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Entertainment:  Movie Rentals


Updated 05/16/2011


Blockbuster Online Online movie rental service, offering over 80,000 movie titles.  Plans start at $11.99 per month (one DVD at a time), $16.99 (two DVDs at a time) and $19.99 (3 DVDs at a time) for unlimited movies TV and games plus 5 in-store exchanges. There are no due dates and no late fees.  Sign up for a free 2-week trial here.
County Libraries FREE videos and DVDs at your local library!  Get your library card, log-in online and reserve old and new release movies from your computer.  When the movies are available, you'll be notified by phone or email and typically you'll have one week to claim it and one week to view it (or more weeks if the movie is not a new-release).  Granted, on some new release DVD's the que may have hundreds of reservations ahead of you and you might not get the movie for a few months; but for a free movie rental, you can't go wrong.  Click on the following links for your libarary:  Clackamas county, Clark county, Multnomah county, Washington county.
DVDPlay Automated DVD rental kiosks located inside area Safeway grocery stores.  $1.79 a one-day rental.  The website does not provide live inventory information, but does list locations (be sure to select "United States" and not "Canada").  See web site for further details.
DVDXpress Automated DVD rental kiosks with about 12 locations sprinkled around the Portland area at Lamb's Markets, Haggen Food Stores and Food 4 Less at $1.00 per night.  Usually around 20 new-release selections.  Web site provides live inventory information of movies available.  Use their email receipt function, and they'll send 2-for-1 codes for your next rental.  You can also go to their Facebook page and become a fan for free rental specials for customers that check-in with them on Foursquare.
Netflix The world's largest online movie rental service, providing more than 100,000 DVD titles plus a growing library of more than 12,000 choices that can be watched instantly on PCs. The company offers nine subscription plans, starting at only $4.99 per month. The best part is that there are no due dates and no late fees.  Sign up for a free 30-day trial here.
Redbox Automated DVD and BluRay rental kiosks located around the Portland area, mainly at McDonalds and Albertsons.  See web site for specific locations and live inventory of movies available.  $1 per night for DVDs and $1.50 for BluRay, must be returned by 9pm of the following day.  For special rental codes, please visit http://www.insideredbox.com/.




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