What's the best way to rent movies online?

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#64288 12-Jul-2010 20:57

Is itunes the only service that allows you to rent movies online?

Are there any other services for renting or buying movies for download online?

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#350425 12-Jul-2010 21:41

What platforms do you have? I believe that Zune (on Xbox 360) also offers rentals.

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#350428 12-Jul-2010 21:46

Fairly limited in NZ. iTunes would have the biggest collection for the NZ market at present, I believe.

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#350434 12-Jul-2010 22:06

Zune marketplace on Xbox 360 lets you rent/buy movies in NZ. Will be launching for PC's outside USA in October.

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#350436 12-Jul-2010 22:10

Cool, i'll look out for Zune.

In the meantime, itunes is great! Don't have to leave my house to rent dvd's

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#351136 13-Jul-2010 22:26

Yea we have a ps3

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#351140 13-Jul-2010 22:34

doesnt the tivo have some sort of online movie rental too?

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#351143 13-Jul-2010 22:36

tivo is a waste.... at least here in NZ with it only being sold at Telecom stores.

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#351148 13-Jul-2010 22:39

you can buy tivo online now too - the 'exclusive' telecom deal has ended i believe

check out www.tivo.co.nz

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#351149 13-Jul-2010 22:39

Regs: doesnt the tivo have some sort of online movie rental too?

movie library of tivo is no where near as updated when compared to zune marketplace and itunes.

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#351199 14-Jul-2010 06:49

biggest issue with online renting is our broadband caps. Once they go, I will be in boots and all...

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#351378 14-Jul-2010 13:34

Looked at the Tivo selection yesterday, its a pretty pathetic selection of movies and tv shows.

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#351410 14-Jul-2010 14:51

i use my apple tv and itunes on a regular basis. its actually really good, lots and lots of movies and rentals aren't bad.

you maybe able to get them cheaper at a video store on "cheap tuesdays" or something, but its more convenient with itunes, i rathat pay a few dollars more and use itunes.

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#351465 14-Jul-2010 16:27

1.8gb for a movie rental.... itunes needs to partner with ISP's too!

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#351550 14-Jul-2010 19:56

i have 100gb a month, 1.8gb doesnt really bother me. i would have to rent 60ish movies a month to go over that.

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#351557 14-Jul-2010 20:07

reven: i have 100gb a month, 1.8gb doesnt really bother me. i would have to rent 60ish movies a month to go over that.

Well that's nice and dandy for you but 99.7% of home internet users in NZ don't have 100gb of data per month :)

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