- Includes virtually every DVD in the UK
- Full of interesting articles and reviews
- Ability to rent games as well
- Runs on the back of reliable Lovefilm DVD rental service
- Great for Guardian readers
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Review of Sofa Cinema DVD Rental
LISTING virtually every DVD in the UK with a head count of over 65,000, SofaCinema DVD Rental is likely to be the first stop for film connoisseurs, movie-snobs, people who wear berets and those who 'take the Guardian'.
Guardian Angel
SofaCinema is powered by LoveFilm, by far the most popular DVD rental service in the UK, and run by the culture-conscious Guardian Media Group, something that is reflected in the extra content and film reviews on the site, which tend to err slightly towards the high-brow.
While the SofaCinema DVD Rental site lacks the superb design integrity of the Guardian Unlimited website, it is still dead simple to use because its been modelled on the user-tested-to-death Lovefilm structure.
Prices are also the same as Lovefilm's but there are far fewer rental packages to choose from which gives you far less scope for chopping and changing to get the best value deal.
Efficient Lovefilm-powered DVD rental service
SofaCinema DVD rental is more than just a well-organized site and efficient service, it also boasts a collection of informative, entertaining articles to give you the inside scoop from the Guardian's superb film section.
From film-festival breakdowns to British and American Film Festival Top 100 lists to more than 150 genres and subgenres, its selection runs the gamut of film lovers' tastes.
Games Rental too
The Guardian newspaper's games reviews are always cerebral affairs so it's a pity they didn't put as much thought into the games rental service on their SofaCinema DVD (and now game) rental service.
Being tied to the limitations of their parent service, Lovefilm, Sofa Cinema Games is more an interesting sideshow to their main service, rather than a games rental site for serious button-bashers, such as Swapgame Games Rental.
Still, with a small but reasonable selection of titles - and evidence that Lovefilm is increasingly pushing its games rental service - gamers can choose between games and or movies in a useful mix'n'match affair.
SofaCinema only offer two packages though, rather than the three packages offered by their daddy site Lovefilm with no other discernible benefits except that they're more blooming expensive! So we'd suggest this is one is for avid Guardian fans only.
Lovefilm powered
Sofa Cinema DVD rental is a private label site. This means that although the site is branded as 'Sofa Cinema', the service you are buying is powered by LoveFilm.
SofaCinema get two-thumbs up for:
Their SofaCinema DVD Rental member reviews for each film, which are not only tallied up into an average score, but also broken down by a convenient chart with all the necessary stats.
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