Which is the best video store in canberra?

Another vote here for Quickflix. Queue up all the movies (and/or TV series) you want to watch and they get mailed to you one, two or three at a time, depending on the plan you’re on. A huge range, no time limit to return them, reasonably priced and they even stream to PS3 and Sony Bravia TV’s now.

If you want DVD and choice is the issue, I’d go for Quickflix too. You can go online and indicate you’ve returned the movie as soon as you’ve finished watching it. Their system will start searching for the next title in your queue and send it out to you. Range of memberships to fit your consumption rate, and they have unlimited streaming for about $15 pm if you want to download.

They have a fantastic range of titles too. Not sure how they compare in that regard to other download services. Would be interested to hear from others.

I don’t recommend the DVD vending machines. I have terrible trouble returning the discs.  The machine in Westfield Woden is often out of order, or won’t accept discs for return. I once ended up calling the rental company’s office in Sydney, who sent me a replied paid envelope to return the disc in. When my credit card bill arrived I discovered they’d charged me rental for the days the disc was in transit. Had to ring them again, talk to my credit card company, etc. to get it all resolved. A lot of hassle just for a movie.

Video rentals are going the way of the dinosaur, however if like me you prefer the DVD/Blu-ray (as a semiotic artifact) over digital download/streaming/whatever, you might consider Quickflix. I’ve found the turnaround to be prompt and have had no hassles, and as far as i know they are the only game in town. At least until they too succumb to the inevitable march of dubious “progress”

I didn’t realise there were video stores still around in Canberra. I thought they’d all been replaced by those DVD vending machines and internet piracy.

Yep, XBOX all the way around here.

The best experience I have is from watching rentals on the xbox or itunes. Why go to a store at all? No overdue fees to worry about, no special ID card, no person to deal with. No travel required

Also I have seen some of those rental vending machines around (Florey?) that lets you hire dvds. Again, this would be fantastic service if you want to rent movies. No ID card, no person to deal with, does not require internet or xbox/itunes/technology. Just a CC or cash I think.

I don’t have foxtel, but don’t they have movies on demand ?
I’m sure transact and all the other tv-in-a-box providers have the same thing. ie iiNET / Internode have it now with FetchTV boxes