Compare Australian Online DVD
Rental Providers
If you're new to online DVD rental, check Rental
Basics first, or go straight to our comparison table below.
You can also read are customer reviews here
| DVD Rental Provider |
Free Trial
Period |
Monthly
Cost |
Rating |
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Quickflix is easy. FREE 30
Day Trial. You choose the movies you want to see and we deliver
DVD rentals to you. They offer a variety of rental plans including
a low rate of $9.95 per month. With other 15,000 titles you have plenty
to choose from. Simply pick your titles and we will send you straight
away - post paid both ways. |
30 Days Free |
$9.95 per month |
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Rent as many DVDs as you like with WebFlicks.
With over 20,000 movies Webflix has an extensive list of every movie
genre imaginable. Webflicks offers Free Delivery both ways & with
no queues and no late fees is a good enough reason to start you free
trial today. |
14 Days Free |
$9.95 per month |
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Quickflix
Reviews
Jonathan from Melbourne, March 21 , 2007
Quickflix is the largest and one of the best AU rental sites, with an
unparalleled selection and excellent site features.
Daniel from Sydney, January 13, 2007
I was impressed with Quickflix service throughout my free trial as I seemed
to receive everything in my top ten, but once the trial was up, I started
to receive more and more old titles rather than new releases.
David from Perth, September 30, 2006
This is the best dvd rental site by far ,they have the best selection
of dvds and are very reliable.Its a pity they don't rent console games
though but i still would recommend these to anyone.
More Reviews to follow....
About Renting
DVDs and Games Online
DVD Rental Basics
1. Selection: First you
pick the DVDs you'd like to rent, in order of preference, from an online
library of 6,000-23,000+ titles. New releases or obscure titles are often
unavailable, so instead of getting your number 1 choice, you may get lower-ranked
ones instead. This is why the rental companies suggest having preference
lists at least 10-20 titles long, so they can always supply something
you want.
2. Dispatch: The rental company will send your DVDs out to you by Australia
post. The DVDs usually arrive within one to three days depending on your
location and theirs, and in individual envelopes normally containing small
round plastic "caddy" cases (much smaller than a rectangular
retail DVD box, just the size of the disc itself).
3. Enjoy: Keep the films as long as you like--none of the companies listed
on Australia-DVD-Rental-Guide.com charge late fees.
4. Return: When you're finished, simply reuse the envelope as directed,
or use the pre-stamped, self addressed parcel bag provided to send it
back. When they receive the disc, they send out another one straight to
your door from your preference list, and so on.
Packages: Rental companies
offer packages of one-to-eight discs at home at time, though most push
three discs as their standard product. These discs all come individually
packaged and you can send them back as you watch them, in theory allowing
you to have new DVDs all the time as they constantly recycle through the
post. Assuming an average $36.00 monthly charge for a three DVD service,
if you watched a modest three DVDs a week, you'd be paying less than $3.00
each for them, far less than a typical high street rental charge (not
to mention late fees, which account for about a quarter of video store
profits). So unless you only rent a few DVDs per month, you'll save a
substantial amount of money by using unlimited online rentals. In addition
to value, you also get a much better range - for perspective, the market
leaders with 15,000+ titles are as many as 5 times larger than an average
video store, encompassing nearly every DVD available in the Australia.
Free Trials: The best thing
is, most of these DVD rental companies currently offer a free trial period,
usually 2 weeks at present --so feel free to look around and sample several
before settling down on one you like. As a matter of fact, if you were
cheeky, you could migrate from company to company on the list, enjoying
free rentals for over 3 months. If you choose the 3 DVDs at a time option
and watched a modest three films per week, that would be 34+ free DVD
rentals, not even including those sites that allow half price first month,
or second month free deals . Plus, we list the first month half price
or 2nd month free deals, which would allow you to get half price or free
dvds for a further 2 months. It would be a hassle, as you absolutely must
cancel the subscription online before the trial period is up--in some
cases several days before to prevent them sending an additional disc which
would lock you into a paying service when they automatically start charging
your credit card as if you'd subscribed. This is perfectly legitimate,
as you may want to try the various services before you buy.
Advice On Choosing the Right
DVD Rental Company
Film Range: The overall
catalogue size really doesn't matter that much if all you're into is mainstream
flicks--almost every service will cover these. Catalogue size does become
important if you're a fan of obscure genres. Browse the website for your
specialty interest before you sign up, to get a taste for availability.
Location: For the smaller
companies, turnaround time can be limited by the location of the distribution
centre. Some sites actually only offer a service to locations they know
they can offer fast delivery to - such as DVD Direct. Therefore to get
the best value out of your rental service, you may want to consider there
location - see individual site reviews for this information.
Price: The costs for these
service are similar (and you're already getting such a discount over the
video stores) that we don't think price should be the critical factor.
We'd much rather pay an extra dollar or two for a much better service
than be stuck with the frustration of one of the many clunker sites out
there, but it's entirely a matter of personal taste to balance these various
factors.
Member Reviews/Ratings:
Although we couldn't fit this factor on our table, it is in the individual
company reviews--whether a given company has member reviews of its films.
This is a great plus to get a sense for what other people thought of the
movie.
Phone Support: This may
be important to you, so we list it on the tables. Not all Australian DVD
rental companies offer phone support, and it can be very frustrating trying
to contact them by email if you have problems. We've heard stories of
waiting for days to respond to complaints, and having to call phone companies
to try to ferret them out.
Game Rentals: You may also
be interested in renting games under the same DVD rental program--with
PC and console game titles very expensive to buy, this can be a very attractive
combination if you are a gamer or have one in the family. See our list
of Top DVD and Game Sites (COMING SOON). Of course, the great thing is
you can keep the game until you finish it--best with say a three disc
policy so you can use two options for movies, and one for the game you're
currently playing.
Adult Film Rentals:
Some companies do adult films and some don't--several state in their policies
they are family sites and do not wish to offer adult films as children
often select the online dvds. As this may be a concern, we indicate whether
the companies reviewed list adult films. There are also separate adult
DVD rental sites such as Adultflix which probably holds the largest adult
inventory.
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