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Extend 24 hour movie rental period on iPods
Authored by: rgray on Jan 25, '08 04:40:38PM

Can someone explain the "advantage" of renting a movie from iTunes for $3.99/24hrs over the $2 I pay at the corner store where I can (within reason) have it as long as I want....???



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I prefer online rentals
Authored by: keaka on Jan 25, '08 08:06:26PM
  • I only pay $2.99 for my iTunes rentals, not $3.99 (I haven't rented new releases).
  • The nearest store where I can rent a DVD is a 10 minute drive, whereas I can start watching my iTunes movie in 30 seconds.
  • If I rent a movie from a physical store, I have to remember to do the 10 minute drive back to the store to return the movie. Gas, traffic, pain in the butt. I might even lose the DVD and have to pay for it.
  • At the physical store they tend to be out of copies of the movie I want to watch. If iTunes has the movie listed, I can watch it. There is no such thing as "out of stock".
  • I've rented DVDs that had scratches, so they played poorly and were basically unwatchable. With iTunes digital movies, every "copy" will work perfectly.

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