{"id":227,"date":"2005-04-09T04:17:33","date_gmt":"2005-04-09T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.devco.net\/?p=227"},"modified":"2009-10-09T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T16:05:09","slug":"online_dvd_rental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devco.net\/archives\/2005\/04\/09\/online_dvd_rental.php","title":{"rendered":"Online DVD Rental"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been trying out the Blockbuster<\/a> Unlimited DVD Rental system for a few months, it is basically a DVD rental by post system, no return-by dates, 3 DVD’s at a time as many as you can fit in for GBP13 a month.
\nThe service it self is great, very few scratched disks, disks always arrive promptly, packaging is well done etc. The problem comes with their web interface though, it really leaves much to be desired.
\nRather than go into a list of issues that I have with it, I’ll mention some of the good things about Screen Select<\/a> who I will be using from now on.
\nI thought I’d stick with Blockbuster out of loyalty, they are good as I said, they gave me a month free trial and they deserve my business. However over time I realized that a major part of this business is the user experience, and that isn’t just about the movies, it’s about managing your account as well.
\nSo I have tonight manually moved the 60 odd movies I had on my wish list at Blockbuster over to Screen Select and in the process I got the hang of their user interface and so forth. It really is great, I think the biggest testament to how good is the fact that I have grown my list to 180 during the night where with Blockbuster I was running out of stuff to add! The systems both work by browsing categories and making recommendations, so clearly actually finding stuff to watch is much easier with Screen Select for me.
\nSo the list of good things about Screen Select:<\/p>\n