| We all know that there are thousands of DVDs | | | | what is and already impressive streaming library. |
| available to rent from online DVD rental companies | | | | A lot of film and DVD sites exist to take the strain out |
| around the UK but how do you know which films are | | | | of this kind of thing by letting people know about the |
| available where? | | | | availability of certain films. |
| The facetious answer is to check their websites but | | | | In that case the DVD rental site is giving its customer |
| obviously you can't do this for every single film. | | | | the chance to stream some of Warned Bros films |
| The clever way to do it is to have an idea about who | | | | including Batman Begins, The Matrix and the Wedding |
| stocks your favourite labels and studios and to take it | | | | Singer as well as new releases such as The Clash of |
| from there. | | | | The Titans. |
| You can easily check if a certain site stock horror and | | | | Some DVD rental sites are already able to offer |
| world cinema specialists tartan video for example, and | | | | 67,000 films so there's no scarcity of choice and it's |
| then go from there. | | | | becoming harder to use the label method to check. |
| There are also some services that you can legally | | | | Another way to see which DVDs you can rent online |
| watch online as DVD rentals from sites such as | | | | is to check by doing a search for your favourite actor |
| LOVEFiLM which have different deals with studios | | | | or director. If you find that their films are fairly well |
| such as Warner Bros. | | | | represented then it's likely to be a service that you can |
| Other big providers such as Sky have different deals - | | | | get on board with. |
| these can sometimes be found with a minimum of | | | | Similar actors making the sort of films you like already |
| investigation although sometimes it takes a little more | | | | are likely to work with the same studios so that also |
| work. | | | | makes it a safe bet. |
| At the moment Sky has a number of exclusivity deals | | | | It's also worth noting that when it comes to Blu-ray |
| with most of the major movie companies meaning that | | | | rental there are considerable differences between the |
| Sky can offer films on demand before they are on | | | | online dvd rental websites in terms of those they have |
| general release, whilst other competitors are often left | | | | to offer. |
| behind. | | | | This is perhaps because Blu-ray is more expensive |
| At the moment Sky still has the upper hand but | | | | than DVD but this is worth bearing in mind if you want |
| LOVEFiLM have made a massive step in the right | | | | to watch your films at home in high definition. |
| direction, teaming up with Warner Bros will expand | | | | |