the movie rental industry - except for the racks of Maltesers and caramel popcorn at the counter!

The Blockbuster DVD rental site - from where you'll be making your DVD rental selections - is big and glitzy like a hollywood premiere, but at the same time is - as Mr Cruise said of Ms Holmes - really simple to use.

Leads the pack

More importantly though, Blockbuster DVD rental pretty much leads the pack when it comes to customer satisfaction and title turnaround putting them at the very pinnacle of the UK's DVD rental market.

While younger companys like MyMovieStream and CinemaParadiso may be snapping at their heels, and larger companies like Lovefilm get more exposure, Blockbuster DVD rental remains solidly reliable and affordable, and arguably the last great rival to the Lovefilm DVD rental juggernaut.

Highest number of new releases

All of Blockbuster's staggering 50,000+ film rental titles (with the highest number of new releases of any rival DVD rental service) are accompanied by a lengthy description and a genuinely useful user review. Finding the titles themselves is relatively simple, but we'd love to see Blockbuster DVD Rental introduce a facility to separate films from TV series in the genre search.

It's the little things, however, that make Blockbuster DVD rental stand out from the crowd such as their text alert system for new releases, or the randomizer that churns out pot-luck selections based on your genre preferences. You can also buy ex-rental titles direct from the Blockbuster site at wickedly low prices.

Actual performance

On actual performance, we also love how Blockbuster notifies us by email whenever they post us out a title from our queue, and include that info on a tab alongside our rental queue on the Blockbuster DVD rental website.

Blockbuster DVD Rental is an excellent DVD rental service with a blindingly fast turnaround of titles, but you wouldn't expect anything else from this yellow and blue multi-million dollar corporation.

Blockbuster DVD Rental gets two-thumbs up for:
Being chock-full with the latest releases and so decreasing waiting times. Blockbuster are also one of the only DVD rental services that sends bonus discs with movies as one selection.

Free trial details

	Blockbuster offer a free trial of 14 days. The free trial is only available on the 2 or 3 DVDs at a time packages - you can however change your subscription package if you decide to continue with the service. It's free, so...

Actual User Ratings

Independent Comments

WebUser magazine has awarded Blockbuster their 2006 Gold Award after pitting them head-to-head with the other big names in the industry. They said Blockbuster offer "...An outstanding online service. Reliable, fast and a clear winner". Web User Magazine

User Comments

At a Glance

Our Rating
No. of Titles	50,000 +
Free Trial	14 days
DVDs at once Max / month £4.99 Unlimited £9.99 Unlimited £12.99 Unlimited £14.99 Unlimited £22.99

	DVD Types Available:
	Recent Releases		Bollywood
	Popular Choices		TV Series
	Children's & Family		Sports
	World Cinema		Adult Themed
	Game Types Available:
	Blockbuster does not offer game rentals

Customer Reviews

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Remember, the customer reviews below are subjective (and are not the opinions of ChooseDVDRental.co.uk).

Boxy Juice from Scarborough writes... 8/2/2007

"I've been using Blockbuster for 2 months. As Bruce Roberts from Brighton said, turnaround is impeccable. I normally at least receive 6 for a week, sometimes if I post back quickly I can have 9 or 12 DVDs in a week. I am on their 3 DVDs at a time package. Before I joined Blockbuster I sometimes spent £70-£80 buying DVDs at HMV and I found that was getting too expensive and I couldnt really afford it even though I'm a Movies Collector/Movieholic, so I tried Blockbuster. You dont have to wait too long to get newest release movies on DVD. I'm starting to love them now. In the 2 months I've been with Blockbuster, I have received 2 snapped discs out of about 45 discs. Overall I rate them 9/10."

Bruce Roberts from Brighton writes... 7/6/2007

"I am currently using the Blockbuster 4 week free trial which I got through the mailbox. I can't beleive how good it is! The turnaround has been impeccable - quite literally just a day to send back, a day for them to dispatch and the next day they pop through my letterbox. So far, all but one of my top choices have come, which is pretty good going. I love how they email you when they dispatch the dvd's, and on your Queue List you can see what is in the mail. There is also a tab there to show you what you have rented already, which will be useful after a few months of viewing I'd imagine. All in all, its an impeccable service. I'll report back if anything bad happens in the last two weeks of my free trial!"